
Blockchain business, tested in conversation.
The gist
BlockDrops com Maurício Magaldi treats crypto less as spectacle than as infrastructure under pressure. Its interviews follow builders, marketers, payments operators, policy-minded guests, and AI-focused founders through the practical tradeoffs behind adoption.
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About BlockDrops com Maurício Magaldi
BlockDrops com Maurício Magaldi is a serious, interview-led show about blockchain as business infrastructure. It is not a loose market-chatter format. The strongest episodes work by letting guests explain how a product, policy, or company actually behaves once crypto leaves the pitch deck. Maurício Magaldi usually starts broad, then narrows the conversation toward tradeoffs. That rhythm gives the show a patient, analytical feel. The range is wide. Gaming conversations cover The Sandbox, creator economies, on-chain mechanics, token design, marketplaces, royalties, prediction markets, and the hard lesson that entertainment products still need real users who want the product itself. Marketing conversations question whether large communities matter when the useful signal may be a smaller group with money, commitment, and actual interest. Payments episodes focus on adoption. They return often to the gap between crypto’s technical promise and the experience of ordinary users moving value through wallets, messaging apps, Bitcoin, and Lightning. Regulation is treated as a core business condition, not a side topic. Guests discuss money laundering work, asset recovery, stablecoins, market structure, digital asset agencies, and the national-security implications of letting policy lag behind the market. The Portuguese episodes add another layer, connecting crypto with AI, quantitative investing, on-chain agents, risk profiles, and the limits of using LLMs for decision-making. Across these conversations, the show keeps asking what blockchain can support when speculation is stripped back. It is pragmatic, sometimes enthusiastic, but rarely breathless. The recurring disclaimer reinforces the educational framing. BlockDrops is best for people who want to understand how crypto companies think through adoption, incentives, compliance, and product-market reality.
Made for: Built for crypto-curious builders, operators, investors, marketers, and policy watchers who want detailed industry conversations without trading-room noise. It also suits Portuguese and global Web3 listeners tracking business uses of blockchain.
What sets it apart: The show pairs founder origin stories with patient pressure-testing of product mechanics, adoption barriers, regulation, and market incentives. Its strength is the move from narrative to operational detail.
In their own words
BlockDrops é o primeiro Podcast em Português sobre Blockchain para Negócios. Toda semana, por Maurício Magaldi Suguihura e convidados
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Mauricio Magaldi makes crypto builders explain what survives after the tokens stop doing the marketing.
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- founders to explain wallet adoption, Bitcoin payments, and why invisible infrastructure still matters
- a former prosecutor's route from money laundering cases to stablecoin policy and dollar dominance
Episodes
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EN-S6E22: Dubai Tokenizes Real Estate on XRP, Bitcoin Ordinals on Cardano, Katana DeFi, and much more
·12m - 2
BR-S6E22: Dubai Tokeniza Imóveis na XRP, Bitcoin Ordinals na Cardano, Katana DeFi, e muito mais
·12m - 3
