Join FrodoBots Lab's Co-Founder Michael Cho and Messari's Dylan Bane and Kinji Steimetz as they explore how crypto-powered robotics and decentralized networks are unlocking real-world AI applications, from urban navigation to autonomous agents. Learn how decentralized physical AI is solving bottlenecks in data collection, model validation, and hardware scalability—and why this space could be the next big wave in crypto.The Fully Diluted Podcast with Messari Research brings you insightful, no-hyp...
Feb 27, 2025•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Markus Levin (Co-Founder of XYO) and Messari's Dylan Bane as they explore the evolution of proof of location and decentralized data verification. Discover how XYO is bridging real-world data with blockchain through its proof-of-origin technology and vast global node network. Learn how the protocol is tackling challenges in location spoofing, tokenomics, and user adoption while scaling to new use cases like AI, gaming, and physical systems. The Fully Diluted Podcast with Messari Research bri...
Feb 13, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Messari's CEO, Eric Turner, alongside Richard Liu (Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Huma Finance) and Lily Liu (President of Solana Foundation) as they explore the transformative potential of PayFi in crypto and traditional finance. Discover how decentralized finance is reshaping cross-border payments, payment financing, and real-world financial applications. Learn why PayFi is more than just fast and cheap transactions—it's the future of a global, decentralized financial ecosystem. Read the full...
Feb 12, 2025•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "How could io.net's model impact cloud computing costs for businesses?" https://messari.co/4jBFZgo Tory Green, io.net's Co-Founder and CEO, join Messari Enterprise Analyst, Dylan Bane to discuss io.net and cloud computing. io.net is revolutionizing the $2.5 trillion cloud computing industry by creating a decentralized network of underutilized GPUs. Think "Airbnb for compute power." Their innovative approach offers virtually unlimited scalability, lower costs (up to 10x cheape...
Jan 29, 2025•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "How will the adoption of USDD V2 and other innovations on Tron shape the network’s role in 2025?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/future-of-tron-in-2025-e672ab43-3f6c-4309-b1c3-1b95f6842df8 Tron Founder Justin Sun joins Messari CEO Eric Turner to discuss Tron's Q4 achievements, including its 35% revenue growth and the burn of 415 million TRX making it deflationary. Check out Messari's TRON Portal at tron.messari.io Justin shares exciting updates on the lau...
Jan 28, 2025•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "What are the most promising opportunities in PayFi's future?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/exploring-payfi-s-future-opportunities-7240fa12-317e-4f2a-b764-d1787fe3e59a Erbil Karaman, Huma Finance's Co-Founder and Tomer Weller, Stellar's CPO, join Messari CEO, Eric Turner, to discuss the PayFi Ecosystem and recently published Messari report. Discover the PayFi ecosystem and its potential to revolutionize global payments, financing, and cross-border transactions. This conve...
Jan 23, 2025•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "How will new stablecoin issuers shape global liquidity and adoption?" https://messari.co/4jbR8nP Anna Yuan, Perena's Founder and former Stablecoin Lead at Solana Labs, joins the Messari Research team to discuss the future of stablecoins. From the challenges of liquidity fragmentation to the role of agentic payments and real-world applications of stablecoins, Anna shares her expertise on the innovations shaping decentralized finance (DeFi). Discover how stablecoins are transf...
Jan 15, 2025•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "How could AI-powered camera networks reshape industries beyond autonomous driving?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/transforming-industries-with-ai-camera-networks-f5a4a538-2ce6-4c1d-bdcb-c163adacd3a2 Alireza Ghods & Ulrik Lages, Natix's Core Contributors, join the Messari Research team to discuss mapping and autonomous vehicles. Learn about the potential applications of their data for autonomous driving, smart cities, and beyond, as well as how Natix is leveraging bloc...
Jan 10, 2025•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "What were the top trends in the State of DePIN 2024?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/depin-trends-2024-6bb67c3b-1d3d-4b39-8fc2-e95c585f0a4c EV3's Sal Gala and BiP's Connor Lovely join the Messari Research team to take a deep dive into Messari's latest State of DePIN report.Join us as we explore predictions for 2025, groundbreaking AI-agent integrations, revenue growth in decentralized sectors, and the global impact of DePIN networks. From the rise of compute and energy pro...
Jan 09, 2025•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot: "How is DIMO scaling its vehicle network and attracting developers in 2025?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/scaling-dimo-s-vehicle-network-in-2025-f96147fb-d495-4975-b7d8-c99ab6e7cd2b Join Dylan and Kinji as they sit down with Rob Solomon, co-founder of DIMO, to discuss how DIMO is revolutionizing vehicle connectivity through decentralized technology. From enabling seamless car data sharing to exploring use cases like usage-based insurance, EV charging insights, and even P...
