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Hi! 👋 We are 3 data nerds here to chat trendy metrics, chart crimes in web3. We hope to bring you deep dive of the topics with data-driven insights, and bring more transparency to the crypto industry! Let us know your opinions under each episode, and the topics you'd like to hear from us! Follow us on X: Indexed: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod Hildobby: https://twitter.com/hildobby Boxer: https://twitter.com/0xBoxer Danning: https://twitter.com/sui414 And our website: indexedpod.com

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October 22, 2026Episode 601 hr 10 min

Is Ethereum Printing Too Much ETH? | Jerome de Tychey

Ethereum pays validators with newly issued ETH but how much is actually needed to keep the network secure? In today’s episode, we’re joined by Jerome de Tychey to explore whether Ethereum could reduce issuance without compromising security. We unpack the debate around EIP-8363, why it was withdrawn from consideration for Hegotá, and what changing staking rewards could mean for ETH holders, solo stakers, and DeFi. We discuss: How Ethereum’s issuance and fee burns work The case for changing staking rewards EIP-8363 and the pushback it received Ethereum’s transition toward post-quantum security Whether staking competes with productive DeFi activity Could lower yields push capital into other chains? How excessive staking could make network capture harder to contest What dilution and taxes mean for solo stakers And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (02:50) How Ethereum creates new ETH (06:52) ETH issuance versus fee burns (10:04) EIP-8363’s proposed rewards curve (11:36) Why EIP-8363 was withdrawn (12:06) Ethereum’s post-quantum transition (23:19) Staking through market cycles (34:43) Is staking competing with DeFi? (35:47) Could lower yields drive exits? (41:30) Security, centralization, and network capture (47:51) Solo staking, taxes, and dilution (58:11) Ethereum’s long-term trade-offs — Follow our guest: Jerome de Tychey: https://x.com/jdetychey — Links: Sharing EIP-8363: https://x.com/jdetychey/status/2084638778677751889?s=20 Withdrawing EIP-8363 from consideration for Hegotá: https://x.com/jdetychey/status/2105592200696607103 Ethereum upgrades tracker: https://forkcast.org/ — Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

October 1, 2026Episode 5948 min

The Memecoin War: Can Robinhood Challenge Solana?

Memecoins are back but the battle for traders looks different this time. Today we're joined by onchain analyst Adam Tehc to unpack how FOMO, Robinhood Chain and a new wave of launchpads are reshaping the market. From public profit screenshots to memecoins paired with tokenized Nvidia shares, what's driving the resurgence and can it last? We discuss: FOMO vs Axiom vs GMGN: the fight for trading market share Robinhood Chain’s rise—and what it means for Solana Why simpler trading apps are bringing memecoins back Apple Pay onboarding and trading across chains How unrealized profits fuel the FOMO loop Pump.fun’s push into social trading Trading fees, referral rewards and who gets paid Memecoins paired with tokenized stocks Launchpad tokens and the incentives behind their growth What wallet activity can—and can’t—tell us about adoption Financial nihilism, speculation and the attention economy And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:42) Meet Adam Tehc (02:54) The Trading App Wars (06:52) Robinhood vs Solana (10:06) Why Memecoins Came Back (15:09) How FOMO Works (20:48) Trading Without Bridging (24:41) Fees and Referral Rewards (26:46) Memecoins Meet Tokenized Stocks (34:35) Tracking the Launchpad Explosion (37:36) New Users or Returning Traders? (41:48) Are Memecoins Here to Stay? — Links: https://dune.com/adam_tehc/fomo https://dune.com/adam_tehc/trading-terminals https://dune.com/adam_tehc/the-robinhood-trenches https://dune.com/adam_tehc/memecoin-wars — Follow Adam Tehc: https://x.com/Adam_Tehc Explore Adam’s dashboards: https://dune.com/adam_tehc Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

September 24, 2026Episode 581 hr 1 min

Tempo's Big Bet: Better Payments beyond Stablecoin Transfers

Tempo's Big Bet: Better Payments beyond Stablecoin Transfers Today we're joined by Mallesh Pai Forward Deployed Researcher and Recovering Economist at Tempo to dive into what it takes to build a blockchain specifically for payments. We discuss: What is Tempo? Why payments need dedicated infrastructure Micropayments and agentic payments Stablecoins beyond simple transfers Enterprise payment use cases Supporting multiple stablecoins Predictable fees and payment rails Tempo’s transaction architecture Onchain payment data Stablecoin supply and activity Measuring payment networks Tempo’s design tradeoffs And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (02:11) What is Tempo? (06:07) Micropayments and new use cases (15:02) Agentic payments (16:50) Enterprise payment infrastructure (29:53) Supporting multiple stablecoins (32:17) Predictable transaction fees (36:45) Diving into Tempo data (47:57) Stablecoin activity (50:18) Real-world payment patterns (53:32) Beyond TVL metrics (56:33) Tempo’s design tradeoffs — Follow the guest: https://x.com/malleshpai Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — Content links: https://dune.com/tempodata/tempo-rolling-30-day-stablecoin-transfer-volume https://dune.com/tempodata/tempo — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

September 8, 2026Episode 5753 min

Who exactly is betting on prediction markets?

