Bryan Pellegrino, Co-founder & CEO of LayerZero Labs, joins us this week to dive into LayerZero. Dan and Sam explore the LayerZero model, value accrual, Stargate v2 alpha, omni-chain fungible tokens, and much more!

And as usual, we start the episode with our analyst bullpen joined by Blockworks researchers Ren and EffortCapital to discuss Alt EVMs, XRP security status, direction of Web3 Social platforms, and much more!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:15) Hot Seat & Cool Throne

(38:03) Interview Start: Bryan Pellegrino

(38:19) LayerZero Model Overview

(42:44) LayerZero Ecosystem Development

(50:54) Future of Blockchain Infrastructure

(55:36) Stargate Sybil Volume

(58:39) Impact of CCTP

(1:01:58) Stargate V2: The Alpha Drop

(1:08:23) Protocol Value Accrual 

(1:14:29) Omni-chain Fungible Tokens (OFTs)

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Resources

XRP Security Ruling

https://blockworks.co/news/judge-rules-ripple-xrp-not-security

LayerZero

https://layerzero.network/

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