Indexed Podcast
Technology
About
Hi! đź‘‹ We are 3 data nerds here to chat trendy metrics, chart crimes in web3. We hope to bring you deep dive of the topics with data-driven insights, and bring more transparency to the crypto industry! Let us know your opinions under each episode, and the topics you'd like to hear from us! Follow us on X: Indexed: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod Hildobby: https://twitter.com/hildobby Boxer: https://twitter.com/0xBoxer Danning: https://twitter.com/sui414 And our website: indexedpod.com
Episodes
- The State of Tokenization in 2026
This episode of Indexed Podcast examines the state of tokenization, distinguishing between headline narratives and actual usage. It discusses the increasing involvement of TradFi players, the evolving industry narrative around crypto and f…
- Is DeFi dead? The biggest bank run in history
This episode examines the Kelp DAO exploit and the subsequent DeFi bank run, detailing how an exploited LayerZero configuration led to the minting of unbacked rsETH. It covers the attacker's use of Aave, the amplification of risk through l…
- The RWA Reality Check
Indexed Podcast interviews JW from Nexus Data Labs to discuss the current state of Real World Assets (RWAs) and onchain data. They cover the reality of RWA growth versus headlines, the issue of idle stablecoin capital, and the role of DeFi…
- The Problem with DeFi Integrations
Andrew Hong, Co-Founder of Herd, joins Indexed Podcast to discuss DeFi integrations, the role of AI agents in crypto research, institutional adoption challenges, and the future of crypto infrastructure.
- The Hidden Risks of Crypto Bridges
Luca Donnoh from L2BEAT joins the Indexed Podcast to explore the risks associated with crypto bridges, including trust assumptions, different bridging models, and potential systemic risks from wrapped assets. The discussion also touches on…
- Who is the leading crypto payment card?
This episode of Indexed Podcast features Dash, Co-Founder at Paymentscan, discussing the crypto payment cards landscape, data transparency, onchain vs API data, and other related topics.
- Demystifying Prediction Markets Beyond Volume Charts
This episode examines prediction markets, contrasting onchain and offchain platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi. It covers their function as information systems, discusses liquidity, regulation, and their evolution.
- Did Ethereum Really Solve the Trilemma?
This episode explores Ethereum's original scalability trilemma, its evolution since 2017, and whether advancements like data availability sampling and zkEVMs truly solve the decentralization-security-scalability trade-offs. The discussion…
- Is 2026 DePIN's year?
This episode features Dylan Bane discussing DePIN, covering its definition, hardware vs. software models, categories like compute and energy, and its revenue potential. It also touches on onchain verification, Helium’s economics, and DePIN…
- Year End Review: State of Crypto
This episode reviews 2025 in the crypto industry, covering topics such as blockchain readiness for adoption, TPS vs throughput, decentralized finance, prediction markets, and revenue generation across various chains.
- How Fast Are Crosschain Bridges??
This Indexed Podcast episode covers cross-chain bridges, detailing the difficulties in tracking them and efforts to reconcile transfers. It also shares reflections from Devconnect Argentina, DuneCon, and a Patagonia trip, alongside discuss…
- x402: The Internet’s Native Payment Layer
Jay Yu discusses x402, a blockchain-based micropayments solution utilizing the 402 HTTP status code. The conversation covers stablecoin payments, real-world use cases, pilot implementations, wallet adoption, facilitator market share, and c…
- The 2025 DAT Era
This episode of Indexed Podcast covers Digital Asset Treasury Companies, discussing their definition, notable examples, reasons for their current rise, and key evaluation metrics. It also analyzes market caps in context, MicroStrategy's Bi…
- The HyperLiquid Effect: Whose PerpDEX Volume is Real?
This episode delves into Perpetual Decentralized Exchanges (Perp DEXs), explaining their mechanics like funding, leverage, and liquidations. It examines the rise of Hyperliquid, current market dynamics, and the challenges and innovations w…
- How Much Does Polymarket REALLY Make?
