The Edge Podcast

Join two seasoned crypto investors and DeFi power-users as they dive into the biggest stories shaping the future of digital assets—covering all you need to know about Ethereum, Bitcoin, and DeFi. Gain your own edge as an investor from comprehensive interviews with leading founders, investors, and developers you won’t hear elsewhere. For exclusive content, market updates, and DeFi yield opportunities, sign up for our free newsletter at the-edge.xyz.

The Edge Podcast is a business podcast hosted by DeFi Dad, with 279 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #248

  Don't Touch A Stablecoin Without Checking Pharos First | DeFi Frontier

  Aug 20, 20261h 9m

  TokenBrice is the Founder and Ike is Growth & Comms Lead at Pharos. In this episode of DeFi Frontier, Bryce and Ike walk through how Pharos provides investors, a free tool for tracking stablecoin cap, peg stability, liquidity, and dependency risk, including what factors into a stablecoin safety score, and what red flags to avoid. They even offer case studies and live examples of how Pharos tracks stablecoins, including how Pharos flagged the pmUSD stablecoin before it ever depegged. Don't touch another stablecoin without checking Pharos first! ------ THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS KPK | Best risk-adjusted yield through automated vaults AXIS | The Origin Vault launched on Ethereum RE | Earn real yield backed by regulated reinsurance programs APYX | The first dividend-backed stablecoin (DBS) PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | ETH staking solutions for scale ------ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:22 - Origin of Pharos 7:08 - Why DeFi needed Pharos 11:35 - Screenshare demo of Pharos platform 16:48 - What factors into scoring a stablecoin? 24:21 - How Pharos called out pmUSD ahead of its depeg 30:44 - Tensions with stablecoin protocol teams 35:01 - Taking research public, before a depeg 40:46 - Case studies of depegs 41:34 - Explaining the USDC depeg in March 2023 46:14 - What are red flags to avoid in any stablecoin? 53:30 - What’s next for the Pharos platform? 1:07:24 - Closing ------ GUEST LINKS ► Pharos website: https://pharos.watch/ ► Pharos on X: https://x.com/pharoswatch ► TokenBrice on X: https://x.com/TokenBrice ► Ike on X: https://x.com/Ikebillion_ ------ ️ MORE FROM THE EDGE PODCAST AND EDGE NEWSLETTER ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn DeFi: http://defidad.com/ ------ DISCLAIMER: Nothing said on The Edge Podcast is a recommendation to buy or sell tokens or securities. This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing shared here is financial advice. Any views expressed by hosts or guests on the show are solely their opinions. Always do your own research. DeFi Dad, Nomatic, and guests may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast.

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  Episode #247

  How Re Brings Reinsurance, One of Finance's Most Exclusive Yield Sources, To DeFi

  Aug 14, 20261 hour

  Karn Saroya is the CoFounder and CEO of Re. T-bills got tokenized. Private credit's getting tokenized. Now it's reinsurance's turn. In this new DeFi Frontier episode, Karn walks through how Re brings reinsurance, the financial backstop behind every insurance company, onchain for the first time. He explains what reinsurance actually is, why the yield is real, how Re's programmable capital architecture gives them dramatically higher operating leverage, and what metrics actually matter for assessing whether the business is working. ------ THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS KPK | Best risk-adjusted yield through automated vaults AXIS | The Origin Vault launched on Ethereum APYX | The first dividend-backed stablecoin (DBS) PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | ETH staking solutions for scale ------ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:38 - Building insurance tech before Re 6:36 - What is reinsurance and why it matters? 9:16 - How big is the reinsurance market? 10:05 - How Re brings reinsurance capital onchain 14:46 - The DeFi mullet and capital efficiency unlocked 18:46 - Growing revenue with just 12 employees 22:45 - Re’s strategy for winning new business 28:21 - The capital stack behind Re 30:57 - Duration mismatch and how Re navigates this risk 35:07 - Re junior tranche and what’s it earning 36:40 - How Re differs from competitors 43:17 - AI and its potential impact on Re’s future underwriting 46:47 - Re’s role in the growing market of RWAs 48:50 - Agentic operations within Re 52:28 - Tracking the most important growth metrics at Re 55:13 - What’s needed for hundreds of billions to come onchain? 56:45 - Overview of the RE token 58:44 - Closing ------ GUEST LINKS ► Re website: https://re.xyz/ ► Re on X: https://x.com/re ► Karn Saroya on X: https://x.com/karnsaroya ------ ️ MORE FROM THE EDGE PODCAST AND EDGE NEWSLETTER ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn DeFi: http://defidad.com/ ------ DISCLAIMER: Nothing said on The Edge Podcast is a recommendation to buy or sell tokens or securities. This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing shared here is financial advice. Any views expressed by hosts or guests on the show are solely their opinions. Always do your own research. DeFi Dad, Nomatic, and guests may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. Re has been a sponsor of The Edge Podcast but it has no impact on our independent editorial process in choosing to cover them as a market leader in bringing reinsurance yield to DeFi.

