Today we’re joined by Ethereum researcher Christine Kim to go deep on Ethereum's Pectra upgrade, set to launch on April 21.

In this episode we're discussing:
 * Christine's background
 * Technical know-how
 * Ethereum technical upgrade coverage
 * Ethereum Core Dev Calls
 * Ethereum upgrade governance process
 * Unpacking the Pectra upgrade
 * Upgrade goals: L2 scaling, wallet UX, staking & more
 * BLOBs
 * Dencun’s Ethereum revenue impacts/DA cost reductions
 * BLOB space demand
 * Back to ‘ETH is a commodity to pay for gas’
 * “There are too many active validators”
 * Reducing validators risks centralizing?
 * 1M+ validators/improving network efficiencies/Lido solo stakers
 * Do Ethereum core dev’s have a validators target?
 * EIP-7702 explained
 * Most looking forward to from EIP-7702
 * EIP-7702 limitations
 * Adoption of type 4 transactions
 * Christine’s new Substack: ‘christinedkim’ + upcoming content plans
And much more—enjoy!
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Timestamps:
 (00:00) Introduction
 (01:26) Christine's background
 (03:27) Technical know-how
 (06:25) Ethereum technical upgrade coverage
 (08:31) Ethereum Core Dev Calls
 (12:46) Ethereum upgrade governance process
 (18:23) Unpacking the Pectra upgrade
 (22:23) Upgrade goals: L2 scaling, wallet UX, staking & more
 (25:38) BLOBs
 (27:50) Dencun’s Ethereum revenue impacts/DA cost reductions
 (34:46) BLOB space demand
 (38:28) Back to ‘ETH is a commodity to pay for gas’
 (41:01) “There are too many active validators”
 (42:44) Reducing validators risks centralizing?
 (47:24) 1M+ validators/improving network efficiencies/Lido solo stakers
 (49:27) Do Ethereum core dev’s have a validators target?
 (52:16) EIP-7702 explained
 (54:37) Most looking forward to from EIP-7702
 (1:01:10) EIP-7702 limitations
 (1:04:46) Adoption of type 4 transactions
 (1:11:32) Christine’s new Substack: ‘christinedkim’ + upcoming content plans
 (1:18:26) Outro
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Today the three of us are discussing all things Dragonfly’s State of Airdrops Report 2025, Airdrop mechanics, incentives, regulations, and more! 

We discuss:

• If Airdrops are still relevant in 2025
• The US government's evolving stance on Airdrops
• Highlights from Dragonfly’s State of Airdrops Report
• The mechanics of unclaimed Airdrops
• Legal limitations on claiming
• Regulatory uncertainty and protocol costs
• How effective Airdrops are for user growth and retention
• Comparing Web3 and Web2 liquidity unlocks
• Designing Airdrop incentives
• Exploring new governance solutions

And much more—enjoy!

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Timestamps:
 (00:00) Introduction
 (01:08) Why focus on Airdrops in 2025?
 (05:45) What’s the US gov position on Airdrops?
 (13:03) Dragonfly’s State of Airdrops Report 2025
 (26:41) Unclaimed Airdrop mechanics
 (34:48) Airdrop claim limitations
 (38:34) Cost of regulatory uncertainty
 (41:13) Airdrop effectiveness for protocols
 (55:03) Web3 vs Web2 liquidity unlocks
 (1:01:37) Airdrop incentives
 (1:10:42) Governance solutions
 (1:12:25) Outro
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Content links:
Dragonfly’s State of Airdrops Report 2025: https://bit.ly/41Y3Tf6
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Today, we dive into a new DEX research paper 'Execution Welfare Across Solver-based DEXes'. Joined by the authors, to find out which DEX is the best—enjoy!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction  
(04:53) What motivated this research?  
(10:00) Measuring DEX end-user satisfaction  
(12:29) Trade simulations vs historic trade data  
(16:53) Research findings: welfare boxplot  
(20:18) Asset-type dependence/platform comparison  
(23:00) V2 liquidity attraction  
(24:33) Onchain execution vs CEX  
(33:10) DEX recommendations  
(35:23) PEPE Ethereum onchain liquidity: long tail  
(38:50) Trader profiles  
(44:43) PMM/AMM liquidity comparisons  
(50:56) How has your own behavior changed from research findings?  
(1:01:37) Outro  
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Content links:
Research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00738
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Today we're discussing the $1.5B Bybit hack and diving deep onchain.