EN-S6E21: New Consensus on Solana, Robinhood takes RWAs to the SEC, R3 + Solana, and much more
·13m - 4
BlockTalks with Stephen Sargeant
·47m - 5
BlockTalks with Alec Wilson
·34m - 6
BlockTalks com Paulo Aragão
·46m - 7
BlockTalks with Basak Toprak
·38m - 8
BlockTalks with Mats Olsen
·40m - 9
BlockTalks with Tony Drummond
·47m - 10
BlockTalks with Helen Disney
·42m - 11
BlockTalks with Darius Dovydavičius
·27m - 12
BlockTalks with Jin Kwon
·44m - 13
BlockTalks with Pedro Birmann
·43m - 14
BlockTalks with Amal Shehata
·39m - 15
BlockTalks com André Franco
·58m - 16
BlockTalks with Ed Hesse
·52m - 17
BlockTalks with Avinash Lakshman
·44m - 18
BlockTalks with Wojtek Pawlowski
·51m - 19
BlockTalks with Jeff Mahony
·44m - 20
BlockTalks with Griffin Dunaif
·36m - 21
BlockTalks with Stella Achenbach
·39m - 22
BlockTalks with Vik Sharma
·34m - 23
BlockTalks with Satraj Bambra
·41m - 24
BlockTalks with Stephen Hess
·34m - 25
BlockTalks with Sebastian Pfeiffer
·36m - 26
BlockTalks with Ivan De Lastours
·1h 14m - 27
BlockTalks with Humayun Sheikh
·44m - 28
BlockTalks com Guilherme Bettanin
·42m - 29
BlockTalks with Hart Lambur
·44m - 30
BlockTalks with Michael Carpentier
·47m - 31
BlockTalks with Kyle Tut
·47m - 32
BlockTalks with Carter Feldman
·46m - 33
BlockTalks with Vikram Arun
·41m - 34
BlockTalks with Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh
·31m - 35
BlockTalks con Fer Boccard
·37m - 36
BlockTalks with Paul Howard
·36m - 37
BlockTalks with Megan Knab
·43m - 38
BlockTalks with Martin De Rijke
·34m - 39
BlockTalks with Alena Afanaseva
·45m - 40
BlockTalks with Ben James
·48m - 41
BlockTalks with Kate Baucherel
·39m - 42
EN-S6E25: EigenCloud, Cointelegraph On-chain, Blockworks Transparency Portal, and much more
·12m - 43
BR-S6E25: EigenCloud, Cointelegraph On-chain, Portal da Transparência Blockworks, e muito mais
·12m - 44
BlockTalks with Phil Fogel
·12m - 45
EN-S6E24: an EIP for GDPR, Tether WDK, Matera Global Account, and much more
·12m - 46
BR-S6E24: uma EIP para GDPR, Tether WDK, Conta Global Matera, e muito mais
·13m - 47
BlockTalks with Harry Horsfall
·48m - 48
EN-S6E23: Metamask + web3auth, a16z Ends the Crypto Foundations Era, Sunsetting ApeCoin DAO, and much more
·12m - 49
BR-S6E23: Metamask + web3auth, a16z e o Fim da Era das Fundações Cripto, Encerrando a ApeCoin DAO, e muito mais
·12m - 50
BR-S6E21: Novo Consenso da Solana, Robinhood leva RWAs para a SEC, R3 + Solana, e muito mais
·13m - 51
BlockTalks with Tarun Gupta
·42m - 52
EN-S6E20: Chainlink + JPM + Ondo: DvP, OK Computers NFT, Crypto Tax Rules in the UK, and much more
·12m - 53
BR-S6E20: Chainlink + JPM + Ondo: DvP, OK Computers NFT, Regras para Imposto Cripto em UK, e muito mais
·13m - 54
BlockTalks with Maya Caddle
·51m - 55
EN-S6E19: Custodia Bank Tokenized FX, Ethereum Pectra Upgrade, Coinbase x402, and much more
·12m - 56
BR-S6E19: Câmbio Tokenizado do Custodia Bank, Upgrade Pectra da Ethereum, Coinbase x402, e muito mais
·13m - 57
BlockTalks with Rob Viglione
·46m - 58
EN-S6E18: Mastercard Stablecoin, Stablecoin Yield from Kiln, More Crypto Regulation in the UK, and much more
·12m - 59
BR-S6E18: Stablecoin na Mastercard, Rendimento com Stables na Kiln, Mais Regulação Cripto no Reino Unido, e muito mais
·12m - 60
BlockTalks with Ruchir Punjabi
·41m - 61
EN-S6E17: Circle Payments Network, BIS Meridian FX, Korean Stablecoin Initiative, and much more
·12m - 62
BlockTalks with Alex Nascimento
·34m - 63
BR-S6E17: Circle Payments Network, BIS Meridian FX, Iniciativa de Stablecoin na Coreia, e muito mais
·12m - 64
BlockTalks with Ian LeViness
·46m - 65
