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Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade, Hyperliquid's $JELLY Attack, Trader Optimism, and More!
Don’t miss this week’s content and interviews!
As Ethereum deploys Pectra, it faces stiff competition and community criticism. Ethereum Foundation Research co-leads Alex Stokes and Barnabe Monnot map out the chain’s direction.
Ethereum is well on its way to some major upgrades, with Pectra and Fusaka introducing a number of performance improvements in the near future. But will it be enough to stay ahead of the competition?
Ethereum Foundation Research co-leads Alex Stokes and Barnabe Monnot join the show to discuss:
How Pectra and Fusaka will improve Ethereum’s performance
What it means that its launch on two testnets failed
Ethereum’s “north star” — decentralization
Whether Ethereum can retain its top spot in the smart contract space
As Ethereum adopts native rollups and data availability, does it create competition with existing L2s and DA providers?
The new direction for the Ethereum Foundation leaders and whether Etherealize can bring Wall Street
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
A whale attacked decentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid with a manipulation of the $JELLY memecoin. Was its response hypocritical or a necessarily evil?
Perpetual swap DEX Hyperliquid suffered a whale attack and was on the brink of losing $15 million. It promptly responded in a way that generated a fair amount of controversy.
The founder and CEO of Ambient Finance, Doug Colkitt, joined the show to explain:
How perp swaps work
How a whale used the low-liquidity memecoin $JELLY to attack Hyperliquid’s vault
How Hyperliquid’s response broke DeFi taboos around decentralization, oracles, etc.
Criticisms of and justifications for the team’s decisions
What can be done to prevent similar attacks in the future
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
April 2nd is going to be a defining day for markets. But with assets already on the rebound, traders are growing confident that Trump’s tariffs will not dent the market again.
Investors are still licking their wounds from this month’s corrections. But just as Trump’s tariffs are about to move into full force, our experts are seeing silver linings and causes for optimism.
With conflicting signals coming from all corners of the map, hosts Noelle Acheson, Ram Ahluwalia, Alex Kruger, and Felix Jauvin break down:
What to expect from Trump on April 2nd
Takeaways from last week’s FOMC meeting
If the White House and Powell are actually on the same page
Why tech stocks are taking off again
Why BlackRock is bullish on bitcoin during bear markets
If ether is about to get its groove back
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Ethereum vs. Its Own Roadmap: Rollups, Rivalries, & the Great Blockchain Pivot – The Chopping Block.
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. In this episode, the crew unpacks Ethereum’s existential crisis and whether the rollup-centric roadmap is backfiring. Plus, AI is rapidly changing how crypto is built, traded, and secured—so what happens when blockchain and AI collide? We also dig into Solana’s controversial ad, Ethereum Foundation’s leadership shake-up, and why macro forces are still running the show.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
In Case You Missed It 👀
Here are some articles you will probably want to read:
Many industry insiders are concerned that, if successful, Coinbase’s strategy could bog down the legislative process and delay the passage of a stablecoin bill.
Republican Sen. John Kennedy pressed Atkins on the FTX crash in the Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday.
Galaxy’s actions, including misleading public statements and lack of disclosure, led to violations under New York laws.
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