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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Bill Tai
How to invest in tech waves | Legendary VC Bill Tai · Dec 2021

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Carlos Domingo

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Charlie Noyes
Why Stablecoins Are Crypto's Biggest Opportunity | Charlie Noyes & Bam Azizi · Mar 2025

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Cooper Turley
Music NFTs & The Next Generation Of Music | Cooper Turley · 2 episodes

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Cynthia Lummis
Bitcoin in the Senate: The Infrastructure Bill | Cynthia Lummis · Aug 2021

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Eddy Lazzarin

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Eli Ben-Sasson
Quadrillions: Privacy or Perish | Eli Ben-Sasson, Shaul Kfir, & Eric Saraniecki · 2 episodes

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Emin Gun Sirer
How Avalanche Will Outscale L2s | Emin Gün Sirer, John Wu · Jan 2023

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Erik Voorhees
Crypto’s Undeniable Use Case | Erik Voorhees · 2 episodes

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Ethan Buchman
What's Next for the Cosmos Appchain Thesis? | Ethan Buchman and Sam Hart · Dec 2023

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Felipe Montealegre
Introducing The Token Transparency Framework With Dan Smith, Louis T and Felipe Montealegre · Jun 2025

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Gavin Wood
Ethereum Co-Founder: Why Crypto Has Failed | Gavin Wood · Apr 2025

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Guy Young
Ethena Founder: The Next Chapter For Ethena | Guy Young · Sep 2025

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Hal Press
Trading Crypto Inflection Points | Hal Press · Jan 2023

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Harry Kalodner

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Haseeb Qureshi
Can Crypto Find a New Narrative? | Haseeb Qureshi & Tom Schmidt · 2 episodes

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Jack Zampolin

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Jake Brukhman
CoinFund's Playbook for a Crypto Supercycle | Jake Brukhman & Seth Ginns · 2 episodes

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Jake Chervinsky
How Hyperliquid Unlocks 24/7 Markets | Jake Chervinsky & MC Lader · Mar 2026

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Jameson Lopp
Why Jameson Lopp burned down his life to live in extreme privacy · Apr 2021

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Jeff Dorman
The Ultimate Coinbase Debate: Can It Survive? | Jeff Dorman · 2 episodes

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Jeff Park

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Jesse Pollak
Base: Decentralization Funding, Public Infrastructure, & Onchain Native Life | Jesse Pollak · Aug 2023

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Jill Gunter
The State of Crypto, 2026 Predictions & Espresso's Token Launch | Jill Gunter · 2 episodes

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Joe Lubin
Joe Lubin, Ethereum Co-Founder, on why assets are moving from Wall Street to Crypto · Mar 2021

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Joe McCann
How to Trade This Solana Rally | Joe McCann · Nov 2023

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Joey Krug
$6 Billion Fund Manager Explains Why DeFi is Undervalued | Joey Krug, Pantera · Jan 2022

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Johann Kerbrat
Robinhood's Plan to Bring Global Finance Onchain | Johann Kerbrat · Jul 2026

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Jon Charbonneau
The Reboot | Uncommon Core 2.0 with Hasu and Jon Charbonneau · Jul 2023

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Jonah Weinstein
Debate: How to Value an L1 Token With Dan Smith and Jonah Weinstein · Jun 2025

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Jordi Alexander
Crypto In 2025, Is DAT Season Over & Market Outlook With Jordi Alexander · 3 episodes

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Josh Lim

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Josh Rosenthal
A Historian's Take on the Bear Market | Josh Rosenthal · 2 episodes

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Justin Sun
Justin Sun: Tron’s Vision, Liquidity Mining & Binance · May 2023

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Kain Warwick
War Stories From a Crypto Founder | Kain Warwick · 5 episodes

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Karl Floersch

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Keone Hon
Monad Founder: The Next Chapter For Monad | Keone Hon · 2 episodes

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Konstantin Lomashuk
Crypto's Role in the Emerging Cybernetic Economy | Konstantin Lomashuk · Mar 2024

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Kristin Smith
The Regulatory Impact of FTX | Kristin Smith, Jake Chervinsky · Nov 2022

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Li Jin
The Creator Economy Playbook | Li Jin & Jesse Walden · Mar 2022

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