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Why More Teams Are Building On Solana | Weekly Roundup Dec 13, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're back with another weekly roundup! We discuss the numerous teams coming over to build on Solana, the Pudgy Penguin token launch, raising Solana's block limits the impact of sandwich attacks & more. Enjoy!

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

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(00:00) Introduction

(04:56) Finding Talent In Crypto

(10:04) Pudgy Penguins

(13:29) Chaos Labs Ad

(14:28) Ledger Ad

(15:17) Teams Coming To Solana

(20:56) Pump.fun Banned In The U.K

(30:48) SocialFi & Crypto Twitter

(34:44) Raising The Block Limit

(41:24) Sandwich Attacks

Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Nothing said on Lightspeed 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. Mert, Jack, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Everything You Need To Know About DoubleZero | Austin Federa Dec 11, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're joined by Austin Federa to discuss the launch of DoubleZero. We deep dive into leaving the Solana Foundation, Austin's vision for reshaping the internet, the DoubleZero business model, what to expect in 2025 & much more. Enjoy!

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

Buy now on https://shop.ledger.com/?r=1da180a5de00.

Renaud Partners has built the most elite network of native crypto marketers globally. They create custom, expert teams to support founders with transformative strategy work.

Trusted bysome of the best founders, VC firms, and ecosystem leaders in the business, helping their teams expedite their marketing success and catalyze their growth.

If you’re a founder or a VC looking for support for your teams, I highly recommend connecting with them at RenaudPartners.com

Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/

(00:00) Introduction

(03:46) Title: Founding DoubleZero

(08:58) Title: The DoubleZero Unlock

(14:04) Chaos Labs Ad

(15:04) Ledger Ad

(15:58) Renaud Partners Ad

(16:58) Reshaping The Internet

(21:29) Demand For Fibre

(32:44) The DoubleZero Origin Story

(35:28) State Propagation

(39:21) The DoubleZero Business Model

(47:12) What's Next For DoubleZero?

(48:48) Leaving The Solana Foundation

(58:58) Looking Forward To 2025

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Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Accelerating Crypto's Ultimate Vision With Jack Lu Dec 06, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're joined by Jack Lu for a discussion on the current state of the NFT market. We deep dive into Magic Eden's token launch, what's next for NFTs, AI agents & more. Enjoy!

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

Buy now on https://shop.ledger.com/?r=1da180a5de00.

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(00:00) Introduction

(04:35) Magic Eden Token Launch

(14:16) Chaos Labs Ad

(15:16) Ledger Ad

(16:10) NFT Metrics

(21:40) What's Next For NFTs?

(26:28) AI Agents

(28:30) NFT Revenue

(32:21) The Magic Eden Mission

(39:40) Building A Brand In Crypto

(42:25) Crypto's Mobile Wave

(46:54) Building For The Long Term

Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

The State Of Solana In 2024 With Raj Gokal Dec 04, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're joined by Raj Gokal to discuss the past, present & future of Solana. We deep dive into the state of crypto in 2024, recovering from the FTX fallout, Solana's ultimate vision & more. Enjoy!

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

Buy now on https://shop.ledger.com/?r=1da180a5de00.

Renaud Partners has built the most elite network of native crypto marketers globally. They create custom, expert teams to support founders with transformative strategy work.

Trusted bysome of the best founders, VC firms, and ecosystem leaders in the business, helping their teams expedite their marketing success and catalyze their growth.

If you’re a founder or a VC looking for support for your teams, I highly recommend connecting with them at RenaudPartners.com

Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/

(00:00) Introduction

(01:34) Crypto In 2024

(08:38) The FTX Fallout

(12:14) Chaos Labs Ad

(13:13) Ledger Ad

(14:14) Renaud Partners Ad

(15:12) Increase Bandwidth Reduce Latency

(17:36) Solana's Ultimate Vision

(22:57) Finding Top Talent

(30:17) Founding Solana

(33:34) Building In Crypto

(38:38) The Early Days Of Solana

(41:29) Advice For Founders

(46:37) Why Build On Solana?

(48:13) Finding A Mission Statement

Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Solana Hits A New All Time High | Weekly Roundup Nov 29, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're back with another roundup. We deep dive into Solana's new all time high, the Pump.fun drama, are memes positive for crypto & more. Enjoy!

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

Buy now on https://shop.ledger.com/?r=1da180a5de00.

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(00:00) Introduction

(04:16) Solana Hit's A New All Time High

(07:26) Pump.fun

(13:39) Chaos Labs Ad

(14:39) Ledger Ad

(15:37) Are Memes Positive Or Negative For Crypto?

