Re is bringing an interesting alternative to RWA yield, one that is less correlated to markets and instead is based on real reinsurance activity. We sat down with their CEO, Karn Saroya, to discuss the importance of reinsurance as an alternative to current RWA yield and Re's role.
16 Oct 2026
Jumper: The Onchain Finance Super-App
Marco, CEO of Jumper, joins Tom at Castle Labs to discuss what comes after bridge aggregation: why cross-chain movement is becoming invisible, how Jumper is separating from LI.FI, and whether one interface can become the front end for onchain finance.
7 Oct 2026
M0: Building the Internet Dollar with Laert Skreli
Stablecoins are becoming app-specific dollars. Apps, wallets, and fintechs are launching their own dollars, giving them more control over the economics, rewards, and user-retention loops behind their products. In this episode, we discussed this evolution with @laert and how @m0 is helping to drive it.
30 Sept 2026
On Raydium, Solana, Stocks, and Memes
Raydium has been one of Solana's key protocols; its infrastructure is now fundamental to tokenised stocks, which have taken over Solana. We sat down with Ben Ungvari, Raydium's CMO, to talk about their success and resilience, the Solana ecosystem, their partnership with Stonk, and more.
26 Sept 2026
Putting Tokenised Stocks to Work
Tokenised stocks have crossed $3B, but most of that capital still sits idle. Last week, xStocks vaults went live in collaboration with Kamino, Veda and Sentora, letting Kraken users earn yield on these assets. We sat down with them to discuss the importance of making RWAs productive capital once they land onchain and the best practices for doing so. Follow us at x.com/castle_labs
18 Sept 2026
Inside EtherFi: Growing a Neobank with Mike Silagadze
EtherFi has been one of the fastest-growing neobanks for both crypto natives and retail users. We sit down with Mike and learn more about his experience, what led to start EtherFi, their pivot, and current growth strategy.
9 Sept 2026
Fixed Rate Lending is coming to DeFi with Bitwise, KPK and Tenor Finance
Today, the lending category has $28.5 billion in active loans, and almost all of that demand comes from variable-rate lending. This works fine in periods of stability; however, during stress events, as utilisation curves move, borrowing rates can spike. This rate surge forces some borrowers to exit or deleverage, making the overall credit market inefficient. DeFi money markets, in fact, solved one problem traditional credit cannot offer by providing near-instant borrowing against collateral.&...
9 Aug 2026
Interviewing the CEO of Variational: A Different Model for Onchain Trading
Perps are one of crypto’s largest markets, but still carry trade-offs around liquidity and liquidation handling. Variational uses RFQ to list more markets faster and source deeper liquidity. Now, they’re adding swaps too. Join us with Lucas Schuermann, Co-Founder & CEO of Variational.
4 Aug 2026
RWAs: Bringing TradFi Onchain
RWAs have become the fastest-growing category in crypto since 2024 Unfortunately, they still struggle with low representation in DeFi (~10%), but new solutions are in development to overcome this... Join us with Redstone, xStocks, and Pendle This episode focuses on our flagship report, written for TokenizeThis, the longest-running US conference dedicated to the tokenization of finance: https://castlelabs.io/research/reports/real-world-assets
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