Why Solana & Ethereum Still Need To Compete | Weekly Roundup

Nov 15, 2024

This week explores Ethereum's Beam Chain announcement and its quest for decentralization, while highlighting the urgency for prompt execution in crypto. The discussion shifts to the recent Jito outage on Solana, illustrating its impact on transaction dynamics. Chaos Labs introduces a new oracle product for enhanced risk management. Finally, insights on validator earnings in staking and the ongoing crypto regulatory landscape unveil the competitive pressures facing both Solana and Ethereum.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Empowering Financial Mobility Through Cryptocurrency

02:02 • 2min

Ethereum Beam Chain: Decentralization vs. Progress

03:35 • 15min

Exploring New Developments in On-Chain Risk Management and Recent Network Outages

18:39 • 2min

Analyzing the Jito Outage Impact on Solana

20:52 • 23min

Understanding Validator Earnings in Cryptocurrency Staking

43:40 • 2min

Crypto Regulation and Market Dynamics

45:58 • 14min

Gm! This week, we're back with another roundup. We deep dive into Ethereum's Beam Chain announcement, why it's more important than ever for projects to execute today in crypto, JITO's outage, staking on Solana & so much more. Enjoy!

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Chaos Labs, the leading onchain risk management firm, recently launched its new flagship oracle product, Edge, which delivers integrated, high precision risk and price data for any onchain application with a market.

Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

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(00:00) Introduction

(04:03) Ethereum Beam Chain

(18:39) Chaos Labs Ad

(19:38) Ledger Ad

(20:14) The JITO Outage

(30:36) Bitcoin's ATH Breakout

(35:11) Will Solana Flip Ethereum?

(41:38) Solana Staking

(46:42) Crypto Regulation Under Trump

(51:01) Polymarket

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