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The Layer One podcast, created in collaboration with Avalanche, features co-hosts Steven Gates and Kelvin Sparks as they unpack the real forces driving the crypto market forward.
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OpenTrade CEO cites bank lobby's $3 trillion deposit-flight warning (opens the original)
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The day after the Clarity Act stalled in the Senate, OpenTrade co-founder and CEO David Sutter argues that the fight over stablecoin yield is the clearest signal yet that his product works. Recorded at Avalanche Summit New York 2026, this Layer One c
Inside Ethena's new neobank built on AVAX (opens the original)
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Ethena Pay is live exclusively on Avalanche — a consumer neobank from the dollar issuer. Guy Young with Ava Labs CBO John Nahas on save, send, spend.
Avalanche Foundation Economists on Value Accrual Mechanisms | Layer One EP18 (opens the original)
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Avalanche Foundation economists Matias Antonio and Eric Lu on GCP and GCI, why value never reaches the token, and paying validators from captured value instead of an inflation tax.
Stani Kulechov on Aave V4, Avalanche, and why RWAs will hit $100 billion this year (opens the original)
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In Episode 17 of Layer One, The Block’s Kelvin Sparks and Ava Labs President John Wu were joined by Aave Labs Founder Stani Kulechov, who explained how the protocol that processed over $3 trillion in deposits is pointing its infrastructure at tokenized real-world assets — starting with Aave V4's first non-Ethereum deployment on Avalanche and the Horizon securities market. He also breaks down GHO, the forthcoming consumer Aave App, and why he thinks RWAs will double to $100 billion by the end of
Why this Wall Street veteran is betting on Avalanche (opens the original)
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In Episode 16 of Layer One, The Block’s Kelvin Sparks is joined by Avalanche Treasury Company CEO Bart Smith. Bart explained the thesis behind treasury companies as a way to get regulated, permanent-capital exposure to AVAX and the Avalanche ecosystem. He also covers his Wall Street/ETF background, why real-world-asset tokenization needs "productive" assets to matter, and why he thinks crypto's investment thesis is stronger than ever. OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 01:22 - What Is AVAT? 03:59 - Wa
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