Prediction Markets: Inside Polymarket, Kalshi, Bots & User Behaviour Today we're joined by James Dye, full node researcher at Surf AI, to dive deep into prediction markets and the data behind Polymarket and Kalshi. We discuss: Polymarket vs Kalshi Crypto markets driving volume Polymarket US growth Prediction market turnover Sports and crypto fee engines Polymarket user growth and churn Which markets onboard users? Geopolitics and user retention Cross-category user behaviour Bots vs retail traders Who actually makes money? Prediction markets’ future And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:44) James Dye and Surf AI (03:19) Prediction market data (06:07) Polymarket vs Kalshi (10:23) Polymarket US growth (12:20) Turnover and fee engines (19:33) User growth and churn (23:32) What onboards new users? (27:39) Retention by market (30:05) Cross-category user behaviour (33:10) Bots vs retail traders (43:20) Who actually makes money? (46:10) Prediction markets’ future — Content links: https://x.com/DaiZeshi/status/2036902219556213058?s=20 https://panteraresearchlab.xyz/research/crypto-on-the-clock/ https://panteraresearchlab.xyz/research/2026-h1-report-flash-boys-or-superforecasters/ — Follow the guest: https://x.com/DaiZeshi — Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

August 20, 2026Episode 561 hr 3 min

How Canton Unlocks Institutional DeFi with Ethereum

Zenith Brings Ethereum to Canton Today we're joined by Norbert Vadas, Head of Product at Zenith, to explore how Ethereum compatibility is coming to Canton and what that means for institutional finance. In this episode we're discussing: What Zenith is building on Canton Canton’s privacy-first architecture DAML and Canton smart contracts Why EVM compatibility matters Bridging Canton assets into Ethereum CIP-56 assets explained Unified liquidity for institutional assets Bringing DeFi to Canton Rollup-inspired architecture State management and scalability Institutional adoption and real-world assets Mainnet roadmap and what's next And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:51) What is Zenith? (04:04) Norbert's background (06:02) Why build Zenith? (08:22) Understanding DAML (12:45) Why EVM compatibility? (17:14) CIP-56 assets explained (27:43) How Zenith executes (39:13) RWA lending example (42:15) Bringing DeFi to Canton (45:58) State growth & scalability (50:14) Who is using Zenith? (56:46) What's next? (1:01:28) Mainnet roadmap (1:03:24) Outro — Guest links: https://x.com/NorbertVadas https://x.com/ZenithFdn https://www.linkedin.com/company/zenithfoundation Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

July 22, 2026Episode 5553 min

Robinhood Just Changed Crypto Forever? Inside Their New Blockchain

Today we're joined by Tom Wan, Head of Data at Entropy Advisors, and Ali, Data at Entropy Advisors to break down one of crypto's biggest infrastructure launches of the year: Robinhood Chain. We dive into why Robinhood chose Arbitrum as its blockchain infrastructure, how the partnership actually works behind the scenes, and what this means for the future of tokenized real-world assets. We also explore early onchain data, blob usage, revenue sharing, Ethereum economics, and whether Robinhood could become the everything-app for finance. We discuss: Why Robinhood launched its own blockchain Robinhood's partnership with Arbitrum explained Blockchain infrastructure vs distribution Tokenized RWAs and Robinhood's vision Early Robinhood Chain adoption metrics Memecoins vs real-world assets Robinhood app UX and chain abstraction Blob usage and Ethereum settlement Robinhood Chain revenue sharing Ethereum vs Arbitrum economics The future of tokenized finance What's next for Robinhood Chain And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:10) Why Robinhood built a chain (09:20) Blockchain as infrastructure (21:26) Memes vs RWAs (23:39) Robinhood user experience (31:25) Chain abstraction explained (44:14) Robinhood blob dominance (45:19) Revenue sharing model (47:16) Arbitrum economics (48:18) Future of Robinhood Chain (51:03) What's coming next (53:09) Outro — Content links: https://x.com/adam_tehc/status/2075565893179113493?s=46&t=CgOOIjEz_uRbAZFFRLsgAg https://x.com/jonbma/status/2077097764488359972?s=20 https://x.com/Adam_Tehc/status/2077092599278846159?s=20 https://x.com/EntropyAdvisors/status/2077833176827805901?s=20 https://arbdata.com/ecosystems/robinhood — Follow the guests: https://x.com/tomwanhh https://x.com/AliTslm Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

