BlockDrops com Maurício Magaldi

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Blockchain business, tested in conversation.

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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
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Episodes

  1. 1

    EN-S6E22: Dubai Tokenizes Real Estate on XRP, Bitcoin Ordinals on Cardano, Katana DeFi, and much more

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  2. 2

    BR-S6E22: Dubai Tokeniza Imóveis na XRP, Bitcoin Ordinals na Cardano, Katana DeFi, e muito mais

    ·12m
  3. 3

    EN-S6E21: New Consensus on Solana, Robinhood takes RWAs to the SEC, R3 + Solana, and much more

    ·13m
  4. 4

    BlockTalks with Stephen Sargeant

    ·47m
  5. 5

    BlockTalks with Alec Wilson

    ·34m
  6. 6

    BlockTalks com Paulo Aragão

    ·46m
  7. 7

    BlockTalks with Basak Toprak

    ·38m
  8. 8

    BlockTalks with Mats Olsen

    ·40m
  9. 9

    BlockTalks with Tony Drummond

    ·47m
  10. 10

    BlockTalks with Helen Disney

    ·42m
  11. 11

    BlockTalks with Darius Dovydavičius

    ·27m
  12. 12

    BlockTalks with Jin Kwon

    ·44m
  13. 13

    BlockTalks with Pedro Birmann

    ·43m
  14. 14

    BlockTalks with Amal Shehata

    ·39m
  15. 15

    BlockTalks com André Franco

    ·58m
  16. 16

    BlockTalks with Ed Hesse

    ·52m
  17. 17

    BlockTalks with Avinash Lakshman

    ·44m
  18. 18

    BlockTalks with Wojtek Pawlowski

    ·51m
  19. 19

    BlockTalks with Jeff Mahony

    ·44m
  20. 20

    BlockTalks with Griffin Dunaif

    ·36m
  21. 21

    BlockTalks with Stella Achenbach

    ·39m
  22. 22

    BlockTalks with Vik Sharma

    ·34m
  23. 23

    BlockTalks with Satraj Bambra

    ·41m
  24. 24

    BlockTalks with Stephen Hess

    ·34m
  25. 25

    BlockTalks with Sebastian Pfeiffer

    ·36m
  26. 26

    BlockTalks with Ivan De Lastours

    ·1h 14m
  27. 27

    BlockTalks with Humayun Sheikh

    ·44m
  28. 28

    BlockTalks com Guilherme Bettanin

    ·42m
  29. 29

    BlockTalks with Hart Lambur

    ·44m
  30. 30

    BlockTalks with Michael Carpentier

    ·47m
  31. 31

    BlockTalks with Kyle Tut

    ·47m
  32. 32

    BlockTalks with Carter Feldman

    ·46m
  33. 33

    BlockTalks with Vikram Arun

    ·41m
  34. 34

    BlockTalks with Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh

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  35. 35

    BlockTalks con Fer Boccard

    ·37m
  36. 36

    BlockTalks with Paul Howard

    ·36m
  37. 37

    BlockTalks with Megan Knab

    ·43m
  38. 38

    BlockTalks with Martin De Rijke

    ·34m
  39. 39

    BlockTalks with Alena Afanaseva

    ·45m
  40. 40

    BlockTalks with Ben James

    ·48m
  41. 41

    BlockTalks with Kate Baucherel

    ·39m
  42. 42

    EN-S6E25: EigenCloud, Cointelegraph On-chain, Blockworks Transparency Portal, and much more

    ·12m
  43. 43

    BR-S6E25: EigenCloud, Cointelegraph On-chain, Portal da Transparência Blockworks, e muito mais

    ·12m
  44. 44

    BlockTalks with Phil Fogel

    ·12m
  45. 45

    EN-S6E24: an EIP for GDPR, Tether WDK, Matera Global Account, and much more

    ·12m
  46. 46

    BR-S6E24: uma EIP para GDPR, Tether WDK, Conta Global Matera, e muito mais

    ·13m
  47. 47

    BlockTalks with Harry Horsfall

    ·48m
  48. 48

    EN-S6E23: Metamask + web3auth, a16z Ends the Crypto Foundations Era, Sunsetting ApeCoin DAO, and much more

    ·12m
  49. 49

    BR-S6E23: Metamask + web3auth, a16z e o Fim da Era das Fundações Cripto, Encerrando a ApeCoin DAO, e muito mais

    ·12m
  50. 50

    BR-S6E21: Novo Consenso da Solana, Robinhood leva RWAs para a SEC, R3 + Solana, e muito mais

    ·13m
  51. 51

    BlockTalks with Tarun Gupta

    ·42m
  52. 52

    EN-S6E20: Chainlink + JPM + Ondo: DvP, OK Computers NFT, Crypto Tax Rules in the UK, and much more

    ·12m
  53. 53

    BR-S6E20: Chainlink + JPM + Ondo: DvP, OK Computers NFT, Regras para Imposto Cripto em UK, e muito mais

    ·13m
  54. 54

    BlockTalks with Maya Caddle

    ·51m
  55. 55

    EN-S6E19: Custodia Bank Tokenized FX, Ethereum Pectra Upgrade, Coinbase x402, and much more

    ·12m
  56. 56

    BR-S6E19: Câmbio Tokenizado do Custodia Bank, Upgrade Pectra da Ethereum, Coinbase x402, e muito mais

    ·13m
  57. 57

    BlockTalks with Rob Viglione

    ·46m
  58. 58

    EN-S6E18: Mastercard Stablecoin, Stablecoin Yield from Kiln, More Crypto Regulation in the UK, and much more

