In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Sergey Gorbunov, Co-Founder of Axelar Network, to explore the next chapter of Web3: interoperability that actually scales.

Sergey shares Axelar’s founding story and why he believes “the internet of blockchains” only works if cross-chain communication becomes as reliable and programmable as anything developers expect in Web2. We dig into what interoperability should look like when the goal is billions of users — not just power users — and how Axelar positions itself as a programmable platform for routing value and messages across ecosystems.

Beyond the product, Sergey opens up about what keeps him building: how he thinks about innovation cycles in crypto, the tradeoffs between decentralization and usability, and what  ...