The Index Podcast
What’s indexing this week in crypto, blockchain, and open-source AI? Find out on The Index, where we feature exclusive conversations that go beyond code. Each week, host and entrepreneur Alex Kehaya talks with founders, developers, and investors who are shaping the future of Web3. From startup advice to breakthrough strategies, our guests share their stories and take a deep dive into the decentralized future.
Episodes
From trading desks at UBS to leading global growth at one of the fastest-growing blockchains in the world — Xen Baynham-Herd's journey through crypto is as wild as the industry itself.
In this episode, Alex sits down with Xen, Head of Marketing & Global Growth at Base, to unpack what it really takes to bring the world on-chain. If you're building in Web3 or just trying to understand where this is all going, this one's for ...
The man behind one of Solana's most foundational DeFi protocols finally sits down with us. Michael Hwang, CEO of Orca, breaks down how a protocol that's been quietly powering Solana's liquidity for 5+ years is now stepping into the spotlight — and building infrastructure for the next era of on-chain finance.
What we cover:
🏦 From BlackRock to Solana — Michael's backstory and why he believes blockchain is building the fin...
What if every hot take you had could instantly become a trade? Jason Rodrigues, Founder of Cesto, is building exactly that on Solana — and it might be the most exciting DeFi product you haven't heard of yet.
Cesto lets anyone invest in curated baskets of assets built around ideas, narratives, and trends — from semiconductors and AI to sports teams and geopolitical headlines. In this episode, host Nicki Scans sits down wi...
What does it take to build a truly decentralized exchange that can compete with traditional financial markets?
In this episode of The Index Podcast, Dhrumil, Co-Founder of Archer Exchange, joins us to discuss why Solana is uniquely positioned to power the next generation of on-chain trading and how Archer is building a fully on-chain order book designed for transparency, efficiency, and deep liquidity.
From democratizing market makin...
What happens when you combine rare whiskey, real-world assets, and Solana?
In this episode of The Index Podcast, Alex Kehaya sits down with Tzvi Wiesel, Founder & CEO of Baxus, to explore how one of the most unique RWA platforms in crypto is bringing rare spirits, collectibles, lending, and liquidity fully onchain.
From tokenized whiskey bottles and decentralized financing to physical asset authentication and viral whiskey vendin...
What if you could turn an idea into a live Solana app without writing code?
In this episode of The Index Podcast, host Alex Kehaya sits down with Jordan O’Neill, CMO and co-founder of Eitherway, to explore how AI agents are making Web3 app development faster, easier, and more accessible for builders around the world.
Jordan breaks down how Eitherway helps users prompt, build, deploy, and monetize production-ready apps across We...
What does it take to build the best perps trading experience on Solana?
In this episode of The Index Podcast, Alex Kehaya sits down with Hunter Simmons, CTO & Co-Founder, and Jordan Prince, CEO & Co-Founder, of Imperial Perps to unpack why Solana perps are evolving fast, what traders actually need, and how Imperial is building a clearer, more transparent trading experience for the next wave of onchain users.
From fee transpar...
- AI agents are coming on-chain — and Clawpump wants Solana to be their home base. In this episode of The Index Podcast, Nicky Scanella sits down with Bunny, Mauricio Trujillo Ramirez, co-founder of Clawpump and Tektonic, to unpack how autonomous AI agents could trade, earn, pay for compute, and interact with DeFi in real time.
- From “eternal agents” to x402, Solana speed, and the future of agentic finance, this c...
What if markets — not committees — made the big decisions behind crypto fundraising?
In this episode of The Index Podcast, Alex Kehaya sits down with Proph3t, co-founder of MetaDAO, to unpack how Solana-native fundraising is evolving, why token launches are being reimagined, and how decision markets could reshape how founders raise, govern, and scale.
In this episode, we cover:
🚀 How MetaDAO is changing internet-native fu...
Crypto adoption isn’t just about better tech… it’s about better culture.
In this episode, John Wilson & Amol Gharte, cofounders of Solana Spaces, break down how real-world experiences are onboarding the next wave of Web3 users.
