The Market Runup: Investing, Markets, Crypto & Wealth
The Market Runup is a financial podcast hosted by Erin Gambrel, also known as The Blonde Broker. It breaks down what’s moving the markets, what’s affecting your money, and where future opportunities might lie. The show covers markets, macro trends, crypto, investing, and modern wealth creation. Each episode combines sharp solo commentary with interviews featuring analysts, fund managers, investors, economists, and crypto leaders. The tone is straightforward, opinionated, and aimed at helping listeners get informed before the market moves.
Episodes
How VistaShares Is Investing in the AI Infrastructure Boom
Are ETFs becoming smarter investment tools or are investors taking on risks they don't fully understand?Mike Schiemer of Dividend Vision, former marketing director at VistaShares, joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to explore the evolution of ETF investing, AI stock concentration, and the growing demand for alternative investment strategies.From AI infrastructure and robotics to dividend E
How DiamondLake Is Tokenizing Real-World Assets
Brian Esposito joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to discuss DiamondLake's approach to real-world asset tokenization, commercial real estate, and creating new forms of investor access. Brian explains why he believes the underlying asset must come before liquidity or speculation, and how revenue sharing models could change the relationship between investors and physical assets. They also ex
What Happens When There’s an ETF for Almost Everything? | Eva Gold
Evan Gold joins The Market Runup to discuss how the ETF market is evolving, why artificial intelligence may still be early in its buildout, and how investors are navigating higher interest rates, technology valuations, and new investment opportunities. ETFs were once associated primarily with simple index investing. Today, the market includes thematic strategies, leveraged single-stock exposure,
How Corgi Is Disrupting the ETF Industry | Jeff Weniger
The ETF industry has exploded into thousands of products, but Jeff Weniger believes parts of the business are still operating with a decades-old playbook.Jeff Weniger, Chief Investment Strategist at Corgi Invest, joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to explain why he made the move to Corgi, how the company plans to compete in an increasingly crowded ETF market, and why cost could be one of its
How Tech Dollar Is Unlocking Private Equity
Private tech employees can be worth millions on paper while having limited access to that wealth in practice.Terence McMenamin joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to explain the liquidity problem facing employees, founders and investors whose wealth is tied up in private-company equity, and how Tech Dollar is building credit infrastructure around late-stage frontier technology assets.They expl
Why Banks Are Finally Taking Stablecoins Seriously
Stablecoins are quickly moving beyond crypto trading and into the center of banking, global payments and financial infrastructure.Brian Consolvo joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to explain how stablecoins could reshape the way money moves around the world, why financial institutions are taking digital assets more seriously, and what growing stablecoin adoption could mean for banks and the U
How Wall Street Is Changing Bitcoin's Market Cycle
Bitcoin has just experienced one of its strongest weeks in recent history, raising the question: Is this the beginning of a sustained rally or a more complex market shift? In this episode of The Market Runup, John D'Agostino joins Erin Gambrel to analyze Bitcoin’s recent surge, discussing his perspective on why the traditional four-year cycle may be losing relevance and how institutional invol
Bitcoin Hasn't Bottomed Yet? Ben Cowen's Q4 Warning
Benjamin Cowen joins Erin Gambrel on The Market Runup to break down where Bitcoin, crypto, and the broader market cycle could be heading next. Ben explains why he still views markets as being in a late-cycle environment, why Bitcoin may not have completed its reset, and why historical midterm-year patterns point to Q4 as an important window to watch. He also breaks down the relationship between Fe
Why Most "Crypto AI" Companies Are Faking It | Anthony Anzalone
Erin Gambrel sits down with Anthony Anzalone, infamously known in the space as "Burnt Banksy," the CEO and Founder of Verona (formerly Xion), to discuss why the tech world is quietly pivoting away from traditional crypto infrastructure and betting everything on AI. Anthony breaks down the dangerous reality of the current AI boom: the internet is drowning in unverified, fake data, and the
Why Lite Strategy Is Going All In on Litecoin While Everyone Else Chases Bitcoin | Jay File, Lite Strategy
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Jay File, CEO of Lite Strategy, exactly one year after the company closed its deal to make Litecoin its primary treasury asset — and he makes a compelling case for why that bet is just getting started. Jay breaks down what he calls DAT 3.0, the idea that just buying and holding crypto is table stakes now, and the real opportunity is in actively
Dumb Money Is Dead | Gav Blaxberg, Wolf Financial
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) catches up with her longtime friend Gav Blaxberg, Founder & CEO of Wolf Financial, for a conversation that's part market strategy, part behind-the-scenes look at what it actually took to build one of the most recognizable investing communities on social media from scratch. Gav makes a compelling case that the dumb money vs. smart money debate is dead. What
