Arjun Bhuptani is a co-founder of Everclear, the first clearing layer for the web3 ecosystem. He is also a co-creator of Moloch DAO, the earliest and one of the most frequently used Decentralized Autonomous Organization frameworks meant to help individuals and institutions coordinate around shared resources in a fair and transparent manner.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Connext’s decision to launch a new protocol and rebrand to Everclear
- Clearing layers in web3
- Crypto UX and liquidity fragmentation across chains
- ENS names
- Web3 branding
- Chain Abstraction’s dirty Secret: scalability was only possible through centralization
- Why bridges alone can't solve cross-chain interactions
- Solving Ethereum’s scalability issues
- What is netting?
- Rebalancing liquidity
- H2 predictions
- What is a rollup?

Everclear
Website: www.everclear.org
X: @EverclearOrg
Discord: discord.gg/everclear

Arjun Bhuptani
X: @arjunbhuptani
LinkedIn: Arjun Bhuptani

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#348: Arjun Bhuptani, Co-founder of Everclear, on Web3 Branding, Clearing Layers, The Power of Netting, and Rollups