About this episode

Charles Hoskinson discusses the cyclical nature of crypto failures and potential future growth.

Every time crypto has failed, it came back bigger. Charles Hoskinson — co-founder of Ethereum and founder of Cardano — joins Dominic Weibel and Wolfgang Vitale on Verified to break down why 2025's underperformance may actually be setting up for crypto's biggest leap yet. From inconsistent U.S. policy and ETF ring-fencing to retail losses from structured-product speculation, the divergence was real but so is the setup. The conversation goes deep: institutional capture vs. the cypherpunk ethos, custodial apps winning users by default, Bitcoin's quantum vulnerability and DARPA timelines, the tokenomics that could drive the next adoption cycle, AI-driven job displacement, and why onchain governance is no longer optional. This is the conversation most people in crypto aren't having.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dominic Weibel, Wolfgang Vitale

Guest: Charles Hoskinson

Topics covered

• crypto market performance
• institutional capture
• onchain governance
• tokenomics
• AI-driven job displacement
• cypherpunk ethos

Keywords

• crypto
• Ethereum
• Cardano
• institutional capture
• onchain governance
• tokenomics
• AI
• job displacement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ethereum, Cardano

More episodes of VERIFIED by Bitcoin Suisse

• Bitcoin's Worst Month Since the ETFs. Is the Bottom In? · July 21, 2026 · 42 min
• The Clock Is Ticking on Bitcoin's Biggest Threat - Adam Back · July 1, 2026 · 49 min
• Aztec Co-Founder Explains How Privacy Unlocks Ethereum's Product-Market Fit · February 9, 2026 · 59 min
• Crypto Outlook 2026 · December 16, 2025 · 1h 14m
• The $100M Weekend Problem: Why Tokenization Matters Now · December 10, 2025 · 44 min
• The Year the Dam Broke: Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets · October 28, 2025 · 40 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the VERIFIED by Bitcoin Suisse podcast page.