Hunter Orrell - web3, NFTs, and crypto

Hunter Orrell - web3, NFTs, and crypto

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Hunter Orrell - web3, NFTs, and crypto episodes

  • Bridging the Trillion Dollar Buy Wave in Crypto: ETFs

    I talk with Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley about how Bitwise and ETFs are opening up more capital to have exposure to crypto and how with the shifting tailwind in the regulatory environment is setting ETFs up to be the powerful tool driving trillions in new capital flow into crypto.----X: https://x.com/hunterorrellIG: https://www.instagram.com/hunterorrellSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1UvZwHXhvaDT0x3CbWiBwC?si=3NRIpiGJRaaMlKNI-ivEGA

    1 hr 7 min
  • Yuga Labs VP of Blockchain 0xQuit

    0xQuit explains Apechain, $APE, and Yuga ecosystem and how they are building to make user experience better for web3 and onboard the next wave of users to using Yuga assets like Bored Apes and Otherside. ----X: https://x.com/hunterorrellIG: https://www.instagram.com/hunterorrellSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1UvZwHXhvaDT0x3CbWiBwC?si=3NRIpiGJRaaMlKNI-ivEGA

    1 hr 9 min
  • Hedge Fund Quality Trading Terminal - chainpro.xyz

    Chainpro is a hedge fund quality trading terminal that offers advanced features like swarm buying and stop triggered TWAPs that are normally reserved for internal software at private trading desks. Through the use of TEEs (trusted execution environments) they have also been able to offer leading security and privacy to users to ensure the safest way to trade. You can join chainpro at https://chainpro.xyz/#hunter

    57 min
  • Game Changer: MegaETH The Fastest L2 Ever with @0xBreadGuy

    TLDR:

    - MegaETH has achieved 100,000 TPS by making a unique design decision - using @eigenlayer for data availability instead of Ethereum, while still maintaining Ethereum as source of truth. This design choice unlocks performance levels FAR beyond current L2s
    - They're deliberately avoiding large VC raises, instead focusing on community distribution through @echodotxyz ($10M raised) and upcoming NFT mint (10,000 ETH split into two 5K tranches)
    - The project is focused on enabling "real-time blockchain" experiences - targeting sub-250ms finality compared to several seconds on other chains, making truly interactive Web3 applications possible
    - MegaETH is taking an opinionated stance against interoperability, arguing L2s are competitors and that value accrues better in consolidated ecosystems rather than fragmented ones
    - They've built an ecosystem of interconnected projects ("Mega Mafia") during stealth, with teams co-living and building together for over a year to create native synergies
    - The team made a conscious choice to sacrifice some decentralization for performance, similar to Solana's approach, arguing that the market has shown demand for high-performance chains despite occasional downtime
    - Rather than competing with Ethereum on fees (like other L2s), they plan to capture value by enabling novel use cases that are "Only on Mega" - comparing to how people buy SOL to participate in Solana-specific activities
    - Testnet launches in 30 days (early March 2025), which will be the first public validation of their technical claims and architecture

    1 hr 14 min

About Hunter Orrell - web3, NFTs, and crypto

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Host of the Morning Mint show, Hunter Orrell explores all things web3, NFTS, and crypto.