EN-S6E16: Circle Crypto Refund, Dfns Multichain Wallet, BIS Explores DeFi Risks, and much more
·12m - 66
BR-S6E16: Reembolso Cripto da Circle, Carteira Multichain da Dfns, BIS Explora Riscos em DeFi, e muito mais
·12m - 67
BlockTalks with Amelie Arras
·47m - 68
EN-S6E15: New Rules by SEC, StanChart + OKX Tokenized Collateral, Paris Blockchain Week, and much more
·12m - 69
BR-S6E15: Novas Regras da SEC, Garantias Tokenizadas StanChart + OKX, Paris Blockchain Week, e muito mais
·12m - 70
BlockTalks with Michelle O'Connor
·43m - 71
EN-S6E14: Webacy DD, DTCC Tokenized Real Time Collateral, Dfns Fee Sponsors, and much more
·13m - 72
BR-S6E14: Webacy DD, Garantia Tokenizada em Tempo Real no DTCC, Dfns Fee Sponsors, e muito mais
·13m - 73
BlockTalks with Hubert Rachwalski von Rejchwald
·44m - 74
EN-S6E13: Custodia Bank issues Stablecoin, US STABLE act, AvaCloud eERC, and much more
·13m - 75
BR-S6E13: Custodia Bank emite Stablecoin, Projeto de Lei STABLE nos EUA, AvaCloud eERC, e muito mais
·13m - 76
EN-S6E12: Converge L1 for Institutional DeFi, Crypto Regulation in Australia, Sonic Stablecoin, and much more
·12m - 77
BR-S6E12: Converge L1 para DeFi Institucional, Regulação Cripto na Austrália, Stablecoin da Sonic, e muito mais
·12m - 78
BlockTalks with Yan Martins
·45m - 79
EN-S6E11: BRL1 Stablecoin, Circle CCTPv2, Telegram Wallet, and much more
·12m - 80
BR-S6E11: Stablecoin BRL1, Circle CCTPv2, Telegram Wallet, e muito mais
·12m - 81
BlockTalks with Daniel Fogg
·50m - 82
EN-S6E10: Noble USDN, Euro CBDC, US Crypto Summit, and much more
·15m - 83
BR-S6E10: Noble USDN, CBDC de Euro, Encontro Cripto nos EUA, e muito mais
·15m - 84
BlockTalks with Arthur Azizov
·42m - 85
EN-S6E09: DREX Report, Euroclear Tokenized Collateral, ETHDenver Highlights, and much more
·15m - 86
BR-S6E09: Relatorio do DREX, Garantia Tokenizada na Euroclear, Destaques do ETHDenver, e muito mais
·15m - 87
BlockTalks com Felipe Argento
·43m - 88
EN-S6E08: BRL Stablecoin by Braza, Hack on ByBit, Stablecoin with Yield by Figure, and much more
·15m - 89
BR-S6E08: Stablecoin de Real do Braza, Hack na ByBit, Stablecoin com Retorno da Figure, e muito mais
·15m - 90
Blocktalks with Tahir Mahmood
·42m - 91
EN-S6E07: Arweave AO, Lens Chain, Unichain, and much more
·17m - 92
BR-S6E07: Arweave AO, Lens Chain, Unichain, e muito mais
·18m - 93
BlockTalks with Tom Phipps
·46m - 94
EN-S6E06: Ondo Chain, Airdrops via Email, AI Agent AIxbt, and much more
·17m - 95
BlockTalks with Sebastien Borget
·47m - 96
BlockTalks with Jesse Shrader
·37m - 97
BlockTalks with Catie Romero-Finger
Maurício Magaldi hosts Katie Romero-Finger, founder and CEO of Babs, on BlockDrops to discuss data-driven marketing in web3.
·45m·4 clips - 98
BlockTalks with Amanda Wick
Hidden gemAmanda Wick traces her path from a decade at the U.S.
·52m·3 clips - 99
BlockTalks with Victor Mendes
Hidden gemMaurício Magaldi speaks with Victor Mendes, Head of Payments at the Tone Foundation, on Block Drops com Maurício Magaldi, and the conversation centers on how Wallet and Tonspace try to reduce friction for Telegram users.
·37m·2 clips - 100
BlockTalks with Sebastien Borget
Hidden gemSébastien Bourget says blockchain games fail when “90 percent extractors and 10 real players” replace actual players.
·47m·2 clips - 101
BlockTalks with Jesse Shrader
Maurício Magaldi interviews Jesse Shrader, CEO of Amboss Technologies, about scaling Bitcoin payments.
·37m·3 clips - 102
BlockTalks com Bernardo Quintão
Hidden gemBernardo Quintão traces his path from M&A and investment advisory to Bitcoin in 2009-2010, the first Bitcoin conference in Florianópolis, and tokenization work such as BR11.
·53m·2 clips