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How Smart Accounts Flopped (And Why That’s Changing Now!) ft. Kurt Larsen (Rhinestone) 🎙

Wallets are the touchpoint to crypto for every user. As crypto evolves, so do the demands placed on wallets. That’s where smart accounts come in.

In this episode, Arjun Chand sits down with Kurt to understand the bet on why every wallet will eventually become a smart account.

Catch the full conversation 👇

https://youtu.be/sPpSnH6DF8g?si=CpziVJvFKK17iPaN
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Inside LayerZero and Stargate's $110M Deal 🎙

Last week, LayerZero made interop the main character in crypto again. They offered $110M to acquire Stargate.

Tom Kysar (co-founder of Gas.Zip) and Arjun break down the whole thing:
> the logic behind LayerZero’s move
> why the offer makes sense
> what it signals to competitors, and
> why this could send bridging fees to zero

Catch the full conversation 👇

https://youtu.be/_2bGuRqFOTg

tweet: https://x.com/arjunnchand/status/1956347861764845837
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Why Crypto Stopped Building Moonshots. And How Anoma Is Different 🎙

The crypto industry is maturing. But in the process, we’ve lost the crazy ideas that made the early days fun.

Anoma is one of the exceptions that’s rethinking crypto infrastructure from first principles and building moonshot tech again.

This week, Arjun sits down with Christopher Goes, co-founder of Anoma, to talk about Anoma’s vision and how he sees the crypto ecosystem.

Catch the full conversation 👇

https://youtu.be/Rw-rrGT53i4?si=zAUyZc3f1MlQkWEN
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Crypto’s Distribution Playbook: Or, the DeFi Mullet 📝

Every major technology wave had its “interface shift.” The internet had smartphones. AI had ChatGPT. Crypto has the DeFi mullet.

As institutions are going all in on crypto, we wrote about why the DeFi mullet is crypto’s adoption playbook - and why interop is the mullet under the mullet.

Read more: https://li.fi/knowledge-hub/cryptos-distribution-playbook-or-the-defi-mullet/

Twitter: https://x.com/arjunnchand/status/1961372986076012817
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The Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin Bridging 🎙

In this week's episode, Arjun sits down with Jaz Gulati, the founder of Garden, a bitcoin bridge.

Jaz has been in the Bitcoin trenches since the very beginning and has a lot of great insights to share about the Bitcoin ecosystem and user behaviour.

If you've ever wondered what's the state of Bitcoin bridging, this conversation will get you up-to speed!

Catch the full conversation 👇

https://youtu.be/-L3rNxjVq4E?si=4Q5xukrRg-KsZMOM
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The Need for Speed: Why Stargate Was Acquired By LayerZero 🎙️

In his first interview since the Stargate acquisition by LayerZero Labs, Angus Lamps talks about why it happened, how they’ll “ship 10x faster,” and what went down with Wormhole’s late bid.

We also dive into Stargate’s vision. And what that says about the interop ecosystem itself - how the space is changing and why interop teams need to think bigger.

Catch the full conversation 👇

https://youtu.be/oeGTwZTmqzM
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If You Just Heard About Hyperliquid: A Latecomer’s Guide 📝

Hyperliquid is everywhere right now; Mindshare feels higher than ever.

But how did we reach this point where people are comparing it to Binance and BNB Chain?

This essay explains what Hyperliquid got right and how its flywheel of attention, liquidity, culture, and tech is designed to house all of finance.

Read more: https://li.fi/knowledge-hub/if-you-just-heard-about-hyperliquid/

Twitter: https://x.com/arjunnchand/status/1968689453846688049
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How Latin America Became a Crypto Powerhouse ft. Ben Peters (Co-Founder, Bitso) 🎙️

Crypto is a $4+ trillion economy. The adoption tailwinds have never been stronger. And the tech is finally mature to serve global scale.

Ben Peters, co-founder of Bitso, has lived has lived this journey for 10+ years.

He sits down with Arjun Chand to talk about Bitso’s role in Latin America, the launch of Bitso Onchain and why the future of crypto adoption is onchain.

LI.FI is proud to partner with Bitso to power same chain and cross-chain swaps in Bitso Onchain.

Catch the full conversation 👇

https://youtu.be/S0ZkGzMiaME
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Inside Arbitrum's Strategy for True Interop ft. Spencer Hughes (Ecosystem Product Manager, Offchain Labs) 🎙️

Ethereum's future depends on interop. Arbitrum’s bet is simple: Solve interop → fix UX.

Spencer joins us to share how Arbitrum is making that vision real.

LI.FI is proud to partner with Arbitrum, powering the Arbitrum Bridge UI and the embeddable bridge for the wider Arbitrum Orbit ecosystem

Catch the full conversation 👇

https://youtu.be/BhpV1cyIyX4
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4 Trends That Explain Bridging Right Now 📝

The interop ecosystem is entering a new phase.

