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In this interview, TN, the Co-founder and CEO of Pendle, discusses the protocol's journey from inception to its current state. He explains how Pendle enables users to tokenize and trade yield, focusing on the use cases of obtaining fixed rates and speculating on yield. TN shares insights on the protocol's growth, partnerships, and the impact of various narratives such as LRT and points trading. He also touches on user behavior changes, the decision to deploy on Arbitrum, and the roadmap for the future, including the development of Pendle V3 and the expansion of yield trading across different ecosystems.
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Wormhole is a decentralized interoperability platform powering multi-chain applications and bridges. It provides developers with access to liquidity and users on over 30 leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases in DeFi, data queries, and governance. The platform is trusted by teams like Uniswap and Circle and, to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 850 million cross-chain messages.

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Pear is an innovative pair-trading exchange built on top of SYMMIO. Users can trade trending narratives with one click, from bluechip narratives such as long BTC, short ETH, right through to WIF vs BONK. SYMMIO’s intent-centric architecture enables deep liquidity, sourced off-chain and brought on-chain, and combined with Pear, have democratized access to complex trading strategies typically reserved for institutional traders.

Start trading today at: https://www.pear.garden/
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Marinade is the leading Solana staking service that spreads your stake across 100+ top validators, distributes MEV rewards, and provides automatic downside protection with new Protected Staking Rewards.

Choose to liquid stake for mSOL for use in DeFi, or delegate your stake through Marinade Native, which gives you full custody of your SOL and no smart contract risk. Max performance for you, max performance for Solana.
https://blckwrks.co/Marinade
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:43) Pendle Overview & Journey
(9:23) Bullish or Bearish Eth Staking Yield
(19:39) Wormhole Ad
(20:17) Pear Ad
(20:42) Marinade Ad
(21:21) Avalanche Ad
(22:03) Revenue Generation
(29:02) Change of User Behaviors
(35:24) Why Arbitrum?
(40:42) Roadmap & 10 Year Vision
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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this episode Dan, Ren, and Boccaccio dive deep into this week's biggest news. They discuss the launch of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in Hong Kong, the upcoming tradability of the Parcel token, and the partnership between Aptos and Ionet. The team also discusses Monad's $225 million raise, Sui's gaming device, and the SEC's Wells notice to Uniswap Labs. To close out they cover the Tensor airdrop woes and the launch of EigenDA.

As always remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(1:11) Parcel Token Launch
(5:14) Aptos & Ionet Partnership
(15:37) $225m Monad Raise & SUI Gaming Device
(28:05) Binance Lists TAO Spot
(31:10) dYdX Segment: Wintermute
(36:36) MarginFi's Meltdown
(47:25) SEC Uniswap Labs Wells Notice
(1:07:14) Tensor Airdrop Woes
(1:15:49) EigenDA Live
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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this interview, Saneel Sreeni, the founding member of Ritual, dives deep into the intersection of AI and crypto. He explains the concept of AI co-processors and how Ritual aims to be a sovereign execution layer for AI, enabling applications to access AI models in a decentralized manner through stateful precompiles. Saneel unveils the benefits of on-chain AI and addresses the current landscape of crypto AI projects. The conversation touches on Ritual's partnership with Celestia for data availability and their collaboration with Eigenlayer for restaking AI. Lastly, Sunil shares details about Ritual's recent partnership with MyShell and their plans for the Infernet SDK and the upcoming Ritual Superchain. Thanks for tuning in!
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Wormhole is a decentralized interoperability platform powering multi-chain applications and bridges. It provides developers with access to liquidity and users on over 30 leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases in DeFi, data queries, and governance. The platform is trusted by teams like Uniswap and Circle and, to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 850 million cross-chain messages.

Claim your unique Wormhole NFT at
https://wormhole.com/0xresearch5-5563
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Pear is an innovative pair-trading exchange built on top of SYMMIO. Users can trade trending narratives with one click, from bluechip narratives such as long BTC, short ETH, right through to WIF vs BONK. SYMMIO’s intent-centric architecture enables deep liquidity, sourced off-chain and brought on-chain, and combined with Pear, have democratized access to complex trading strategies typically reserved for institutional traders.

Start trading today at: https://www.pear.garden/
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Marinade is the leading Solana staking service that spreads your stake across 100+ top validators, distributes MEV rewards, and provides automatic downside protection with new Protected Staking Rewards.

