Interview

Going after $1 trillion: How Tok-Edge’s token model unlocks institutional DeFi

Raees Chowdhury is the Chief Investment Officer at Tok-Edge, where he leads the launch of the firm’s $100 million crypto fund focused on bridging institutional capital and on-chain markets through a novel “Redemption Token” structure.

4 Jun 2026

Beyond storage: How Trust Wallet’s new CEO is redefining the wallet around trading

Felix Fan is the new CEO of Trust Wallet.

2 Jun 2026

Trade everything: How Variational is bringing 100+ TradFi markets onchain

In that sense, Pro would be competing with existing OTC solutions on transparency, verifiability, usability, and capital efficiency.

1 Jun 2026

TechWaves PR founder on why institutional DeFi has a communication problem

Sofia Bobrik is the founder of TechWaves PR and has over 9 years of experience in external communications.

27 May 2026

Ekiden’s Founder on how they plan to make onchain derivatives institution-ready

Trading infrastructure cannot grow in isolation. In DeFi, liquidity, order flow, and value need to move across different projects and ecosystems. That composability is what creates better yields, stronger markets, and a better risk profile for everyone involved.

19 May 2026

Startale Group CEO on vertically integrated Web3 infrastructure

As the digital asset industry matures, the friction of managing fragmented wallets, multiple gas tokens, and disconnected blockchains is becoming a massive barrier to mainstream adoption.

5 May 2026

OKX Europe CEO on MiCA, X-Perps, and the future of regulated trading

European crypto traders have long faced a difficult dilemma.

23 Apr 2026

Breaking the bank: Pierre Person’s mission to redistribute stablecoin revenue

As traditional stablecoin issuers generate billions in revenue, everyday users who take on the risk of holding those assets see virtually no return.

22 Apr 2026

OpenPayd CEO on connecting fiat and digital assets at a global scale

For years, digital asset businesses have struggled with a major bottleneck: connecting securely and efficiently to traditional banking infrastructure.

21 Apr 2026

CertiK CEO on securing Web3, the AI Agent threat, and why formal verification is the future of finance

As global finance rapidly migrates onchain, institutional investors face a terrifying reality where a single line of compromised code can vaporise hundreds of millions of dollars in seconds.

20 Apr 2026

Aerodrome Contributor on Predictive Allocation and the future of DEXs

Aerodrome recently reached a significant milestone by generating more than $1 in revenue per dollar of emissions.

17 Apr 2026

The $120 trillion unlock: Why programmable compliance is the final frontier for onchain institutional capital

Privacy is no longer a barrier to entry.

14 Apr 2026

Space and Time CMO on agentic finance and verifiable data

As autonomous AI agents begin executing financial transactions onchain, they face a critical vulnerability: the integrity of the data they rely on.

13 Apr 2026

0G Labs VP on making decentralised AI a public good

In this interview, Jake explains how 0G is solving the AI centralisation crisis, the importance of hardware-level verification, and his ambitious product roadmap for 2026.

10 Apr 2026

Defi.com CEO on unifying crosschain identity and solving fragmented wallets

Read more about his vision for bringing human identity to decentralised finance in the interview below.

9 Apr 2026

Human.tech Co-Founder on solving the Sybil crisis and keeping humans in the loop

As artificial intelligence floods the internet with bots and autonomous agents, proving you are a real human has never been more critical.

9 Apr 2026

Catching up with Leo Fan on Cysic's mainnet, CyClaw's AI agents, and why he disagrees with Charles Hoskinson

Read more about his vision for the verifiable compute engine of Web3 below.

8 Apr 2026

OneAsset CIO on fixing real estate liquidity and avoiding toxic assets

Real estate is the world's largest asset class, yet it remains painfully illiquid and inaccessible to the average person.

8 Apr 2026

World Foundation Research Engineer on Agentic Coding and proof-of-human

Read more about his insights on the launch of AgentKit and the future of the internet below.

7 Apr 2026

CoinFello COO on building the execution layer for autonomous onchain gents

We spoke with MinChi Park, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of CoinFello, about their go-to-market strategy for agent infrastructure and how her team is developing the execution layer for autonomous onchain agents.

17 Mar 2026

Katana’s Head of Institutional BD on why general-purpose chains break at scale

We recently spoke with Matthew Fisher, Head of Institutional and Protocol Business Development at Katana, about the trade-offs of horizontal scaling and why specialised chains are better suited to institutional capital.

