USDC's Flipping of USDT

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We've made 10 predictions at the start of this year and we've been pretty good with most of them. We've nailed probably six or seven if you were still up in the air. But one we predicted was USDC would flip USDT and that has gone the other way. I don't think it's good for the market when you reward opacity. That's what seems to be happening. People are like, tether is safer because we couldn't see that they can't access their money. It's just not perfect."

Matt Hougan and Ryan Rasmussen from Bitwise join us to discuss their views on Coinbase, L2 valuations, the institutional investor landscape and more! And as usual, we start the episode with our analyst bullpen to discuss Ethereum's client failures, Pulse Chain's ponzi, Lido's new update and Tether's attestation report.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:05) Hot Seat/Cool Throne

(26:10) Interview Start: Institutional Investor Sentiment

(37:23) Regulation Outlook

(40:59) The Coinbase Bull Case

(49:26) L2 Valuations: Arbitrum vs Optimism

(51:49) Implications of USDC’s Depeg

(57:11) The Decoupling of Equities and Crypto

(1:00:42) DEX Market Share and Brand Moats in Crypto

(1:05:02) LST Baskets

(1:06:46) Returning Protocol Revenue to Token Holders

(1:08:48) BRC-20s, High Fees and L2 Volume Growth

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