Y-Axis Podcast

By: Tristan Yver
  • Summary

  • Tristan Yver interviews the cryptocurrency and blockchain space's best entrepreneurs about building successful companies. In these episodes, builders reveal their journeys, challenges, and key lessons that drove their success.

    © 2025 Y-Axis Podcast
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Episodes
  • Lucas Bruder: American Crypto, MEV, Solana, and Jito
    Mar 1 2025

    Lucas Bruder (@Buffalu) is co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs, a pioneering force in Solana's blockchain ecosystem. Under his leadership, Jito has grown with Solana through MEV innovations and liquid restaking solutions, with the Jito Block Engine now processing 94% of network stake. Jito has generated an additional $750m in revenue for validators in the Solana network. Jito tips accounted for around 50% of revenue on the network in 2024.

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Mike Cahill: Market Structures, Financial Data, Oracles & Pyth Network
    Nov 22 2023

    Welcome to Episode 7 of the Y-Axis Podcast, featuring our esteemed guest, Mike Cahill, CEO of Douro Labs, the innovative team behind Pyth Network. I'm your host, Tristan Yver.

    In this episode, we engage in an in-depth exploration of the Pyth Network with Mike, focusing on Douro Labs' endeavors to enhance blockchain oracle services. Mike brings a wealth of practical knowledge about market structures, which plays a pivotal role in guiding this project. This is a pivotal moment in the blockchain sector, marked by significant growth opportunities for pioneering developers and their respective communities.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Keone Hon: Scaling EVM, HFT Trading, Pipelining and Building a Layer 1 Ecosystem
    Sep 18 2023

    Welcome to episode 6 of the Y-Axis Pod with special guest Keone Hon & your host Tristan Yver!

    In this episode Tristan opens up the floor for Keone to share about Monad, the blockchain his team has been diligently building. Deployment is projected for mid 2024. Keone goes in depth on the mechanics of how Monad will make the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) more efficient by explaining the four prong system of Pipelining.

    Keone Hon is the CEO and co-founder of Monad Labs, a blockchain company focused on optimizing the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) for decentralized application development. Before founding Monad, Keone spent eight years at Jump Trading, where he led an HFT team.

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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