This episode of The New Money Podcast features Konstantin Richter, Founder & CEO of Blockdaemon. Konstantin shares what it takes to run crypto infrastructure at scale, powering institutions from Goldman Sachs to Coinbase. He unpacks why the Genius Act signals a regulatory shift and how Blockdaemon’s business is evolving from static nodes to dynamic DeFi APIs. Konstantin also reflects on the fallout of being debanked overnight, what it revealed about the fragility of traditional finance, and why self-custody is no longer optional. A sharp conversation on infrastructure shifts, regulatory momentum, and why stable tokens are fast becoming the new rails for money movement.
Key Chapters
02:30 Genius Act & Stable Token Opportunity
06:22 Blockdaemon’s Core Products Explained
08:22 The Infrastructure is Turning DeFi-Native
10:46 The Institutional Flywheel
12:31 What's Next: Interoperability & Oracles
13:55 The Trump Admin’s Crypto Strategy
16:49 Debanked in the US
20:25 The Importance of Access to Financial Services
27:50 Building in the U.S. vs. Europe
32:12 Global Expansion & Strategic Hiring
33:55 Relaunching Staking in the U.S.
36:21 The Future of Staking
This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice
Music by Marcelo Cataldo - http://www.marcelocataldo.com