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In this interview, Jito Labs CEO Lucas Bruder explains how his firm, Jetto, has become the largest liquid‑staking protocol on Solana and a de‑facto validator client provider, powering roughly 80‑90% of the network’s blocks. He frames Jetto’s mission as an economic growth engine for Solana, combining staking services with a custom validator client that filters transaction spam much like Cloudflare shields web traffic. Bruder highlights several data points: Solana’s transaction fees are measured in pennies versus Ethereum’s $1,500‑plus spikes, and the chain now handles the highest DEX volume in crypto. Jetto’s new BAM product aims to give applications deeper control over block production, while the team’s focus on low‑level engineering and spam mitigation has helped keep block space cheap and abundant. The company’s lean 21‑person staff has stayed concentrated on Solana despite bear‑market temptations to jump to other ecosystems. Memorable remarks pepper the conversation: “Bitcoin is a pet rock; Solana is doubling and continues to double capacity,” and the podcast’s title, “We chewed a lot of glass,” underscores the gritty persistence required to build infrastructure in a down market. Bruder also notes that Solana’s capacity is slated to increase by 50% this year and double again by year‑end, reinforcing its claim as “NASDAQ speed on a blockchain.” The implications are clear: Jetto’s validator dominance and liquid‑staking liquidity provide a foundation for on‑chain finance, making Solana an increasingly attractive venue for developers and traders seeking ultra‑low fees and high throughput. By staying single‑chain and maintaining a tight, mission‑driven team, Jetto demonstrates how focused infrastructure can thrive even when broader crypto markets contract, potentially accelerating the shift of traditional financial services onto decentralized platforms.
The video argues that cryptocurrency will become the essential trust‑layer linking artificial‑intelligence agents with human economic actors. It contrasts fiat money, which the speaker says is backed by state‑enforced violence, with crypto’s decentralized consensus that can verify value without coercion. By...
The video argues that copyright law, as it stands, cannot survive the rise of generative AI, suggesting the framework will eventually disappear. The speaker notes that copyright is a relatively recent invention—recording rights only emerged in the 1970s—and that early musicians...
The video explains why AI agents suddenly feel different, pinpointing a series of incremental upgrades that coalesced in late December to give agents the ability to manage extended, multi‑step projects without constant user prompts. These improvements enable agents to maintain context...
The discussion centers on the fundamental data gap facing creators in the Web2 ecosystem and introduces Bond, a blockchain‑based protocol that lets fans bond a one‑time amount of money to access exclusive content while earning interest for the creator. By...
The interview spotlights Emily Yang, founder of Shabuya, and her Emmy‑winning project White Rabbit – the first crypto‑backed media work to receive mainstream television recognition. The series debuted as an animated web show with a novel interactive layer: viewers purchased...
The video tackles the question “Can AI be creative?” and argues that modern AI agents, far from being limited copy‑cats, are poised to become genuine innovators by leveraging the entire corpus of human knowledge that has been digitized. The speaker emphasizes...
Fidelity’s digital‑asset unit is charting a three‑stage roadmap for on‑chain adoption, moving beyond simple exposure through exchange‑traded products (ETPs) toward functional, tokenized assets that can be used directly on blockchain networks. The firm first introduced Bitcoin ETPs to give traditional...
Sean Neville, co‑founder of Circle, outlines a vision for an AI‑native bank that serves autonomous software agents as economic participants. He argues that once stablecoins make dollars programmable on internet rails, the next frontier is infrastructure that lets bots hold...
Ben Leventhal, founder of Eater, Resi and now Blackbird, explains how his new venture is tackling two persistent restaurant pain points: high operating costs and weak loyalty tools. He argues that the industry’s $1 trillion projected payment flow by 2025 is...
The video addresses the timeline and practical implications of quantum computing for blockchain security, emphasizing that a quantum adversary capable of breaking today’s cryptographic primitives is unlikely to appear for roughly fifteen years. While the speaker cautions against complacency, he...
The interview with LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino centers on the critical role of interoperability in a rapidly fragmenting blockchain ecosystem. Pellegrino explains that as more general‑purpose and app‑specific chains emerge, a universal messaging layer becomes as indispensable as the internet...