DeFi Failed Because the Product Wasn't Good Enough | Ben Celermajer, Synthetix
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) catches up with Benjamin Celermajer who's been leading Synthetix’ day-to-day since late 2024, to talk about why perps are one of the most underrated financial innovations crypto has ever produced.Instead of chasing the L2 trend, Ben believes building them on Ethereum mainnet will pay off long term. He makes a case that decentralization alone was never going to
How to go Viral and Choosing Rich | Nick O'Neill
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) catches up with Nick O'Neill — crypto media veteran, software developer, and one of the more honest voices in the space.Their conversation goes way further than market talk as Nick pulls no punches on meme coins, breaks down why they're not just zero sum but technically negative sum, and argues why the Ansem bump, as fun as it was to watch, isn't t
Crypto Lost the Plot (And How Onchain Credit Brings It Back) | DeFi Dave
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with DeFi Dave, co-founder of CAP, to get into why credit has always been the engine of the economy and why onchain credit might finally be the story that pulls institutions and retail alike back into DeFi. Dave breaks down how CAP works — a three-sided marketplace of depositors, borrowers, and underwriters where smart contracts replace the trust you
Crypto's Real Competition Isn't AI — It's Its Own Holders | Abram Wimmer
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Abram Wimmer of HODL Bonds who thinks the space's biggest enemy has never been AI, regulation, or even bear markets — it's the emotional whiplash of its own users. Abram breaks down why HODLing sounds simple but keeps failing in practice, and walks through HODL Bonds, the structured product he's building that lets people hold Bitcoin
Why AI Is Eating Crypto's Lunch Right Now | Kyle Reidhead, Milk Road
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Kyle Reidhead, Co-Owner of Milk Road & Co-Founder of Impact3 to talk about all the ways crypto is suffering right now. Kyle's been saying "buy Compute, sell Bitcoin" for months, and he breaks down exactly why. Corporations are treating Compute the way everyone thought they'd treat Bitcoin, as a productive store of value, an
Trapped Capital & Broken Markets: Why Our Current Financial System Might Be Broken | Brian J. Esposito
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Brian J. Esposito, founder of Diamond Lake, to talk about why he's spent 13 years building toward a world most people are only now starting to pay attention to. Brian has a lot to say about what's broken in the current financial system and he argues tokenization isn't just a trend, it's the only real fix. He walks through the Diamond Lake model,
Dead Capital Is Crypto's Biggest Problem No One Talks About | Chris Soriano, Bridgeport
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Chris Soriano, co-founder and CCO of Bridgeport, to dig into the market structure shift that's been quietly reshaping how institutions actually move capital in crypto. Chris breaks down why pre-funding requirements have locked up billions in dead capital across exchanges, and why off-exchange settlement is the fix that serious players have b
Why Privacy Is the Missing Layer Before Institutions Go Onchain | Fahmi Syed, Midnight Foundation
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Fahmi Syed, President of the Midnight Foundation, to break down why privacy has to be core infrastructure before crypto sees real institutional adoption. Fahmi spent over 20 years in traditional finance, including 17 years at a hedge fund that scaled from $1B to $45B AUM, and he draws a straight line from that world to why on-chain transparency
Why Digital Assets Are Winning Over Web3 Speculation | Amar Odedra
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Amar Odedra, Head of Investments at Algorand Foundation, to discuss how tighter liquidity is exposing which crypto business models were only sustainable in speculative environments. Amar explains the shift from Web3 read-write-own culture toward digital assets and tokenization, with stablecoins leading adoption over the past 3-4 years. Higher in
Crypto Isn’t Replacing Banks, It’s Rewiring Them | Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu, President of Jupiter Exchange, to discuss how Jupiter is expanding from Solana's leading DEX aggregator into a comprehensive on-chain finance super app. Xiao-Xiao explains the difference between creating value and capturing value, revealing how institutions enter crypto through different pathways: investing in DeFi tokens l
Why the 4-Year Cycle Is Being Stress Tested | Aryan Sheikhalian
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Aryan Sheikhalian, Head of Research at CMT Digital, to discuss the current macro regime, Bitcoin's complete correlation flip, and why institutional capital is shifting from narratives to infrastructure revenue. Aryan explains we're in a hybrid regime where the Fed holds rates around 3.5-3.75% while the balance sheet starts turning. Year-
Better Business, Institutional Clarity, and Avalanche Infrastructure | John Nahas
