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AI Podcasts

June 18, 2025

subnet tokens on bittenor are the next ethereum ico boom

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Asymmetric Opportunity: BitTensor subnets provide exposure to AI innovation comparable to billion-dollar startups but at a fraction of their market caps.
  2. Volatility is a Feature, Not a Bug: Expect significant price swings, reminiscent of early crypto. The long-term potential can dwarf initial entry points.
  3. The Access Arbitrage: The current complexity of the BitTensor ecosystem creates an "early bird" advantage for those who can navigate it, potentially leading to outsized returns.
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June 17, 2025

Oxford Professor: "AIs are strange new minds"

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI's Reality Hack: Supervised learning allows AIs to understand the world via language alone, a game-changer forcing us to rethink intelligence beyond sensory input.
  2. The Autonomy Trap: The rise of agentic, personalized AIs that act for us threatens unforeseen systemic chaos and could amplify individuals' most dangerous beliefs.
  3. Our Faustian Pact with AI: We're trading authenticity and control for AI-driven convenience, risking a "gradual disempowerment" where human agency is systematically diminished.
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June 17, 2025

Harry Dewhirst: What If the Physical World Had an API? — 375ai, DePIN, and Real-Time Data for AI

Delphi Digital

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. 375AI’s targeted deployment in high-value zones yields monetizable data from the outset, sidestepping the "build it and they will come" pitfall common in DePIN.
  2. For real-world sensor networks, processing data locally on devices is paramount for user privacy, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
  3. AI models, especially LLMs, are hungry for real-time, high-fidelity data about the physical environment, creating a massive opportunity for networks like 375AI.
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June 16, 2025

AI is Revolutionizing Web Security - Bots, Agents, & Real-Time Defense

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Embrace Nuance: AI traffic isn't monolithic. Develop granular controls to allow beneficial AI while blocking malicious actors, understanding that AI can be a customer.
  2. Layer Your Defenses: Combine traditional methods with modern fingerprinting and identity verification, preparing for a future where AI analyzes traffic in real time.
  3. Context is King: Security decisions must be deeply integrated with application logic to avoid harming user experience or revenue.
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June 16, 2025

AI Model's Adaptability & Real World Potential

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Adaptability is King:** The model’s capacity to "course correct" and "power through" challenges is a pivotal advancement, promising more robust AI.
  2. **Real-World Agents Incoming:** This enhanced model is poised to accelerate the development of AI agents capable of practical, impactful tasks.
  3. **Hands-On for Breakthroughs:** The true potential will be realized as developers dive in, experiment, and translate these new capabilities into innovative applications.
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June 16, 2025

AI Will Bring Billions of Capital On-Chain — Here's How

The DCo Podcast

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Web2 Leads the Charge: Anticipate major Web2 companies leveraging their user base and trust to be the primary drivers bringing AI-powered capital on-chain initially.
  2. Agents are the Future: AI agents will be the killer app for crypto, finally delivering applications with mainstream utility and revenue potential.
  3. Parallel Evolution: The growth of AI in crypto will see Web2 institutional adoption and native crypto AI agent development advance simultaneously, creating a compounding effect on innovation and capital inflow.
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June 14, 2025

The Unwinding Of The Global U.S Dollar Trade | Weekly Roundup

Forward Guidance

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The U.S. Dollar's Dominance is Fraying: Decades of capital recycling into U.S. assets may reverse, boosting non-U.S. markets, gold, and Bitcoin while pressuring the dollar.
  2. AI is the New Geopolitical Battleground: The U.S.-China AI race will likely drive continued market support and investment into related infrastructure like nuclear and space tech.
  3. "Ponzanomics" Prevails: Expect continued fiscal expansion and market interventions (like Treasury buybacks) globally as governments prioritize economic stability and strategic goals over austerity.
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June 13, 2025

Gareth Howells: Bittensor Video Upscaling & Compression, VOD, AI, Crypto, Subnet 85 Vidaio | Ep. 48

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Compression is Cash: Vidaio’s bespoke AI compression offers enterprises 50%+ savings on video storage/bandwidth without sacrificing visual quality, targeting the 80% of internet traffic that is video.
  2. Bittensor’s Velocity: The decentralized Bittensor network acts as a powerful R&D engine, enabling Vidaio to out-innovate and outpace traditional development, turning concepts into market-ready solutions in months, not years.
  3. Token Tied to Utility: The success of Vidaio's alpha token hinges on securing enterprise clients and reinvesting revenues, making its value a direct reflection of its real-world utility and market penetration.
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June 13, 2025

Why the Robotics Revolution will be Powered by Decentralized AI, w/ the Founder of PrismaX

