Crypto founders and investors, questioned from inside Binance.
Binance's podcast interviews people building and backing crypto, from Mike Novogratz and Gary Vaynerchuk to founders at Figment, Mythical Games and Cere Network. Its 'Stories from the Lab' strand is hosted by Ken Lee, an investment director at Binance Labs, and asks about business: who the customers turn out to be and how a project stands apart from its rivals.
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Binance Podcast is Binance's own interview series, talking with the people who build and fund crypto projects. It does not stick to one host or one format. Three strands stand out, each with its own host. The most grounded is 'Stories from the Lab', hosted by Ken Lee, an investment director at Binance Labs. He reads a disclaimer that guests speak for themselves and that nothing said is investment advice. Then he asks founders how their companies actually work. Kenzi Wang, a co-founder of Cere Network, which provides decentralized cloud storage and other infrastructure, argues that a project has to decide which war it is fighting or end up scrapping with twenty lookalike rivals. Kenzi also names the Polygon team as the model for an ecosystem culture, pointing to its business development team and its focus on games. Lorien Gabel, founder and CEO of the proof-of-stake infrastructure company Figment, describes a customer base that began mostly with venture investors and later shifted toward exchanges and custodians that want to offer staking. John Linden of Mythical Games has the most surprising detail. Some players never play the game at all. For them the game is the collection, something to buy, sell and flip in the marketplace. The second strand, hosted by Damilola, opens by asking each guest how they came to crypto. Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital, jokes that he is one of the oldest people in the industry, argues that being well capitalized is what gets a company through a crash, and is asked what panicked newcomers should do after a sharp dip. Gary Vaynerchuk talks about Accountable Ant, a character he hopes to develop for decades, and about his belief that accountability makes people happier. He also says he wants to see more projects that bring women into the space. The third strand, 'Clubhouse Talks', works differently: Tech, from Binance X, moderates a fireside chat and then moves to a live Q&A. In the NFT conversation with Mickey Maher of Dapper Labs and NBA Top Shot, Mickey recalls the Kittyverse, where outside developers built kitty races and a swipe-to-breed app on top of CryptoKitties. Across all three, the hosts are courteous and ask open questions, which leaves guests plenty of room to tell their own stories. Keep in mind that this is a show made by Binance about the industry it works in. For specifics, start with Lorien Gabel or John Linden. For personality, start with Gary Vaynerchuk.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants crypto founders and investors to explain the business side of staking, blockchain gaming and NFTs, and who is comfortable with a company-made show that asks friendly questions.
What sets it apart: The hosts include an investment director at Binance Labs and a member of Binance X, so the founder conversations follow an investor's questions: customer mix, competition, ecosystem building and what users actually do with a product.
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CZ gets a question about U.S. access, and your crypto curiosity meets the licensing paperwork.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded founder view on focus, ecosystem building, and first-party data in blockchain strategy.
Stories from the Lab follows Kenzi Wong from his Silicon Valley market tech background into Web3, then settles into a practical discussion of how blockchain projects stand out when the field is already crowded.
Figment's co-founder and CEO traces institutional crypto adoption through the company's changing customer base.
Binance Podcast's Stories from the Lab follows Figment co-founder and CEO Lorian Gable as he traces the company's customer shift from early institutional clients, including VCs, large individual holders, foundations, and founders, toward exchanges, custodians, asset managers,…
John Linden explains how Mythical Games wants blockchain mechanics to fade into familiar game play.
Stories from the Lab treats blockchain gaming less as a crypto pitch than as a user-experience challenge: how can a game let people collect, trade, and unlock value without asking them to think about private keys or gas fees?
A candid crypto conversation about conviction, leverage, and the discipline required to stay in the market.
Mike Novogratz comes through as a traditional-finance veteran whose Bitcoin turn began with a partner's introduction in 2012 or 2013, then grew from a currency speculator's curiosity into a larger crypto conviction.
Mickey Maher connects CryptoKitties, Flow, and NBA Top Shot to the platform potential of NFTs.
This Binance Clubhouse conversation puts Tech from Binance X with Mickey Maher of Dapper Labs for a focused look at NFTs as more than stand-alone collectibles.