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with John Nahas, Chief Business Officer at Ava Labs, to discuss why crypto is at the end of the beginning, how the industry is maturing from speculation to real business infrastructure, and where Avalanche fits in the institutional adoption wave. John explains why crypto is no longer the shiny object as AI takes center stage, and how the industry is
The Next Trillion-Dollar Market Is Already Forming | Giang Bui
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Giang Bui, VP of Issuer Growth at Securitize, to break down one of the biggest shifts in markets right now: the move from speculation to infrastructure. As institutions like the New York Stock Exchange begin building tokenized securities platforms, Giang explains why tokenization is no longer experimental — it’s becoming core financial infrastru
Why Regulation Could Unlock Trillions in Crypto | Ashley Ebersol
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Ashley Ebersole, Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer at TX, to break down one of the most misunderstood shifts in markets: tokenization. Drawing from his time at the SEC, Ashley explains why regulation isn’t just friction, it’s what unlocks new investors and capital.They dive into why tokenized real-world assets could become a multi-trillion doll
Why Ethereum Needs Layer 2s to Survive | AJ Warner
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with AJ Warner, Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, to discuss Ethereum scaling, the Robinhood Chain launch, and building the programmable economy. AJ shares how New York has become crypto's center over the last 18 months as traditional financial institutions and fintechs converge here. Arbitrum is now the top five
Why Bitcoin Isn’t Trading the Way You Think | John D'Agostino
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with John D'Agostino, Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, to discuss what institutions are actually doing in crypto right now. John brings decades of traditional finance experience, former Head of Strategy at NYMEX, subject of two NY Times bestselling books, lecturer at MIT and Columbia and a front-row seat to how capital is moving. He br
How Jito Became Solana’s Core Market Infrastructure | Lucas Bruder
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Lucas Bruder, co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs, to discuss building Solana's leading MEV infrastructure. Lucas shares his journey from electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon working on Tesla's Falcon Wing doors and programming self-driving bulldozers to discovering MEV and realizing this was modern-day high-frequency trading with hard
Scaramucci: Why Bitcoin Will Hit $1M (But the Dollar Needs Value)
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Anthony Scaramucci, founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, to discuss the precarious macro environment and Bitcoin's role in an increasingly uncertain world. Anthony breaks down the cost of ongoing conflict: energy facilities targeted, crude oil jumping from $55 to $116 per barrel, Secretary Willliam Hague requesting $200 bill
Why Bear Markets Are the Best Time to Build | Kain Warwick
Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix and Infinex, to break down the current market environment and what builders are focusing on during this sideways phase. Kain compares 2026 to 2018: Bitcoin grinding sideways, everyone feeling depressed, questioning their life choices. But there's a critical difference this time. Institutional adoption is re
Bitcoin to $1.3M? Institutions Think So | Matt Hougan
Welcome to The Market Runup podcast, hosted by Erin Gambrel aka The Blonde Broker. For this episode, Erin sits down with Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, one of the world's largest crypto asset managers. We dive into a structural shift happening right now: Wall Street is rapidly moving financial infrastructure to onchain data, yet market participants remain anchored to outdate
Why the Market Feels Stuck Right Now (And What to Do About It)
This week's market feels confusing. Not crashing, not euphoric, just stuck and macro-driven. Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) breaks down what's actually happening beyond the headlines. We start with the Jane Street lawsuit over alleged insider information during the 2022 Luna Terra collapse, a $40 billion wipeout that's resurfacing years later as people dig through blockchain dat
How DeFi Infrastructure Gets Built in Bear Markets
Markets are under pressure. Liquidity is tight, risk appetite is low, and crypto is being forced to mature faster than anyone expected. But in moments like these, infrastructure matters more than hype. Austin Federa, co-founder of DoubleZero, joins host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) to explain why blockchains are no longer limited by software but by the physical internet itself. We dive into th
The DeFi Stress Test: How Aave Survived $500M in Liquidations
Welcome to The Market Runup podcast, hosted by Erin Gambrel aka The Blonde Broker and powered by Token Relations. For the flagship episode, Erin sits down with one of DeFi's most influential builders: Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Labs. Markets are in a risk-off environment, liquidity is tightening, and crypto is moving in lockstep with broader global markets. This isn't a pullback, it&#
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