This episode of the Indexed Podcast explores the world of prediction markets, discussing their growing relevance, cultural impact, market share, and the trade-offs between decentralization and centralization. It also delves into regulatory…
- Stablecoins in 2025: Money, Re-Imagined
This Indexed Podcast episode unpacks the evolving stablecoin landscape, discussing recent developments, issuers, governance, innovative designs, data insights, global usage, and the L1 vs L2 debate. The hosts Hildo, Boxer, and Sui414 share…
- Better Ads Are Coming To Crypto Thanks To Coinbase
James Wang from Spindl/Coinbase joins the Indexed Podcast to discuss Web3 advertising. Topics include career journey, Spindl's unique approach, data's role in ad growth, attribution challenges, and the future of Web3 advertising.
- Should We Care About Arbitrum DAO?
Tom, Head of Data at Entropy Advisors, and Ali, Data Analyst, join the Indexed Podcast to discuss accelerating DAO development on Arbitrum. They cover governance, treasury management, DAO processes, delegate dynamics, grant tracking, the f…
- The Data Behind DeFi’s Biggest Upgrade
This episode features Uniswap Foundation
- Is EIP7702 A Double Edged Sword?
The Indexed Podcast episode features Igor from Wintermute discussing EIP 7702, its motivations, implications for smart contract wallets, delegation, security, and adoption metrics, alongside on-chain data analysis and the evolving wallet l…
- The REV Debate
This episode of The Indexed Podcast debates Real Economic Value (REV) in blockchain, comparing Ethereum and Solana using REV metrics, and discussing MEV, Flash Bots, and the challenges in evaluating blockchain activity.
- Pectra Upgrade: Will This Save Ethereum?
This episode features Ethereum researcher Christine Kim discussing the Pectra upgrade, its technical details, goals such as L2 scaling and improved UX, and related topics including BLOBs, validator counts, and EIP-7702.
- How much money did US miss out on Airdrops?
This Indexed Podcast episode analyzes Dragonfly’s 2025 Airdrops Report, exploring the relevance of airdrops in 2025, the US government's position, unclaimed airdrops, and regulatory impacts.
- Which DEX has the best price?
This episode features the authors of 'Execution Welfare Across Solver-based DEXes,' discussing their research into decentralized exchanges (DEXes). They cover methodologies like trade simulations and historic data analysis to measure user…
- The $1.5B Bybit Hack, Crypto’s Largest Hack Ever
The Indexed Podcast discusses the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, examining onchain data, exchange hack mechanics, hardware wallets, multisig verification, Bybit outflows, and the company's crisis response. The episode also touches on the potenti…
- Should L2s Pay Tariffs to Ethereum?
The Indexed Podcast features Lorenz Lehmann discussing Grow The Pie's data analysis, Ethereum L1/L2 economics, blob space pricing, tariffs, and Celestia's role in data availability. The conversation covers profitable L2s, Ethereum block co…
- A deep-dive on $TRUMP
This episode of The Indexed Podcast dives deep into $TRUMP, covering the US President's memecoin launch, Moonshot involvement, and various crypto market aspects like tokenomics and Solana's growth. The hosts also discuss the Trump administ…
- Solana MEV w/ Ghost
Chris and George from Ghost join the Indexed Podcast to discuss Solana MEV, sandwich attacks, and competition. The conversation covers liquidity provisions, validator roles, novel attack strategies, comparisons to Ethereum, and Ghost's 202…
- Does Ethereum Need Solo Stakers?
This episode of The Indexed Podcast features Nixo from EthStaker, discussing the reasons for staking Ethereum, the Beacon chain, ETH staking volume, and the role and challenges of solo stakers in the network.
- Building the World's Largest Crypto Index Fund
Hong Kim, Co-Founder & CTO of Bitwise, joins the Indexed Podcast to discuss the creation of the world's largest crypto index fund. The episode covers the significance of ETFs, brand transparency, institutional adoption, and compares the pe…
- Is TradFi Coming Onchain? w/RWA.xyz
The Indexed Podcast features RWA.xyz Co-Founder & CTO Charlie You discussing the integration of Real World Assets (RWAs) on-chain. Topics include the definition of RWAs, yield farming, tokenization, stablecoin differentiation, RWA blockers…
- Censorship Resistance w/ Thomas Thiery [PBS Series EP3]
Ethereum researcher Thomas Thiery discusses censorship resistance, its importance, transaction and blob censorship concerns, inclusion lists, and the future of Ethereum on the Indexed Podcast.