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  Episode #246

  Polaris: Earn Yield On Gold, ETH, and BTC With No Counterparty Risk | DeFi Frontier

  Aug 12, 202647 min

  Robert Mullins is the CoFounder of Polaris. DeFi has a yield trap, where we're entirely reliant on staking rewards, T-bills, and basis trades for yield, all sources we don't fully control. In this new episode of DeFi Frontier, Robert explains how Polaris built native yield infrastructure for Ethereum. We review a new native yield-bearing ETH called pETH, that has both a market price and a mathematically guaranteed floor price. With pETH, users will be able to mint a stablecoin USDp, or Polaris digital gold GOLDp or other pAssets supported by the protocol. Robert walks us through Polaris's vision to issue stablecoins, commodities and synthetic assets against pETH, with the economic activity generated flowing back into the ecosystem. ------ THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS KPK | Best risk-adjusted yield through automated vaults AXIS | The Origin Vault launched on Ethereum RE | Earn real yield backed by regulated reinsurance programs APYX | The first dividend-backed stablecoin (DBS) PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | ETH staking solutions for scale ------ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - Why Ethereum and Polaris are mutually self-reinforcing 3:27 - What’s “the yield trap” most decentralized stablecoins run into? 6:38 - How Polaris solves the yield trap? 12:25 - What is pETH? Why hold it instead of just ETH? 15:15 - The rising floor price of pETH, risks vs rewards 24:03 - More core assets coming like GOLDp and BTCp 28:44 - Why GOLDp could be hugely popular 31:03 - Polaris Testnet demo 35:49 - What is fpETH vs vpETH? 38:56 - Stewardship, not governance 41:03 - Why Polaris aligns with Ethereum's CROPS mandate 45:05 - Closing ------ GUEST LINKS ► Polaris website: https://polarisfinance.io/ ► Polaris on X: https://x.com/polarisfinance_ ► Robert on X: https://x.com/0xluude ------ ️ MORE FROM THE EDGE PODCAST AND EDGE NEWSLETTER ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn DeFi: http://defidad.com/ ------ DISCLAIMER: Nothing said on The Edge Podcast is a recommendation to buy or sell tokens or securities. This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing shared here is financial advice. Any views expressed by hosts or guests on the show are solely their opinions. Always do your own research. DeFi Dad, Nomatic, and guests may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast.

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  Episode #245

  Fundstrat's Sean Farrell On Bitcoin, ETH, and The Macro Case For Crypto In Every Portfolio