5 Mar 2026

Genius Trading CEO on fixing DeFi’s transparency bug and winning the terminal wars

We caught up with Armaan Kalsi, co-founder and CEO of Genius Trading, at Consensus in Hong Kong last week to discuss the flaws in current trading terminals and his vision for an on-chain venue that rivals the performance of centralised exch

24 Feb 2026

Real Finance VP on why RWAs need a purpose-built L1

We caught up with Brandon Kazakoff, VP of Ecosystem Growth at Real Finance, at Consensus in Hong Kong last week to discuss why general-purpose blockchains fall short for institutional assets and how Real Finance is building a purpose-specif

23 Feb 2026

Designing for agents: Kun Peng explains the machine-centric future of the internet

We caught up with Kun Peng, Founding Partner of the Blockchain Builders Fund, in Hong Kong last week to discuss his unique global perspective on crypto adoption and the shift towards AI-centric blockchains.

23 Feb 2026

OneAsset CEO on why real estate tokenisation has failed and how to fix it

We caught up with Sonia Shaw, Co-Founder and CEO of OneAsset, at Consensus in Hong Kong last week to discuss why previous attempts at real estate tokenisation stalled and how her platform prioritises legal enforceability over digital hype.

20 Feb 2026

OP_NET founders on why Bitcoin needs smart contracts to survive

We caught up with the co-founders of OP_NET, Frederic Fosco (aka Danny Plainview) and Samuel Patt (aka Chad), at Consensus in Hong Kong last week to discuss why the “digital gold” narrative poses a long-term security threat to Bitcoin and h

19 Feb 2026

Cysic founder on ZK hardware acceleration and the future of ComputeFi

We caught up with Leo Fan, Founder of Cysic, at Consensus in Hong Kong last week to discuss bottlenecks in zero-knowledge proof generation and his vision for a decentralised compute economy.

19 Feb 2026

Sweet CEO on transforming sports NFTs from static collectables to programmable IP

We recently spoke with Tom Mizzone, Founder and CEO of Sweet, about the evolution of sports NFTs and how the SCOR ecosystem is turning static collectables into programmable, cross-platform assets.

17 Feb 2026

Pardon me: A Q&A with Anatoly Legkodymov

We recently spoke with Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of Bitzlato, who became a central figure in the US government’s crypto enforcement actions in early 2023.

12 Feb 2026

HumanAPI founder on solving the ‘Last Mile’ problem for AI agents

We recently spoke with Sydney about the limitations of purely digital AI agents and why connecting them to a human workforce is the next necessary step for the autonomous economy.

12 Feb 2026

Parisii CEO on Web4 banking and the future of digital assets

We recently spoke with Jason Cooner, Chairman, President, and CEO of Parisii, about the evolution of financial infrastructure and why the industry must move beyond the “Web3 vs.

9 Feb 2026

Tramplin.io founder on premium staking and bringing the ‘premium bonds’ model to Solana

We recently spoke with Ilya Tarutov, Founder of Tramplin.io, about bringing the “Premium Bonds” model to Solana staking and offering users a safe alternative to high-risk speculation.

5 Feb 2026

SingularityNET CEO on the ASI Alliance and the future of decentralised AGI

We recently spoke with Dr Ben Goertzel, CEO and Chief Scientist at SingularityNET and CEO of the Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance, about the technical architecture behind ASI:Chain and how it differs from existing blockchain infr

27 Jan 2026

SAGINT co-founder on tokenising critical minerals and breaking monopsonies

We recently spoke with Mike Weeks, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of SAGINT, about the vulnerabilities in global commodity supply chains and how his platform is building a transparent, tokenised exchange for real-world assets.

22 Jan 2026

Sentora co-founder on the barriers preventing institutional capital from entering DeFi

We recently spoke with Jesus Rodriguez, Co-Founder and CTO of Sentora, about the barriers preventing institutional capital from entering DeFi and how his platform is engineering solutions for risk and insurance.

19 Jan 2026

Tharwa’s Saeed Al Fahim on Bridging Industrial Capital and DeFi in the UAE

We recently spoke with Saeed Al Fahim, Founder of Tharwa, about bridging the gap between the physical economy and digital assets, and how his background in large-scale industrial procurement is shaping a new financial infrastructure.

5 Jan 2026

Buck Founder on creating the ‘Bitcoin Dollar’ and reimagining crypto savings

We recently spoke with Travis VanderZanden, Founder of Buck, about his shift from high-velocity transportation tech to building a calmer, long-term savings infrastructure for the crypto market.

16 Jan 2026

State of DeFi: An interview with kpk

Our State of DeFi report shows that by 2025, yield in DeFi stopped being a problem of access and became a problem of control.

16 Jan 2026

OpenPayd CCO on Building Universal Financial Infrastructure and the Stablecoin Treasury Revolution

We recently spoke with Lux Thiagarajah, CCO of OpenPayd, about the critical role of universal financial infrastructure in today’s global economy and how stablecoins are reshaping corporate treasury operations.

13 Jan 2026

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PRED Founder on Disrupting Sports Betting with Decentralised Exchanges

We recently spoke with Amit Mahensaria, Founder of PRED, about his transition from scaling edtech giants to building a decentralised sports trading exchange, and why he believes the traditional sportsbook model is broken.

