Total Value Locked Podcast
Join Professor Chris and his rotating panel of experts for an insightful journey into Decentralized Finance and blockchain investing. Each week, we analyze breaking news, spotlight promising projects and protocols, and engage in focused discussions on the topics shaping the future of DeFi.
Catch us live every Wednesday at 1pm EST, simulcast across YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, and Streamm.tv.
Get exclusive insights at https://beacondefi.io.
Episodes
22 episodes
An Onchain Future: GDP Data, Prediction Markets and Stablecoin Rewards
Join Professor Chris as he welcomes another fantastic panel to talk about the news of the week in crypto, DeFi and web3. On panel this week:Head of Ecosystem from
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Episode 22
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1:10:02
Digital Asset Treasury Companies and Decentralized Onchain Media
Join Professor Chris as he welcomes Sistla, founder of longstanding Cosmos appchain OmniFlix, Streamswap, and now the expansion of the onchain media infrastructure to the Base blockchain with the launch of <...
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Episode 21
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1:13:42
Bleeding Markets, The Fastest Solana EVER and Wyoming's Stablecoin
Follow along with Professor Chris as he and his panel go through the biggest news of the week in crypto, web3 and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) to educate you on how you can apply that to your investment decis...
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Episode 20
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1:07:17
Chase, Base and Project Crypto - Aug 6
Join Professor Chris as he talks about the week's news in crypto, web3 and DeFi for your investment allocations.Today on panel:Chase from Neptune Finance,...
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Episode 19
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1:08:10
Fed Rate Cuts? White House Crypto Strategy and Symphony AI - Jul 30
Join Professor Chris as he welcomes multiple voices from around web3 to talk about the week's news in DeFi, web3 and blockchain investing.On the panel today:0xJirachi, head of ecosystem at ...
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Episode 18
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1:14:43
The Post-GENIUS Era, ETH on the Rise and Amana Finance - July 23
Join Professor Chris as he goes through the news of the week to educate you on how to handle your portfolios. On panel this week:Robert from
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Episode 17
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1:06:51
Everything is PENGU, Pump.fun ICO and Crypto Week!
Join Professor Chris, your DeFi Professor as he and his panel of the best in web3 talk about the news of the week to educate you on how it affects you and your investment portfolios. Or they talk about fun t...
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Episode 16
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1:09:11
GMX Exploit, The Bank of Circle and Robinhood, Hyperliquid.
Join Professor Chris as he breaks down the news of the week in onchain investing and Decentralized Finance.Seemingly all the available panelists were still recovering from ETHCC in Cannes, which is go...
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Episode 15
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1:00:57
Robinhood's Big Move, the NYC Heat Wave, Meeting Hinkal and Eclipse
Join Professor Chris every week as he welcomes some of the best minds and projects in web3 for our weekly Total Value Locked podcast from Beacon DeFi.This week, Chr...
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Episode 14
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1:08:44
XRP Ledger, Stablecoins and Odyssey Finance
[UPDATE]: We had two specific connection issues. One around the 19:15 mark, and the second around 59 minutes. Unfortunately, mother nature can be a cruel connection messer-upper. Join Professor Chris<...
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Episode 13
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1:00:32
DeFi-ning the American Spirit, Bittensor Gets Popular, and Stripe Buys Privy?!@
Join Professor Chris as he and his panel look through the big news of the week in crypto, blockchain investing and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) to help educate you, our dear users, in how to interpret the wee...
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Episode 12
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1:15:02
Bitcoin 2025 Post-Op, FUD and Meme Markets
Join Professor Chris as he welcomes his weekly panel to educate our audience on the latest news in crypto, web3 and Decentralized Finance. This week, the Professor welcomes back
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Episode 11
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1:13:33
Bitcoin's New All-time High and the TAO Private Network (TPN)
Join Professor Chris as he welcomes another fantastic panel to the Total Value Locked (TVL) show from Beacon DeFi. Today's panel featured rotating panelist Luke, Head of Growth at ...
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Episode 10
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1:08:29
Coinbase to the S&P 500 and Featuring Women Web3 Founders!
[NOTE]: We were having various technical issues at the beginning up until the 5:00 mark. Our apologies, Chris's internet was in and out for that portion, but is mostly resolved past the 5 min mark.Join Professor Chris as heads a panel on...
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1:17:57
Bittensor.ai, Pectra Upgrade, New Hampshire & BTC, Coinbase's x402
A banger of an episode as Professor Chris welcomes a featured panelist on today's show, Lukas from NorthTensor, the team behind Bittensor.ai, one of the biggest landing spot...
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Episode 8
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1:11:13
Mastercard, Neobanks and the Post-Bittensor Endgame Party
Join Professor Chris and his panel as he assembles a group of people he hung around with in person at the Bittensor Endgame summit in Austin, Texas. While it was easy to talk Bittensor in the begi...
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Episode 7
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1:09:59
Bittensor Endgame & The Race to Big Bitcoin
Join Professor Chris as he welcomes back Luke, Growth Lead for Taoshi, Subnet #8 in the Bittensor ecosystem, representing the Proprietary Trading Network and Glitch Financial.<...
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Episode 6
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1:06:22
Product Airdrops, BTC Reserves and Stablecoins UP!
Join Professor Chris as he welcomes DJ Robert Williams from Talisman back on panel as we look at the news of the week and how to interp...
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Episode 5
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1:03:57
Disrupting Web2 Industries with Crypto, DeFi and Web3!
Join your DeFi Professor, Chris from Beacon DeFi as we look at a multitude of entrepreneurs in this new subseries on our weekly podcast to find protocols and entrepreneurs who are disrupting industries in web...
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Episode 4
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1:11:14
Liberations for Institutions via the FDIC and Release the RWAs!
Listen in with Professor Chris as he welcomes his panel in to talk about the news of the week. This week, we welcome back Ken, Developer Relations at Taoshi, Bittensor subnet #8, the proprietary trading network, ...
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Episode 3
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1:05:29
The Impending Stablecoin Tsunami and Our Favorite DeFi Projects
Professor Chris welcomed some new panelists this week as we talked about the biggest news of the week, which involved:Is the Pi Network a scam?World Liberty Financial unveils an RWA st...
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Episode 2
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1:08:49
Avoiding Crypto Wallet Malware & Injective's Neptune Finance
Join Professor Chris and his panel of web3's brightest as they talk about the news of the week in crypto, onchain/blockchain investing and DeFi, and give great analysis and takes to help you interpret the news of the week for your investment de...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:14:01