BlackRock's BUIDL Spike Shows Uni's Flash Candle
💰 BlackRock plugged BUIDL into UniswapX. 🦄 UNI did a 15 minute god candle. 🌅 By morning, the trade was gone. 🧩 That’s your clue.
BTC's Slump Hints at Repeating Four-Year Cycle
Amid BTC's weakness since October I'll admit that I have been increasingly tempted to think that the four-year cycle is just playing out again 😅 But @TheOtherParker_ has a theory that is very “Big Short” vibes https://t.co/5TEQDORzKO
BlackRock's Uniswap Treasury Move Spares UNI, Signals Market Focus
Earlier this week, BlackRock chose Uniswap rails for tokenized Treasuries. But UNI failed to hold the move. I guess that’s a signal on what the market is telling us what it cares about in 2026.
Crypto Tokens Failed; Real Cash‑Flow Businesses Will Prevail
I think @nic_carter is right about this: crypto's token era didn't fail because of regulation. It failed because the model never produced durable value. What comes next, according to Nic, is more mundane and more sustainable. Cash-flow businesses. Real revenue. The...
MegaETH Launches Mainnet, Delays Token, Leans on USDM Moat
MegaETH's mainnet is live, but the token is not coming just yet. In this @Unchained_pod episode, @NamikMuduroglu and @amiralmaimani join me to discuss: 💡 MegaETH's launch strategy amid the current market slump 💥 How USDM is its actual moat 👀 Why credible neutrality is...
Clarity Eyed as Crypto Catalyst, but Skeptics Persist
I am probably not the only who has been looking at CLARITY as the next potential catalyst for the crypto market But Jessi Brooks isn't so convinced 😅 https://t.co/n7yWrHBi59
BlackRock Just Chose Uniswap. The Market Didn’t Care. Here’s Why.
BlackRock announced its $2.4 billion tokenized Treasury fund, BUIDL, will be listed on UniswapX through a partnership with Securitize, and disclosed a strategic purchase of UNI tokens. The fund settles on Ethereum, allowing qualified investors to swap BUIDL for USDC 24/7....
Zerohash Rejects $2B Mastercard Offer, Defends DEX Strategy
I think $2B is a big number to turn down 😅 Which is what Zerohash reportedly did when Mastercard came knocking Here's the CEO, @e_woodford, explaining the rationale on DEX in the City👇 https://t.co/whjL67HwGV
Institutions May Oust Bitcoin Devs Over Quantum Risk
Bitcoin's open-source governance model faces a test that few in the industry are discussing honestly. On this week's Bits + Bips, Nic Carter argues that if Bitcoin's developer community doesn't proactively address quantum computing risk, institutional holders like BlackRock have...
Hash‑based Crypto: Blockchain’s Timeless Security Foundation
“One of the goals of blockchains is that they’re going to be securing hundreds of trillions of dollars over centuries. hash based cryptography is believed to stand the test of time and is the most minimal assumption that you could...
Quantum Threat Looms: Bitcoin Must Embrace Post‑Quantum Collaboration
Are bitcoiners underestimating the quantum computing threat? In this @Unchained_pod episode, @drakefjustin and @ChrisPeikert join me to unpack: 🤖 The quantum computing risk to crypto 🤫 How governments may be the dark horse in the quantum race 👀 Why Bitcoin and Ethereum may need...
Forcing System Switches Harms Community Cohesion
“One of the social problems is trying to force the community to exit one system and move to another one.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcBykP
Ethereum Targets Post‑quantum Cryptography Upgrade by 2029
“The plan right now is to upgrade every single piece of Ethereum cryptography to be post quantum secure by 2029.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
Quantum Threat Undermines Zcash Soundness, Not Privacy
“Quantum computers will break the soundness of these privacy schemes like Zcash, but they will not break privacy.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcB0vh
Unified Standards Prevent Cryptographic Disasters and Incompatibility
“It’s very good if the industry can all agree on one standard so that things are interoperable, you get many fewer cryptographic disasters or unexpected incompatibilities or security issues.” — @ChrisPeikert, Professor, CSE, University of Michigan https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
Quantum Breakthroughs Expected by 2032—Start Building Now
“If indeed I’m right, that 2032 is the date (for quantum to get real), then today’s when we really need to get started.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
Quantum Computers Could Extract Private Keys From Public Keys
“With a cryptographically relevant quantum computer, you can take a public key and derive the private key from that.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcBykP
Ethereum’s Three Core Cryptos Found Vulnerable
“For Ethereum specifically, there’s three pieces of cryptography that are vulnerable: ECDSA, BLS signatures, and KCG.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
Gold Peaks, Yet GameStop‑Style Demand Keeps It Alive
My entire feed says gold has peaked and Bitcoin's turn is coming. Then I sat down with Joshua Lim. He sees signs of a blow off top… BUT also GameStop-esque demand propping up the metal 😅 #gold #markets #liquidations
BlackRock’s Rise Signals Corporate Takeover of Bitcoin
Is Bitcoin headed for a corporate takeover? Nic Carter joins Ram Ahluwalia, Austin Campbell, and Chris Perkins on this week's Bits + Bips. They discuss: 🏢 BlackRock’s growing leverage over Bitcoin development 💀 The end of the VC-backed token cycle...
