Linea's SharpLink Play and Building The Ideal L2 For Ethereum

Aug 8, 2025

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Declan Fox is Head of Linea and Trantor is Lead at Etherex.

In this episode, we explore Linea’s origins inside ConsenSys, and their new approach to designing the ideal L2 for Ethereum and ETH holders from the ground up. Plus, we dive into how SharpLink could play a significant role bootstrapping ETH liquidity on Linea, why bridged ETH is being staked, how teams like Etherex are growing the ecosystem, and what it all means for us as ETH holders, as we draw closer to the LINEA TGE.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
7:10 - How Linea got started
12:13 - What is Etherex?
15:46 - Building loyal liquidity
18:49 - SharpLink could deposit billions in ETH
27:04 - Sponsor break
28:14 - Building institutional grade security to deposit on Linea
31:50 - Native ETH yield
34:05 - Equal access for all DeFi users
34:48 - Designing the ideal L2 for Ethereum and ETH holders
39:21 - Will other L2s follow Linea’s lead?
40:39 - The benefit of bridged ETH being staked
42:20 - Sponsor break
43:56 - Linea tokenomics synergies for builders
46:45 - No VC unlocks, only ConsenSys 5-year lockup
49:05 - Linea governance and The Linea Consortium
50:39 - An L2 that is truly EVM equivalent
55:12 - Etherex and Linea partnership
1:04:23 - Linea’s next steps
1:06:34 - Closing

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► Etherex on X: https://x.com/etherexfi
► Trantor on X: https://x.com/trantor2140

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