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BlockLayer Podcast is a series from the BlockLayer team, giving listeners rare, behind-the-scenes access to the founders building some of the most important companies in web3.
In long-form, unhurried conversations, we go beyond the headlines and into what it really takes to build: what first pulled them into crypto, what they shipped (and what broke), how they hired and scaled teams, the decisions that nearly killed the company — and the moves that ultimately made it work.
It’s the real story of building in web3: the wins, the chaos, and the lessons you won’t find in public threads.
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Michael Heinrich | Founder of 0G Labs — Building the First Modular AI Chain
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Ron Bodkin | CEO & Co-Founder of Theoriq — Understanding Agent Collectives in AI
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Anna Kazlauskas | CEO & Co-Founder of Vana — Solving AI’s Data Dilemma
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Karan Sirdesai | Co-Founder & CEO of Mira Network — Building Reliable AI on the Blockchain
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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David Minarsch | Co-Founder & CEO of Valory — The Rise of Autonomous Agents and the Future of Web3
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Nick Emmons | Co-Founder & CEO of Allora Labs — The Synergies Between Web3 and AI
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Gabby Dizon | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games — Tokenomics and In-Game Economies
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Greg Osuri | Founder of Akash Network — Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Ethan Sun | Co-Founder of MyShell — Empowering Creators at the Blockchain × AI Crossroads
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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DC Builder | Research Engineer at Worldcoin Foundation — Proving Personhood in a Digital Era
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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David Tse | Co-Founder of BabylonChain — Scaling Bitcoin to Secure a Decentralized World
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Sergey Gorbunov | Co-Founder of Axelar Network — Scaling Blockchain Interoperability
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Victor Ji | Co-Founder of Manta Network — Building Real-World Use Cases With Zero-Knowledge
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Sandy Peng | Co-Founder of Scroll — Building L2 Solutions Aligned With Ethereum’s Roadmap
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May 22, 2025 |
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Chris Spadafora | Founder of BadgerDAO — Bringing Bitcoin to DeFi
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May 10, 2025 |
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Eli Ben-Sasson | Founder of StarkWare — Scaling Blockchain With Zero-Knowledge
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Sreeram Kannan | Founder of EigenLayer — Blockchain Brings Trust to Tech Innovation
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Aniket Jindal | Co-Founder of Biconomy — Building the Tools That Make Web3 Usable
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Beryl Li | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games — From Games to Guilds: Navigating the Web3 Journey
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Illia Polosukhin | Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol — Scaling an L1 in a Bear Market
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Ryan Sungho Kim | Partner at Hashed — Cracking the Code on Web3 Investing in Asia
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Alex Svanevik | Co-Founder of Nansen — From Data Scientist to Web3 Founder
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin | Co-Founder of Axie Infinity — Turning Your Community into True Evangelists
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Yat Siu | Co-Founder of Animoca Brands — Web3’s North Star is Digital Ownership
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Matthew Gould | Founder & CEO of Unstoppable Domains — Building a Web3 Unicorn Without a Token
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Lily Liu | President of the Solana Foundation — Why Blockchain Ecosystems Are More Like Cities Than Companies
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Harsh Rajat | Founder of Push Protocol — Market Sentiment, Fundraising, and the L1 Wars
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Jaynti “JD” Kanani | Co-Founder of Polygon — From Underdog to Champion
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Jack Lu | Co-Founder of Magic Eden — Going Multi-Chain, Building for Web3, and the Future of NFTs
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Chris Gonsalves | CEO of Community Gaming — Web3 Gaming Ecosystems and eSports
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Sandeep Nailwal | Co-Founder of Polygon — Setbacks, Community, and the Polygon Rebrand
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Lucas Vogelsang | Co-Founder of Centrifuge — The Future of DeFi
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Sota Watanabe | Co-Founder of Astar Network — Web3 Valuations and the Future of Decentralization
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May 07, 2024 |
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Nischal Shetty | Founder of Shardeum — Building in Web3 and Why Community Matters
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Andrew Durgee | President of Republic Crypto — Building a Fund in Volatile Markets
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Ciara Sun | Founder & Managing Partner of C² Ventures — Investing in Web3 Founders, Valuations, and Women in Crypto
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Miles Anthony | Founder of Decentral Games — Building & Scaling Play-to-Earn in the Metaverse
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Jan 03, 2024 |