Zero Blockchain Promises 2M TPS, Near‑Free Transactions
2 million transactions per second per node? 👀 1,000th of a penny per transaction? 👀 While making no compromises on decentralization? 👀 It was all hard for me to believe too 😅. But that's the promise Bryan Pellegrino is making...
L2s Remain Crucial Despite Vitalik’s Reassessment, Says Floersch
Like everyone, I have been rethinking the role L2s following Vitalik's post According to Karl Floersch, however, the importance of this perhaps erstwhile Ethereum scalers is clear 👇 #ethereum #crypto #blockchain
Four‑cycle Outlook Remains Uncertain, Says Joshua Lim
Almost everyone has told me that the four cycle is dead and markets would prove it at the end of the year. But Joshua Lim suggests it's not so clear cut: “There's lots of open questions” #bitcoin #markets #liquidations
Zero Blockchain Claims 2 Million TPS Per Node
2,000,000 TPS?! 🤯 In this Unchained episode, Bryan Pellegrino joins me to walk through: 👀 How frustration with Ethereum's direction pushed LayerZero Labs decided to launch Zero blockchain 💥 How the team says it has achieved 2M TPS per node...
MegaETH Opts for Centralized Blocks, Trusting Ethereum Security
"MegaETH has chosen fully centralized block production because Ethereum security guarantees are enough for users." https://t.co/Ons3NKWPES
MegaETH: The L2 Vitalik Said L1 Can't Achieve
"Vitalik said an L2 should be something that the L1 would never achieve. That's why we built MegaETH." @NamikMuduroglu https://t.co/afdHBJ8VQK
Crypto Shifts Focus From Infrastructure to Vibrant Apps
"The era of infra for the sake of infra in crypto is over. We needed to facilitate a vibrant application ecosystem." @NamikMuduroglu from MegaETH https://t.co/afdHBJ8VQK
Texas Developer Hesitates Blockchain Launch After Tornado Cash Fallout
“We are supporting a dev from Texas. He’s afraid to deploy it on a blockchain because of what happened w Tornado Cash” @valkenburgh https://t.co/Ons3NKWhPk
Software Creators Not Liable for Users' Money Transmission Violations
“You shouldn't be found guilty of unlicensed money transmision only because other people used your software” https://t.co/afdHBJ8VQK
VC Token Hype Ends; GPs Exit, LPs Furious
"All the general partners are leaving. LPs are pissed. The VC-token flashy side of the industry is done The game has changed And now everyone wants to be like us." @nic_carter https://t.co/gNuh8qfmoE
Kyle Samani Reportedly Exits Entire Multicoin Capital Stake
The rumor on the street is that Kyle Samani redeemed his entire position in Multicoin Capital, say @nic_carter and @austincampbell https://t.co/gNuh8qeOz6
Decentralized NASDAQ Requires Derivatives; Hyperliquid Confounds Solana
"If you want to be the decentralized NASDAQ, you have to solve for derivatives. Hyperliquid was a conundrum to the Solana ecosystem." https://t.co/gNuh8qeOz6
Value Shifts From L1s to Apps, Fat Protocol Debunked
"The value is not going to accrue to L1s. It'll accrue to apps. The fat protocol thesis was wrong." @perkinscr97 https://t.co/Ev2K80G8P6
Institutions May Fire Devs Over Quantum Risk
.@nic_carter on the quantum threat 😱 "I think the devs will continue to do nothing. But institutions will get fed up and 'fire the devs'. BlackRock will be like: what choice do we have?" https://t.co/gNuh8qfmoE
Centralization Improves Adaptation to Quantum Challenges
"The more centralized you are, the better you can adjust to the quantum problem." https://t.co/gNuh8qeOz6
AI Fuels Quantum; Bitcoin's Future Isn’t Tech‑slowdown Dependent
"AI is accelerating quantum development. It's naive to predicate the future of bitcoin on tech development slowing down. That's not the right bet to make." - @nic_carter on @bitsandbips https://t.co/Tr5IY84Rfz
Crypto, AI, and Quantum Accelerate Together
