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PERSON DIRECTORY

Santiago Roel Santos

Host of Empire. Santiago Roel Santos appears in 17 indexed conversations across Empire, 1000x. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.

17 EPISODES2 SHOWS
17 episodes
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EmpireEN · 44 min

Memecoins Are Stress-Testing The Future Of Tokenized Stocks | Weekly Roundup

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

Memecoin–stock-token pools are forcing tokenized equities to confront real liquidity and infrastructure constraints.In the BONER/HIMS pool, roughly 60,000 HIMS tokens and limited weekend minting drove the wrapper to an implied $132, or three-to-four-times Friday’s close, without squeezing HIMS itself.The experiment could accelerate 24/7 markets, but custody, backing, redemption, and token-holder rights remain unresolved.

EmpireEN · 61 min

Crypto’s Speculation Problem, Regulation Without CLARITY & The Gambling Economy

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

Blockworks logged more sales calls than in any recent period, while inbound leads rose as fintechs and brokerages rolled out crypto.CLARITY remains uncertain; SEC and CFTC rulemaking could catalyze innovation, but unclear token value accrual and falling CEX volume leave institutional adoption unresolved.

EmpireEN · 62 min

AI Fatigue, Robinhood & Every Market Becoming Crypto | Weekly Roundup

Santiago Roel SantosRob

AI fatigue is reaching institutional LPs as router savings and cheaper open-source models threaten frontier-model pricing within 12 to 18 months.Robinhood’s $1.3B quarter and $12B of Chain DEX volume make it a key real-time gauge for capital rotation, while declining active accounts and uncertain chain winners keep tokenized-asset adoption unresolved.

EmpireEN · 73 min

Crypto's Value Capture Problem & Why Robinhood Built Its Own Blockchain

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

After eight months across 20-plus sectors, Santos says Inversion’s crypto-embedding thesis failed to clear the return hurdle, shifting focus to quality, cash-flowing businesses.On-chain B2B borrowing costs 8–12%, while crypto FX quotes sit 20–50 basis points above mid-market; Robinhood Chain’s more than $500 million in Uniswap volume and roughly 150,000 new active wallets show verticalization, though P&L value remains disputed.

EmpireEN · 54 min

State of The Market, The Prediction Market Wars & Kraken Pursues Aave

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

Crypto venture is splitting into a weak early-stage market and improving later-stage payments, stablecoin, tokenized-asset and M&A activity.Stablecoin transfer volume remains distorted by bots, but adjusted metrics, card swipes and about 30 public-company implementations offer stronger adoption evidence.Kalshi’s reported $40B raise remains unconfirmed as fee compression looms, while institutional clearing and block trades could expand prediction markets.

EmpireEN · 71 min

Anthropic's Fable Banned, Will Microstrategy Blow Up & Structuring A Portfolio in 2026

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

Anthropic’s Fable was released around June 9 and blocked from export three or four days later, turning AI’s job-loss narrative into a regulatory and political liability.Jordy calls MicroStrategy panic way overblown as Saylor raises about $200M weekly, while Santi sees eventual Monte Carlo failure; open-source models and smart routing may matter more than privacy maximalism, but government restrictions remain an unresolved risk.

EmpireEN · 77 min

SpaceX’s $1.75T IPO, Strategy Sells Bitcoin & Crypto’s Hard Reset

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel SantosRobRyan Zurrer

SpaceX’s expected June 12 IPO values 12 business lines at roughly $1.75T–$1.77T; Ryan Zurrer models $1.2T of 2035 revenue and a $185 price.Profitability since 2018 and nearly $50B in revenue, plus new contracts, challenge 100x-revenue critique.Elon’s 42% stake and roughly 30% locked for 366 days could delay price discovery until 2027, while antitrust pressure and Chinese competition remain risks.

EmpireEN · 62 min

Why’s Everyone So Bearish, Robinhood's AI Agent and SoFi's Stablecoin Launch

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

Stablecoins are emerging less as peer-to-peer payments than as a settlement layer, with a LatAm AP and bill-pay company at $80–90M run-rate revenue and growing 40% month-over-month.Rain is adding roughly 20% monthly growth and Visa-settled volume is doubling every few months, but Santi remains bullish only on less than five names and questions transfer economics.

EmpireEN · 58 min

Hyperliquid Just Had It's Breakout Moment

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

Hyperliquid’s SpaceX pre-IPO market has become a mainstream price oracle, with SpaceX around $2.1T versus indicated pricing of $1.5–1.75T and hedge funds using it to handicap the open.HYPE’s roughly $700M revenue and HIP-3’s 45% non-crypto volume support a differentiated growth case, but at roughly 60x run-rate earnings it is “fully valued”; CFTC regulation and the SpaceX IPO remain key tests.

EmpireEN · 63 min

Big Tech Earnings, DeFi United and Pump Fun’s Token Burn

Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos

Crypto trading is contracting even as stablecoins dominate earnings calls, with Robinhood volumes down 40% and Hyperliquid perp volume down 30%.Yano’s deal flow shows fintechs quietly moving infrastructure to stablecoins, while Visa’s related card volume rose 200% YoY across 160 programs.Value capture remains contested: Santi says Tempo has little flow, and Pump Fun’s $370M burn failed to lift its token.