 In this episode we're discussing:

• Cryptos history of hacks
• Exchange hack mechanics 
• Solving hardware wallets/Safe UI
• Multisig partners verification processes
• Bybit outflows
• Bybit comms response strategy
• DeFi/Ethena impact
• Oracle execution 
• Bybit’s crisis response 
• Tracing the hackers
• Valuable insights from the hack

And much more—enjoy!
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 This is a developing news story, here are relevant links to updates:

1. https://x.com/benbybit/status/1894768736084885929
2. https://x.com/pcaversaccio/status/1894773709996724403

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(05:51) Hack size comparisons

(07:53) Exchange hack mechanics 

(16:34) Solving hardware wallets/Safe UI

(20:45) Multisig partners verification processes

(22:55) Bybit outflows

(28:29) Bybit comms response strategy

(29:39) DeFi/Ethena impact

(36:03) Oracle execution 

(40:52) Bybit’s crisis response 

(42:27) Tracing the hackers

(48:50) Valuable insights from the hack

(50:01) Ethereum rollback? 

(56:57) ETH quick takes 

(58:57) Outro

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Today we're joined by Lorenz Lehmann, The Master of Labels at growthepie.xyz. In this episode we're discussing:

- What does ‘Grow The Pie’ do?

- What is Grow The Pie measuring? 

- Indexed & aggregated data

- Most profitable L2 vs biggest loser 

- Base rollups

- Ethereum block time constraints 

- L1/L2 economics overview 

- Network fees, Blob space miss-pricing, tariffs needed?

- L1 fees vs Blob fees

- Who’s ETH aligned?

- Ethereum calldata, Celestia vs Ethereum Blobs

- Celestia’s DA economics/scalability

- Paying for data/Grow The Pie costs, data as a public good

- Block space utilisation 

- Grow The Pie’s labelling solution

And much more—enjoy!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(03:07) Why ‘Grow The Pie’?

(05:10) What is Grow The Pie measuring? 

(08:58) Indexed & aggregated data

(10:09) Most profitable L2 vs biggest loser 

(14:33) Base rollups

(15:51) Ethereum block time constraints 

(17:46) L1/L2 economics overview 

(20:42) Network fees, Blob space miss-pricing, tariffs needed?

(32:35) L1 fees vs Blob fees

(33:53) Who’s ETH aligned?

(40:24) Ethereum calldata, Celestia vs Ethereum Blobs

(45:03) Celestia’s DA economics/scalability

(47:39) Paying for data/Grow The Pie costs, data as a public good

(55:51) Block space utilisation 

(56:27) Grow The Pie’s labelling solution

(1:01:59) Outro

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Today the three of us are diving deep on $TRUMP! 

We discuss:

- The US President launches a memecoin… (first reactions)  

- Moonshot involvement/other partners/insider trading  

- Chart review  

- Website review, tokenomics, on-chain activity  

- Moonshot cross-chain plans  

- Solana stablecoin growth post-$TRUMP  

- Solana’s liquidity dominance  

- Trump administration: no US crypto capital gains tax  

- Echo/private equity access  

- What is Echo.xyz?

- Ethereum FUD  

And much more—enjoy!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:55) The US President launches a memecoin…(first reactions)

(05:40) Moonshot involvement/other partners/insider trading 

(10:08) Chart review 

(17:35) Website review, tokenomics, onchain activity

(32:15) Moonshot cross chain plans

(34:40) Solana stablecoin growth post-$TRUMP

(42:02) Solana’s liquidity dominance 

(43:52) Trump administration: no US crypto capital gains tax 

(48:5) Echo/private equity access

(53:39) What is Echo?

(1:07:15) Ethereum FUD

(1:10:29) Outro

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Today we’re joined by Chris and George, from https://tryghost.xyz/graph

• In this episode we discuss: 
• Solana MEV & sandwich attacks
• Solana MEV competition 
• Liquidity provisions & lowering MEV impact
• Validators
• Novel attack strategies: CeFi/DeFi arb, liquidity snipping 
• MEV: Ethereum vs Solana 
• MEV mitigation tools 
• Slippage indexing 
• Ghost’s 2025 roadmap 
• Parallel EVM visualizer 
• What needs solving in 2025? 