Choose to liquid stake for mSOL for use in DeFi, or delegate your stake through Marinade Native, which gives you full custody of your SOL and no smart contract risk. Max performance for you, max performance for Solana.
https://blckwrks.co/Marinade
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:21) What are Co-processors?
(7:34) Benefits of Onchain AI Stack
(11:52) What is Ritual?
(18:36) Wormhole Ad
(19:14) Pear Ad
(19:40) Marinade Ad
(20:18) Role of DA
(24:54) AI Inference
(27:30) Infernet SDK
(33:17) Interoperability Approach
(35:45) Crypto AI Landscape
(43:26) Actual Crypto & AI Usecases
(49:11) Restaking AI on EigenLayer
(58:17) Ritual Roadmap
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Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place

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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this episode, the Blockworks research team examines Solana's transaction failures and the network's ongoing struggles to handle high transaction volumes. The conversation then turns to the MakerDAO and Aave debacle, debating the risks and merits of MakerDAO's decision to collateralize DAI with Ethena's stablecoin. They also touch on the recent default on Goldfinch and the broader challenges facing on-chain private credit markets. Finally, they explore the rise of Pump.Fun and the resurgence of meme coins.

As always remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice.
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https://x.com/_nishil_/status/1777048334664081548
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(1:08) Enabling Arbitrum Stylus
(5:08) Velodrome DEX on Bitcoin
(7:40) Solana & SUI Airdrops
(13:39) dYdX Permissionless Smart Contracts
(18:15) dYdX Segment: Axelar
(22:53) Solana Transaction Failures
(31:57) Aave & MakerDAO Debacle
(43:37) Goldfinch Default
(51:43) Pump.Fun Meme Infrastructure
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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In today's interview, Orkun, the Co-founder of Citrea, dives deep into the world of Bitcoin L2s and Citrea. He explains the differences between L2s, sidechains, and sovereign rollups, and discusses the trust assumptions and bridging mechanisms in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Orkun also shares insights on the design tradeoffs in the Bitcoin L2 space, the Citra VM, proof generation, and the bottlenecks and challenges faced by Bitcoin L2s. The conversation touches on the potential for Bitcoin to enable a real economy and the role of Citrea in empowering Bitcoin finance.
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Wormhole is a decentralized interoperability platform powering multi-chain applications and bridges. It provides developers with access to liquidity and users on over 30 leading blockchain networks, enabling use cases in DeFi, data queries, and governance. The platform is trusted by teams like Uniswap and Circle and, to date, the platform has facilitated the transfer of over 35 billion dollars through over 850 million cross-chain messages.

Claim your unique Wormhole NFT at
https://wormhole.com/0xresearch4-4991
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Pear is an innovative pair-trading exchange built on top of SYMMIO. Users can trade trending narratives with one click, from bluechip narratives such as long BTC, short ETH, right through to WIF vs BONK. SYMMIO’s intent-centric architecture enables deep liquidity, sourced off-chain and brought on-chain, and combined with Pear, have democratized access to complex trading strategies typically reserved for institutional traders.

Start trading today at: https://www.pear.garden/
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Bitcoin L2 Overview
(7:55) Trustless VS Trust Minimized
(12:01) Wormhole Ad
(12:40) Pear Ad
(13:05) Citrea Bridging
(17:54) Design Tradeoffs in Bitcoin L2 Space
(23:37) Block Production & Centralization Risk
(34:40) L2 Execution Fee & DA Economics
(38:56) Proof Generation
(43:07) Static UTXO Sizes
(46:42) ZK Architecture & Bottlenecks
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Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place

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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Ren, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this week's analyst round table, the Blockworks research team dives into Arbitrum's phase 3 grant program. They also examine the centralization risks emerging in MEV with vertically integrated relays like Titan, and debate the true impact of ETH staking yields on validating costs for rollups. The discussion also covers the huge upcoming token airdrops from Wormhole and Ethena, and whether they could provide a major stimulus to ecosystems. Finally, the team scrutinizes the recent Munchables exploit on Blast, the incentive flaws in BitTensor's decentralized AI model, and the AI potential of projects like HiveMapper that utilize reinforcement learning.

As always remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice.
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Use the link below to learn more, and use 0X10 to get 10% off your ticket! Sign up now because the price goes up every month.
See you there!

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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(1:13) Arbitrum Phase 3 Grant Program
(6:08) Partial Set Security & ICS 2.0
(16:28) Echo & Seed Round Investing
(21:37) Titans Integrated Relay Launch
(30:20) MEV Blocker Fee Switch
(33:20) Ethena & Wormhole Token Airdrops
(41:27) Blast Munchables Exploit
(49:42) Bittensor Token Dynamics & Demand
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Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place

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Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Dan, Sam, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.