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Uneasy Money: ICOs Are Back and Why Airdrops Are Instantly Dumped - Ep. 947

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In this first episode of Uneasy Money, hosts Luca Netz, Kain Warwick, and Taylor Monahan dig into the Balancer hack, Berachain’s centralized response, the sudden return of ICO-style distribution, and why some new drops give away so little.

Luca explains why he thinks generous airdrops are essential for building a real “army,” Taylor breaks down MetaMask’s own thinking on token incentives, and Kain questions whether any of these models still make sense in a sentiment-driven market.

Plus, Uniswap’s fee switch proposal and the tea on Velodrome and Aerodrome.

Hosts:

Timestamps:

  • 👏 0:00 Intro

  • 🛑 1:23 The Balancer hack—and why we need more guardrails beyond audits

  • 🐻 10:18 How Berachain’s centralized response raised deeper questions

  • 🚀 19:19 The return of the ICO meta

  • 💰 21:26 Why Luca says big airdrops are essential to building an “army”

  • 🐧 24:24 How Luca designed the PENGU airdrop—including the goal of surpassing DOGE

  • 📉 37:11 What’s the point of airdrops if everyone just dumps?

  • ⚖️ 39:50 Are ICOs actually better than airdrops?

  • 🦊 43:41 How MetaMask designed its rewards system—and what Taylor thinks about incentives

  • 🦄 47:19 Uniswap’s UNIFICATION proposal and what it showed about what drives prices

  • 🔀 49:42 Velodrome + Aerodrome merge—and why Kain says the move is “weird”

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In this first episode of Uneasy Money, hosts Luca Netz, Kain Warwick, and Taylor Monahan dig into the Balancer hack, Berachain’s centralized response, the sudden return of ICO-style distribution, and why some new drops give away so little.

Luca explains why he thinks generous airdrops are essential for building a real “army,” Taylor breaks down MetaMask’s own thinking on token incentives, and Kain questions whether any of these models still make sense in a sentiment-driven market.

Plus, Uniswap’s fee switch proposal and the tea on Velodrome and Aerodrome.

Hosts:

Timestamps:

  • 👏 0:00 Intro

  • 🛑 1:23 The Balancer hack—and why we need more guardrails beyond audits

  • 🐻 10:18 How Berachain’s centralized response raised deeper questions

  • 🚀 19:19 The return of the ICO meta

  • 💰 21:26 Why Luca says big airdrops are essential to building an “army”

  • 🐧 24:24 How Luca designed the PENGU airdrop—including the goal of surpassing DOGE

  • 📉 37:11 What’s the point of airdrops if everyone just dumps?

  • ⚖️ 39:50 Are ICOs actually better than airdrops?

  • 🦊 43:41 How MetaMask designed its rewards system—and what Taylor thinks about incentives

  • 🦄 47:19 Uniswap’s UNIFICATION proposal and what it showed about what drives prices

  • 🔀 49:42 Velodrome + Aerodrome merge—and why Kain says the move is “weird”

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

996 episodes

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