- PBS Series EP3: MEV Searcher Profits w/ Brontes
Joseph Noorchashm and Ludwig Thouvenin join Indexed Podcast to discuss MEV searcher profits, the Angstrom platform, Frequent Batch Auctions, and various related topics including DEX/CEX volume and market trends.
- Proposer Timing Game w/ DataAlways: PBS Series
This episode of The Indexed Podcast features guest dataalways discussing various aspects of blockchain technology including block building latency, relays, MEV revenue incentives, and L2 sequencers.
- PBS Series EP1: Block Builder Market w/ Burak Ă–z
The Indexed Podcast features Burak Ă–z discussing his research on the Ethereum block building auction, covering topics like MEV pipelines, Beaverbuild, Rsync, Titan, and exclusive order flow.
- Account Abstraction & ERC-4337 w/ Kofi
The Indexed Podcast features Kofi, data aggregator for bundlebear.com, discussing ERC-4337, transaction fees, bundle conflicts, and user experience improvements related to account abstraction. The episode also touches on DEX adoption and d…
- ETH ETF Review, Polymarket, US Election/Regulation, and more
The Indexed Podcast reviews the ETH ETF launch, discusses Polymarket updates, the Bitcoin 2024 Conference, and the potential impact of a Trump presidency on crypto. The episode also includes a teaser on MEV.
- Why is Solana Data So Hard? w/ Andrew Hong
Andrew Hong joins the Indexed Podcast to discuss the difficulties in analyzing Solana data. The conversation covers challenges related to Solana's development speed, its virtual machine compared to Ethereum, and issues with developer docum…
- Should we Keep Event Logs on Ethereum?? w/ Alvin Hsia & Mark Tyneway
The Indexed Podcast features Alvin Hsia and Mark Tyneway discussing the topic of event logs on Ethereum. The conversation covers the debate around using event logs, their current state, gas spend, limitations, and the impact on state growt…
- SocialFi: friend.tech, Polymarket and everything in between
The Indexed Podcast episode delves into the concept of SocialFi, discussing platforms such as friend.tech, its clones like Star Arena, and other related topics including Polymarket and the broader crypto industry trends.
- Staking & Restaking
The Indexed Podcast episode on Staking & Restaking discusses Ethereum's Proof-of-Stake, the expansion of staking protocols, and the concept of EigenLayer restaking. It also touches upon operators, AVS, intersubjective work tokens, and the…
- DEGEN w/ Jacek
This Indexed Podcast episode features Jacek discussing the concept of DEGEN, its origins, and the $DEGEN tokenomics. They also explore topics like SocialFi, the creator economy, and the DEGEN Chain.
- Blobscription and Base's meme szn, $DEGEN & L3 (and Easter egg!)
The Indexed Podcast covers topics like Ethereum blobscription, Linea Park, memecoin trading on Base, and the $DEGEN token and L3s. They also discuss USDC and USDT in DeFi, liquid staking rotations, Uniswap polls, and resources for learning…
- EIP4844 Blobs (w/ Michael Silberling)
Michael Silberling joins the Indexed Podcast to discuss EIP4844 Blobs. The conversation delves into the problems EIP4844 addresses, the concept of blobs, gas market dynamics including congestion and post-EIP4844 transaction costs, the econ…
- Blast, Bitcoin L2s & Solana Memecoins
The Indexed Podcast episode covers the Blast launch, Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions, NFT cycle comparison, Bitcoin ETF flows, and Solana memecoins. Hosts include hildobby, 0xBoxer, and sui414.
- Farcaster, Daimo & Polymarket
The Indexed Podcast discusses Farcaster, including its features like meme coins, tipping, and frames, alongside an introduction to Daimo and Polymarket. The episode also touches upon ERC404, NFTs, and crypto energy consumption.
- Orderflow, Inscriptions, ETFs & $JUP
The Indexed Podcast discusses various crypto industry topics, including DEX volumes, order flow auctions, Inscriptions on Bitcoin and EVM chains, Bitcoin ETFs, and the Jupiter airdrop, referencing multiple data sources and analyses.