A.J. Warner is the Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs.

In this episode, we discuss Arbitrum's dominance as an Ethereum L2 and the innovation driving its next act! This is a comprehensive overview of why Arbitrum has attracted so many DeFi and Web3 users. We cover the tech, such as Arbitrum Stylus and BOLD. We also touch on the ecosystem given the Gaming Catalyst Program will invest $215M in web3 games, as well as how the Arbitrum DAO is working towards economic stability with talks around ideas such as treasury diversification.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
5:15 - AJ's background
9:05 - Why Arbitrum keeps growing?
16:53 - What is Arbitrum Stylus?
22:37 - What is BOLD for Arbitrum?
28:21 - Time boost update
31:06 - Mantle mid-roll
31:59 - What is an Arbitrum Orbit?
36:56 - Projects building Arbitrum Orbits
42:06 - The Gaming Catalyst Program
46:24 - Teller and Moonbeam mid-roll
47:37 - Why Web3 gaming will succeed
51:22 - Economic sustainability of Arbitrum DAO
55:15 - Explaining Arbitrum as a Stage 1 L2
58:15 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Arbitrum Website: https://arbitrum.io/
► Arbitrum Foundation on Twitter: https://x.com/arbitrum
► Offchain Labs on Twitter: https://x.com/offchainlabs
► A.J. on Twitter: https://x.com/ajwarner90

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If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/

All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.

Altan Tutar is the CoFounder / CEO and Firat Sertgoz is the CoFounder / CTO of Nuffle Labs.

In this episode, we learn how Nuffle Labs is tapping into NEAR protocol for DA (data availability) and fast finality. The team has developed two game-changing products nearly ready to ship, one being a new modular DA layer for rollups with extremely high throughput and low costs and the other is The Nuffle Fast Finality Layer (NFFL), providing a fast settlement layer leveraging EigenLayer that allows participating networks to quickly access information from other networks.

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🍵 MATCHA | THE BEST PRICE ON OVER 5 MILLION TOKENS

🐡 PUFFER FINANCE | LIQUID RESTAKING FOR THE LITTLE FISH

💰 TELLER | DEFI'S CASH ADVANCE

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
4:09 - Founding Nuffle Labs
5:23 - Identifying a need for NEAR DA
9:06 - How NEAR DA differs from competitors
16:46 - DA Wars
19:57 - Mantle mid-roll
20:51 - How protocols will integrate NFFL
25:02 - How this drives value back to NEAR
28:02 - Important partnerships
30:47 - Teller and Moonbeam mid-roll
32:01 - What new dApps are possible?
34:09 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Nuffle Website: https://nuff.tech/
► Nuffle Labs on Twitter: https://x.com/nufflelabs
► Altan on Twitter: https://x.com/mraltantutar
► Firat on Twitter: https://x.com/sarifirfir123

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If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/

All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad and Nomatic were investors in the seed round for Nuffle Labs. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.

Jeff is the Founder of Merlin.

In this episode, we discuss how Merlin Chain aims to make Bitcoin fun again. We interview Jeff about why we need a Bitcoin L2 (or sidechain) like Merlin, how they grew it to nearly $3B in liquidity deposited since launching in Feb 2024, and how to get started as a user.

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► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad
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🐡 PUFFER FINANCE | LIQUID RESTAKING FOR THE LITTLE FISH

💰 TELLER | DEFI'S CASH ADVANCE

🌕 MOONBEAM | INTEGRATED WEB3 FOR BUILDERS AND USERS

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
3:57 - Founding Merlin
6:20 - Why build a Bitcoin L2?
10:22 - Is Merlin an L2 or sidechain?
11:40 - What makes Merlin a better UX?
15:25 - Bootstrapping community growth
19:41 - Which dApps have driven growth?
22:45 - Mantle mid-roll
23:38 - What else should be built on Merlin?
25:27 - What is mBTC?
27:01 - How to pay gas?
27:16 - Recommended bridges
28:03 - Utility of MERLIN token
29:29 - How to keep growing Merlin?
32:54 - Puffer, Teller, Moonbeam mid-roll
34:32 - Favorite yields on-chain
35:53 - Roadmap for Merlin
38:25 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Merlin Website: https://merlinchain.io/
► Merlin on Twitter: https://x.com/MerlinLayer2
► Jeff on Twitter: https://x.com/bitmaptech

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If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/

All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.