Apr 27, 2026
Pluto is a veteran of DeFi and cross chain systems, with prior stints at Thorchain and Airswap, now building Harbor, a native asset DEX. In this episode, we talk about the KelpDAO exploit and how DeFi can regain people’s trust. Nic sits down with him to discuss:
- What exactly happened with the KelpDAO/ Aave hack?
- Will...
Apr 22, 2026
Brandon Arvanaghi, the co-founder and CEO of Meow, joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
- The rise of agentic payments and the convergence of LLMs and financial services.
- Meow’s approach to banking the agentic economy.
- How financial services firms and banks will need to evolve in order to service AI agents.
Apr 9, 2026
Connor Dougherty, Co-Founder and CEO of Valinor Digital, joins the show. In this episode:
- Connor’s background working at a large private credit shop
- Pioneering a new category of Open Credit and how it expands the TAM for private credit
- Explosion of stablecoin demand enabling new borrowing types
- Structuring deals...
Mar 4, 2026
Alex Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO of Cyclops, joins the show. In this episode:
- Alex’s background running The Giving Block and the company’s acquisition by Shift4
- Difficulty in enabling stablecoin solutions when utilizing existing providers while inside of Shift4
- Backgrounds of the founding team at Cyclops
- Regulatory...
Mar 3, 2026
Dana Syracuse and Josh Boehm of Paul Hastings join the show. In this episode we discuss:
- The OCC Charter process how digital asset companies are pursuing the federal path
- The aftermath of the Genius Act passage and the rulemaking process for this law
- Considerations for Federal vs. State charter pathways
- The market...