The People's AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Hardware Isn't the Holdup: Robot bodies are capable; their brains (AI) need smarter, real-world training.
  2. Data is the New Differentiator: Access to diverse, large-scale, real-world interaction data will determine the winners in robotics AI.
  3. Decentralization Unlocks Scale: PrismaX bets that a community-driven approach to data collection and teleoperation can overcome the biases and bottlenecks of centralized efforts, fueling the next wave of robotic intelligence.
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Crypto Podcasts

July 1, 2025

How to Build Through Bull & Bear Markets | Permissionless IV Fireside Chat | Bonus Episode

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Ignore the Noise: Founder success is judged by market cycles, not actual progress. The primary challenge is maintaining conviction in a long-term vision while resisting the pressure to chase short-term narratives.
  2. Institutions Play the Long Game: The institutional floodgates are opening, but it's a slow trickle, not a tidal wave. The immediate future is stablecoins and basic yield products, not a full-scale DeFi revolution within banks. Patience is the ultimate competitive advantage.
  3. The Future is a Tokenized IPO: The most aligned path to liquidity for a crypto company is to tokenize its own equity and list on-chain. This is the endgame, and projects are already experimenting with precursor products like liquid staking tokens to pave the way.
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July 1, 2025

Robinhood Announces Tokenized Stocks! LIVE with CEO Vlad Tenev, Johann Kerbrat, and AJ Warner

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Private Markets Unleashed: Robinhood is weaponizing tokenization to give retail investors access to previously unobtainable private giants like OpenAI, tackling a core inequity of modern finance.
  2. A Purpose-Built RWA Chain: The "Robinhood Chain" on Arbitrum is a strategic moat, designed specifically for real-world assets by prioritizing regulatory compliance and military-grade robustness over speculative hype.
  3. The New Financial Stack: By combining its app (distribution), chain (settlement), and Bitstamp (24/7 liquidity), Robinhood is building a powerful, integrated machine to challenge both crypto exchanges and legacy stock markets.
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July 1, 2025

a16z's Crypto Thesis With Ali Yahya

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Financials First, Consumer Later: Bet on financial primitives like stablecoins and DeFi today. They are most likely to gain traction first, paving the way for consumer apps once crypto's brand is repaired.
  2. Solana's Mandate is Stablecoins: Solana’s technical achievements are a means to an end. Its success now hinges on aggressively capturing the stablecoin market to anchor its ecosystem and drive network effects.
  3. Proof of Humanity is the AI Counterweight: In an internet flooded with AI, decentralized identity solutions like Worldcoin become critical infrastructure, representing a powerful synergy between crypto and AI.
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July 1, 2025

Bits + Bips LIVE - June 30th, 2025

Unchained

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Super App War is On. Robinhood and Coinbase aren't just adding crypto; they're building all-in-one platforms to own the entire user financial journey. The winner will be whoever provides the most seamless, abstracted experience.
  2. Perps Are Coming to TradFi. The purely financial, leverage-on-demand nature of perpetual futures is a killer product. While regulatory and mechanical hurdles remain, expect them to become a staple outside of crypto.
  3. Staking is the Next ETF Battleground. The real game is integrating staking yield into ETFs. The winner will be determined not just by the SEC, but by the IRS, with Liquid Staking Tokens positioned as the most elegant technical solution.
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June 30, 2025

The Stablecoin Future, Macro Moves & Big Tech Embracing Crypto | Permissionless IV Recap

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Bitcoin Treasury Companies Are The New Altcoins. They offer BTC beta through traditional stock markets, tapping into massive distribution and bypassing crypto-native hurdles. This is not a fad; it’s a structural shift.
  2. Stablecoins Are A Geopolitical Tool. Amidst soaring global debt, stablecoins provide a crucial, captive audience for US T-bills, making issuers like Circle exceptionally profitable as they absorb all the yield.
  3. DeFi's UX Is Its Achilles' Heel. As firms like Robinhood enter the fray with superior user experience, DeFi protocols must prove their value beyond regulatory arbitrage or risk being consumed by the centralized players using their own open-source tech.
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June 30, 2025

Macro Updates, Industry Narratives & Big Tech Coming For Crypto | Permissionless IV Recap

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways
  1. TradFi Rails are the New On-Ramp: The hottest trade is no longer an altcoin but a stock that buys Bitcoin. Corporate treasury vehicles are the "new tokens," leveraging global equity markets for unparalleled distribution.
  2. DeFi's UX Reckoning: Crypto’s open-source ethos inadvertently built the tools for Big Tech to create a superior user experience. Native protocols must now prove decentralization offers a real advantage or risk being out-competed by centralized giants.
  3. Macro Liquidity Isn't a Cure-All: Don't bet on fiscal deficits to lift all boats. Current capital flows are pumping equities, not on-chain altcoins, creating a significant headwind for the long tail of the crypto market.
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