Episodes

Why Bad Tokens Ruin Good Projects | Sal Ternullo | SVRN & A100x Ventures [EP. 315]
May 22, 2026

Why Bad Tokens Ruin Good Projects | Sal Ternullo | SVRN & A100x Ventu…

Pete Townsend is joined by Sal Ternullo, CEO of SVRN and Managing Partner at A100x Ventures, for a conversation about how to tell the difference between a token that represents ownership of the value-creating thing and one that's an accelerant bolted onto something else.

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You Can't Code Your Way Out of Risk | Amor Sexton | Blockdaemon [EP. 314]
May 8, 2026

You Can't Code Your Way Out of Risk | Amor Sexton | Blockdaemon [EP. …

In the last few weeks, Drift Protocol and Kelp DAO lost $577 million between them. Neither one was a code exploit. Both were operational and governance failures. That's the conversation Pete sits down with Amor Sexton to have...

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Making Crypto Tax Efficient | Dan Gold | Stratiphy [EP. 313]
April 30, 2026

Making Crypto Tax Efficient | Dan Gold | Stratiphy [EP. 313]

Dan Gold is founder and CEO of Stratiphy, and as far as anyone knows, the only platform offering tax-efficient crypto exposure to UK retail investors right now.

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Who's Watching the Agent? | Rob Viglione | Horizen Labs [EP. 310]
April 3, 2026

Who's Watching the Agent? | Rob Viglione | Horizen Labs [EP. 310]

Who's watching the agent? That's the question at the heart of this episode — and it's one that's going to define the next decade of finance.

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Talent is Equally Distributed, Opportunity is Not | John Hill | Whop [EP. 309]
March 27, 2026

Talent is Equally Distributed, Opportunity is Not | John Hill | Whop …

Talent is equally distributed. Opportunity is not. John Hill, VP of Story at Whop, has spent his career watching founders in Cape Town, Lagos, and Medellín build something real — and then hit a wall the moment they try to get paid.

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Transparency Equals Liability: Why DeFi Strategies Get Copied | Matteo Manzi | Orion Finance (EP. 307)
March 13, 2026

Transparency Equals Liability: Why DeFi Strategies Get Copied | Matte…

DeFi transparency means every onchain trade is visible. Which means the moment a strategy works, the market can copy it. In this episode of MoneyNeverSleeps , Pete Townsend speaks with Matteo Manzi , co-founder and CEO of Ori...

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Why Stablecoins and Banks Will Coexist | Emma Landriault | JPM Coin (EP. 306)
March 6, 2026

Why Stablecoins and Banks Will Coexist | Emma Landriault | JPM Coin (…

Money doesn’t become digital overnight.It becomes digital when the rails of finance begin to change.

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Digital Yuan: Trade, Gold, and the New Money Rails (EP. 305)
Feb. 2, 2026

Digital Yuan: Trade, Gold, and the New Money Rails (EP. 305)

Money doesn’t become geopolitical overnight. It becomes geopolitical when the rails start to change. In this episode of MoneyNeverSleeps, Pete Townsend is joined by Sean Lee for a deep, practical conversation on what China is...

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Scaling Human Expertise in Crypto and AI (EP. 304)
Jan. 26, 2026

Scaling Human Expertise in Crypto and AI (EP. 304)

Scaling human expertise isn’t a technology problem — it’s a trust problem. In this episode of MoneyNeverSleeps , Pete Townsend speaks with Joni Pirovich , founder of Crystal aOS , about where crypto and AI quietly hit their l...

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Why Working Less Saved My Startup (EP. 303)
Jan. 19, 2026

Why Working Less Saved My Startup (EP. 303)

Surviving the hard days of startup life isn’t about working more - it’s about building the right support around you.

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2026 Crypto Predictions: Why It All Gets Boring (EP. 302)
Jan. 5, 2026

2026 Crypto Predictions: Why It All Gets Boring (EP. 302)

Crypto doesn’t win in 2026 by being louder - it wins by becoming boring.

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Stablecoin Power Shift? Dollar Dominance, AI, and Europe’s Big Question (EP.301)
Dec. 12, 2025

Stablecoin Power Shift? Dollar Dominance, AI, and Europe’s Big Questi…

Stablecoins aren’t just a crypto story anymore — they’re a geopolitical one.

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