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Lightspeed

Lightspeed is a podcast for those interested in how crypto can solve real problems and create products users love. It"s a callback to the garage days of Silicon Valley, where builders pushed the limits of hardware and software to build world-changing products. We interview the projects and founders that will make this same impact today.

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44:15

Solana’s Institutional Moment | Nick Ducoff

Lightspeed ·

2026/03/03

Gm! In this episode we’re joined by Nick Ducoff, Head of Institutional Growth at the Solana Foundation, to explore Solana’s institutional adoption and the rise of internet capital markets. We discuss the growth of tokenized real-world assets, stablecoins, and onchain equities, alongside regulatory dynamics, institutional tooling gaps, and the structural advantages of public blockchains. We also discuss emerging opportunities in real estate, municipal bonds, and expanding global investor

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51:28

0xResearch: Jito BAM and Solana Market Structure |...

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/26

Gm! In today’s episode we have a 0xResearch crosspost where they were joined by Lucas Bruder, Co-Founder of Jito Labs to discuss Jito’s BAM block builder on Solana, highlighting transparency, verifiability, and application-controlled execution. They also cover market structure, stake adoption, MCP, slot time reductions, and JitoSOL’s ETF efforts.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Jito Labs: https://x.com/jito_labs Follow Lucas Bruder:

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55:53

The DeFi-Native Prime Broker | MacBrennan Peet

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/25

Gm! In this episode, we’re joined by MacBrennan Peet, Founder of Project 0, to discuss how the platform is tackling capital and risk fragmentation across DeFi venues. We cover unified margin, cross-venue credit, automated strategies, dynamic risk management, integrations across Solana lending markets, and Project 0 Pay.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Project 0: https://x.com/Project0 Follow MacBrennan: https://x.com/macbrennan_cc Follow Danny:

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60:42

Solana’s Block Building Battle: Jito BAM vs. Harmonic

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/19

Gm! In this episode we discuss Blockworks’ new Solana-focused Lightspeed IR platform and a report on Solana block building. We examine the rivalry between Jito BAM and Harmonic, impacts on transaction ordering, fees, market structure, validator clients, and the push toward protocol-level solutions like MCP and application-controlled execution.Enjoy!-- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Sam: https://x.com/minnus Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Danny:

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52:55

Solana’s Policy Push: Crypto’s New Regulatory Era |...

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/18

Gm! In today’s episode we are joined by Kristin Smith to discuss her transition to the Solana Policy Institute, recent U.S. crypto policy shifts, and progress under the Genius Act. We also discuss the CLARITY Act, market structure reform, DeFi and developer protections, institutional adoption, and the importance of durable regulatory clarity.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Solana Policy Institute: https://x.com/SolanaInstitute Follow Kristin Smith:

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58:47

Solana’s Changing Market Microstructure

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/13

Gm! In this episode we cover Solana’s recent onchain performance, revenue trends, and upcoming network upgrades. We also discuss ecosystem token dispersion, client competition between Jito BAM and Harmonic, market structure challenges for perps, Prop AMM profitability metrics, and MetaDAO’s shift toward uncapped ICO raises and permissionless scaling.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Danny:

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54:26

Building the Next-Gen Perps Engine on Solana |...

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/12

Gm! In today’s episode we are joined by Tristan Frizza Co-Founder of Bullet to discuss his journey from Zeta Markets to founding Bullet, a next-gen Solana perps exchange. We also discuss Solana congestion challenges, network extensions, ZK rollup design, data availability via Celestia, proving with Succinct, launch plans, incentives, and token migration. Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Bullet: https://x.com/bulletxyz Follow Tristan Frizza:

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66:02

Crypto Stress Test: Fees, Volatility, and Chain...

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/05

Gm! In this episode Danny, Dan and Ian discuss recent market volatility across crypto and commodities, onchain performance during stress events, chain fee dynamics, AI agents interacting with crypto rails, and Pump.fun’s revenue, buybacks, and long-term value capture debate.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Kairos Research: https://x.com/Kairos_Res Follow Ian: https://x.com/Ian_Unsworth Follow Dan Smith: https://x.com/smyyguy Follow Danny:

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60:34

Building the Onchain Super App | Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu

Lightspeed ·

2026/02/03

Gm! In this episode we are joined by Xiao-Xiao, President of Jupiter, to discuss his background and transition to Jupiter, the shift toward onchain finance, growth of decentralized trading, stablecoins, mobile adoption, institutional participation, and Jupiter’s product strategy, and long-term vision for onchain financial infrastructure.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Jupiter: https://x.com/jupiterexchange Follow Xiao-Xiao:

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55:53

Are the Trenches Finally Back?

