Is Bitcoin Vulnerable, DeFi in Danger, and Wall Street Taking Over?: This Week on Unchained

Good Sunday!

This week, BlackRock plugged its $2.4B Treasury fund into Uniswap.

UNI spiked. Then it dumped.

The biggest asset manager in the world validated DeFi infrastructure, but the market treated it like a sell-the-news event.

That was a bit puzzling, so I wrote an article that explains:

• 🏦 why institutional adoption no longer guarantees token upside

• 🧊 what the UNI fade says about how this market now prices “validation”

• ⚖️ whether DeFi tokens are being repriced from vision to utility

Plus, the bull, base, and bear case for UNI (along with the bullish triggers that the token needs to rise).

Also, here’s what we unpacked this week on Unchained:

• ⚖️ Is DeFi About to Fail the “Control” Test?
  Why a new market structure bill could decide which DeFi projects survive in the U.S., where “non-custodial” ends and liability begins, and whether enforcement gaps could make this the perfect moment for bad actors.

• 🚀 MegaETH Launched on Mainnet, but With No Token
  Why MegaETH launched mainnet but postponed its TGE, how it plans to build a moat with USDM, and why the team thinks neutrality is overrated.

• ⚛️ Is Bitcoin Ignoring the Quantum Time Bomb?
  Why some developers may have little incentive to talk about quantum risk, what leading cryptographers say about the real timeline, and whether AI could outpace quantum as crypto’s bigger threat.

• 🏦 Could BlackRock Ever “Fire” Bitcoin Core Devs?
  Why Nic Carter says key Bitcoin narratives have quietly collapsed, OGs are selling to institutions, and what happens if ETF giants demand action.

• 📉 Did a Hedge Fund Just Big-Short Bitcoin?
  Why one investor believes a non-crypto fund may be leaning hard on BTC through derivatives — and why the market feels structurally fragile.

• ⚡ 2 Million TPS — Without Centralization?
  How LayerZero’s Zero Blockchain claims to have cracked scalability, why major institutions are watching closely, and whether this could reshape the infrastructure race.

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