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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Will Clemente
Is Bitcoin About To Break New Highs? | Will Clemente · 2 episodes

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Yuval Rooz

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Zach Abrams
Bridge Founder on Their $1.1B Stripe Acquisition | Zach Abrams · Nov 2024

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Zaki Manian
The Cosmos App-Chain Thesis | Zaki Manian, Jack Zampolin · Sep 2022

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Aleksander Larsen

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Alex Grieve

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Alex Kruger
Trading Crypto Bull Markets With Alex Kruger | 1000x · Mar 2024

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Alex Pack

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Alex Pruden
A Quantum Fork is Coming to Bitcoin | Alex Pruden & Philip Martin · Apr 2026

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Ali Yahya

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Arthur Cheong
The Dark Side of Token Launches | Arthur Cheong & Sean Lippel · May 2024

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Avery Ching
Crypto's Ultimate End State With Avery Ching · Feb 2025

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Bill Barhydt
How to Fix Crypto Lending | Bill Barhydt, Abra · 2 episodes

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Brandon Millman
Phantom CEO: The Next Chapter For Phantom | Brandon Millman & Donnie Dinch · Nov 2025

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Bryan Pellegrino
Zero Just Made Blockchains 100x Better | Bryan Pellegrino & Raz Zarick · 2 episodes

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Casey Caruso
Are We Overhyping AI in Crypto? | Casey Caruso & Mohamed Baioumy · 2 episodes

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Chris Maurice
Quadrillions: How to Win the World | Chris Maurice · Jan 2026

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Cosmo Jiang

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Dan Tapiero

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Derek Hsue

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Dougie DeLuca
Hivemind: Crypto Is Dead with Dougie DeLuca · Dec 2025

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Edward Woodford
The End Game For Stablecoins With Edward Woodford · Apr 2025

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Felix Jauvin
The Biggest Market Crash Since 2020, What Next? | Felix Jauvin & Quinn Thompson · Apr 2025

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Greg Xethalis
The Bill That Could Reshape Crypto In America with Greg Xethalis from Multicoin · Jul 2026

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Hunter Horsley

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Jeff Yan
Jeff Yan On Hyperliquid’s Plan To Bring All Finance Onchain · Oct 2026

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John Wu

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Kevin Zhang

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Marc Boiron

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Michael Moro
Michael Moro on Why Corporations Bought $8 Billion of Bitcoin in Q1 · Apr 2021

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Mika Honkasalo

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Mike Cahill
Solving Crypto's Oracle Problem | Mike Cahill · Dec 2023

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Miles Jennings
How to Launch a Token (Legally) Featuring Miles Jennings & Eddy Lazzarin Of a16z Crypto · Aug 2025

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Mustafa Al-Bassam
The Sovereign Rollup Thesis & Inevitability of Modular Tech Stacks | Mustafa Al-Bassam (Celestia), Preston Evans (Sovereign) · Jun 2023

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Quinn Thompson

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Thomas Uhm
Jane Street: Crypto Markets vs Equity Markets | Thomas Uhm · Feb 2022

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Tom Dunleavy
The Bull Case For Ethereum | Tom Dunleavy & Ryan Berckmans · May 2025

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Yan Liberman
The Six Tokens To Own This Cycle | Yan Liberman · Sep 2026

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Michael Anderson
Every Project Will Have Its Own L2 | Michael Anderson & Vance Spencer · May 2022

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Nevin Freeman
How inflation is a human rights issue | Nevin Freeman, CEO Reserve · Nov 2021

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