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Scenius Capital 61 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

Scenius Studio gives listeners inside access to the best and brightest investors in the crypto asset management space. Host Ben Jacobs chats with leading crypto and blockchain venture fund or hedge fund managers. Each episode explores the complexities of operating an investment fund at the bleeding edge of innovation.

Episodes

Motus - Greg Girasole (Episode #63)
Motus - Greg Girasole (Episode #63) Aug 19, 2026 00:59:03 In this episode, Ben sits down with Greg Girasole, Co-Founder of Motus. Greg and team have built one of the top performing token-native hedge funds in the industry. With multiple years of outperformance over all benchmarks (including BTC), the team has demonstrated an ability to repeatedly generate alpha and manage crypto’s notorious volatility. When allocators are looking elsewhere for returns cr
1kx - Lasse Clausen (Episode #62)
1kx - Lasse Clausen (Episode #62) Jul 1, 2026 00:55:07 In this episode, Ben sits down with Lasse Clausen, co-founder and managing partner of 1kx.With Lasse at the helm and roots dating back to 2018, 1kx has become one of the industry’s most reputable venture firms with a deep-research, thesis driven investment approach. The team recently released the second iteration of their Cost of Trust thesis which frames where they believe the largest crypto outc
Belem Capital - Stan De Maistre (Episode #61)
Belem Capital - Stan De Maistre (Episode #61) May 10, 2026 00:44:36 In this episode Ben sits down with Stan de Maistre, Founder of Belem Capital. Belem operates one of the largest DeFi native, delta neutral strategies in the industry. With purely on-chain alpha sources, Belem strives to offer consistent, low-volatility returns irrespective of the broader market environment. With 400m in AUM, Belem has established itself as one of the premier crypto-native hedge fu
ParaFi Capital - Ben Forman (Episode #60)
ParaFi Capital - Ben Forman (Episode #60) Apr 15, 2026 00:52:40 In this episode, Ben sits down with Ben Forman, Founder and Managing Partner of ParaFi Capital, a $2bn+ AUM crypto dedicated institutional investment firm, pursuing a range of strategies. Since founding the firm in 2018, Ben has repeatedly found creative means of launching strategies and delivering returns for his LP base. Ben’s ability to sniff out opportunities at the edges of liquid and private
Edge Capital - Vadim Khramov (Episode #59)
Edge Capital - Vadim Khramov (Episode #59) Apr 1, 2026 00:57:13 In this episode, we’re returning to our bread and butter. We’ve explored use-cases but what the people really want is insights into how the top investors are positioning themselves in this rapidly evolving and dynamic asset class. In this episode, we dig into the crypto market neutral space with one of the largest and most sophisticated players out there. Vadim Khramov, the Founder, CEO, and CIO o
The Use-Case: OpenFX - Prabhakar Reddy (Episode #58)
The Use-Case: OpenFX - Prabhakar Reddy (Episode #58) Nov 19, 2025 00:50:04 In this episode, Ben sits down with Prabhakar Reddy, Founder and CEO of OpenFX.OpenFX is the fastest growing blockchain start up you’ve never heard of and Prabhakar is one of the industry’s most revered and proven founders. OpenFX has built a global FX system using stablecoins and blockchain rails to process tens of billions of volume per month while serving many large fintech providers. Prabhakar
The Use-Case: USD.AI - David Choi (Episode #57)
The Use-Case: USD.AI - David Choi (Episode #57) Nov 5, 2025 00:51:02 In this episode, Ben sits down with David Choi, Co-Founder of USD.AI. USD.AI is an emblematic project for crypto’s promise in the real world. The protocol leverages the strengths of DeFi to solve a bottle neck and pain point in the rabid AI infrastructure build out. By facilitating GPU backed loans, USD.AI unlocks capital efficiency for these companies scaling AI while providing real yield to on-c
The Use-Case: Transrypts - Zain Zaidi (Episode #56)
The Use-Case: Transrypts - Zain Zaidi (Episode #56) Sep 10, 2025 00:44:38 In this episode, Ben sits down with Zain Zaidi, founder of Transcrypts.Through Transcrypts, Zain has developed a solution that elegantly tackles two of blockchain’s most fundamental applications: identity and ownership of private data. To start, Transcrypts empowers individuals to receive proof of employment and income verification in a trusted and private manner. But this is just the beginning. S
The Use-Case: Coop Records - Cooper Turley (Episode #55)
The Use-Case: Coop Records - Cooper Turley (Episode #55) Jul 2, 2025 00:49:55 In this episode, Ben sits down with Cooper Turley, Founder of Coop RecordsCooper has invested in and helped build many of the blockchain industry’s more culture and creator focused projects. Now he is combining music, his other passion and area of expertise, with blockchain to develop a novel protocol for musical artists to distribute their music while empowering consumers to earn for their curati
The Use-Case: Life AI - Tuan Cao (Episode #54
The Use-Case: Life AI - Tuan Cao (Episode #54 May 7, 2025 00:53:33 In this episode, I sit down with Tuan Cao, co-founder of Life AI.Tuan and his team started by building a web 2 alternative to 23 and Me, focused on the Asian genome.But with the key difference, they gave users full control over their data.That was just the beginning of a long road to build one of the industry's leading decentralized science projects.Long before decI was even a term, Life AI ha
The Use-Case: Grass - Andrej Radonjic (Episode #53)
The Use-Case: Grass - Andrej Radonjic (Episode #53) Apr 23, 2025 00:50:32 In this episode, Ben sits down to Andrej Radonjic, co-founder of Grass.Grass gives users the ability to earn ownership in the Grass network by supplying the protocol with their unused internet bandwidth for data scraping purposes (something that is already happening to most of us and we don’t get paid!). The grass protocol packages this scraped web data and sells it to AI companies who have insuff
The Use-Case: Daisy - Ray Lee & Ian Ettinger (Episode #52)
The Use-Case: Daisy - Ray Lee & Ian Ettinger (Episode #52) Mar 26, 2025 00:48:28 Welcome to “The Use-Case” a mini-series brought to you by Scenius Studio.Through Scenius Studio, I've interviewed 50 of the crypto industry’s top GPs and CIOs across liquid and private markets. One thing is clear, crypto has some savvy investors. Yet, both inside and outside the industry, the same question lingers: where are the real-world use-cases? We’ve built the infrastructure, but where a

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