In this new piece, we break down what the data tells us about which models are working (intents, AMMs, token standards) and how the interop landscape is shaping up.

All data comes from LI.FI + Jumper, giving a front-row view of competitive dynamics across bridging solutions.

Read here 👉 https://li.fi/knowledge-hub/4-trends-that-explain-bridging-right-now/
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The Ethereum Foundation on its Mission to Solve Interop 🎙️

Without interop, crypto fails. The Ethereum Foundation is zeroed in on fixing UX across EVM chains.

Hear Josh Rudolph & Barnabe Monnot break down EF’s strategy to unify the experience.

Catch the full convo👇

https://youtu.be/CKNtXPPOjVM?si=2PP6XYX-w9DaofVF
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Bitcoin DeFi UX Sucks. Here's How BOB Is Fixing It 🎙️

Most Bitcoin L2s were all hype, but Bitcoin DeFi is real and here to stay.

Conversation with Alexei, co-founder of BOB, to discuss what's actually working in Bitcoin DeFi.

Catch the full convo👇

https://youtu.be/AgZcICjUdLw
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How Near Intents Is Solving the Access Problem of Crypto 🎙️

Everyone in interop is fighting for the same EVM routes.

Meanwhile, billions in daily volume is traded on CEX pairs of ZEC, ADA, and chains like Stellar and Tron.

Users have already voted with their trades. Why are we ignoring them onchain?

Conversation with Alex Shevchenko, CEO of Near Intents, on how they captured $2.5B in volume by serving the markets everyone else ignored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adM_DgF7FzM
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Proofs Vs. Messaging — What’s the Future of Interop? 🎙️

If interop is solved, where does value accrue?
As always, at the edges.

Bo Du, co-founder of Polymer Labs, joins to explain why Polymer is specializing at that edge - betting on proofs for verification of state across chains.

He breaks down how their Prove API achieves sub-second, sub-cent verification, and why that’s key to accelerating the velocity of money across chains.

Catch the full convo👇

https://youtu.be/RmlJrAk9uzQ
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How fomo is Turning Trading Into a Social Multiplayer Game 🎙

Trading was always a social game, we just forgot.

Se, co-founder of fomo, joins to explain how Fomo turns the trenches into a multiplayer game and how to bring normies into crypto by making it fun again.

Catch the full convo👇

https://youtu.be/oNtJVtblIx4
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Connecting Internet Capital Markets Across Chains – Powered by LI.FI 📝

What if you could just build on Solana, but have access to users and liquidity spread across all internet capital markets?

20+ apps already trust LI.F​I to power liquidity on Solana: swaps, bridging, and deposit flows.

Increase bandwidth. Reduce latency.

Ship faster with LI.F​I.

Read more here 👉 https://li.fi/knowledge-hub/connecting-internet-capital-markets-across-chains-powered-by-li-fi/

Twitter 👉 https://x.com/lifiprotocol/status/1996550224807186793?s=20
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New episode: ZK, Interop & Incorruptible Finance: Noah Pravecek on zkSync’s Institutional Play 🎙

How do we make interop more scalable and secure?

We sat down with Noah Pravecek, Director of Interop Product at zkSync, to unpack how RWAs and privacy rails pull institutions onchain — and why interop is central to the future.

Catch the full convo 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv2FpDhh1RE&t=1s
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LI.FI Secures $29M in Series A Extension Led by Multicoin and CoinFund to Scale the Universal Liquidity Market for Digital Assets

This brings our total capital raised to ~$52M.

> LI.F​I just crossed $60B in lifetime volume.
> Closing in on 1,000 B2B partners.
> Monthly volume grew 595% this year, now at $8B per month.

Powering products millions trust: Robinhood, Binance, MetaMask, Phantom, Ledger, Hyperliquid, Circle, Alipay...

Read the full announcement via Philipp Zentner's (CEO, LI.FI) Twitter: https://x.com/PhilippZentner/status/1999134050741596618?s=20

Read the full Fortune article here: https://fortune.com/2025/12/11/exclusive-crypto-startup-li-fi-raises-29-million/
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New Episode on The Compact: Reusable Resource Locks for Cross-Chain Intents 🎙️

0age, part of the protocol team Uniswap Labs, joins us to unpack The Compact, a primitive designed to make cross-chain swaps better for everyone.

Builders, solvers, users - this episode will red pill you on resource locks.

Catch the full convo 👇

https://youtu.be/skyuoLVN1H0?si=Is2ENIGnz7q6-L3b
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From Intents to Execution: The Next Frontier of Onchain Coordination

Intents have long promised us simple UX.

So where is it?

Jim Chang explores product design, UX, and optimisations made with intents so far at DeFiConnect alongside 1inch, CoW DAO & Velora.

Catch the full convo 👇

https://youtu.be/3w-4iCM1uxQ
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