Empire

Empire features interviews with top crypto founders to get the real stories that aren’t shared elsewhere. Empire is your look behind the curtain of the crypto industry. We release two episodes per week: guest interviews on Monday and a weekly roundup on Friday.

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Every guest on Empire

314 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Brett Harrison

   Compute Is A Trillion-Dollar Market Trading In Group Chats | Brett Harrison & Andrawes Bahou · Oct 2026

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   Charles Hoskinson

   Charles Hoskinson: ADA Is A Better Investment Than BTC · Jul 2025

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   Sergey Nazarov

   Sergey Nazarov reveals why $2 trillion will flow into DeFi | Chainlink · Sep 2021

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   Robert Breedlove

   Will hyperinflation lead to hyperbitcoinization? | Robert Breedlove · Jul 2021

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   Nic Carter

   Dollarization 2.0: How Stablecoins Unlock Emerging Markets | Nic Carter & Martin Carrica · 2 episodes

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   Anthony Pompliano

   The Overton Window Is Shifting | Anthony Pompliano · Mar 2025

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   Richard Craib

   Why I sold all my ETH | Richard Craib, Numerai · May 2022

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   Jack Butcher

   Lessons From Selling Hundreds of NFTs | Jack Butcher · Nov 2021

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   Andrew Yang

   Our Institutions Are Failing Us | Andrew Yang · Mar 2022

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    Sam Bankman-Fried

    How Sam Bankman-Fried made $10 billion by the age of 28 · Apr 2021

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    Matthew Ball

    The Ultimate Guide to the Metaverse | Matthew Ball · Jul 2022

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    David Bailey

    How Trump became a Bitcoiner | David Bailey · Feb 2025

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    Kevin O’Leary

    Why 20% Of My Portfolio Is In Crypto | Kevin O'Leary · Apr 2022

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    Arianna Simpson

    a16z's Crypto Thesis | Arianna Simpson, Ali Yahya · Nov 2022

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    Avichal Garg

    Avichal Garg On Investing in Crypto, AI and Ethereum’s Path Forward · 5 episodes

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    Cathie Wood

    Bitcoin's Path to $1.5M by 2030 | Cathie Wood & Ophelia Snyder · Mar 2024

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    Chad Cascarilla

    Paxos CEO on Crypto Today & Why Stablecoins Are Exploding | Charles Cascarilla · 2 episodes

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    Chris Burniske

    Chris Burniske on the Original Sins of Crypto · Jul 2021

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    Dave Ripley

    Kraken: The Crypto Native's Powerhouse Exchange | Dave Ripley · May 2024

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    Eric Balchunas
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    Gabby Dizon
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    Jesse Walden

    The Rise of Frames, Farcaster, and Headless Marketplaces | Jesse Walden & Antonio Martínez · Feb 2024

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    Josh Wolfe

    The Nuclear Narrative We All Fell For | Josh Wolfe · Apr 2022

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    Justin Kan

    Why Gaming NFTs Will Be Bigger Than Twitch | Justin Kan · Mar 2022

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    Kyle Samani

    Building The Largest Solana Treasury Company | Kyle Samani · 5 episodes

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    Michael Dempsey

    Which Businesses Will Survive AI? | Michael Dempsey · Oct 2026

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    Mike Jones

    Is crypto approaching its Facebook moment with ex-Myspace CEO | Mike Jones · Aug 2021

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    Nick Shalek

    Quadrillions: The New Wall Street | Nick Shalek & Mathew McDermott · Feb 2026

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    Nick Tomaino

    Memes are Dead, Long Live the Memes | Nick Tomaino · 2 episodes

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    Olaf Carlson-Wee

    Why Polychain Capital Founder Never Sells His Crypto | Olaf Carlson-Wee · 2 episodes

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    Ryan Selkis

    Ryan Selkis on the Existential Struggle for Crypto in the U.S. · Jul 2024

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    Tarek Mansour

    Kalshi CEO’s Bold Vision For The Future of Markets | Tarek Mansour · Oct 2025

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    Tushar Jain

    Building The Perfect Portfolio In 2026 | Tushar Jain & Pranav Kanade · 3 episodes

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    Antonio García-Martinez

    Web3 Ad Markets Explained | Antonio García Martínez · Aug 2023

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    Ben Leventhal

    Why Resy Founder is Building in Crypto | Ben Leventhal & Li Jin · Nov 2023

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    Charlie Shrem
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    Christian Angermayer

    Why This Billionaire is All In on Crypto, AI & Psychedelics | Christian Angermayer · 2 episodes

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    Curtis Yarvin

    The Case for a New Internet | Curtis Yarvin & Jake Brukhman, Urbit · Sep 2024

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    Dan Held

    How to earn yield on your bitcoin | Dan Held · 2 episodes

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    Jeremy Allaire

    Why the Dollar's Stablecoin Update is Inevitable | Jeremy Allaire, Circle · 3 episodes

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