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Katie Frost

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8 months ago

# Dose of Alpha Episode #1: Why Crypto Beats TradFi?

Dose of Alpha, AlphaGrowth's brand-new podcast, featuring real-time intel from the DeFi front lines. Aired for the first time Friday, February 20, 2026.

Join CEO Bryan Colligan and DeFi Strategist Eric Waisanen as they share unfiltered perspectives exploring decentralized finance, market maneuvers, TradFi convergence, and the enduring importance of crypto in today’s political and economic landscape.

In this Episode, you'll hear them discussing: their journeys into crypto, where they think crypto is headed in the coming years, crypto's role in economic freedom and efficiency, as well as philosophical concepts like: tools of freedom, philosophy of technology, private property, freedom and intellectual progress.

Get ready for a deep dive, because it's about to get heady.

Chapters:

0:00 Why Crypto?

2:24 Crypto for Price Discovery and Speculation

4:19 Five Philosophies of Blockchain

6:23 Rate Discovery Onchain

9:24 Price as the Fastest Communicator and Market Gaps

11:39 Economic Freedom and Technology's Impact

15:01 Why Eric Got Into Crypto: Freedom and Qualitative Analysis

20:24 Crypto's Role in Qualitative Attention and Tools of Freedom

23:36 Why Now? The Maturity of Crypto and Business Opportunities

25:56 Onboarding Traditional Assets and RWAs

29:08 Why Bryan, Why Alpha Growth: Best Suited for This Space

31:09 Eric's Role: Building and Breaking Systems, and Why AlphaGrowth

33:26 Goals for the Podcast

Listen anywhere you stream your podcasts!

Find us and on [**YouTube**](https://www.youtube.com/@alphagrowth/videos), [**Spotify**](https://open.spotify.com/show/3qrkJE2krg8GhYvRrEVj7L?si=de929349abe14525), [**X**](https://x.com/alphagrowth1), [**Apple Podcasts**](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dose-of-alpha/id1878202321), and more!

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