VERIFIED by Bitcoin Suisse

Join co-hosts Wolfgang and Dominic, alongside Ethereum researcher and expert Justin Drake for the third episode of the Verified Podcast by Bitcoin Suisse, as they dive into Ethereum's performance and its potential to outshine Bitcoin in market dominance, known as the 'Flippening'.

This episode covers the dynamics between ETH and BTC, the technological and economic strengths of Ethereum, and the future of decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain security. Key discussions include Ethereum's monetary policy, the importance of liquid staking and restaking, and the impact of regulatory changes on institutional demand.

Additionally, Justin provides insights into the future of Layer 2 revenue sources, emphasizing the significance of congestion, the transition to decentralized sequencing, and the rise of zero-knowledge proofs. This episode provides a thought-provoking look at the potential vulnerabilities of Bitcoin and sheds light on Ethereum's path forward in the evolving crypto landscape.

In this episode, Marcus Dapp from Bitcoin Suisse Research sits down with Muneeb Ali, Co-creator of Stacks. Stacks is the leading Bitcoin Layer-2, enabling smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as a secure base layer.

Discover Muneeb's vision behind Stacks' inception and its unique path as a sidechain with its own token. Explore Proof-of-Transfer's mechanics, ensuring Stacks' transaction security. Muneeb contrasts Stacks' smart contract development with Ethereum, emphasizing Stacks' advantages. Discover the vibrant Stacks community, pioneering DEXs, AMMs, and NFTs anchored in Bitcoin. Muneeb reveals why Stacks is the ultimate destination for your NFT mints and closes previewing the Nakamoto Upgrade's benefits: increased blocks, Bitcoin finality, and MEV resistance.

Tune in for an enlightening journey into Bitcoin L2's evolution with smart contracts!

Welcome to the second episode of the Verified Podcast by Bitcoin Suisse. This time, we are joined by Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise. Matt leads the charge at Bitwise, a company at the forefront of managing cryptocurrency assets. With a rich background of 15 years in finance, particularly in ETFs, Matt brings a wealth of knowledge about both traditional finance and the cryptocurrency markets.

In our discussion, we delve into the rapid growth of Bitcoin ETFs and the bright prospects for digital assets in the institutional arena. Matt highlights the similarities between the early challenges faced by ETFs and cryptocurrencies, noting how both have significantly influenced the finance sector despite initial skepticism.

We also explore the success of BTC Spot ETFs, the growing interest in Ethereum ETFs, and the implications of institutional investments in the cryptocurrency market. Matt predicts ‘The Everything Season’, driven by new investments from institutional players and the existing wealth within the crypto community.

Furthermore, we touch on the latest Ethereum upgrade, the concept of decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN), Matt's predictions for Bitcoin's price and the adoption of crypto-native applications.

Tune in to gain valuable insights into the future of finance and cryptocurrencies from one of the industry's leading experts.

In this episode, Dominic Weibel from Bitcoin Suisse Research sits down with David Cao, Co-founder of Layer N. Buckle up for a deep dive into modular scaling technology that remains composable. We explore Layer N's tech stack that tackles scalability bottlenecks utilizing cutting-edge innovations.David sheds light on Layer N's core pillars, including the Statenet - a shared state machine powered by custom rollups, XVMs - Layer N's custom VMs for unparalleled performance, and the inter-VM communication protocol enabling a vibrant multi-VM ecosystem. We'll also discuss how Layer N is redefining scalability while preserving the power of network effects – the cornerstone of dApps, developer adoption, and a thriving user base. Tune in for an insightful conversation that unveils how Layer N is unlocking the true potential of Web3!

In this episode, Dominic Weibel from Bitcoin Suisse Research sits down with Keone Hon, CEO and Co-founder of Monad Labs. They delve into the domain of Web3 infrastructure and explore how Monad is challenging scaling efforts across the ecosystem. Keone unveils how Monad is pushing the boundaries of what's possible with superscalar pipelining utilizing parallel and asynchronous execution, a next-generation database MonadDB, and a highly optimized consensus mechanisms MonadBFT.Join our insightful discussion as we unpack how Monad unleashes the full capacity of the EVM that still retains remarkable network effects across dapps, developer mindshare and users.

In our debut episode, we were honored to host Alex Krüger, an esteemed macro economist, analyst, trader, and investor based in Argentina. Alex has been part of the international crypto scene for over ten years and shares his analysis on the markets with his over 160’000 followers on a regular basis.

Alex Krüger shares an in-depth analysis of the Bitcoin cycle, possible reserve currency status, and where we stand in Bitcoin's adoption. This episode also delves into Ethereum, Solana, and an array of smart contracts platforms, addressing their potential and challenges in an increasingly competitive market.

Did you know that Alex has a 90% exposure to crypto in his portfolio? We were surprised to learn that Alex is a real crypto degen…

In this episode, Dominic Weibel from Bitcoin Suisse Research interviews Christopher Goes, who co-founded Heliax, Namada and Anoma. We explore how Namada is primed to disrupt the industry based on sound privacy features. It will enable any on-chain citizen to transfer any asset, be it fungible or non-fungible, across multiple chains by tapping into Namada’s unified, non-fractionalized privacy set without compromising on speed or cost.How can we seed privacy for new accounts? How can we retrofit privacy to existing assets? How can we perform shielded staking, swaps or data publication while preserving privacy? And how can we bootstrap above properties for privacy to become a public good in the most efficient way?

In this episode, Bitcoin Suisse researcher Dominic Weibel interviews EigenLayer CEO Sreeram Kannan on how EigenLayer expands the surface of permissionless innovation via restaking. How can we leverage decentralized trust layers to secure and validate other services? What risks are involved and how will that new primitive shape the future of the crypto industry?