Pulled two conversations out of the archives for The Crypto Tape. I sat down with two of @GSR_io's leading minds earlier this year: Alex Taaffe, our US chief revenue officer, and Andy Baehr (@baehr), head of our asset management. Alex covers why token launches have slowed, what a project needs before it launches a token, and why perps are one of crypto’s best inventions. Plus his playbook for selling in crypto. Andy explains why volatility is a good thing, the signals he looks for in a proper rally, and why DeFi needs a proper fixed income market. If you want to hear how top execs inside a trading firm are thinking about the market, listen. Episode drops tomorrow.

This week on The Crypto Tape: Scott Melker (@scottmelker), host of The Wolf of All Streets, has interviewed just about every major name in crypto and is one of the industry's most prolific voices on X. So I decided to put him in the hot seat at @TheTieIO's Out East Summit. This was a fun conversation, podcast host to podcast host, where we focused on the topics everyone was talking about last week: • What everyone is saying about CLARITY • Why Trump's crypto activity has complicated the path to market structure legislation • What went wrong with the digital asset treasury company boom • Crypto's messaging problem and where the industry goes from here Full episode drops tomorrow.

Ethereum's institutional moment is here. I sat down with Joseph Chalom (@joechalom), CEO of @SharpLink and former BlackRock crypto partnerships lead, on @GSR's The Crypto Tape to unpack why he believes ETH has a license to win. Give it a listen.

This week on The Crypto Tape: Joseph Chalom (former Managing Director & Head of Strategic Ecosystem Partnerships at BlackRock) now leading @Sharplink joins me for a deep dive into why he believes Ethereum has a license to win and how he's helping bridge the gap between Wall Street and Ethereum. Inside the episode: • What went right (and what broke) in the DAT trade • Productive assets, NAV, and avoiding shareholder dilution • The role of Eth Labs in energizing the ecosystem • Why Ethereum leads in settlement & tokenization • What it will take for Wall Street to fully embrace Ethereum If anyone can translate Ethereum to institutional investors, it's Joseph. Full episode drops tomorrow.

Pyth doesn't want to be known as a blockchain oracle. Instead, it sees itself as a modern market data layer that can power a much broader set of applications. Michael Cahill (@mdomcahill) joined the podcast to explain why.

Behind the scenes last week in studio for GSR’s podcast @TheCryptoTape with @azeemk at @0xMiden A masterclass on privacy, building through a bear market as a token founder, and how institutions are reshaping the industry’s chessboard