The Smart Economy Podcast
The Smart Economy Podcast features interviews with some of the most interesting people within the blockchain industry, working to make the new smart economy a reality.
Recent Episodes
May 7, 2026
Ethereum as “Productive Money”: Vivek Raman of Etherealize Breaks Down the Institutional Thesis
Vivek Raman, co-founder and CEO of Etherealize, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss how Ethereum is moving from experimentation to real institutional use. Drawing on his time trading credit on Wall Street, Raman explains why banks are revisiting public blockchains, how tokenization is being …
April 23, 2026
From AWS to Akash: Greg Osuri on Building a Decentralized Compute Marketplace
Greg Osuri, founder of Akash Network and CEO of Overclock Labs, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss decentralized cloud infrastructure, the growing demand for AI compute, and why traditional cloud providers may struggle to keep up. Osuri explains how Akash is building a peer-to-peer marketpl…
April 9, 2026
The Next Digital Frontier: User-Owned AI, Agents, & Open Infrastructure with George Zeng of NEAR
George Zeng, chief product officer at the NEAR Protocol, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss the convergence of AI agents, crypto infrastructure, and user-owned intelligence. Zeng explains why decentralized AI matters, how agent-based systems could become the primary interface for the intern…
March 26, 2026
David Johnston of Morpheus on Why Owning Your AI Agent Could Change Everything
David Johnston, OSS code maintainer at Morpheus, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss the convergence of AI agents, crypto infrastructure, and open-source intelligence. Johnston explains why owning your own AI agent may become essential in the coming wave of automation, how decentralized infr…
March 12, 2026
From Retail Validators to Wall Street: The Institutional Staking Shift with Laszlo Szabo of Kiln
Laszlo Szabo, co-founder and CEO of Kiln, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to explore how staking has evolved into institutional infrastructure and how on-chain vaults, DeFi, and tokenized RWAs are beginning to intersect. Szabo explains why staking often grows during bear markets, how institutions a…
Feb. 19, 2026
Inside Avalanche’s Tokenization Push: Olivia Vande Woude on RWAs, Institutions, & Real Adoption
Olivia Vande Woude, head of tokenization at Ava Labs, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss RWAs, institutional adoption, distribution economics, and how Avalanche is bringing real assets on-chain.
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