Episode 515
📍 Ethereum's Pectra upgrade has stalled on the Holesky testnet due to several missed blocks, revealing potential issues that could delay the blockchain's most significant update in nearly a year.
📍 Raydium, Solana's dominant automated market maker, has hit back at rumors that Pump.Fun is preparing to launch its own AMM, calling the move a "strategic miscalculation" that could lead to a significant revenue hit.
📍 Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO of FTX, has broken his silence on Twitter after two years, posting a series of candid reflections on firing employees and corporate management, which briefly spiked the price of FTT, the token associated with FTX.
📍 The crypto community has reacted to Bankman-Fried's tweets, with some speculating about the authenticity of the posts and others pointing out a surge in interest surrounding the so-called "SBF coin," a meme coin based on the former FTX CEO's name.
📍 (Alternative to previous point) FTT's brief price spike has raised questions about the token's volatility and the ongoing impact of Bankman-Fried's actions on the crypto market, despite his current 25-year prison sentence.
