Indexed Podcast

In this episode, the hosts are joined by Igor from Wintermute to unpack EIP 7702. We explore: Recap of Pectra/EIP7702 The motivation behind the proposal Implications for smart contract wallets How it reshapes delegation and security Adoption metrics Wintermute Research insights with on-chain data analysis The evolving wallet landscape The impact on UX, security concerns, and the future trajectory...

Today we're diving into Real Economic Value (REV) and the true utility of blockchain metrics. We explore: What Real Economic Value (REV) actually measures Breaking down REV's methodology and its implications Comparing Ethereum and Solana through the lens of REV The role of MEV and nuances in MEV payments Flash Bots, True Block Value, and Extractable Value Challenges in measuring and evaluating blo...

Today we’re joined by Ethereum researcher Christine Kim to go deep on Ethereum's Pectra upgrade, set to launch on April 21. In this episode we're discussing:  * Christine's background  * Technical know-how  * Ethereum technical upgrade coverage  * Ethereum Core Dev Calls  * Ethereum upgrade governance process  * Unpacking the Pectra upgrade  * Upgrade goals: L2 scaling, wallet UX, staking & mo...

Today the three of us are discussing all things Dragonfly’s State of Airdrops Report 2025, Airdrop mechanics, incentives, regulations, and more!  We discuss: If Airdrops are still relevant in 2025 The US government's evolving stance on Airdrops Highlights from Dragonfly’s State of Airdrops Report The mechanics of unclaimed Airdrops Legal limitations on claiming Regulatory uncertainty and protocol...

Today, we dive into a new DEX research paper 'Execution Welfare Across Solver-based DEXes'. Joined by the authors, to find out which DEX is the best—enjoy! —   Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction   (04:53) What motivated this research?   (10:00) Measuring DEX end-user satisfaction   (12:29) Trade simulations vs historic trade data   (16:53) Research findings: welfare boxplot   (20:18) Asset-type depe...

Today we're discussing the $1.5B Bybit hack and diving deep onchain.    In this episode we're discussing: Cryptos history of hacks Exchange hack mechanics  Solving hardware wallets/Safe UI Multisig partners verification processes Bybit outflows Bybit comms response strategy DeFi/Ethena impact Oracle execution  Bybit’s crisis response  Tracing the hackers Valuable insights from the hack And much mo...

Today we're joined by Lorenz Lehmann, The Master of Labels at growthepie.xyz. In this episode we're discussing: - What does ‘Grow The Pie’ do? - What is Grow The Pie measuring?  - Indexed & aggregated data - Most profitable L2 vs biggest loser  - Base rollups - Ethereum block time constraints  - L1/L2 economics overview  - Network fees, Blob space miss-pricing, tariffs needed? - L1 fees vs Blo...

Today the three of us are diving deep on $TRUMP!  We discuss: - The US President launches a memecoin… (first reactions)   - Moonshot involvement/other partners/insider trading   - Chart review   - Website review, tokenomics, on-chain activity   - Moonshot cross-chain plans   - Solana stablecoin growth post-$TRUMP   - Solana’s liquidity dominance   - Trump administration: no US crypto capital gains...

Today we’re joined by Chris and George, from https://tryghost.xyz/graph In this episode we discuss:  Solana MEV & sandwich attacks Solana MEV competition  Liquidity provisions & lowering MEV impact Validators Novel attack strategies: CeFi/DeFi arb, liquidity snipping  MEV: Ethereum vs Solana  MEV mitigation tools  Slippage indexing  Ghost’s 2025 roadmap  Parallel EVM visualizer  What needs...

Today we’re joined by Nixo, Chief Nerd Wrangler at EthStaker.  In this episode we discuss:  * EthStaker  * Why stake? * Beacon chain  * ETH staking volume * Issuance sustainability/solo stakers * Professional node operators  * Staked ETH landscape * Data labelling: rated network issues/solo stakers * Where to go from here * Coinbase validators/correlation penalties  * Penalty rebalancing * Do we e...