"These 3 techs are advancing at light speed: crypto, AI, quantum And they reinforce each other." https://t.co/gNuh8qfmoE
Quantum‑proofing Bitcoin Will Consume Most of the Decade
"Many people don't realize that transitioning bitcoin to be safe against quantum will take the better part of the decade. That's an immense lift." @nic_carter https://t.co/Ev2K80G8P6
Fund Collapses Signal Market Bottom, More Ahead
"We said the bottom would be marked by funds blowing up... We are here. And we'll see more of it." @ramahluwalia on Bits + Bips https://t.co/Ev2K80G8P6
Family Office Profits by Harvesting Bitcoin Volatility with Options
"I know a family office whose whole purpose is to generate income from a massive stack of BTC. Harvesting volatility is a very common strategy. It's one of the very reasons options exist." Listen to the rest of the story: https://t.co/Ev2K80G8P6
IBIT Options Theory Explains Market Crash, Says Parker White
What caused the market crash? Parker White lays out the IBIT options hypothesis on Unchained. https://t.co/gNuh8qeOz6
Analyzing Feb 5 Crash: OG Bitcoin
Was the Feb. 5 crash OG Bitcoiners, ETF plumbing, or paper deleveraging? At 3:30 pm ET, we start on Unchained, then carry it straight into @bitsandbips. Turn your notifications on 🔔🔔
Kyle Samani’s Hyperliquid Critique Sparks Speculation After Multicoin Exit
Kyle Samani departed Multicoin Capital and immediately launched a harsh critique of the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, calling it “everything wrong with crypto.” On‑chain analytics revealed Multicoin‑associated wallets buying more than $40 million of Hyperliquid’s HYPE token around the same time. Samani’s...
ERC‑8004: Building Trustworthy AI Agents Amid Gaming Risks
ERC-8004 is supposed to help us trust AI agents. But can it withstand hacks and manipulation? In this @Unchained_pod episode, @DavideCrapis joins me to unpack: 🤖 What the ERC-8004 standard is 🤔 How ERC-8004 works 📝 The project's roadmap 💫 Tips for AI agent builders/businesses Timestamps: 🚀...
Vitalik Doubts L2s; AI Emerges as Blockchain UI
Do we still need L2s? 🤔 In this episode of Uneasy Money (the funniest to date BY FAR), hosts @kaiynne and @tayvano_ are joined by @austingriffith & @karl_dot_tech to dive into: ⁉️ Why Vitalik is saying the Ethereum L2 vision no longer...
Crypto's CLARITY Focus Misses Bigger Regulatory Battles
Is crypto focusing on the wrong fight with CLARITY? In this special episode of DEX in the City, hosts @kkirkbos & Jessi Brooks are joined by @e_woodford to unpack: 💡 The takeaways from White House CLARITY Act Meeting 😬 Whether crypto is focusing...
Six Tokens Set to Thrive Amid Crypto Repricing
Markets crashed this week. Bitcoin fell from about $84k last week to near $60k before reclaiming $70k (now at $68.5k) But at the same time... ETH, L2 tokens, and Ethereum’s roadmap are being repriced. And there are 6 tokens that could...
Hyperliquid Emer
Markets are selling off hard and everyone's scrambling for answers. In this Unchained episode, I sat down with Joshua Lim to make sense of the chaos. He broke down: 😬 Why Bitcoin has given up all its Trump rally gains...
Ethereum Lets Go of the Rollup Story. Here Are the 6 Tokens That Benefit
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin announced that the original vision of layer‑2 rollups as "branded shards" is no longer viable, marking a strategic shift in Ethereum's scaling roadmap. The March 2024 Dencun upgrade dramatically lowered rollup data costs, accelerating migration of...
Bitcoin Oversold: Opportunity Awaits, Patience Required
Bitcoin is flashing one of the most oversold signals in its history 📉 Oversold conditions can create opportunity 🚀 — but they also demand patience ⏳ @StocktonKatie warns many investors dive back in too early https://t.co/r0kqxJIINi