Gm! In today’s episode, we cover institutional crypto adoption, tokenization, and regulatory developments, along with Blockworks IR and disclosure frameworks. We also explore perpetual markets, product innovation, and trends across DeFi, neobanking, stablecoins, and DePIN as crypto and traditional finance continue to converge.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:59) Institutional Bull Market

(5:20) Perps Come to America?

(9:05) Why TTF Matters

(14:31) Blockworks IR Is Live

(19:30) What’s Real at DAS?

(28:13) Crypto Apps Become Neobanks

(35:50) DePIN Finally Scales

(42:26) What’s Crypto’s Next Game?

(44:41) Closing Comments

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The Institutional Shift Driving Crypto Forward