Embrace privacy now or pay the price in 2025 (feat. Session)
Kee Jefferys, technical co-founder of Session, breaks down the state of privacy and encryption in 2025 and explains why the Session encrypted messaging app…
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The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto
Hosted by Ray Salmond, Jonathan DeYoung
The Agenda podcast explores the promises of crypto, blockchain and Web3, and how everyday people level up and improve their lives with these new technologies. It covers everything from new blockchain tech to Bitcoin mass adoption and cultural shifts in Web3. Every two weeks, Cointelegraph’s The Agenda podcast tackles a new topic by speaking with the innovators and experts building the Web3 the world actually needs. After all, crypto is for everyone, not just rocket scientists, venture capitalists and high-IQ developers.
Lazarus Group’s $1.4B Bybit hack is just the beginning (feat. CertiK)
CertiK chief business officer Jason Jiang shares the nitty gritty on how North Korea’s Lazarus Group stole $1.4 billion in ETH-related tokens from Bybit, who…
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Future of crypto regulation and taxes under Trump and DOGE (feat. Taxbit)
Taxbit’s director of government solutions, Miles Fuller, breaks down everything investors and businesses need to know about crypto taxes under the new Donald…
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MEV attacks are draining users — but encryption can stop it (feat. Shutter Network)
The crypto sector has entered an era of hyperfinancialization, and with this comes predatory MEV and manipulation of blockchain activities that were…
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Strategic Bitcoin reserve to protect the Amazon (feat. Rainforest Foundation US)
Rainforest Foundation US executive director Suzanne Pelletier explains why the NGO is raising 100 BTC for a strategic Bitcoin reserve and how the fund will be…
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Why encrypted supercomputing is key to ethical AI and humanity’s future (feat. Arcium)
Yannik Schrade, co-founder and CEO of Arcium, sits down to share his views on why blockchain developers, corporations, the medical industry and the average…
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Is the hyperfinancialization of crypto anti-cypherpunk? (feat. Sebastian Bürgel)
Sebastian Bürgel, vice president of technology at Gnosis and founder of Hopr, shares his cypherpunk perspective on the state of Ethereum, privacy and Web3 as…
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The role of decentralization in Web3, AI and cloud computing (feat. Theta Network)
Theta Labs head of strategy Wes Levitt shares his views on the role of decentralization within cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Levitt also gives…
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Bitcoin’s early days and the future of mass adoption (feat. Jeff Garik)
Jeff Garzik, an OG Bitcoin developer and the co-founder of Hemi Network, sits down to share his earliest Bitcoin memories and explain why layer-2 protocols…
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Metaverse or omniverse, AI will be there — Should we be afraid? (feat. Tracverse)
Tracverse founder Amos Thomas explores the importance of storytelling and protecting content creators’ IP rights from AI LLMs. In addition to explaining…
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Bitcoin finds new use case in life insurance industry (feat. Meanwhile)
Meanwhile director of wealth management Danny Baer explains how Bitcoin has found a new use case in the life insurance industry, and how BTC holders can use…
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How blockchain improves international aid and empowers communities (feat. Mercy Corps)
Mercy Corps chief investment officer Scott Onder explains how the international NGO uses blockchain to streamline aid relief and breaks down its strategy for…
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Humanity will be better off if AI is decentralized and democratized (feat. Dr. Ben Goertzel)
Dr. Ben Goertzel, CEO and chief scientist at SingularityNET, explains why decentralizing AI is critical to the development of artificial general intelligence.…
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Biometric verification doesn’t have to be a privacy nightmare (feat. Privado ID)
Sebastian Rodriguez, chief product officer at Privado ID, breaks down how services and users alike can verify their identities while maintaining privacy in a…
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Genomic data value is ‘infinitely higher’ than most people think (feat. Genomes.io)
Aldo de Pape, co-founder and CEO of Genomes.io, joins The Agenda podcast to discuss the genomic mapping industry’s privacy challenges and their impact on…
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1 year later: Catching up with CryptoHarlem, OriginTrail and Blockchain Socialist
Three of The Agenda’s first guests return to the podcast to update us on the wins and losses of the last year and their goals and vision for 2025.…
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1 year later: Catching up with Cryptonauts, LaborDAO, Nym and Wetspace
Five of the Agenda's first guests return to the podcast to update us on the wins and losses of the last year and their goals and vision for 2025. Allie Rae…
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Real-world asset tokenization puts everything on blockchain (feat. Kinto)
Ramon Recureo, co-founder and CEO of Kinto, joins The Agenda podcast to explain how tokenized real-world assets open up new opportunities for institutional…
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Crypto for good: DeFi credit unions and value-driven DApps (feat. BankSocial & Morph)
The Agenda podcast is joined by John Wingate of BankSocial and Azeem Khan of Morph to discuss the ways blockchain and crypto can be used to financially…
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Privacy in 2024: Tornado Cash, CBDCs and AI surveillance (Feat. Harry Halpin)
Nym CEO Harry Halpin joins The Agenda to discuss the state of privacy and civil liberties in 2024, including the sentencing of Tornado Cash developer Alexey…
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Is DePIN the true catalyst for mass adoption? (feat. XYO)
Markus Levin of XYO joins The Agenda to explain everything about DePIN: what it is, how people can participate, why DePINs can help improve AI, and why the…
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Is the future of DeFi in Bitcoin and wrapped BTC? (feat. DLC.Link)
Aki Balogh, co-founder and CEO of DLC.Link, joins The Agenda podcast to break down the significance of Bitcoin DeFi, the importance of security and efficiency…
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Blockchain casino aims to share the wealth so more than just the house wins (feat. Zach Bruch)
Zach Bruch, founder and CEO of MyPrize, joins The Agenda podcast to explain how blockchain-based casinos have the potential to absorb significant market share…
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Musicians are getting ripped off, but decentralized fundraising could help (feat. Miles of FanSociety)
Miles of FanSociety joins The Agenda podcast to break down why musicians typically get such a small cut of the money generated by their music, and how…
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About the hosts
Ray Salmond
Ray Salmond is an editor and the head of markets at Cointelegraph. After discovering Bitcoin in 2016, he went on to work as the head of content and marketing at a variety of blockchain startups.
Jonathan DeYoung
Jonathan DeYoung is the senior copy editor at Cointelegraph. He is interested in how decentralized technologies can strengthen communities and empower independent artists.