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AI Podcasts

February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI infrastructure buildout is transitioning from speculative capital to financially engineered, risk-managed investments, driven by predictable costs and asset values.
  2. Evaluate compute procurement and data center investment through a financial lens. Explore hedging instruments like Ornn's futures to lock in costs or secure future asset values.
  3. Financial tools for compute and memory are no longer optional; they are becoming foundational. Integrating these instruments will be critical for competitive advantage and sustainable growth.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI compute market is transitioning from an opaque, intuition-driven capital expenditure model to a commoditized, transparent, and financially engineered asset class. This shift de-risks infrastructure investments and optimizes resource allocation.
  2. Data center operators and large compute buyers should explore futures markets for GPUs and memory to lock in costs or revenues. Investigate residual value products to secure future hardware liquidity and reduce financing costs.
  3. Financial engineering of AI compute unlocks capital. Investors gain new opportunities in de-risked infrastructure. Builders get cheaper capital, clearer profitability, and faster scaling.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI infrastructure market is transitioning from speculative, intuition-driven investment to a financially engineered asset class, driven by the commodification of compute and memory.
  2. Evaluate your compute procurement and data center buildout strategies through a financial lens, leveraging futures and residual value products to hedge against price volatility and secure better financing terms.
  3. Quantifying future compute demand and hardware value is no longer a luxury; it is a necessity for sustainable growth and competitive advantage in the AI era.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Explore Ornn's futures and residual value products to hedge against volatile compute costs or secure future hardware value.
  2. Financial engineering for AI compute is no longer optional.
  3. It is a core component for efficient capital deployment and risk management, directly impacting the viability and growth of AI infrastructure over the next 6-12 months.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI gold rush is bottlenecked by capital efficiency. The shift is from speculative, intuition-driven data center investments to a financially engineered approach where future compute demand and hardware value are quantifiable and hedgeable. This unlocks institutional capital by reducing risk.
  2. Data center operators and large compute buyers should explore Orn's futures and residual value products to lock in costs, secure future revenue, and significantly reduce financing expenses, thereby gaining a competitive advantage in a capital-intensive market.
  3. The financialization of AI compute is not just about trading; it's about building a more robust, predictable foundation for the entire AI industry. Understanding these financial instruments is critical for anyone planning or investing in AI infrastructure over the next 6-12 months, as it directly impacts profitability and scalability.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI infrastructure boom is transitioning from speculative intuition to financially engineered certainty, driven by the need for predictable costs and asset values in a rapidly evolving hardware landscape.
  2. Evaluate your compute procurement and data center investment strategies through the lens of financial hedging. Explore futures and residual value products to lock in costs or guarantee asset liquidity.
  3. Financial instruments for AI compute are not just a nice-to-have; they are becoming a foundational layer for efficient capital allocation in the AI economy. Understanding and utilizing them will be key to competitive advantage and sustainable growth over the next 6-12 months.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Evaluate your compute and memory procurement strategies for hedging opportunities. Use Ornn's futures to lock in prices or guarantee residual value, optimizing your balance sheet.
  2. The AI infrastructure buildout is moving from speculative intuition to data-driven financial engineering. This shift will enable significant capital flow for expansion and efficiency.
  3. Financial tools for AI compute are no longer optional; they are critical infrastructure. Understanding and utilizing these markets will be a competitive advantage for investors and builders operating in the next phase of AI growth.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI infrastructure boom is transitioning from speculative buildouts to financially engineered, risk-managed investments, driven by the commodification of compute and memory.
  2. Explore futures and residual value products to de-risk your AI compute procurement or data center investments, securing predictable costs and monetizing hardware lifecycles.
  3. Quantifying future compute demand and hardware value is no longer a luxury, it's a necessity. Over the next 6-12 months, those who integrate financial hedging into their AI strategy will gain a significant competitive advantage in capital allocation and operational efficiency.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Implement compute futures and residual value products to cap future costs or floor future revenue, significantly reducing exposure to spot market volatility and hardware obsolescence.
  2. Ornn's residual value product allows data centers to sell GPUs years in advance, translating to lower financing costs for massive hardware investments.
  3. Ornn's index tracks dynamic marketplace GPU pricing, empowering smaller buyers to avoid overpaying.
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Crypto Podcasts

