Interviews
The latest conversations from Crypto Coin Show, where Ashton has interviewed more than 1,500 founders, developers and investors since 2014. Every episode has its own page on cryptocoinshow.com with show notes, chapters and a written version.
Latest episodes
Why Verona's Anthony Anzalone thinks every company will launch a stablecoin
Anthony Anzalone, VeronaVerona, the network formerly known as XION, launched verUSD: a dollar stablecoin built for AI agents, with more than $100 million in launch commitments.…
How Gnosis Guild's Auryn Macmillan is bringing secret ballots on chain
Auryn Macmillan, Gnosis GuildEvery worthwhile democracy uses a secret ballot, and every fair sealed-bid auction needs an auctioneer nobody can bribe. On chain, someone usually still has…
Martin El-Khouri on building an economy for machines
Martin El-Khouri, PeaqSoftware is solved, hardware is different. Martin El-Khouri of peaq argues that the next wave of builders is moving from software to machines, because…
Luke Davis on why stocks, gold and bitcoin beat bonds in 2026
Luke Davis, Bull Market BlueprintLuke Davis argues that tech and the hyperscalers have carried the whole index in 2026 while most other sectors stalled, and that the fourth…
How Birdeye bootstrapped to 5,000 enterprise clients
Kha Nguyen, BirdeyeCrypto data is only useful if it is complete, fast and right, and Birdeye covers thousands of data sources across the world’s chains with…
How Anvil lets you use crypto as collateral without selling
Max Schwartz, Anvil Research LabsMost credit runs on trust: banks, BNPL apps and suppliers all price in the risk that you won’t pay. Anvil flips that. It lets…
Pawel Mastalerz on how Daski helps AI agents navigate the web
Pawel Mastalerz, DaskiAI agents can browse, write and code, but most of the web still treats them as intruders: CAPTCHAs, logins built for humans and payment…
Why banks are building for Web3 in silence
Dr. Jordan Knecht, KresusBanks look slow on blockchain, but most of the work is happening where nobody can see it. Institutions are running RFPs, testing tokenized deposits…
How TrendTrader Pro raised $1M for a token buyback fund
Nick Nechanicky, TrendTrader ProA trading-signals company says it raised $1 million for a fund that will spend half its realized profits buying its own token, TTP, off…
Illia Polosukhin on NEAR's privacy features and AI agents in 2026
Illia Polosukhin, NEAR ProtocolIllia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR Protocol, joins Ashton Addison on the Crypto Coin Show to break down everything NEAR has shipped since June: privacy…
How Robinhood built its own blockchain to control compliance and fees
Johann Kerbrat, RobinhoodRobinhood already lets millions of people trade stocks and crypto, so why build its own blockchain? ROBINHOOD CHAIN is the answer: a chain Robinhood…
Geo Protocol founder Yaniv Tal launches Geo Debates, its first product
Yaniv Tal, Geo ProtocolDecentralized social keeps failing for the same reason: Farcaster, Lens and every Twitter clone built an app-specific data model, so nothing composes and no…
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