Exploring Ethereum's Layer 2 Impact on Fees and Stakeholder Conflicts

Matt and Nic are back for another week of ATHs. In this episode:

• ETH’s Dencun upgrade goes live
• Is ETH stuck between two different stakeholder groups?
• Is Traeger going to hold Bitcoin?
• Saylor is still buying Bitcoin
• Nigeria holds two Binance executives for a $10b ransom
• A UK judge in the COPA case has determined that Craig Wright is not Satoshi
• Why the COPA v CSW case matters
• Blackrock will buy Bitcoin ETFs in their global allocation fund
• Greyscale filed for a low-fee spinoff of GBTC, ticker BTC
• John Griffin of Griffin and Shams is back with another terrible paper
• A new paper alleges that crypto finances slavery

Sponsor notes:

• Market Dynamics & Risks of Liquid Staking Tokens 
• In Coin Metrics State of the Network Issue 250, we explore the market dynamics and risks of liquid staking tokens (LST’s)