Onchain, Honestly! Ep.2 - Where Crypto Is Now: Native Builders Meet Institutions

In this episode, we use EthCC in Cannes as a starting point of where the crypto industry is right now.                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  We talk about the current market shift, the growing institutional presence, what builders and infra teams are prioritizing, and what operators are both worried and excited about.             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Featuring perspectives from: 
Anya — Director of EMEA at Galaxy
Francesco — Head of DevRel at MetaMask 
Simon — Product Marketing Lead at Gauntlet 
Azeem — Co-founder of Miden 

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:28 Episode setup & guest lineup
03:19 Azeem (Miden) — Institutions care about tech, not price
16:33 Anya (Galaxy Digital) — EthCC from an institutional lens
22:03 Simon (Gauntlet) — EthCC recap
32:53 Francesco (MetaMask) — Builders' Nights & EthCC vibe
47:22 Takeaways — the bar is higher, and that's a good thing

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Simon X: https://x.com/0xSim0
Azeem X: https://x.com/azeemk 
Anya X: https://x.com/Anya_Nova 
Franesco X: https://x.com/francescoswiss 
Alea Reserach:  https://alearesearch.io/ 
Alea Research X: https://x.com/AleaResearch 
Alenka X: https://x.com/alenka_on_x 
Kaisa X: https://x.com/kaisakaisa_ 
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What is Onchain, Honestly!?

Onchain, Honestly is a conversation with the operators actually building crypto companies.

Kaisa and Alenka sit down with founders and leaders to talk about what the pitch decks leave out: go-to-market, hiring, revenue, real traction, and the unglamorous mechanics of turning a protocol or product into a business.

No hype, no theater. Just honest conversations about what works, what doesn't, and what it actually takes to build onchain.