

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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Aug 31, 2023 • 27min
Crypto Hipster's Mysticals, Episode 22: Our Global Social, Financial, and Economic Future is Decentralized
This twenty-second episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a
compilation of short clips from Seasons 4 and 5 of the Crypto Hipster Podcasts. This episode comprises podcast segments from Crypto Hipster's interviews of:
Sean Lee–Co-founder and Executive Director at Odsy Foundation
Tommy Johnson–Founder at PsyFi DAO
Joshua Kagan–Co-founder and CEO at Bonfire
Akash Mahendra–Director at Haven1 Foundation
Pedro Isaac Lopez–Chief Growth Officer at THORWallet DEX
All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.

Aug 31, 2023 • 23min
Crypto Hipster's Mysticals, Episode 21: A Father's Journey for Humanity and Justice
This twenty-first episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a short
clip from a Season 5 podcast of the Crypto Hipster Podcasts.
This episode comprises a podcast segment from Crypto Hipster's podcast interview entitled A Father's Journey for Humanity; and a Criminal Complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice, originally published on September 21, 2022, with:
James Ryan–Founder of Omgeneum and Jimmy's Justice DAO
All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.

Aug 29, 2023 • 23min
Crypto Hipster's Mysticals, Episode 20: Making Peace More Fashionable Than War
This twentieth episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a short
clip from a Season 5 podcast of the Crypto Hipster Podcasts.
This episode comprises a podcast segment from Crypto Hipster's podcast interview entitled Making Peace More Fashionable Than War, and Insights from the International Peace Sanctuary originally published on April 20, 2023, with
the following guests:
Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche–His Eminence
Bundeep Singh Rangar–CEO at Fineqia
James Bowater–Co-founder at City A.M. in London
All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.

Aug 29, 2023 • 27min
Crypto Hipster's Mysticals, Episode 19: Challenges Facing Web Three Communities in Social, Gaming and Media Platforms
This nineteenth episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a
compilation of short clips from Seasons 4 and 5 of the Crypto Hipster Podcasts.
This episode comprises podcast segments from Crypto Hipster's interviews of:
Christina Rud–Co-founder at Squid
Kurt Ivy–Co-founder at Simple Crypto PR
Ayelen Denovitzer–Co-founder and CEO at Qubit
Rick Porter–Co-founder and CEO at DSCVR
Andrea Berry–Head of Development at Theta Labs
All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.

Aug 27, 2023 • 33min
Building, Scaling and Developing Large-Scale Distributed Cloud Systems on the Blockchain Ground-Floor in Serbia, with Bogdan Habic @ Tenderly
Bogdan Habić is Co-Founder and CTO at Tenderly. Recently listed as one of 10 European Scaleups that have conquered Europe, Tenderly is the full-stack infrastructure solutions provider powering Web3 developer teams with the essential tools and services throughout their development journeys.A skilled software engineer by trade, Bogdan has extensive experience building, scaling and maintaining large-scale distributed cloud systems and co-founded Tenderly initially to build the debugging tools for themselves. Since its launch in 2018, the company has grown to become trusted developers for over 15 leading Ethereum networks.

Aug 26, 2023 • 46min
Helping the World Become More Physically Active by Introducing Web Three Participants to the Sweat Economy, with Oleg Fomenko @ Sweatcoin and Sweat Economy
Оleg Fomenko is a co-founder of Sweatcoin and CEO of Sweat Economy – a cryptocurrency backed by the value of physical activity. Our mission is to make the world more physically active and bring the next billion people into web3. With more than 140 million users and more than 10 million token holders, $SWEAT is the 9th most-widely-held and 13th most-actively-used token in the web3 world, while Sweat Wallet is occupying a 4th position in DappRadar across all chains and apps, so Sweat Economy is rapidly becoming the largest onramp in the history of web3.
Before setting up Sweatcoin and Sweat Economy, Oleg was the Founder of bloom.fm - an innovative award-winning mobile music streaming service based in London with 1.2 million users. On his way to becoming an entrepreneur Oleg has picked his lessons from household brand names (Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mars), international consulting (BCG) and telecommunications (British Telecom).
Oleg has recently moved from the UK to Portugal with his wife, two teenage kids and an Australian Shepherd called Bear. Oleg is not a surfer but can make a day of pretending to be one.

Aug 25, 2023 • 39min
The X-Factor with the Crypto Hipster (Episode 54: Season 3, Episode 14) for the week ending 08/25/2023
Join the Crypto Hipster each and every Friday for news, insights, analysis, and commentary on crypto and blockchain all around the world.

Aug 19, 2023 • 33min
Exploring the Greatest Issues Facing Web Three Users Today While Communicating Across Interoperable Blockchains, with Christina Rud @ Squid
Christina Rud is Co-Founder of Squid, a secure cross-chain router on Axelar Network that enables interoperability between blockchains and applications. She’s focused on making cross-chain activity simple and seamless in order to enable more powerful decentralized applications with optimal user experiences. Prior to founding Squid, Christina led Community and Ecosystem Development at Vega Protocol. She holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and began her career in the mental health
tech space. Today, as then, she works on creating coordination mechanisms that uplift and empower humanity. Christina is the zealous mother to Naomi the shiba inu.

Aug 18, 2023 • 24min
Crypto Hipster's Mysticals, Episode 18: Bringing Crypto to The Real World by Creating Tools That Enable a Self-Sovereign Journey
This eighteenth episode of Crypto Hipster's Mysticals is a
compilation of short clips from Seasons 4 and 5 of the Crypto Hipster Podcasts.
This episode comprises podcast segments from Crypto Hipster's interviews of:
Sara Jane Kenny–Community Champion at Algorand Foundation
Nick Saponaro–Co-founder and CEO at The Divi Project
Onur Akpolat–Ecosystem Growth Lead of Builders at Interchain GmbH at Cosmos
Ali Husain–Founding Advisor at Navigate
All original podcasts can be listened to in their entirety on the Crypto Hipster Podcast channel on your favorite medium, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon and others.

Aug 18, 2023 • 34min
The X-Factor with the Crypto Hipster, Episode 53 (Season 3, Episode 13): For the week of 8/14/2023—8/18/2023
Join the Crypto Hipster for weekly news, insights, analysis, and commentary on blockchain and crypto from around the world. Each and every Friday.