And much more—enjoy!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction

(00:53) George & Chris’ background

(05:22) Solana MEV & sandwich attacks

(14:26) Solana MEV competition 

(19:13) Liquidity provisions & lowering MEV impact

(22:47) Validators

(24:12) Novel attack strategies: CeFi/DeFi arb, liquidity snipping 

(29:32) MEV: Ethereum vs Solana 

(39:07) MEV mitigation tools 

(41:10) Slippage indexing 

(43:05) Ghost’s 2025 focuses 

(46:05) Parallel EVM visualizer 

(52:10) Ghost’s 2025 roadmap 

(53:33) What needs solving in 2025?

(59:34) Outro 

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Today we’re joined by Nixo, Chief Nerd Wrangler at EthStaker. 

In this episode we discuss: 
* EthStaker 
* Why stake?
* Beacon chain 
* ETH staking volume
* Issuance sustainability/solo stakers
* Professional node operators 
* Staked ETH landscape
* Data labelling: rated network issues/solo stakers
* Where to go from here
* Coinbase validators/correlation penalties 
* Penalty rebalancing
* Do we even need solo stakers?
* Network vs hardware: onboarding solo staker issues 
* Solo stakes maintenance 
* Host diversity  

And much more—enjoy!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:31) Nixo’s background 
(03:42) EthStaker 
(05:00) Why stake?
(07:37) Timeline: Beacon chain 
(10:10) Macro: ETH staking
(16:55) Issuance sustainability/solo stakers
(20:41) Professional node operators 
(22:05) ETH staked breakdown
(27:36) Data labelling: rated network issues/solo stakers
(31:30) Where to go from here
(38:56) Coinbase validators/correlation penalties 
(44:02) Penalty rebalancing effectiveness 
(46:58) other solo staker problems 
(50:38) Do we even need solo stakers?
(59:25) Network vs hardware: onboarding solo staker issues 
(1:02:44) Solo stakes maintenance 
(1:06:31) Host diversity  
(1:12:44) Outro

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Today we’re joined by Bitwise Co-Founder & CTO, Hong Kim to discuss how Bitwise has built the world's largest crypto index fund and the future of crypto ETF's and institutional onboarding into crypto.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Bitwise metrics & early days 
• ETF’s brand/transparency importance 
• Crypto native branding ETFs
• Bitwise’s customer profile  
• Bitwise report
• What is a financial advisor?
• ETF performance: BTC vs ETH
• Wirehouse/financial advisors relationships
• Wealth transfers among demos
• BTC outperformance
• Bitcoin ETF BTC absorption risks
• ETH ETF staking/restaking

And much more—enjoy!

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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction

(01:25) Bitwise metrics & early days 

(09:20) ETF’s brand/transparency importance 

(16:31) Crypto native branding ETFs

(20:39) Bitwise’s customer profile  

(24:39) Bitwise report

(29:43) What is a financial advisor?

(32:08) ETF performance: BTC vs ETH

(44:01) Wirehouse/financial advisors relationships

(47:26) Wealth transfers among demos

(48:43) BTC outperformance

(50:36) Bitcoin ETF BTC absorption risks

(59:52) ETH ETF staking/restaking

(1:03:53) Outro

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Today we’re joined by RWA.xyz Co-Founder & CTO, Charlie You to discuss bringing Real World Assets onchain. RWA.xyz is the Premiere data website for Real-World-Assets.

In this episode we discuss: 

• What is rwa.xyz
• Yield farming to RWAs
• What are Real-World-Assets?
• The Spectrum of Tokenization report 
• What does on-chain RWAs solve?
• Tokenized funds 
• Stablecoin differentiation
• TRON
• Lending markets comparable vol 
• RWAs quality evaluation  
• RWA blockers: regulation 
• RWA roadmap 
• RWA chart crime

And much more—enjoy!

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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction

(00:50) What is rwa.xyz

(04:16) Yield farming to RWAs

(08:24) What are Real-World-Assets?

(09:12) The Spectrum of Tokenization report 

(14:05) What does on-chain RWAs solve?

(20:57) rwa.xyz deep dive: tokenized funds 

(23:58) rwa.xyz deep dive: stablecoin differentiation

(29:39) rwa.xyz deep dive: TRON

(36:36) rwa.xyz deep dive: lending markets comparable vol 

(40:35) RWAs quality evaluation  

(44:10) RWA blockers: regulation 

(51:36) RWA roadmap 

(57:43) RWA chart crime

(59:11) Outro

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