BlockLayer Podcast

By Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, Diksha Desai

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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.


Episode Date
Michael Heinrich | Founder of 0G Labs — Building the First Modular AI Chain
Feb 27, 2026
Ron Bodkin | CEO & Co-Founder of Theoriq — Understanding Agent Collectives in AI
Feb 24, 2026
Anna Kazlauskas | CEO & Co-Founder of Vana — Solving AI’s Data Dilemma
Feb 22, 2026
Karan Sirdesai | Co-Founder & CEO of Mira Network — Building Reliable AI on the Blockchain
Nov 25, 2025
David Minarsch | Co-Founder & CEO of Valory — The Rise of Autonomous Agents and the Future of Web3
Nov 08, 2025
Nick Emmons | Co-Founder & CEO of Allora Labs — The Synergies Between Web3 and AI
Oct 24, 2025
Gabby Dizon | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games — Tokenomics and In-Game Economies
Oct 06, 2025
Greg Osuri | Founder of Akash Network — Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI
Sep 23, 2025
Ethan Sun | Co-Founder of MyShell — Empowering Creators at the Blockchain × AI Crossroads
Sep 04, 2025
DC Builder | Research Engineer at Worldcoin Foundation — Proving Personhood in a Digital Era
Aug 22, 2025
David Tse | Co-Founder of BabylonChain — Scaling Bitcoin to Secure a Decentralized World
Aug 14, 2025
Sergey Gorbunov | Co-Founder of Axelar Network — Scaling Blockchain Interoperability
Jul 23, 2025
Victor Ji | Co-Founder of Manta Network — Building Real-World Use Cases With Zero-Knowledge
Jun 12, 2025
Sandy Peng | Co-Founder of Scroll — Building L2 Solutions Aligned With Ethereum’s Roadmap
May 22, 2025
Chris Spadafora | Founder of BadgerDAO — Bringing Bitcoin to DeFi
May 10, 2025
Eli Ben-Sasson | Founder of StarkWare — Scaling Blockchain With Zero-Knowledge
Apr 21, 2025
Sreeram Kannan | Founder of EigenLayer — Blockchain Brings Trust to Tech Innovation
Mar 20, 2025
Aniket Jindal | Co-Founder of Biconomy — Building the Tools That Make Web3 Usable
Mar 08, 2025
Beryl Li | Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games — From Games to Guilds: Navigating the Web3 Journey
Feb 25, 2025
Illia Polosukhin | Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol — Scaling an L1 in a Bear Market
Feb 06, 2025
Ryan Sungho Kim | Partner at Hashed — Cracking the Code on Web3 Investing in Asia
Jan 24, 2025
Alex Svanevik | Co-Founder of Nansen — From Data Scientist to Web3 Founder
Jan 04, 2025
Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin | Co-Founder of Axie Infinity — Turning Your Community into True Evangelists
Dec 23, 2024
Yat Siu | Co-Founder of Animoca Brands — Web3’s North Star is Digital Ownership
Dec 13, 2024
Matthew Gould | Founder & CEO of Unstoppable Domains — Building a Web3 Unicorn Without a Token
Nov 22, 2024
Lily Liu | President of the Solana Foundation — Why Blockchain Ecosystems Are More Like Cities Than Companies
Nov 11, 2024
Harsh Rajat | Founder of Push Protocol — Market Sentiment, Fundraising, and the L1 Wars
Oct 21, 2024
Jaynti “JD” Kanani | Co-Founder of Polygon — From Underdog to Champion
Oct 09, 2024
Jack Lu | Co-Founder of Magic Eden — Going Multi-Chain, Building for Web3, and the Future of NFTs
Sep 11, 2024
Chris Gonsalves | CEO of Community Gaming — Web3 Gaming Ecosystems and eSports
Aug 23, 2024
Sandeep Nailwal | Co-Founder of Polygon — Setbacks, Community, and the Polygon Rebrand
Jul 09, 2024
Lucas Vogelsang | Co-Founder of Centrifuge — The Future of DeFi
Jun 22, 2024
Sota Watanabe | Co-Founder of Astar Network — Web3 Valuations and the Future of Decentralization
May 07, 2024
Nischal Shetty | Founder of Shardeum — Building in Web3 and Why Community Matters
Apr 21, 2024
Andrew Durgee | President of Republic Crypto — Building a Fund in Volatile Markets
Mar 05, 2024
Ciara Sun | Founder & Managing Partner of C² Ventures — Investing in Web3 Founders, Valuations, and Women in Crypto
Feb 20, 2024
Miles Anthony | Founder of Decentral Games — Building & Scaling Play-to-Earn in the Metaverse
Jan 03, 2024