    ·12m
  59. 59

    BR-S6E18: Stablecoin na Mastercard, Rendimento com Stables na Kiln, Mais Regulação Cripto no Reino Unido, e muito mais

    ·12m
  60. 60

    BlockTalks with Ruchir Punjabi

    ·41m
  61. 61

    EN-S6E17: Circle Payments Network, BIS Meridian FX, Korean Stablecoin Initiative, and much more

    ·12m
  62. 62

    BlockTalks with Alex Nascimento

    ·34m
  63. 63

    BR-S6E17: Circle Payments Network, BIS Meridian FX, Iniciativa de Stablecoin na Coreia, e muito mais

    ·12m
  64. 64

    BlockTalks with Ian LeViness

    ·46m
  65. 65

    EN-S6E16: Circle Crypto Refund, Dfns Multichain Wallet, BIS Explores DeFi Risks, and much more

    ·12m
  66. 66

    BR-S6E16: Reembolso Cripto da Circle, Carteira Multichain da Dfns, BIS Explora Riscos em DeFi, e muito mais

    ·12m
  67. 67

    BlockTalks with Amelie Arras

    ·47m
  68. 68

    EN-S6E15: New Rules by SEC, StanChart + OKX Tokenized Collateral, Paris Blockchain Week, and much more

    ·12m
  69. 69

    BR-S6E15: Novas Regras da SEC, Garantias Tokenizadas StanChart + OKX, Paris Blockchain Week, e muito mais

    ·12m
  70. 70

    BlockTalks with Michelle O'Connor

    ·43m
  71. 71

    EN-S6E14: Webacy DD, DTCC Tokenized Real Time Collateral, Dfns Fee Sponsors, and much more

    ·13m
  72. 72

    BR-S6E14: Webacy DD, Garantia Tokenizada em Tempo Real no DTCC, Dfns Fee Sponsors, e muito mais

    ·13m
  73. 73

    BlockTalks with Hubert Rachwalski von Rejchwald

    ·44m
  74. 74

    EN-S6E13: Custodia Bank issues Stablecoin, US STABLE act, AvaCloud eERC, and much more

    ·13m
  75. 75

    BR-S6E13: Custodia Bank emite Stablecoin, Projeto de Lei STABLE nos EUA, AvaCloud eERC, e muito mais

    ·13m
  76. 76

    EN-S6E12: Converge L1 for Institutional DeFi, Crypto Regulation in Australia, Sonic Stablecoin, and much more

    ·12m
  77. 77

    BR-S6E12: Converge L1 para DeFi Institucional, Regulação Cripto na Austrália, Stablecoin da Sonic, e muito mais

    ·12m
  78. 78

    BlockTalks with Yan Martins

    ·45m
  79. 79

    EN-S6E11: BRL1 Stablecoin, Circle CCTPv2, Telegram Wallet, and much more

    ·12m
  80. 80

    BR-S6E11: Stablecoin BRL1, Circle CCTPv2, Telegram Wallet, e muito mais

    ·12m
  81. 81

    BlockTalks with Daniel Fogg

    ·50m
  82. 82

    EN-S6E10: Noble USDN, Euro CBDC, US Crypto Summit, and much more

    ·15m
  83. 83

    BR-S6E10: Noble USDN, CBDC de Euro, Encontro Cripto nos EUA, e muito mais

    ·15m
  84. 84

    BlockTalks with Arthur Azizov

    ·42m
  85. 85

    EN-S6E09: DREX Report, Euroclear Tokenized Collateral, ETHDenver Highlights, and much more

    ·15m
  86. 86

    BR-S6E09: Relatorio do DREX, Garantia Tokenizada na Euroclear, Destaques do ETHDenver, e muito mais

    ·15m
  87. 87

    BlockTalks com Felipe Argento

    ·43m
  88. 88

    EN-S6E08: BRL Stablecoin by Braza, Hack on ByBit, Stablecoin with Yield by Figure, and much more

    ·15m
  89. 89

    BR-S6E08: Stablecoin de Real do Braza, Hack na ByBit, Stablecoin com Retorno da Figure, e muito mais

    ·15m
  90. 90

    Blocktalks with Tahir Mahmood

    ·42m
  91. 91

    EN-S6E07: Arweave AO, Lens Chain, Unichain, and much more

    ·17m
  92. 92

    BR-S6E07: Arweave AO, Lens Chain, Unichain, e muito mais

    ·18m
  93. 93

    BlockTalks with Tom Phipps

    ·46m
  94. 94

    EN-S6E06: Ondo Chain, Airdrops via Email, AI Agent AIxbt, and much more

    ·17m
  95. 95

    BlockTalks with Sebastien Borget

    ·47m
  96. 96

    BlockTalks with Jesse Shrader

    ·37m
  97. 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. 98

    BlockTalks with Amanda Wick

    Hidden gem

    Amanda Wick traces her path from a decade at the U.S.

    ·52m·3 clips
  99. 99

    BlockTalks with Victor Mendes

    Hidden gem

    Maurício 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. 100

    BlockTalks with Sebastien Borget

    Hidden gem

    Sébastien Bourget says blockchain games fail when “90 percent extractors and 10 real players” replace actual players.

    ·47m·2 clips
  101. 101

    BlockTalks with Jesse Shrader

    Maurício Magaldi interviews Jesse Shrader, CEO of Amboss Technologies, about scaling Bitcoin payments.

    ·37m·3 clips
  102. 102

    BlockTalks com Bernardo Quintão

    Hidden gem

    Bernardo 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