July 16, 2026Episode 5455 min

The Manipulation of 5min BTC Price on Polymarket

The Manipulation of 5min BTC Price on Polymarket Today we're joined by Ruizhe Jia, Assistant Professor at Stanford University, to unpack one of the most fascinating market structure discoveries in crypto this year. We dive into new research showing how Polymarket's 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may be creating incentives to manipulate BTC's spot price at settlement. We discuss who actually trades these markets, why sophisticated traders exploit them, how market makers react, and what this means for the future of prediction markets and programmable finance. We discuss: Stanford's research into crypto market structure Why 5-minute BTC markets exist Who actually trades these prediction markets? Evidence of BTC price manipulation around settlement How sophisticated traders exploit Polymarket Market makers adapting to manipulation Why retail may be at a disadvantage Binary options vs prediction markets Can prediction markets become more efficient? The future of programmable financial infrastructure And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:06) Why Stanford studies crypto (05:27) The 5-minute BTC market (09:00) Who trades these markets? (13:22) Can traders exploit them? (15:45) The manipulation research (21:05) How BTC price gets moved (30:30) Why market makers profit (38:25) Why manipulation works (41:25) Retail's hidden disadvantage (45:18) Are these markets useful? (49:43) Future of prediction markets (54:38) Final thoughts — Content links: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7028398 https://x.com/RuizheJia/status/2074615729333374981?s=20 https://x.com/sui414/status/2074650268927742307?s=20 https://panteraresearchlab.xyz/research/crypto-on-the-clock/ — Follow the guest: https://x.com/RuizheJia Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

July 10, 2026Episode 5343 min

Why Solana Data Doesn't Agree (And Why That Matters)

Why Solana Data Doesn't Agree (And Why That Matters) Today we're joined by Waddah from the Solana Foundation to discuss Solana Data, an initiative tackling one of crypto's biggest hidden problems: why different data providers report completely different numbers. We discuss: What is Solana Data? Why crypto data providers disagree Institutional adoption & data quality Benchmarking Dune, Artemis, Allium & others DEX volume methodology differences Stablecoin supply challenges Wash trading & filtering assumptions Open source data benchmarking Building standards for crypto analytics The future of onchain data auditing Why transparency matters for institutions And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:55) What is Solana Data? (02:20) Why institutions need data (04:23) Launching Solana Data (06:24) Data provider disagreements (11:15) Biggest data headaches (12:08) Stablecoin supply issues (14:14) DEX volume comparison (22:19) Why metrics differ (27:19) Cross-chain data standards (32:50) Open source methodology (36:00) Community contributions (38:02) Most trusted metrics (41:50) Final thoughts (43:25) Outro — Follow the guest: https://x.com/waldruupi Solana Data: https://solana.com/data Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

July 2, 2026Episode 5246 min

Inside Canton: The Private Blockchain Powering Institutions

Today we're joined by Ben, co-founder and CEO of Noves, to explore the Canton Network. We discuss: What is the Canton Network? How privacy works on Canton Why blockchain data breaks on private networks How Noves indexes Canton data Validators, synchronizers & network architecture Network performance, TPS & scalability Institutional adoption & real-world assets Privacy vs transparency trade-offs What activity is happening on Canton today? The future of institutional blockchain infrastructure Live walkthrough of Canton analytics dashboards And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (04:28) How Canton works (10:04) Collecting private data (12:29) Validators explained (17:37) Network performance (18:04) Peer-to-peer architecture (25:57) What Noves can see (27:27) Privacy vs transparency (28:18) Institutional adoption (35:27) Activity on Canton (38:24) Canton dashboard demo (43:57) Blockchain meets TradFi (44:44) What's next for Noves (46:04) Outro — Follow the guest: https://x.com/novesben Noves: https://ccdata.noves.fi/ https://x.com/Noves_fi Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

June 25, 2026Episode 5138 min

AI Is Changing How We Work with Crypto Data

In today's episode, we're joined by Kofi (@0xKofi) to discuss how AI agents are fundamentally changing crypto data analysis, research, and engineering workflows. We discuss: The evolution from manual coding to AI-assisted development How MCPs unlock onchain data exploration Using Herd MCP to analyze smart contracts AI agents for protocol research and data engineering Context windows, planning, and agent workflows Cursor vs OpenCode vs Claude Code Managing multiple agents simultaneously Model selection, costs, and productivity tradeoffs Building internal AI knowledge bases Agent orchestration and autonomous workflows Training agents to replicate human expertise The future of AI-powered crypto analytics And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:24) AI replaces frontends (03:24) Herd MCP demo (05:40) Exploring contracts with AI (08:06) Exploration, planning, execution (11:38) Investigating onchain activity (17:10) Managing agent workflows (20:20) Multi-agent productivity (23:01) Model selection tradeoffs (29:11) Trusting AI outputs (31:28) Missing links today (34:37) Agent orchestration future (38:02) Training agents from work (38:20) Outro — Content links: https://x.com/0xKofi/status/2059375006367490340?s=20 https://x.com/addyosmani/status/2059844244907696186?s=20 — Follow the guest: https://x.com/0xKofi Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.