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/29

Gm! We're back with Carlos for another weekly roundup. We cover Solana’s SKR airdrop and token design, Solana Mobile’s strategy, renewed memecoin activity and launchpad economics, Pump.fun’s evolving revenue model, and tokenized stocks and internet capital markets on Solana.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QUl_ZOj2nMJlZTEx⁠ -- Get top

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60:32

Listing Assets Everywhere Onchain | Saeed Badreg

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/27

Gm! In this episode we’re joined by Saeed Badreg, CEO of Wormhole Labs, to discuss Solana’s push to expand onchain markets through cross-chain asset listings, historical bridge challenges, Sunrise’s coordinated go-to-market approach, liquidity and distribution strategies, and the future of tokenized assets.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Wormhole Labs: https://x.com/wormhole_labs Follow Sunrise DeFi: https://x.com/sunrise_defi Follow Saeed Badreg:

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59:45

Bringing State of the Art Perps to Solana | Jun Bug &...

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/22

Gm! In this episode Jun Bug and kdot co-founders of BULK join us to discuss building a high-performance perpetuals exchange on Solana, testnet rollout plans, covering latency and reliability challenges, validator-based architecture, decentralization trade-offs and incentive structures. Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow BULK: https://x.com/bulktrade Follow kdot: https://x.com/kdotcrypto?lang=en Follow Jun Bug: https://x.com/junbug_sol Follow Danny:

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61:35

How SOAR is Solving Tokens | Tom Curry

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/20

Gm! In this episode we are joined by Tom Curry to discuss Soar’s approach to tokenizing businesses, and improving fundraising via onchain models. We also cover internet capital markets, token–equity alignment, founder incentives, liquidity challenges, regulation, and onboarding retail investors into long-term, startup-focused crypto investing. Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Soar: https://x.com/LaunchOnSoar Follow Tom Curry:

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69:15

Blockchains Beyond the Public Internet | Austin Federa

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/13

Gm! This episode we’re joined by Austin Federa to discuss DoubleZero’s 2025 progress, its private fiber network, performance gains beyond the public internet, validator and stake incentivization, and more.Enjoy!-- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow DoubleZero: https://x.com/doublezero Follow Austin Federa: https://x.com/Austin_Federa Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QUl_ZOj2nMJlZTEx⁠ -- Sablier is the leading

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62:35

Do Buybacks Make Sense? | Lucas Bruder

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/08

Gm! We're back with Lucas from Jito to break down the new IBRL dashboard on Solana validator behavior. We also dive into token buybacks versus growth, governance design, and more.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Follow Jito Labs: https://x.com/jito_labs Follow Lucas Bruder: https://x.com/buffalu__?lang=en Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QUl_ZOj2nMJlZTEx⁠ -- Sablier

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60:36

Where To Allocate In 2026 | Matty Taylor

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/06

Gm! We're back with Matty Taylor to unpack what's next for Colosseum in 2026. We deep dive into where Matty sees the most opportunity right now, crypto token vs equity problem, token buybacks, Solana DeFi and more. Enjoy! -- Follow Matty: https://twitter.com/mattytay Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QUl_ZOj2nMJlZTEx⁠ -- PFOF on Solana:

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65:49

What's Next For Solana In 2026?

Lightspeed ·

2026/01/01

Gm! We're back with Carlos for another weekly roundup. This week we discuss recent SOL ETF inflows, payment for order flow on Solana, why JitoSOL is losing market share, our 2026 predictions & more. Enjoy!-- Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QUl_ZOj2nMJlZTEx⁠ -- PFOF on Solana: https://x.com/bqbrady/status/2005661528096436394 -- peaq, the

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70:22

What's Next For Crypto In 2026 | Kairos Research

Lightspeed ·

2025/12/30

Gm! We're back with Teddy and Ian at Kairos Research for a discussion on what to expect heading into 2026. We deep dive into the behind the scenes of running a validator, Solana's inflation dynamics, the perps opportunity, are token buybacks actually positive & more. Enjoy!-- Follow Ian: https://x.com/Ian_Unsworth Follow Teddy: https://x.com/Teddy_oost Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Join the Lightspeed Telegram:

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63:54

How To Fix Crypto's Token Dilemma

Lightspeed ·

2025/12/26

Gm! We're back with Dan & Carlos for our final roundup of the year. We deep dive into the current DEX landscape, crypto's token vs equity dilemma, prop AMMs, onchain equities & more. Enjoy! -- Follow Dan: https://x.com/smyyguy Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QUl_ZOj2nMJlZTEx⁠ -- peaq, the Machine Economy Computer, proudly sponsors the Lightspeed podcast. peaq is home to 60+ apps

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54:18

How Kamino Became Solana's Largest Lending Protocol |...

Lightspeed ·

2025/12/23

Gm! We're back with Marius Ciubotariu to discuss the recent Kamino product launches as we head into 2026. We deep dive into the DeFi lending flywheel, how Kamino became Solana's largest borrow/lend protocol, growth in 2026 & more. Enjoy! -- Follow Marius: https://x.com/y2kappa Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq⁠ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QUl_ZOj2nMJlZTEx⁠ -- peaq, the Machine Economy Computer, proudly sponsors

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