From viral pop-ups to global community building, this is what happens when crypto steps out of the screen and into real life.
🚀 In this episode, we cover:
- 🏬 How Solana Spaces rei...
What if you could launch a full Solana application just by describing your idea in plain English? Amit Ishairzay and Bilal Shahid, co-founders of Poof (poof.new), are building exactly that — and it's already live.
From prediction markets to token escrows to DePIN apps for cleaning up dog poop (yes, really), builders are shipping on-chain products faster than ever. Here's how they're doing it.
In this episode:
- 🛠️ What Poof a...
What if ripping open Pokémon packs as a kid was actually your billion-dollar origin story? Jake, Co-Founder of Phygitals, built a $180M on-chain trading card marketplace on Solana, bootstrapped, shot down by 7 VCs, and still winning. This one hits different.
In this episode, we cover:
🃏 What Phygitals actually is — a tokenized collectibles marketplace where physical cards live in vaults and trade at the speed of bl...
Most DeFi protocols are one hack away from collapse. Plish is building Hylo differently — and in this episode, he breaks down exactly why.
From winning the Colosseum Radar Hackathon to crossing $100M TVL, Hylo is rewriting the rules of decentralized stablecoins on Solana. No external dependencies. No borrowed risk. Just battle-tested code.
What we cover:
🧱 What is Hylo? — A DeFi platform issuing a yield-bearing stablecoin...
What does it take to build the most trusted wallet in the Solana ecosystem and keep it that way?
What happens when every trade you make on-chain is public — and your friends start copy-trading you without asking? That's what pushed Kru Shah to build Umbra, the first live app on Arcium's Mainnet Alpha, and he's here to break down exactly how confidential compute is about to change everything on Solana.
In this episode: 🧱 What A...
Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu sits down with host Alex Kehaya to talk about digital ownership, the agentic economy, and why everything we built in Web3 was secretly a proof of concept for what's coming next. This one hits differently.
Alex shares how Nansen went all-in on agentic AI, deploying 75 OpenClaws across their entire team, building shared skill repositories, and pioneering what he calls "claw fooding" — getting AI...
What if the real crypto opportunity isn't in Silicon Valley but in cargo ports, agricultural corridors, and emerging markets that Wall Street ignores? Arnold Lee moved there to find out.
Arnold is the co-founder & CEO of Sphere Labs, building stablecoin payment infrastructure on Solana for the markets that need it most. This conversation goes deep.
In this episode:
- 🎲 How Sphere Labs was born from a random Solana x Stripe hack...
What We Cover:
- 🚀 What is Nomadz? — A crypto-friendly travel aggregator on Solana with access to 30+ booking APIs
- 💸 Why stablecoin payments matter — Save up to 5–6% vs. traditional payment rails like Stripe
- 📱 Solana Seeker & the DAP Store — Why mobile is the key to onboarding the next wave of Web3 users
- 🎮 Gamification that actually works — Nomad ID, XP, NFT suitcases, quests, and why it's league...
What happens when a company has more AI agents than human employees? Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik joins The Index to break down exactly that and a whole lot more.
Alex shares how Nansen went all-in on agentic AI, deploying 75 OpenClaws across their entire team, building shared skill repositories, and pioneering what he calls "claw fooding", getting AI agents to test and fix their own product. We also get deep into agentic trading, Nanse...
What does it take to build the most trusted wallet in the Solana ecosystem and keep it that way?
In this episode, Nicky sits down with Filip Dragoslavić, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Solflare, to talk about everything from the early days of Solana (think: 20 people in a Discord server with Anatoly answering every question himself) to what crypto wallets will look like in 2028 and beyond.
Filip pulls back the curtain on how Solflare wen...
What if your paycheck went straight into crypto, and you never had to sell to cover your expenses? Diego García, co-founder & CEO of Pyra (pyra.finance), is building exactly that on Solana. This one will make you rethink how you build wealth.
In this episode, we cover:
💸 What Pyra actually does — invest your income into assets, spend via credit, and never touch your portfolio
📈 The "spread" model explained — why the ...
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