Andrey Didovskiy is the Founder and CEO of Seasons, where he is building decentralized financial infrastructure focused on long-term incentives, yield generation, and sustainable on-chain systems.In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, we move beyond product announcements and token prices to explore the founder's journey. Andrey shares how growing up as a competitive chess player shaped his thinking, what first attracted him to blockchain, the lessons he learned from hiring the wrong people, why incentives matter, and how founders should think about stewardship, leadership, and building systems that outlive them.Topics discussed include:From chess to cryptoBuilding SeasonsLeadership lessons from mistakesDesigning incentives and human behaviorStewardship beyond the founderThe future of decentralized systemsAI, agents, and the next generation of on-chain infrastructure#CryptoHipster #Blockchain #Web3 #Founders #Entrepreneurship #DeFi #Leadership #Seasons #Tokenization #Innovation

What allows a system to endure long after its creator steps away?In this episode of Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Jamil Hasan brings together four conversations that, on the surface, appear to have little in common—but together reveal one of the central themes of Inheriting Saturn.Featuring:David "Oz" OsterczyDrew MillerSara NematiAmelia TomasicchioFrom creativity and resilience to community and adoption, each guest explores a different stage in the lifecycle of enduring systems.Creation begins the journey.Preparation allows systems to survive uncertainty.Communities carry ideas forward.Adoption transforms innovation into everyday reality.This episode examines why stewardship—not ownership—is ultimately what determines whether organizations, technologies, and ideas stand the test of time.Curtain Calls is a companion series to Inheriting Saturn, connecting years of founder conversations into a broader exploration of leadership, responsibility, trust, and the human side of systems.

What does it take to leave a successful career in traditional finance and build something entirely new?In this episode, Kevin Lepsoe reflects on his journey from the trading desks of traditional finance to entrepreneurship in Web3. We discuss the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis, navigating uncertainty, building teams, earning trust, and why founders must stay focused on their long-term vision despite the noise of changing markets.This conversation is about leadership, resilience, and the mindset required to build.

Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, but his greatest contribution may have been something far less technical: the decision to disappear.In this episode, I explore why stewardship begins when ownership ends, and why every founder eventually faces the same question:Can the system survive without me?Using Satoshi as a lens, we examine legacy, decentralization, leadership, and the responsibilities that outlive the people who create enduring systems.Inheriting Saturn is a series about stewardship, inheritance, and the ideas that continue long after their creators are gone.

Most conversations focus on technology.This one focuses on the person building it.Karl Kreder, Co-Founder of Dominant Strategies and an architect behind Quai Network, joins Crypto Hipster to discuss the founder's journey behind ambitious engineering.From academia and engineering to entrepreneurship, Karl shares lessons about leadership, uncertainty, sacrifice, family, and building organizations around conviction instead of convenience.A conversation about the human side of innovation—not just the architecture behind it.

What does it take to build financial infrastructure that spans borders?In this Founder's Journey episode, Bernardo Brites shares how a curiosity about technology evolved into building Trace Finance, a company focused on connecting traditional finance with stablecoin-powered payments.We discuss entrepreneurship, Brazil's financial ecosystem, the practical role of stablecoins, regulation, and the realities of building financial infrastructure in emerging markets.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping digital trust.In this episode, Kat Cloud joins me to discuss identity verification, fraud prevention, and how organizations build trust in a world where AI makes impersonation increasingly convincing. Using the World Cup as a case study, we explore the broader challenges facing digital identity and what they mean for the future.It's a conversation about trust, technology, and the people building the systems we rely on every day.

In Episode 2 of Inheriting Saturn, Jamil Hasan explores the idea of stewardship through four founders building on Solana: Mitchell Gildenberg, Joanna Zeng, Chris Chung, and Michael Repetny.Rather than focusing on technology or market cycles, this episode asks what it means to inherit a system you didn't create—and the responsibility that comes with improving it for those who follow.Part of the ongoing Inheriting Saturn series, where founder interviews become a broader conversation about ownership, stewardship, and the systems that outlive us.

Today we begin the Inheriting Saturn Series.This series asks a simple but profound question:When does a system stop belonging to its creator?Using examples from recovery, cryptocurrency, business, and institutional leadership, we explore the people who demonstrated that great systems don't endure because of founders alone—they endure because someone chooses to steward them.In this episode, we examine the first four Residents of Jupiter:• Bill Wilson• Charlie Lee• David Schwartz• Hank GreenbergDifferent industries. Different lives. One shared lesson:Stewardship is what outlives the founder.

Every founder has a beginning.Before blockchain, before digital assets, and before becoming a respected voice in the industry, Agne Linge was simply a young student fascinated by finance and determined to understand how the world worked.In this inaugural Founder's Journey episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, we leave token prices and market headlines behind to explore the experiences that shaped a builder. Agne shares her journey from Lithuania to London's financial world, discovering blockchain in its earliest days, building communities, navigating uncertainty, and why she still believes we're only at the beginning of the digital economy.We also discuss trust, incentives, discipline, leadership, and the importance of helping the next generation of builders.Because every system is built by people.And every builder has a story.