This episode unpacks the turbulent two-year saga of the European Union’s “Kill Switch”—a controversial regulation that threatened to dismantle the decentralized nature of the Web3 industry. We explore how Article 36 of the Data Act inadvertently mandated “backdoors” in smart contracts, the resulting exodus of crypto talent from Europe, and the European Commission’s dramatic regulatory pivot in late 2025 with the introduction of the “Digital Omnibus.”