Today we’re joined by Bitwise Co-Founder & CTO, Hong Kim to discuss how Bitwise has built the world's largest crypto index fund and the future of crypto ETF's and institutional onboarding into crypto. In this episode we discuss:  Bitwise metrics & early days  ETF’s brand/transparency importance  Crypto native branding ETFs Bitwise’s customer profile   Bitwise report What is a financial adv...

Today we’re joined by RWA.xyz Co-Founder & CTO, Charlie You to discuss bringing Real World Assets onchain. RWA.xyz is the Premiere data website for Real-World-Assets. In this episode we discuss:  What is rwa.xyz Yield farming to RWAs What are Real-World-Assets? The Spectrum of Tokenization report  What does on-chain RWAs solve? Tokenized funds  Stablecoin differentiation TRON Lending markets c...

Today we’re joined by Ethereum Researcher, Thomas Thiery AKA soispoke, to discuss censorship resistance. In this episode we discuss:  * What does ‘censorship resistance’ mean? *  Why is ‘censorship resistance’ important? * SMG’s transaction censorship report  * Blob censorship concerns * Inclusion lists * EIP ETA * What’s after Inclusion Lists? * Development conflicts with censorship resistance  *...

Today we’re joined by Joseph Noorchashm, Founding Partner of Sorella Labs and Ludwig Thouvenin, Co-Founder of Sorella Labs. Today we're discussing MEV searcher profits! In this episode the five of us discuss:  Why build MEV  Angstrom  Frequent Batch Auction  Brontes deep dive  Angstrom Dashboard demo  Bid adjustments Builder profits  Concentrated AMM’s  Potential limitations  Programmatic determin...

Today we’re joined by dataalways, Researcher @ Flashbots. In this episode the four of us discuss:  - Block building latency games  - Block slots - Winning bid arrivals  - Relays  - Ethereum’s 12 second deviation  - L2’s centralized sequencers   - MEV revenue incentives   And much more—enjoy! — Chapters: (00:00) Introduction  (04:30) Block building latency games  (12:56) Block slots (24:46) Winning...

Today we’re joined by Burak Öz, Ph. D. Candidate at Technical University of Munich, 2023 & @thelatestindefi research fellow. In this episode we discuss:  Research Paper deep-dive: Who Wins Ethereum Block Building Auction?” MEV pipeline Beaverbuild, Rsync, Titan  MEV Boost Decomposition  Transaction Label Taxonomy  Valuable Order Flow  Exclusive Providers Block packing Exclusive Order Flow Acce...

Today we’re joined by Kofi, self-proclaimed data nerd, responsible for ERC-4337 data aggregator; bundlebear.com, and more. In this episode we discuss:  - ERC-4337 - Bundle conflicts - Transaction fees - Account abstraction UX improvements  - BundleBear: ERC-4337 data review/dApp landscape - DEX ERC-4337 adoption - Freelancing demand as a Data Analyst And much more—enjoy! Note: apologies for Kofi's...

Today we’re diving deep on the ETH ETF launch, Polymarket, politics, and more! We discuss:  ETH ETF Flows Address disclosures Polymarket updates Bitcoin 2024 Conference What a Trump presidency might mean for crypto EIC2 Plus, an MEV teaser! Enjoy! — Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (02:02) ETH ETF flows update (26:30) Address disclosure  (33:14) Data curation: Spice tool (39:46) Polymarket developme...

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Subscribe to our channel and leave a comment to help us make the pod better! Follow the Indexed Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod -------------------------------------------------- The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. --------------------------...

Subscribe to our channel and leave a comment to help us make the pod better! Follow the Indexed Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod -------------------------------------------------- The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. --------------------------...

Subscribe to our channel and leave a comment to help us make the pod better! Follow the Indexed Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod -------------------------------------------------- The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. --------------------------...

Subscribe to our channel and leave a comment to help us make the pod better! Follow the Indexed Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod -------------------------------------------------- The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. --------------------------...

Subscribe to our channel and leave a comment to help us make the pod better! Follow the Indexed Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod -------------------------------------------------- The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry every other few weeks - brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. --------------------------...