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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.

Markets Are Shifting w/ Beimnet Abebe

18 mins; May 30, 2024

SEC Unexpectedly Expedites ETH ETF w/ Eric Balchunas

55 mins; May 23, 2024

Where Crypto Goes Next w/ Mike Novogratz

46 mins; May 16, 2024

Why Stablecoins Make Sense w/ Austin Campbell

79 hours 54 mins; May 09, 2024

Bitcoin Fees & Governance w/ Murch (Chaincode)

68 hours 46 mins; May 02, 2024

Bitcoin Mining After the Halving w/ Brian Wright (Galaxy)

47 mins; April 25, 2024

Bitcoin Cycles and Halvings w/ Sam Callahan (Swan)

52 mins; April 18, 2024

Mr. Satoshi Goes to Washington w/ Tyler Williams

31 mins; April 11, 2024

Making Bitcoin Magical w/ Rijndael (Taproot Wizards)

82 hours 30 mins; April 04, 2024

Blockspace as a Commodity w/ Will Nuelle

44 mins; March 28, 2024

Unpacking the Crypto “Cycle” w/ Quinn Thompson (Lekker Capital)

39 mins; March 21, 2024

How Crypto VC Will Evolve w/ Matt Walsh (Castle Island)

64 hours 40 mins; March 14, 2024

Bitcoin ZK-Rollups Are Coming w/ Orkun Kilic (Chainway)

54 mins; March 07, 2024

USA Capital Markets Need Innovation w/ Hester Peirce

61 hours 11 mins; February 29, 2024

Building a Tradfi Crypto Exchange w/ John Palmer (Cboe Digital)

66 hours 22 mins; February 22, 2024

What DAOs are Getting Very Wrong w/ Michael Marcantonio

63 hours 8 mins; February 15, 2024

Can America Survive? w/ Rep. Tom Emmer

40 mins; February 08, 2024

Bitcoin is a Cheat Code for Businesses Worldwide w/ Peter McCormack

43 mins; February 01, 2024

The Game Will Change w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)

50 mins; January 25, 2024

Why Privacy Matters w/ Jameson Lopp (Casa)

62 hours 8 mins; January 18, 2024

Bitcoin ETFs Finally Launch w/ Eric Balchunas (Bloomberg)

44 mins; January 11, 2024

Is Crypto Back? w/ Mike Novogratz

39 mins; December 28, 2023

Do You Own Your Crypto? w/ Sam Abbassi

45 mins; December 21, 2023

The Senate Bill Coming to Kill Crypto w/ Peter Van Valkenburgh

51 mins; December 14, 2023

Urbit is the New Internet w/ Christian Langalis

50 mins; December 07, 2023

Bitcoin Culture Clash w/ Pete Rizzo

65 hours 17 mins; November 30, 2023

CZ Pleads Guilty w/ Beimnet Abebe

28 mins; November 23, 2023

What's Happening With Solana? w/ Lucas Tcheyan

48 mins; November 16, 2023

*LIVE* Galaxy Brains x On the Brink @ Pubkey NYC (Nov. 9, 2023)

66 hours 18 mins; November 15, 2023

SBF is Cooked. What’s Next? w/ David Z. Morris

59 mins; November 09, 2023

The PROOF Act w/ Sens. Tillis & Hickenlooper’s Staff

36 mins; November 02, 2023

Can Blockchains Scale with “Modularity”? w/ Christine Kim

45 mins; October 26, 2023

The Mining Game Has Changed w/ Austin Storms

41 mins; October 19, 2023

Can DeFi Be Built on Bitcoin? w/ Tony Cai

48 mins; October 12, 2023

Bitcoin Options Suggest Big Move Ahead w/ Kelly Greer

42 mins; October 05, 2023

The Rise of Crypto Data & Analytics w/ Lucas Nuzzi

60 hours 32 mins; September 28, 2023

Why Coinbase is Adding Bitcoin’s Lightning Network w/ Viktor Bunin

49 mins; September 21, 2023

The Biggest Things in Crypto w/ Galaxy Research

65 hours 50 mins; September 14, 2023

How Bitcoin is Changing Electrical Grids w/ Blake King (Galaxy Mining)

68 hours 19 mins; September 08, 2023

James Seyffart (Bloomberg) on Bitcoin ETFs

49 mins; September 01, 2023

Trey Aslanian on Crypto Markets & Narratives

60 hours 46 mins; August 25, 2023

Will Foxley on Bitcoin & Crypto Media

45 mins; August 18, 2023

Marty Bent (TFTC) on the Power of Bitcoin

52 mins; August 11, 2023

Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on Ethereum Infrastructure & Development

