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This Week on Unchained: Should TestNet ETH Be Free, Grayscale v. SEC, and More

March 11, 2023

LayerZero launched a testnet bridge that allows users to swap mainnet ETH for Goerli ETH (GoETH), which led to a sudden emergence of a liquid market for GoETH tokens - but many in the Ethereum community believe that testnet tokens should remain free. At ETH Denver, Laura moderated a panel discussion on this topic.

Elliott Stein, senior litigation analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, shares his insights from a court hearing this week on the SEC’s rejection of Grayscale’s bid to convert GBTC into a spot bitcoin ETF. Who’s likely to win the case, and what does it mean for the crypto industry as a whole?

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes, fresh out of home confinement after settling charges with the U.S. government, joins “The Chopping Block.” The early crypto pioneer pulls no punches in his assessment of SBF, TradFi’s failings, and how crypto traders lost the plot on trusting CeFi middlemen.

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