Crypto Hipster
Jamil Hasan
Making sense of the digital economy—through the people building it.
Where builders talk freedom, not price.
The Crypto Hipster Podcast features conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and independent creators shaping what comes next.
This is not a traditional interview show. These are perspective-driven conversations focused on insight, conviction, and the realities of building in a rapidly changing world.
We go beyond headlines, beyond hype, and beyond price—to explore ownership, freedom, and opportunity in the digital economy.
Some episodes are conversations. Some are reflections.
All are designed to help you understand what’s being built—and why it matters.
Where builders talk freedom, not price.
The Crypto Hipster Podcast features conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and independent creators shaping what comes next.
This is not a traditional interview show. These are perspective-driven conversations focused on insight, conviction, and the realities of building in a rapidly changing world.
We go beyond headlines, beyond hype, and beyond price—to explore ownership, freedom, and opportunity in the digital economy.
Some episodes are conversations. Some are reflections.
All are designed to help you understand what’s being built—and why it matters.
Episodes
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May 29, 2025 • 34min
Diving Into the “Down and Dirty” of Digging for Pristine DeFi Yield, with Nick Motz @ Soil (Audio)
Nick Motz (CIO, Forbes 30 under 30) is an experienced investment professional and entrepreneur. Nick has over ten years of investment experience in the credit sector. As CIO of Soil, Nick is in charge of all investment activities and managing the performance of the protocol’s loan pools. Prior to Soil, Nick was the youngest founder of Mount TFI, a licensed asset management company in Poland focused on Private Debt investments. Mount TFI has become one of the leading private debt funds in Southern Eastern Europe. Prior to Mount TFI, Nick gained experience working at Aabar Investment, Abu Dhabi as well as real estate investment managers Capital Park Group and Patron Capital London. Nick strongly believes in democratizing access to private credit and believes that blockchain technology, with specific focus on DeFi can lead this revolution.
May 29, 2025 • 34min
Diving Into the “Down and Dirty” of Digging for Pristine DeFi Yield, with Nick Motz @ Soil (Video)
Nick Motz (CIO, Forbes 30 under 30) is an experienced investment professional and entrepreneur. Nick has over ten years of investment experience in the credit sector. As CIO of Soil, Nick is in charge of all investment activities and managing the performance of the protocol’s loan pools. Prior to Soil, Nick was the youngest founder of Mount TFI, a licensed asset management company in Poland focused on Private Debt investments. Mount TFI has become one of the leading private debt funds in Southern Eastern Europe. Prior to Mount TFI, Nick gained experience working at Aabar Investment, Abu Dhabi as well as real estate investment managers Capital Park Group and Patron Capital London. Nick strongly believes in democratizing access to private credit and believes that blockchain technology, with specific focus on DeFi can lead this revolution.
May 26, 2025 • 36min
Helping Brands Take Control of Their Narratives Through Fandom-Driven Experiences, with Anthony Rodriguez @ The Digital Spenders Club (Audio)
Anthony Rodriguez, Founder of LineageAnthony Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Lineage, a pioneering agency and creative studio built on the belief that the future belongs to brands that inspire fandom. Since launching Lineage in 2002, Rodriguez has spent over two decades helping athletes, artists, and brands take control of their narratives, build communities, and monetize influence at scale.Today, Rodriguez is channeling that same vision into a new venture: The Digital Spenders Club, a fandom-driven business rooted in crypto values like ownership, privacy, and equity.
May 26, 2025 • 36min
Helping Brands Take Control of Their Narratives Through Fandom-Driven Experiences, with Anthony Rodriguez @ The Digital Spenders Club (Video)
Anthony Rodriguez, Founder of LineageAnthony Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Lineage, a pioneering agency and creative studio built on the belief that the future belongs to brands that inspire fandom. Since launching Lineage in 2002, Rodriguez has spent over two decades helping athletes, artists, and brands take control of their narratives, build communities, and monetize influence at scale.Today, Rodriguez is channeling that same vision into a new venture: The Digital Spenders Club, a fandom-driven business rooted in crypto values like ownership, privacy, and equity.
May 25, 2025 • 33min
Transforming Real-World Compute Into On-Chain Assets Through Mining Hardware Tokenization, with Leo Fan Xiong @ Cysic (Audio)
Leo Fan is Co-Founder of Cysic, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rutgers University, and a former core researcher at Algorand. He leads the development of ComputeFi, Cysic’s hardware tokenisation model that turns real-world compute into on-chain assets — part of Cysic’s broader mission to build low-latency, cost-efficient infrastructure for real-time Web3, AI, and decentralised applications.
May 25, 2025 • 33min
Transforming Real-World Compute Into On-Chain Assets Through Mining Hardware Tokenization, with Leo Fan Xiong @ Cysic (Video)
Leo Fan is Co-Founder of Cysic, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rutgers University, and a former core researcher at Algorand. He leads the development of ComputeFi, Cysic’s hardware tokenisation model that turns real-world compute into on-chain assets — part of Cysic’s broader mission to build low-latency, cost-efficient infrastructure for real-time Web3, AI, and decentralised applications.
May 24, 2025 • 33min
Creating Scalable Infrastructures and Decentralized Systems That Reward AI Model Creators, with Erick Ho @ Function Network (Audio)
Erick Ho is CEO and co-founder of Function Network, a decentralized AI protocol launching on Base. Prior to this, Erick served as a Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase and advised seed to Series A startups as a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. He focuses on scalable infrastructure and decentralized systems. He holds a Computer Science degree from Louisiana State University.
May 24, 2025 • 33min
Creating Scalable Infrastructures and Decentralized Systems That Reward AI Model Creators, with Erick Ho @ Function Network (Video)
Erick Ho is CEO and co-founder of Function Network, a decentralized AI protocol launching on Base. Prior to this, Erick served as a Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase and advised seed to Series A startups as a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. He focuses on scalable infrastructure and decentralized systems. He holds a Computer Science degree from Louisiana State University.
May 23, 2025 • 45min
Movement in Action!: How Personal Customized AI Agents Can Help Improve Your Health and Catapult the Movement Economy, with Oleg Fomenko @ SWEAT (Audio)
Oleg Fomenko is the co-founder of SWEAT, which is establishing the Movement Economy by rewarding physical activity through the non-custodial Sweat Wallet with ~3 million active users. SWEAT's native token, $SWEAT, has over 20 million token holders, making it the 9th most widely held token in the world. Oleg has more than 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader, and innovator. Eight years before the launch of SWEAT, Oleg co-founded Sweatcoin, a web2 health & fitness mobile application partnering with the National Health Services (NHS) in the UK, which has achieved more than 250 million installs. Oleg’s expertise lies in the field of building consumer mobile products used by tens of millions of people.
May 23, 2025 • 45min
Movement in Action!: How Personal Customized AI Agents Can Help Improve Your Health and Catapult the Movement Economy, with Oleg Fomenko @ SWEAT (Video)
Oleg Fomenko is the co-founder of SWEAT, which is establishing the Movement Economy by rewarding physical activity through the non-custodial Sweat Wallet with ~3 million active users. SWEAT's native token, $SWEAT, has over 20 million token holders, making it the 9th most widely held token in the world. Oleg has more than 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader, and innovator. Eight years before the launch of SWEAT, Oleg co-founded Sweatcoin, a web2 health & fitness mobile application partnering with the National Health Services (NHS) in the UK, which has achieved more than 250 million installs. Oleg’s expertise lies in the field of building consumer mobile products used by tens of millions of people.