12 Jan 2026

State of DeFi: An interview with Hemi

As part of the State of DeFi 2025 report, we examined the evolution of Bitcoin DeFi in 2025 and found a sector moving from experimentation toward more deliberate infrastructure choices.

8 Jan 2026

State of DeFi: RedStone Interview

The State of DeFi 2025 report shows that as onchain markets scaled in volume and complexity, data quality and execution integrity became first-order constraints.

5 Jan 2026

Hecto Finance CEO on tokenising the pre-IPO market and the power of Canton

We recently sat down with Ultan Miller, CEO of Hecto Finance, during Abu Dhabi Finance Week to discuss the shift in private markets and how his protocol is building the infrastructure to make pre-IPO equity accessible and liquid.

17 Dec 2025

VALR Co-Founder on building inclusive crypto infrastructure and the next frontier of finance

We recently spoke with Badi Sudhakaran, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of VALR, about the platform’s mission to revolutionise finance and how they are bridging the gap between retail simplicity and institutional sophistication.

16 Dec 2025

Theoriq CEO on the agentic economy and the future of autonomous DeFi

We recently spoke with Ron Bodkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Theoriq Labs, during Abu Dhabi Finance Week, about the evolution of AI from simple chatbots to autonomous swarms and how the newly launched Mainnet is building the infrastructure for

16 Dec 2025

BitMEX CEO on 11 years of operations and the return to professional trading

We recently spoke with Stephan Lutz, CEO of BitMEX, about the exchange’s role in pioneering crypto derivatives and its positioning for the next era of institutional adoption.

11 Dec 2025

Cysic founder on solving the ZK hardware bottleneck and the future of verifiable compute

We recently spoke with Leo Fan, Founder and CEO of Cysic, about the crucial hardware limitations that hinder the adoption of zero-knowledge (ZK) technology and how his company’s new custom chips are poised to overcome them.

10 Dec 2025

Polygon Labs CEO on Katana and the future of chain-level liquidity

We recently spoke with Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs and a core contributor to Katana, about the challenges of DeFi fragmentation and how chain-level liquidity engines can solve them.

5 Dec 2025

Edge & Node CEO on Bringing Decentralised Data to Enterprises and AI Agents

During DevConnect in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we spoke face-to-face with Rodrigo Coelho, CEO of Edge & Node, regarding the evolution of The Graph ecosystem and the company’s strategic shift toward enterprise-grade data solutions.

4 Dec 2025

Falcon Finance Chief RWA Officer on unlocking liquidity from tokenised stocks

We recently spoke with Artem Tolkachev, Chief RWA Officer at Falcon Finance, about how tokenised stocks are changing investor behaviour and the protocols’ strategy for integrating real-world assets into DeFi.

3 Dec 2025

ZKP2P core contributor on trustless fiat ramps and the power of ZK TLS

Amidst the activity at DevConnect in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we had the chance to speak with Richard, a core contributor to ZKP2P, about the potential of Zero-Knowledge TLS (ZK TLS).

2 Dec 2025

Cartesi Co-Founder on ‘Stage 2’ Decentralisation and the Power of Honeypots

We caught up face-to-face with Felipe Argento, Co-Founder of Cartesi, during DevConnect in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1 Dec 2025

Space and Time Head of Marketing on why indexing isn’t solved and the real potential of AI Agents

We recently spoke with Catherine Daly, Head of Marketing at Space and Time, about bridging the gap between Web2 data and Web3 smart contracts and the role of AI in the future of blockchain.

27 Nov 2025

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SMARDEX Co-Founder on Fixing Impermanent Loss and Building Self-Funded DeFi

We recently spoke with Jean Rausis, Co-Founder of SMARDEX, about his transition from cybersecurity to decentralised finance and why his project chose to remain self-funded to preserve protocol integrity.

26 Nov 2025

Zama COO on making confidentiality the default layer for Web3

Zama is an open-source cryptography company developing cutting-edge FHE solutions for blockchain and AI.

26 Nov 2025

Byrrgis CEO on Solving Web3’s Trust Gap with Vetted Trading Packs

We recently spoke with Siraaj Ahmed, Founder and CEO of Byrrgis, about the systemic lack of trust in Web3 trading and how his platform is building a safer, more transparent environment for investors.

25 Nov 2025

Aurora CEO on Why Usability, Not TPS, Is Blockchain’s Final Frontier

We recently sat down with Dr.

17 Nov 2025

The Connectivity Market is Not Sustainable: Carlos Lei on Uplink’s DePIN Solution

We recently spoke with Carlos Lei about why the economics of connectivity no longer add up — and how Uplink proposes a decentralized fix.

14 Nov 2025