47 mins; August 04, 2023

Adam Zarazinski (Inca Digital) on Crypto Surveillance & Crime

47 mins; July 28, 2023

Harry Sudock (GRIID) on Bitcoin Mining & Electrical Grids

56 mins; July 21, 2023

Tim Grant (Galaxy) on Europe and Beyond

47 mins; July 14, 2023

Dennis Pourteaux (Pourteaux.xyz) on Bitcoin & Institutions

39 mins; July 07, 2023

Nick Neuman (Casa) on Self-Custody

46 mins; June 30, 2023

Ram Ahluwalia (Lumida) on Crypto Self Regulation

35 mins; June 23, 2023

Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington’s Crypto Week

63 hours 5 mins; June 16, 2023

Ryan Selkis on American Crypto Policy

59 mins; June 09, 2023

Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW) on Shifting Crypto Narratives

48 mins; June 02, 2023

Bitcoin Miami w/ Drew Armstrong (Cathedra) and Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey)

51 mins; May 26, 2023

Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum’s Finality Issue

33 mins; May 19, 2023

Steve Kurz (Galaxy) on Opportunities in Crypto

40 mins; May 12, 2023

Dan Held on Bitcoin History & Culture

44 mins; May 05, 2023

Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Bitcoin Infrastructure

60 hours 9 mins; April 28, 2023

Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade

42 mins; April 21, 2023

Udi Wertheimer on Bitcoin & Taproot Wizards

71 hours 34 mins; April 14, 2023

Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington & Crypto

48 mins; April 07, 2023

Chris Tarbell (Former FBI) on Arresting Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road) and Privacy

44 mins; March 31, 2023

Mike Novogratz (Galaxy) Reacts to the Fed & Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey) on Bitcoin

41 mins; March 24, 2023

Omid Malekan (Columbia) on Trust & Finance

38 mins; March 17, 2023

Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on ETHDenver & Upcoming Ethereum Upgrades

45 mins; March 10, 2023

Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Inscriptions & Bitcoin Miniscript

59 mins; March 03, 2023

Alex Svanevik (Nansen) on Proof of Reserves

45 mins; February 24, 2023

Austin Campbell (ex-Paxos) on Stablecoins & Regulation

50 mins; February 17, 2023

Tim Grant on Crypto in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East

29 mins; February 10, 2023

Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals & Inscriptions (Bitcoin NFTs)

45 mins; February 03, 2023

Ethereum Upgrade, North Korea, and Jamie Dimon

45 mins; January 26, 2023

Optimistic Rollups, Solana, and Markets

48 mins; January 20, 2023

Jason Urban from the Option Pits to Galaxy

46 mins; January 13, 2023

Crypto VC, Markets, and Macro

44 mins; January 06, 2023

2022 Year in Review

71 hours 16 mins; December 23, 2022

Erik Voorhees on Crypto & Freedom

81 hours 36 mins; December 16, 2022

Caitlin Long (Custodia) on Bitcoin and the Future of Banking

74 hours 28 mins; December 08, 2022

Dan Matuszewski (CMS) on FTX, Tether, and Crypto History

60 hours 32 mins; December 02, 2022

Lucas Nuzzi on Tracking FTX & Alameda On-Chain

65 hours 22 mins; November 25, 2022

Nic Carter on Proof of Reserves

60 hours 7 mins; November 18, 2022

FTX, CPI, and Washington DC

51 mins; November 11, 2022

Zero-Knowledge and the Future of Blockchain Scaling

60 hours 25 mins; November 04, 2022

NFT Royalties and MEV-Boost Adoption

56 mins; October 28, 2022

Aptos and the Future of Blockspace

53 mins; October 21, 2022

Tyler Williams on Crypto Reg and the Fed

57 mins; October 14, 2022

Tim Grant and Crypto Around the World

63 hours 55 mins; October 07, 2022

Market Update, Bitcoin Payments, Blockchain Gaming

72 hours 55 mins; September 30, 2022

Ben Edgington on Ethereum & Proof of Stake

66 hours 1 min; September 23, 2022

Michael Ashe on M&A in Crypto in a Bear Market

58 mins; September 16, 2022

Bitcoin Mining Outlook for the Second Half of 2022

64 hours 24 mins; September 09, 2022

Jackson Hole, Arbitrum Nitro, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increase

53 mins; September 02, 2022

Stephane Gosselin on Flashbots and MEV

57 mins; August 26, 2022

NFTs: Licenses, Ownerships, Copyrights, & More

66 hours 8 mins; August 18, 2022

Tornado Cash, Stablecoins, & the Crypto Market

76 hours 40 mins; August 12, 2022

Alex Gladstein on Bitcoin Activism

71 hours 16 mins; August 05, 2022

Fed rates, Central African Republic’s first digital coin, and AntPool’s $10M investment

64 hours 36 mins; July 29, 2022

Nic Carter on The Future of Blockchains

70 hours 52 mins; July 21, 2022

CPI Numbers, Stratum V2, MakerDAO SocGen Governance Vote

62 hours 25 mins; July 15, 2022

Round Table; Sepolia Merge Upgrade, Antminer S19, $540M Social Engineering Attack, and More

59 mins; July 08, 2022

MakerDAO, BofA's Report, and the Gray Glacier Delay on Ethereum

54 mins; July 01, 2022

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