  Aug 7, 20261h 7m

  Sean Farrell is Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Fundstrat. Equities are at all-time highs. Crypto has lagged all year. And a lot of crypto investors are frustrated. In this episode, Sean explains exactly why that divergence happened but also why he believes the worst headwinds are now behind us and we're much closer to a bull market than we were at the start of 2026. He covers what data he watches day to day and which DeFi sectors are best positioned to accrue value in the next uptrend, plus the macro case for why Bitcoin and ETH belong in every modern portfolio. Bear markets are when the most money is made. Start to lock in! ------ THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS KPK | Best risk-adjusted yield through automated vaults AXIS | The Origin Vault launched on Ethereum RE | Earn real yield backed by regulated reinsurance programs APYX | The first dividend-backed stablecoin (DBS) PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | ETH staking solutions for scale ------ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 3:03 - Sean’s role as Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Fundstrat 6:31 - When did DeFi become legit tech for Fundstrat? 12:47 - How Sean and Tom Lee marry differing market views 20:04 - Why market conditions for crypto have vastly improved 26:28 - Is this the market bottom? 28:47 - Price recovery will precede an expansion in crypto-native credit 31:35 - Can DeFi app-layer tokens be winners in the next uptrend? 36:35 - Which DeFi sectors are best positioned to accrue value? 43:48 - TradFi and fintechs are integrating DeFi into their business 46:16 - Is sentiment bullish for crypto on Wall Street? 52:47 - Chance for CLARITY to pass + possible political headwinds 57:34 - The macro case for ETH and BTC in every portfolio 1:03:00 - From niche alternative markets to trillions onchain 1:05:23 - Closing ------ GUEST LINKS ► Fundstrat Direct: https://fundstratdirect.com/ ► Fundstrat Direct on X: https://x.com/fundstratdirect ► Sean Farrell on X: https://x.com/SeanMFarrell ------ ️ MORE FROM THE EDGE PODCAST AND EDGE NEWSLETTER ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn DeFi: http://defidad.com/ ------ DISCLAIMER: Nothing said on The Edge Podcast is a recommendation to buy or sell tokens or securities. This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing shared here is financial advice. Any views expressed by hosts or guests on the show are solely their opinions. Always do your own research. DeFi Dad, Nomatic, and guests may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast.

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  Episode #244

  Is STRC Back? Apyx's Parker White On What Comes Next and Tokenizing STRC For DeFi

  Aug 5, 20261h 2m

  Parker White is a Founding Contributor of Apyx. Is STRC back? Saylor's flagship BTC-backed dividend-paying instrument has had a rough summer, trading more than 10% below par since mid-June, until this week. It's been a full on panic of investors asking what comes next. In this episode, Parker walks us through why STRC exists in the first place, why it's often misunderstood, and how it can fully restore investor confidence to get back to par ($100). He covers what Apyx does to distribute STRC exposure onchain, what happened with Apyx's own apyUSD/apxUSD and what's been improved since then. He also explains why DeFi composability makes STRC exponentially more powerful onchain than it is in a brokerage account. ------ THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS KPK | Best risk-adjusted yield through automated vaults AXIS | The Origin Vault launches on Ethereum on July 29th RE | Earn real yield backed by regulated reinsurance programs PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | ETH staking solutions for scale ⚔️ KATANA | Deep liquidity & real yield ------ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 2:33 - From fixed income to building Apyx 4:35 - What is STRC, why it exists, and what’s the end goal? 12:48 - Has the original vision for STRC changed? 17:35 - What is Apyx? How does it distribute STRC exposure in DeFi? 21:47 - What happened with apxUSD and what’s improved? 25:40 - What can Strategy do to get STRC back to par? 34:05 - What else could be used to back apxUSD and apyUSD? 35:48 - Earning back user confidence in Apyx post-STRC’s depeg 39:41 - Thoughts on future maturities for Strategy’s convertible debt 51:01 - Saylor is still Bitcoin’s CMO 53:16 - Why DeFi composability makes STRC more powerful 58:00 - Closing ------ GUEST LINKS ► Apyx website: https://apyx.fi/ ► Apyx on X: https://x.com/apyx_fi ► Parker White on X: https://x.com/theotherparker_ ------ ️ MORE FROM THE EDGE PODCAST AND EDGE NEWSLETTER ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://x.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://x.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn DeFi: http://defidad.com/ ------ DISCLAIMER: Nothing said on The Edge Podcast is a recommendation to buy or sell tokens or securities. This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing shared here is financial advice. Any views expressed by hosts or guests on the show are solely their opinions. Always do your own research. DeFi Dad, Nomatic, and guests may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. Apyx has been a sponsor of The Edge Podcast. They have never paid for a guest slot. We do not offer paid guest slots. We chose Parker for his subject matter expertise bridging DeFi and explaining how the STRC perpetual preferred stock works.

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