Darren Kleine

Darren Kleine

Darren Kleine is an Alberta-based reporter covering podcast content at Blockworks. Previously reporting for Cointelegraph, he wrote feature content and a weekly series focused on the personal stories of influential figures in the Web3 space. He has been an active participant in the NFT art scene since 2020, creating works on curated platforms including SuperRare and KnownOrigin and hosting an NFT art-focused podcast called NFP with DKleine. Contact Darren Kleine at darren@blockworks.co.
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Hayes says bitcoin is the antithesis of statist money “that is here for us, the people”

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The “root lesson to be learned,” Ahluwalia says, is “not to borrow from Genesis to go levered long on your own product”

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“Please stop looking at TVL as a useful metric if you’re at all a serious investor,” Jain insists

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As is often the case, the roast begins with laughs — but quickly turns to hard truths

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The Van Eck CEO says conditions are leading to a “close to perfect setup” for crypto

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FinCEN’s broad definition of “convertible virtual currency” mixing includes “basically anything in DeFi,” Variant’s Jake Chervinsky says

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Crypto is decoupling from other markets “exactly at the time you would hope it would,” Vance Spencer says

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According to Forman, 500 to 1000 different RWA pilots are set to launch in the next couple years

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Current credit card transactions are like sharing private keys with merchants, Yakovenko says

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Innovative blockchain activity is moving to “things that really hit the end user,” Monegro says

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Akash acts as an open and transparent marketplace for computing power, Osuri says

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The crux of the matter is the definition of scaling, Charbonneau explains

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A range of podcast guests discuss their perspectives on bitcoin ETF excitement

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“In [traditional finance] when you ask, ‘is it priced in,’ the answer is almost always ‘yes,’” says Ippolito. “In crypto, it is almost always ‘no’”

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Hougan explains that the establishment deeply feared the new financial mechanism for two reasons

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“We don’t want to have a network where users are suckers,” Cutler says

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Week 3: Inside the FTX trial courtroom with Blockworks reporter Casey Wagner

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Blockchain competitors are “building their own little empires,” Fiskante says

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The priority is to get MEV back to the users, Miller says

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“You don’t want to become riskier as you get bigger,” Kazemian says. “That’s not a recipe for a good ending”