Jan 08, 2025•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot: "How does XNet's D-WIN approach differ from Helium's?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/comparing-d-win-and-helium-0d52047b-1db4-42e1-bc39-9a7a6da027d8 Join Dylan Bane and Kinji Steimetz as they dive into the future of decentralized wireless with Rich DeVaul, co-founder and CEO of XNet, on this episode of Fully Diluted. Rich shares XNet’s groundbreaking approach to decentralized wireless (D-WIN), how they’re solving mobile coverage challenges with enterprise-grade solutions,...
Jan 07, 2025•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "WTF is Peaq and Why Is It Worth $2B?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/understanding-peaq-s-valuation-f4abf889-1882-4d1d-a7d0-718f9db04bd7 Leonard Dorlochter & Max Thake, Co-Founders of Peaq join the Messari Research team. Peaq is the layer-1 blockchain powering the Machine Economy, made up of real-world Web3 apps (DePINs) and the millions of devices that run on them. The Fully Diluted Podcast with Messari Research brings you insightful, no-hype takes on what actually dr...
Jan 06, 2025•47 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot: "What is Wintermute?" https://messari.io/copilot/share/understanding-wintermute-90b0f9d2-a259-4682-92e0-4dda8802946b Bringing you insights and stories from specialist teams providing consulting, risk advisory, treasury management, strategic finance, and everything crypto protocols need. Today's guest is Cllen Van Den Elst from Wintermute. Learn more about Messari Protocol Services at https://messari.io/protocol-services This episode and its contents do not necessarily reflec...
Dec 27, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read Messari's Annual Crypto Theses for FREE!: https://messari.io/report/the-crypto-theses-2025 Over 100 pages of everything you need to know in crypto for 2025. Follow Messari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto Follow Unqualified Opinions on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uG5qpwFg67zTt0VQRTaZ7?si=13163cbebe01415e Follow Unqualified Opinions on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/messaris-unqualified-opinions/id1455666979 ____ This episode and its contents d...
Dec 23, 2024•5 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read Messari's Annual Crypto Theses for FREE!: https://messari.io/report/the-crypto-theses-2025 Over 100 pages of everything you need to know in crypto for 2025. Get a 30% Discount on an annual subscription to Messari Pro with code THESES25 (valid until Dec. 31, 2024) 00:00 Intro & 2024 Review 06:52 AI Agents 16:12 Launching Fungible Tokens 23:33 Blinks 33:42 Gaming 42:08 Hot Takes for 2025 Follow Messari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto Follow Unqualified Opinions on Spotify: h...
Dec 20, 2024•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read Messari's Annual Crypto Theses for FREE!: https://messari.io/report/the-crypto-theses-2025 Over 100 pages of everything you need to know in crypto for 2025. Get a 30% Discount on an annual subscription to Messari Pro with code THESES25 (valid until Dec. 31, 2024) 00:00 Pendle, Maker, RWA's and...Fartcoin? 12:42 How Successful Can DAOs Be? 17:46 The Star of H2 2024: DEXs 26:42 Hyperliquid 36:09 Centralized Exchanges 51:27 DeFi Renaissance Continues in 2025? Follow Messari on Twitter: https:/...
Dec 19, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read Messari's Annual Crypto Theses for FREE!: https://messari.io/report/the-crypto-theses-2025 Over 100 pages of everything you need to know in crypto for 2025. Get a 30% Discount on an annual subscription to Messari Pro with code THESES25 (valid until Dec. 31, 2024) 00:00 Intro & Summary of Dylan's DePIN 2025 Theses 13:59 Helium 27:06 DePIN x AI 32:39 Grass 36:07 Bittensor 48:31 Predictions for 2025 Follow Messari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto Follow Unqualified Opinions on...
Dec 18, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read Messari's Annual Crypto Theses for FREE!: https://messari.io/report/the-crypto-theses-2025 Over 100 pages of everything you need to know in crypto for 2025. Get a 30% Discount on an annual subscription to Messari Pro with code THESES25 (valid until Dec. 31, 2024) 00:00 Intro & How Investors Think About L1 Valuations 09:16 Solana's Year in Review 17:55 Memecoins 24:17 Competitors to Solana 34:14 Solana Predictions for 2025 Follow Messari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto Foll...
Dec 17, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read Messari's Annual Crypto Theses for FREE!: https://messari.io/report/the-crypto-theses-2025 Over 100 pages of everything you need to know in crypto for 2025. 00:00 Intro & Macro Policy Backdrop 13:46 2025 Policy Expectations 24:15 User Adoption 34:00 Role of DePIN 40:04 The Year in Fundraising 43:41 Memecoins 51:29 Hot Takes for 2025 Follow Messari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto Follow Unqualified Opinions on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uG5qpwFg67zTt0VQRTaZ7?si...