A roughly 75-minute AMA on Binance's decision-making, U.S. access, NFTs, fan tokens, and BSC.
This AMA with CZ works best as a practical look at how Binance thinks under pressure. The discussion moves through decision-making, U.S. access, NFTs, fan tokens, and BSC as audience questions shape the order, but its clearest thread is CZ's view that good execution depends on…
Crypto headlines with market read-through.
Crypto markets, miners, and adoption in plain view.
Binance Labs' Stories from the Lab pairs host Ken Lee, an investment director at Binance Labs, with Siri Network co-founder Kenzi Wong.
Ken Lee, an investment director at Binance Labs, interviews Lorian Gable, co-founder and CEO of Figment, about proof-of-stake infrastructure and developer tooling for Web3.
["Stories from the Lab, a Binance Podcast episode, pairs Ken Lee with Mythical Games founder and CEO John Linden on how blockchain fits game economies.", "Linden traces a career that started at Activision Blizzard on Call of Duty, moved through Skylanders and Seismic Games, and led to Mythical in 2018 after Marvel Strike Force and Niantic.", "He says blockchain addresses gray-market account trading, verifiable ownership, and asset transfer, then points to Blanco's Block Party, Gemrush, and a Burberry drop that sold out 750 NFTs in 22 seconds.", "He frames Mythical as \"gaming with blockchain,\" not token-first speculation, and says the company is using a side chain, custodial keys, and a gradual path toward player-owned private keys."]
["On Binance Podcast, Damilala interviews Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz about how a partner introduced him to Bitcoin, which he bought at $100 before a 2013 Financial Times cover made him public.", "He traces the shift from early speculation to conviction through Wences Casares, Dan Moorhead, Joe Lubin, and the ConsenSys office in Bushwick.", "Novogratz says DeFi is the part of crypto that threatens bank businesses, while Bitcoin mainly functions as a macro asset and inflation hedge.", "He also discusses the BitGo acquisition, the May 20 selloff, environmental criticism of Bitcoin, institutional adoption, and his view that Bitcoin and Ethereum belong in most portfolios."]
Binance CEO CZ introduces tokenized stocks, issued by licensed partner CM Equities in Germany, as a way for users in less developed countries to access shares like Tesla at roughly $700 per share.
Binance X's Tech hosts Mickey Maher, Dapper Labs' Senior VP of Partnerships, in a fireside chat about NBA Top Shot, Flow, and the company's path from CryptoKitties to a mainstream collectibles product.
CZ says Binance still runs on fast execution and high failure tolerance, and he backs the point with BNB's roughly 26,000x rise.
Binance's CZ and SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci trade bullish views on Bitcoin, with Scaramucci comparing its price pattern to Amazon's 50% drawdowns.
["CZ and Michael Saylor use Binance's first Fireside Chat to argue that Bitcoin has moved from a trading idea to a treasury question.", "Saylor says M2 expanded about 5.5% a year for a decade, jumped to about 24% this year, and makes 15% the new hurdle for bonds, EPS growth, and rents.", "CZ says public-company treasury moves like MicroStrategy's are refreshing, and Saylor says March was the inflection point that brought Square, hedge funds, private companies, pensions, and endowments into the conversation.", "The discussion keeps returning to a 150-trillion-dollar store-of-value market, with Bitcoin compared against gold, sovereign debt, Tesla, Apple, and rolling volatility numbers."]
Host interviews Sandeep Newal, CEO of Matic, discussing their experience with Binance Launchpad and recent mainnet launch.
Binance CFO interviews a crypto OG about SHIFT's advisory role on FATF travel rule and regulatory impacts on the industry.
Host Christy from Binance Labs interviews Vincent Niu, founder of DappReview, about blockchain gaming trends and data analytics for dApps.
Jill Nee from Binance Charity interviews Dorji Sun, CEO of Perlin, about the Global Ledger initiative and his journey from carbon credits to blockchain.
Binance CFO interviews Ed Tolson, founder of KBIT, about his background in quant trading and his high-frequency crypto trading firm.
Binance CFO interviews the Binance Academy team about crypto security awareness and education.