Galaxy Brains
Welcome to Galaxy Brains, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy. Our weekly podcast provides insights and analysis on trends and events across the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Each week Alex will be joined by members of the research team to discuss the latest developments on all things crypto and blockchain technology.
PubKey Founder on Trump’s Bitcoin Burger w/ Thomas Pacchia
Michael Saylor on BTC at $100K and the Future of MicroStrategy
Is This Time Different? w/ Sam Callahan
How the US Should Store the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve w/ Rob Hamilton
Bitcoin Is My Job w/ American Hodl
What Bitcoin Adoption Looks Like w/ Cory Klippsten
Trump Win and Bitcoin
What an SEC Pivot on Crypto Looks Like w/ Coy Garrison
How to Trade the Election with Quinn Thompson
Using Bitcoin Data to Predict Tops & Bottoms w/ Checkmate
HONG KONG TAPES: Chris Yu (SignalPlus)
HONG KONG TAPES: Zhang Bing (Avenir Crypto)
SINGAPORE TAPES: Arthur0x (DeFiance)
The State of the Economy w/ Beimnet Abebe
SINGAPORE TAPES: Alex Svanevik (Nansen)
SINGAPORE TAPES: Joe McCann (Asymmetric)
Digital ID is the Big Unlock w/ Yat Siu (Animoca)
Expanding the Galaxy in Asia with John Cahill
Bitcoin and the Future of DeFi w/ Dan Held
What is Trump’s World Liberty Financial w/ Thad Pinakiewicz
The State of Crypto w/ Alex Thorn
Telegram & Free Speech w/ Preston Byrne
Future of Stablecoins? w/ Luca Prosperi
Democrats Also Like Crypto w/ Ritchie Torres
Crawling the Spiderchain w/ Willem Schroé
NASHVILLE TAPES: Casey Rodarmor
NASHVILLE TAPES: Christian Catalini
NASHVILLE TAPES: Craig Warmke
NASHVILLE TAPES: Dylan LeClair
NASHVILLE TAPES: Steven Lubka
NASHVILLE TAPES: Harry Sudock
The Bitcoin Election w/ David Bailey (Bitcoin Magazine)
Building a Bitcoin Brokerage w/ Alex Leishman (River)
Securing Your Assets Today & Tomorrow w/ Lior Lamesh
From the Commodity Pit to the Crypto Peak w/ Jason Urban
Uncovering Crypto Alpha w/ Chris Rhine
Media, Memes, and Machinations w/ Mike Dudas
Crypto’s Biggest Troll w/ Gwart
AI Will Displace Every Job w/ Nic Carter
Markets Are Shifting w/ Beimnet Abebe
SEC Unexpectedly Expedites ETH ETF w/ Eric Balchunas
Where Crypto Goes Next w/ Mike Novogratz
Why Stablecoins Make Sense w/ Austin Campbell
Bitcoin Fees & Governance w/ Murch (Chaincode)
Bitcoin Mining After the Halving w/ Brian Wright (Galaxy)
Bitcoin Cycles and Halvings w/ Sam Callahan (Swan)
Mr. Satoshi Goes to Washington w/ Tyler Williams
Making Bitcoin Magical w/ Rijndael (Taproot Wizards)
Blockspace as a Commodity w/ Will Nuelle
Unpacking the Crypto “Cycle” w/ Quinn Thompson (Lekker Capital)
How Crypto VC Will Evolve w/ Matt Walsh (Castle Island)
Bitcoin ZK-Rollups Are Coming w/ Orkun Kilic (Chainway)
USA Capital Markets Need Innovation w/ Hester Peirce
Building a Tradfi Crypto Exchange w/ John Palmer (Cboe Digital)
What DAOs are Getting Very Wrong w/ Michael Marcantonio
Can America Survive? w/ Rep. Tom Emmer
Bitcoin is a Cheat Code for Businesses Worldwide w/ Peter McCormack
The Game Will Change w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)
Why Privacy Matters w/ Jameson Lopp (Casa)
Bitcoin ETFs Finally Launch w/ Eric Balchunas (Bloomberg)
Is Crypto Back? w/ Mike Novogratz
Do You Own Your Crypto? w/ Sam Abbassi
The Senate Bill Coming to Kill Crypto w/ Peter Van Valkenburgh
Urbit is the New Internet w/ Christian Langalis
Bitcoin Culture Clash w/ Pete Rizzo
CZ Pleads Guilty w/ Beimnet Abebe
What's Happening With Solana? w/ Lucas Tcheyan
*LIVE* Galaxy Brains x On the Brink @ Pubkey NYC (Nov. 9, 2023)
SBF is Cooked. What’s Next? w/ David Z. Morris
The PROOF Act w/ Sens. Tillis & Hickenlooper’s Staff
Can Blockchains Scale with “Modularity”? w/ Christine Kim
The Mining Game Has Changed w/ Austin Storms
Can DeFi Be Built on Bitcoin? w/ Tony Cai
Bitcoin Options Suggest Big Move Ahead w/ Kelly Greer
The Rise of Crypto Data & Analytics w/ Lucas Nuzzi
Why Coinbase is Adding Bitcoin’s Lightning Network w/ Viktor Bunin
The Biggest Things in Crypto w/ Galaxy Research
How Bitcoin is Changing Electrical Grids w/ Blake King (Galaxy Mining)
James Seyffart (Bloomberg) on Bitcoin ETFs
Trey Aslanian on Crypto Markets & Narratives
Will Foxley on Bitcoin & Crypto Media
Marty Bent (TFTC) on the Power of Bitcoin
Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on Ethereum Infrastructure & Development
Adam Zarazinski (Inca Digital) on Crypto Surveillance & Crime
Harry Sudock (GRIID) on Bitcoin Mining & Electrical Grids
Tim Grant (Galaxy) on Europe and Beyond
Dennis Pourteaux (Pourteaux.xyz) on Bitcoin & Institutions
Nick Neuman (Casa) on Self-Custody
Ram Ahluwalia (Lumida) on Crypto Self Regulation
Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington’s Crypto Week
Ryan Selkis on American Crypto Policy
Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW) on Shifting Crypto Narratives
Bitcoin Miami w/ Drew Armstrong (Cathedra) and Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey)
Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum’s Finality Issue
Steve Kurz (Galaxy) on Opportunities in Crypto
Dan Held on Bitcoin History & Culture
Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Bitcoin Infrastructure
Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade
Udi Wertheimer on Bitcoin & Taproot Wizards
Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington & Crypto
Chris Tarbell (Former FBI) on Arresting Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road) and Privacy
Mike Novogratz (Galaxy) Reacts to the Fed & Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey) on Bitcoin
Omid Malekan (Columbia) on Trust & Finance
Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on ETHDenver & Upcoming Ethereum Upgrades
Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Inscriptions & Bitcoin Miniscript
Alex Svanevik (Nansen) on Proof of Reserves
Austin Campbell (ex-Paxos) on Stablecoins & Regulation
Tim Grant on Crypto in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East
Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals & Inscriptions (Bitcoin NFTs)
Ethereum Upgrade, North Korea, and Jamie Dimon
Optimistic Rollups, Solana, and Markets
Jason Urban from the Option Pits to Galaxy
Crypto VC, Markets, and Macro
2022 Year in Review
Erik Voorhees on Crypto & Freedom
Caitlin Long (Custodia) on Bitcoin and the Future of Banking
Dan Matuszewski (CMS) on FTX, Tether, and Crypto History
Lucas Nuzzi on Tracking FTX & Alameda On-Chain
Nic Carter on Proof of Reserves
FTX, CPI, and Washington DC
Zero-Knowledge and the Future of Blockchain Scaling
NFT Royalties and MEV-Boost Adoption
Aptos and the Future of Blockspace
Tyler Williams on Crypto Reg and the Fed
Tim Grant and Crypto Around the World
Market Update, Bitcoin Payments, Blockchain Gaming
Ben Edgington on Ethereum & Proof of Stake
Michael Ashe on M&A in Crypto in a Bear Market
Bitcoin Mining Outlook for the Second Half of 2022
Jackson Hole, Arbitrum Nitro, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increase
Stephane Gosselin on Flashbots and MEV
NFTs: Licenses, Ownerships, Copyrights, & More
Tornado Cash, Stablecoins, & the Crypto Market
Alex Gladstein on Bitcoin Activism
Fed rates, Central African Republic’s first digital coin, and AntPool’s $10M investment
Nic Carter on The Future of Blockchains
CPI Numbers, Stratum V2, MakerDAO SocGen Governance Vote
Round Table; Sepolia Merge Upgrade, Antminer S19, $540M Social Engineering Attack, and More
MakerDAO, BofA's Report, and the Gray Glacier Delay on Ethereum
The State of Crypto in Europe, and DeFi Markets Behavior
BEAR MARKET UPDATE
Lummis-Gillibrand bill, DeFi treasuries selling, and BAYC Discord Hack
Policy Developments in Washington, New Report on Solana, and Optimism’s Airdrop
Seth Green's stolen Board Ape, NFT IP, 7 block reorg on Ethereum, and Optimism removes 17,000 addresses
Bitcoin Mining, Coinbase Cloud & Figment staking services, and Polygon Nightfall Mainnet
UST Incident, Instagram NFT Debut, and Lido the ETH Liquid Staking Solution
Board Ape Yacht Club, Outage on The Solana Network, And Our Latest Research
Mining, Fidelity's New 401K BTC Exposure Offering, Optimism Token & More
Market Overview, New Coinbase NFT Platform, DYDX Upgrades, And Miami Us Conference of Mayors
Market Volatility, Bitcoin Transaction Fees, and Ethereum's Forthcoming Merge Upgrade
USDN, Binance U.S. Raise, and ERC4626
Terra Adds BTC Collateral, Liquid Staking on Ethereum Grows, Avalanche Unveils New Wallet
Opensea Supports Solana, Larson's $500MM POS campaign, and Vitalik & Pete Rizzo's thought pieces