Dec 16, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Read Messari's Annual Crypto Theses for FREE!: https://messari.io/report/the-crypto-theses-2025 Over 100 pages of everything you need to know in crypto for 2025. 00:00 Intro & Summary of AI Section of Theses 13:48 Why Does AI Benefit From Crypto Infrastructure? 22:31 AI Agents 36:21 Bittensor 46:06 Dynamic TAO 53:38 Most Interesting Subnets 56:40 Predictions for 2025 Follow Messari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto Follow Unqualified Opinions on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot " Please explain how Autonomys enables the builds of AI agents. " Todd Ruoff, CEO of Autonomys joins the Messari Research team to talk about AI agents, modular blockchain architecture, and the future of AI. Autonomys' AI3.0 ecosystem stack is designed to provide all the necessary components to build and deploy AI-powered dApps (super dApps) and agents. The Fully Diluted Podcast with Messari Research brings you insightful, no-hype takes on what actually drives value in crypto....
Dec 11, 2024•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot " Please explain how Glow incentivizes the build out of solar energy farms. " David Vorick, Founder of Glow joins the Messari Research team to talk about decentralized solar energy. Glow is on a mission to power the planet with 100% renewable energy. Every individual, no matter how small, can participate meaningfully in the mission. Every contribution to Glow fuels and motivates solar farms to slash CO2 emissions, and earns you Impact Points to measure the positive change. Th...
Dec 10, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot "Please explain Aerodrome's recent growth." https://messari.io/copilot/share/aerodrome-s-growth-analysis-b1f4da98-e4d1-412f-9b5a-fbcf61bf1e2b Alex Cutler, Co-Founder of Aerodrome joins the Messari Research team to talk about DEX's, Metadex's, Aerodrome and Velodrome. Aerodrome Finance is a next-generation AMM designed to serve as Base's central liquidity hub, combining a powerful liquidity incentive engine, vote-lock governance model, and friendly user experience. Aerodrome i...
Dec 05, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot: " What are the most common legal challenges facing crypto in 2025? " Bringing you insights and stories from specialist teams providing consulting, risk advisory, treasury management, strategic finance, and everything crypto protocols need. Today's guest is Joseph Axisa from Axis Advisory. Learn more about Messari Protocol Services at https://messari.io/protocol-services This episode and its contents do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Messari, Inc. Hosts and guests ma...
Dec 03, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot " How do energy projects use DePIN tokenomics? " Currently, the world is not on track to limit global temperature increases by 1.5C, which risks irreversible climate change. Two major infrastructure challenges are delaying progress - a grid not designed for distributed energy sources, and lack of incentives. DePIN can help solve both of those problems, and Dylan Bane is here to explain. Hosted by Maartje Bus ( https://x.com/maartjebus ) Written and Produced by Steve Bichim...
Nov 27, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot " How does Pirate Nation use crypto incentives? " Web3 gaming hit new heights in October 2024, recording nearly 8 million daily onchain active addresses. But most games are still only partially onchain, due to scalability challenges. Pirate Nation, a fully-onchain game, seems have solved some of these problems, processing over 350M transations across more than 300k active addresses. Will this be the first fully-onchain game to break out? Chris Davis has the answer. Hosted by ...
Nov 20, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot " Please give me an overview of Andrena and DAWN " Neil Chatterjee, CEO of Andrena joins the Messari Research team to talk about DAWN, which stands for "Decentralized Autonomous Wireless Network". DAWN is a decentralized protocol designed to bootstrap and orchestrate multi-gigabit, user-powered mesh networks, initially powering fixed wireless home internet. This approach allows anyone to contribute wireless coverage and bandwidth to a city-wide network, democratizing Internet...
Nov 14, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot " Please list the investments that Escape Velocity and Dragonfly have made together. " The Fully Diluted Podcast with Messari Research brings you insightful, no-hype takes on what actually drives value in crypto. Subscribe to get weekly episodes with the best builders and researchers in crypto. 00:00 Intros & DePIN Trends 09:22 Strongest Progress So Far 18:09 Assessment of DePIN's Talent Pool 26:00 Innovation vs. Hype 32:37 The Future of DePIN Hosted by Dylan Bane of Mess...
Nov 07, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot: " What services does Chaos Labs provide? " Bringing you insights and stories from specialist teams providing consulting, risk advisory, treasury management, strategic finance, and everything crypto protocols need. Today's guest is Omer Goldberg from Chaos Labs. Learn more about Messari Protocol Services at https://messari.io/protocol-services This episode and its contents do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Messari, Inc. Hosts and guests may hold cryptocurrencies disc...
Nov 05, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask Messari Copilot " Give me a summary of Superstate's offerings. " The Fully Diluted Podcast with Messari Research brings you insightful, no-hype takes on what actually drives value in crypto. Subscribe to get weekly episodes with the best builders and researchers in crypto. 00:00 Intros 03:53 Recent Growth of Tokenized Treasuries 09:41 Short-Term Use Cases 15:12 Winner-Take-Most? 21:07 Privacy Hosted by Kinji Steimetz and Seth Bloomberg of Messari Follow Messari on Twitter : Follow Unqualifie...
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