Solayer – Hardware Accelerated Finance at the Speed of Metal
Joshua Sum is the Chief Product Officer at Solayer, a hardware accelerated network built to move money at the speed of metal. Joshua joins Andy Pickering to explain how dedicated chip-level infrastructure is pushing blockchain throughput into territory no software-only chain can reach — and why that matters as payments, AI agents, and real-world asset tokenization all converge on the same rails.
UTEXO – Native USDT Comes Home to Bitcoin
Viktor Ihnatiuk is the co-founder and CEO of UTEXO, a Tether-backed global settlement network for native USDT and Bitcoin payments, powered by the Lightning Network and the RGB protocol. Viktor joins Andy Pickering to walk through a decade-long journey from Ukrainian fintech to the frontline of Bitcoin infrastructure — and to explain why the world's biggest stablecoin is finally coming back to the chain where it was born.
Open Frontier – The Coalition for Fair Crypto
Open Frontier Executive Director Erik Balsbaugh and board member Amanda Wick join Andy Pickering for a wide-ranging conversation on crypto, politics, and the future of digital finance. The discussion explores why digital assets are too important to be left to partisan trench warfare, and why the real promise of crypto has less to do with speculation and more to do with reducing fees, expanding access, and breaking the grip of extractive financial intermediaries. Erik and Amanda make the case that this is ultimately a fight about fairness, affordability, and who the financial system is built to serve.
Transak – The Crypto On-Ramp
Andy Werner is VP of Partnerships and Strategy at Transak, one of the world’s leading fiat-to-crypto on-ramp providers. Werner shares his journey through fintech — from big banks to startups — and explains how Transak is building the compliance and payments infrastructure that quietly powers hundreds of crypto platforms globally. While the company operates in what he jokingly calls the “boring” side of crypto, Werner argues that boring is exactly what payments infrastructure should be: seamless, reliable, and invisible to the end user.
Veera – The OnChain Neobank
Andy sits down with SB, CEO and co-founder of Veera, to unpack a bold attempt at one of crypto’s oldest and most stubborn problems: making it usable for normal people. From launching BlackBerrys and building early mobile ad tech, to challenging Netflix with an Asian streaming platform and exiting a travel startup, SB’s winding entrepreneurial path now lands squarely in on-chain finance. The conversation traces how Veera is positioning itself as a true crypto neobank — not just a wallet with a card — and why user experience, not yield or hype, will decide whether crypto ever really breaks into the mainstream.
OpenTrade – Stablecoin Infra & Yield for Financial Services
Andy sits down with Dave Sutter, CEO and co-founder of OpenTrade, to unpack why stablecoins are rapidly becoming the most important financial primitive in crypto — and arguably the missing link between digital assets and traditional finance.
Tria – Live Free, Bank Freer
Vijit Katta is the CEO and co-founder at Tria, a self-custodial neobank that unifies spending, trading, and earning across all chains — without bridges, gas, or custodians.
Canopy Network – Limitless Infra for Appchains
Andrew Nguyen is the Co-Founder and CTO of Canopy Network, which powers the peer-to-peer launchpad for new application-specific chains. Built on a recursive architecture, applications bootstrap each other into independence, forming an unstoppable web of utility and security.
Haven – Blockchain With Biometric Authentication
Matthew Jones is the founder at Haven, a blockchain ecosystem based on the foundations of anonymity and authenticated ownership. Using real and continuous biometric authentication it verifies that the user is the true authenticated owner at all times. It protects users from fraud, loss, and impersonation by making your face the ultimate key. No passwords, no seed phrases, no risks of theft.
WebX – The Bitcoin Accumulation Company
Bill Dafflon is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wondera.AI, an AI music company backed by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Bill is currently an investor in WebX, the world's first Bitcoin Accumulation Company (BAC).
LeveX – Built by Traders for Traders
Harvey Liu is the CEO at LeveX, a crypto exchange built by traders who believe that sharing strategies and successful trades builds a stronger community where everyone wins.
CreatorFi – Helping the World’s Best Creators Grow
Jack Cameron is the co-founder of CreatorFi, a unified platform for creative capital, partnerships, and growth enablement to help the world’s best creators.
PlayAI Network – The Orchestration Layer for Crypto x AI
The PlayAI Network is the orchestration network and interface for users and developers for seamless communication and coordination between tools, agents, applications, and data sources. Acting as the backbone of the agentic ecosystem, it addresses the challenges of fragmented AI systems by creating an interconnected environment where tasks can flow seamlessly across different platforms and contexts.
Pharos Network – The Layer 1 For RWAs
Wish Wu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pharos Network, a Programmable Open Financial Layer 1 For RWAs & Cross-Chain Liquidity. Wish leads the development of its decentralized protocol stack and drives key industry partnerships. Formerly CSO at ZAN, Ant Group's Web3 arm, he specialized in security architecture and vulnerability management.
Fidelity Digital Assets – What’s Happening In the Markets?
Fidelity began researching Bitcoin and developing blockchain solutions in 2014. After seeing demand from its clients, Fidelity developed a dedicated business, Fidelity Digital Assets. Today, it services hundreds of institutions globally.
Nillion – The Base Layer For Private Data
John Woods is CTO at the Nillion Association, a secure computation network that decentralizes trust for high-value data in the same way that blockchains decentralized transactions.
