Episodes 33
Avg. Duration 58m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Sep 2023
Latest Episode May 2026

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Wallfacer Podcast: Conversations with the builders, operators, and investors shaping crypto's future. We explore the strategies, technical innovations, and market insights that go beyond the headlines

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#32: David Reising, Lotus Protocol | Tranched Lending and the Missing Middle in DeFi Credit

May 08, 2026 47m

Episode DescriptionToday’s guest is David Reising, founder and CEO of Lotus Protocol. Ryan and David get into why isolated lending markets keep converging on the same handful of pairs, how Lotus…

#31: Joey Isaacson, Nook | Building a DeFi Savings App for Non-Crypto Users

May 01, 2026 46m

Episode DescriptionToday’s guest is Joey Isaacson, co-founder and CEO of Nook, a consumer savings app that connects everyday users to DeFi lending markets on Base. Joey spent five years at Coinbase…

#30: TezDev: Beyond Crypto-Natives: The Next Era of Earn w/ Tezos, Meria, and Hanji

Apr 20, 2026 33m

Episode DescriptionToday’s guests are Arthur Breitman (co-founder of Tezos), Owen (Hasheur) Simonin (CEO of Meria), and Dmitriy Kovalevskiy (founder of Hanji). Recorded live at TezDev 2026 in Cannes,…

#29: Jeremiah Smith, OpenCover | Why 99.95% of DeFi Is Uninsured

Apr 10, 2026 54m

Today’s guest is Jeremiah Smith, co-founder and CEO of OpenCover. Jeremiah explains why less than 0.05% of DeFi TVL is insured, walks through how OpenCover’s new “covered vaults” primitive eliminates…

#28: Octave Mesnard, Jumper | A consumer hub vision, building for prosumers & multi-chain myths

Mar 04, 2026 49m

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:Today’s guest is Octave Mesnard, Head of Strategy and Consumer Products at Jumper Exchange. We discuss Jumper’s evolution from a thin cross-chain swap interface into a full…

#27: Sebastien Derivaux, Steakhouse Financial | Building Steakhouse, MakerDAO's RWA Legacy, and DeFi risk management

Dec 10, 2025 1h 6m

Today’s guest is Sébastien Derivaux, co-founder of Steakhouse Financial. We discuss the evolution of real-world assets in DeFi from MakerDAO’s pioneering experiments to today’s institutional-grade…

#26: Andrew Keys, The Ether Machine | Why DATs beat ETFs & The $654M Ethereum Bet

Sep 23, 2025 31m

Today's guest is Andrew Keys, co-founder and chairman of The Ether Machine and managing partner of DARMA Capital. We discuss why crypto treasury companies offer superior returns to ETFs through…

#25: Rob Montgomery, InfiniFi | How InfiniFi Hit $120M TVL & bringing tradFi onchain

Sep 16, 2025 42m

Today's guest is Rob Montgomery, co-founder and CEO of InfiniFi. We discuss how fractional reserve banking principles can revolutionize DeFi yields, the symbiotic relationship between InfiniFi and…

#24: John Morrow & Holt Butler, Gauntlet | Vault Curation, gtUSDa, & The New DeFi Landscape

Aug 06, 2025 58m

Today's guests are John Morrow, COO and Co-founder of Gauntlet, and Holt Butler, Product Lead for Gauntlet USD Alpha. We discuss Gauntlet's evolution from protocol risk consultants to direct vault…

#23: Ivan Kozlov, Resolv | Yield bearing stables, why tranching works, & "stablecoinizing" everything

Jul 02, 2025 56m

Today's guest is Ivan Kozlov, co-founder of Resolv Protocol. We discuss how Resolv has been successful with tranching, their yield-bearing stablecoin architecture, and why most TradFi instruments…

S22 #22: @Defi_dad & @Nomaticcap | ETH's path forward, narrative problems, & the user advantage

Jun 11, 2025 1h 29m

Today's guests are @DeFi_Dad and @Nomaticcap, co-hosts of The Edge Podcast, authors of The Edge newsletter, and prominent angel investors. We discuss the foundational role of Bitcoin ideology in…

#21: Dion Chu, Term Finance | Beyond Variable Rates, DeFi's Fixed Income Future

Apr 21, 2025 39m

Please like, subscribe, and leave a positive review. It helps us get the show in front of more listeners and viewers (Apple, Spotify , YouTube)Today’s guest is Dion Chu, Co-founder and CEO of Term…

#20: Nik Kunkel, Chronicle Labs | Oracle Evolution & Enabling the Tokenization Wave

Apr 11, 2025 1h 1m

Today’s guest is Nik Kunkel, the founder and CEO of Chronicle Labs. Nik is a long-time contributor to MakerDAO and an early builder in the oracle space. * Nik: https://x.com/nomos_paradox* Chronicle:…

#19: Sam MacPherson, Spark | Building DeFi's Liquidity Layer

Mar 31, 2025 50m

Today’s guest is Sam MacPherson, co-founder and CEO of Phoenix Labs, the core contributors to the Spark Protocol. Sam is also a long-time contributor to Sky, previously known as MakerDAOSam:…

#18: Luca Prosperi, M^0 | Reimagining Money & the Future of Stablecoins

Feb 03, 2025 1h 13m

How are stablecoins reshaping the financial stack?Ryan chats with Luca Prosperi about reimagining the financial stack from first principles, why separation between money creation and distribution…

#17: Michael Bentley, Euler | Building DeFi’s Global Liquidity Layer

Jan 17, 2025 1h 1m

How is Euler Finance becoming DeFi's global liquidity layer? Ryan Rodenbaugh chats with Michael Bentley about reimagining DeFi infrastructure through modular design, what’s driving the protocol’s…

#16: Matt Fiebach, Entropy Advisors | Accelerating the Arbitrum DAO

Dec 02, 2024 59m

@RyanRodenbaugh sat down with @MattFiebach of @EntropyAdvisors in our latest podcast! They discussed how the Entropy team is accelerating the @arbitrum DAO, the current OpCo proposal, & the world…

#15: @DeFi_Made_Here (DMH), Instadapp | Building Fluid, DeFi’s Liquidity Layer

Nov 04, 2024 47m

🎙️ Join @RyanRodenbaugh and @DeFi_Made_Here in our latest podcast. They discussed @0xFluid’s approach to DeFi, @Instadapp’s evolution, and more!Timestamps00:00 - DMH’s background04:40 - What is…

#14: Facu, Yearn & MOM | Yearn’s evolution & building with Mom

Sep 06, 2024 43m

RyanRodenbaugh caught up with @saltyfacu of @yearn/@built_by_mom in our latest podcast! They discussed @yearn's OG culture, its evolution, future direction, and explored Facu's builder collective…

#13: Thomas Mattimore, Reserve Protocol | Index Products, Stablecoin Growth, & Wider User Adoption

Aug 27, 2024 40m

🎙️ In our latest episode, @RyanRodenbaugh talks with @mattimost of @ReserveProtocol. They discuss the appeal of index products in DeFi, growing and governing a healthy stablecoin protocol, onboarding…

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