All big breakthroughs in tech start with decentralization.[Summary]In this episode, Ryan from teia.cafe explores the essential yet often overlooked link between decentralization and governance. He argues that while decentralizatio...

Is the Metaverse Dead? No, it Just Smells Funny - January 14, 2026Is the metaverse dead? A deep dive into how cultural perceptions about real-estate and real-life housing affects how the idea of virtual land is perceived. (Featuring Dece...

The Return of Crypto Populism in 2026: A Non-Partisan Take - January 10, 2026Economic turmoil and political turmoil often go hand-in-hand - we can see parallels happening now with what happened during the Great Depression, with the rise ...

Art becomes a weird thing during times of economic uncertainty because on one hand, when times get tough, the art budget is usually the first to go.On the other hand, the hard times itself creates demand for escapism and understanding - ...

Did Japan Secretly Control Crypto's Price Action? - January 5, 2026In this episode, Ryan Tanaka from Teia Cafe examines the provocative idea that Japan has indirectly controlled crypto’s price action through its monetary policy. He unpac...

"How to Thrive in Hyperinflation" - Teia Cafe, Season 2, Episode 5Host: Ryan TanakaCore Thesis: The U.S. economy is heading toward an inevitable hyperinflationary crisis, but there are strategies to not only surv...

The main reason why places like Coinbase and Binance did well is because post-Mt.Gox it brought much needed legitimacy in the fiat-crypto exchanges that helped to stabilize the industry's on-ramps - which they were definitely successful in doin...

A lot of people say "if only I got Bitcoin at..." an earlier year, but are often unaware of the friction involved in doing so back then. (Technical, social, political.) Why "getting in early" is not easy and what to pay attention to in today's ...

Some live piano music to take the edge off a few things. 😉Recorded live in my parent's living room.

Satoshi's original vision for Bitcoin wasn't the idea of "Store of Value" like a lot of its proponents currently claim - it was a peer-to-peer payments system, and the idea of an economy that can run without any debt.Another look at the ...

Ever get the feeling that everything around us is just getting worse, more expensive, slower, and less interesting over time? Well, that might not be a coincidence - that was the plan, all along.A chat with Marc Fendel (@fendelmarc) of S...

Especially during times like these, it's important for the crypto industry to remind itself of its first principles that started the whole thing to begin with. Every cycle, when the hype gets too much, people tend to forget - but what keeps the...

The political space in the United States is changing very rapidly - and the new faces in town - the Socialists - are likely to change the way the world looks at technologies like crypto and the blockchain. A bi-partisan perspective on how thing...

Was Satoshi Nakamoto really Japanese? An in-depth look at why that might be the case.

A deeper look at why the crypto markets are collapsing right now, how it's similar/dissimilar to previous cycles, and what projects are likely to survive after the dust settles.Also a look at: Japan's crypto adoption right now is one of ...

A conversation I had with some friends yesterday kind of reminded me of a project I was involved with a few years ago - back when I was still active with the Ethereum community, I had an interesting experience being in the middle of two world...