(29:59) Increase Bandwidth Reduce Latency

(35:55) Financialization In Crypto

(39:27) Short-Termism vs Long Term Building

(43:40) Crypto IPOs

(45:38) Timely Vote Credits

(53:38) The Crypto Elevator Pitch

Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Launching Sky On Solana With Rune Christensen Nov 26, 2024

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Gm! This week Rune Christensen joins the show to discuss the launch of Sky on Solana. We deep dive into why Rune chose to launch on Solana, the future of DeFi, decentralization in crypto, the growth of stablecoins on Ethereum vs Solana & more. Enjoy!

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Chaos Labs, the leading onchain risk management firm, recently launched its new flagship oracle product, Edge, which delivers integrated, high precision risk and price data for any on-chain application with a market. Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

Buy now on https://shop.ledger.com/?r=1da180a5de00.

Renaud Partners has built the most elite network of native crypto marketers globally. They create custom, expert teams to support founders with transformative strategy work. Trusted by some of the best founders, VC firms, and ecosystem leaders in the business, helping their teams expedite their marketing success and catalyze their growth.

If you’re a founder or a VC looking for support for your teams, I highly recommend connecting with them at RenaudPartners.com

Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(03:11) Launching Sky On Solana

(08:13) From Maker To Sky

(12:39) Chaos Labs Ad

(13:39) Ledger Ad

(14:37) Renaud Partners Ad

(15:40) Decentralization In Crypto

(33:49) DeFi On Solana

(43:20) Stablecoin Liquidity

(53:38) Futarchy

Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on Lightspeed 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. Mert, Jack, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

What Can We Learn From Sui's Outage? | Weekly Roundup Nov 22, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're back with another roundup. We deep dive into Sui's reported outage, how L1's can compete with each other, does Solana have a moat or not & much more. Enjoy

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

Buy now on https://shop.ledger.com/?r=1da180a5de00.

Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/

(00:00) Introduction

(04:17) Who's Building On Solana?

(08:58) What Can We Learn From Sui's Outage?

(17:35) Chaos Labs Ad

(18:35) Ledger Ad

(19:33) Alt L1's & VM's

(22:38) Does Solana Have A Moat?

(25:41) Grants & Partnerships In Crypto

(37:35) Sky's Stablecoin Launches On Solana

(39:24) Stablecoins On Solana

Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Solana's Total Economic Value Keeps Reaching New Highs | Dan Smith Nov 20, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're joined by Dan Smith from Blockworks Research. We discuss what's happening on Solana as total economic value keeps reaching new highs. We deep dive into Solana's inflation, staking SOL, Solana's transition to a top three asset within crypto & comparing the 2021 cycle to today. Enjoy!

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DragonSwap is the DeFi Hub on Sei’s Layer 1, allowing users to swap, provide liquidity, and farm! Built on Sei’s sub-second execution environment, DragonSwap is transforming the DEX landscape by building an “onchain CEX” that leverages chain-abstracted AVSs, enabling users to buy any asset on any chain.

With tons of incentives already available, September will bring even more to Sei users with partners like Stargate and Frax!

Start farming on Sei today by visiting https://dragonswap.app/

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(00:00) Introduction

(03:14) Solana Economics

(07:55) Staking SOL

(15:08) Sei Protocol Ad

(15:35) Ledger Ad

(16:11) Solana's REV All Time High

(24:33) Sandwiching Attacks

(29:18) Solana's Fee Market

(41:50) The 2021 Cycle vs Now

Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Why Solana & Ethereum Still Need To Compete | Weekly Roundup Nov 15, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're back with another roundup. We deep dive into Ethereum's Beam Chain announcement, why it's more important than ever for projects to execute today in crypto, JITO's outage, staking on Solana & so much more. Enjoy!

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

Buy now on Ledger.com.

Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/

(00:00) Introduction

(04:03) Ethereum Beam Chain

(18:39) Chaos Labs Ad

(19:38) Ledger Ad

(20:14) The JITO Outage

(30:36) Bitcoin's ATH Breakout

(35:11) Will Solana Flip Ethereum?

(41:38) Solana Staking

(46:42) Crypto Regulation Under Trump

(51:01) Polymarket

Disclaimers:

Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation.

Will We See A Solana ETF In 2025? | Eliezer Ndinga Nov 12, 2024

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Gm! This week, we're joined by Eliezer Ndinga of 21 Shares to discuss the path forward for a Solana ETF. We deep dive into the election impact on regulation within crypto, DeFi's renaissance, the SEC vs crypto & why Eliezer is bullish on Solana. Enjoy

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With tons of incentives already available, September will bring even more to Sei users with partners like Stargate and Frax!

Start farming on Sei today by visiting https://dragonswap.app/

Buy now on Ledger.com.

Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/

(00:00) Introduction

(01:32) The Election Impact