May 23, 2025

Entering Ethereum’s New Era | Tomasz Stańczak

Bell Curve

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Aggressive Scaling is Non-Negotiable: The EF is committed to exponential L1 scaling to support a vastly larger on-chain economy.
  2. TradFi Integration is Here: Ethereum is the prime venue for tokenizing real-world assets, bridging traditional finance with decentralized systems.
  3. A Renewed "Winning" Culture: The EF is adopting a more proactive, delivery-focused approach to ensure Ethereum's continued leadership and impact.
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May 23, 2025

Entering Ethereum’s New Era | Tomasz Stańczak

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Aggressive Execution: The Ethereum Foundation is adopting a "winning" mindset, prioritizing product delivery, engineering excellence, and rapid scaling (e.g., 3x annual gas limit increases).
  2. Deepening Capital Markets: Ethereum is solidifying its position as the primary settlement layer for RWAs and the burgeoning on-chain finance sector, attracting significant institutional interest.
  3. Innovation Frontier: Expect new waves of innovation in NFTs (tied to RWAs and AI) and enhanced L2 interoperability, driven by advancements like real-time ZK proofs.
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May 23, 2025

What’s Next for Our Precious Stablecoins?

blocmates.

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Stablecoin Shake-Up Looms: Circle's potential sale to Coinbase or Ripple could either fortify Tether's dominance or usher in a new, more controlled USDC, fundamentally altering the competitive landscape.
  2. Decentralization vs. Control: The Sui network freeze post-hack forces a hard look at crypto's soul—is absolute decentralization viable, or will pragmatic interventions become the norm?
  3. Institutional Inflows Demand Real Value: Beyond Bitcoin, the survival and growth of stablecoins and altcoins hinge on delivering tangible utility and robust security, not just speculative narratives.
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May 23, 2025

Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High! Is the Real Crypto Pump Still Ahead?

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Stablecoin Clarity Fuels Growth: The likely passage of the "Genius Act" in the US will legitimize stablecoins, potentially unlocking trillions in value and significantly benefiting platforms like Ethereum, the current stablecoin hub.
  2. Macro Uncertainty Boosts Bitcoin: Waning confidence in traditional assets like US bonds, driven by deficit concerns, is reinforcing Bitcoin's narrative as "digital gold" and a viable alternative store of value.
  3. L1 Scaling Unlocks Potential: Ethereum's ZK breakthroughs and Solana's consensus upgrades promise dramatically increased throughput and reduced latency, critical for supporting mainstream applications and the next wave of DeFi innovation.
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May 23, 2025

The Lads Return for the BTC ATH!

Steady Lads Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Bitcoin's Lindy Metric:** Bitcoin's "event-based" exposure relative to gold (currently ~10%) is a novel valuation framework, projected to grow ~5.5% annually.
  2. **Value vs. Hype:** While memecoins and speculative plays surge, assets like Hyperliquid demonstrating tangible cash flow are setting new standards for token utility.
  3. **Sustainable Alpha:** Long-term strategic patience and ethical conduct offer more sustainable success than short-term, "degenerate" trading tactics, with a future focus on real PE ratios for tokens promising fairer markets.
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May 23, 2025

Crypto's Next DePIN Catalyst With David Rhodus, Pipe Network

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Performance First: Pipe's core bet is that significantly lower latency (single-digit milliseconds) via hyper-local nodes will provide a compelling performance advantage over incumbent CDNs.
  2. Work, Not Just Presence: The "proof of work" model, rewarding actual bandwidth egress (verified by ZKTCP) rather than mere uptime, aligns incentives directly with network value creation.
  3. Pragmatic Decentralization: Pipe leverages Solana for its current strengths but aims for product-market fit with Web2 clients first, seeing crypto as an enabling layer for a better, faster, and potentially cheaper CDN service, especially for underserved markets and emerging AI applications.
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