ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Joseph Chalom lays out why Ethereum Institutional exists, how it differs from Etherealize, and why he thinks Michael Saylor is in a pickle.
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Sharplink, BitMine, and Joe Lubin spent the past ten days launching two new organizations aimed at convincing Wall Street to build on Ethereum, backing them with commitments from more than fifty institutional supporters.
Joseph Chalom, CEO of Sharplink and a board member of the new Ethereum Institutional, joins Laura Shin to make the case that Ethereum's real competition isn't Solana or Canton. It's inertia: the reluctance of the world's largest institutions to touch financial rails they don't already trust.
Chalom walks through how Ethereum Institutional differs from Etherealize and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, why Robinhood building on Arbitrum still counts as a win for Ethereum, and what it would take for ETH to capture the value flowing through the network as tokenized real-world assets grow past $31 billion. He pushes back on claims that the Ethereum Foundation's culture is broken, then turns to Strategy's preferred stock drama and says plainly that Michael Saylor is in a pickle.
Host:
- Laura Shin, Host / Unchained
Guests:
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Joseph Chalom - CEO of Sharplink
Timestamps
🚀 01:33 Why Sharplink, BitMine, and Joe Lubin launched Ethereum Institutional
🧭 05:51 How Ethereum Institutional differs from Etherealize and the EEA
🃏 10:15 Chalom says institutional inertia, not Solana, is Ethereum's real threat
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🧩 16:20 Why Chalom says Robinhood building on Arbitrum is still a win for Ethereum
⚡ 20:54 Does value actually flow back to ETH the token
🏛️ 24:33 Chalom pushes back on the idea that Ethereum's culture is broken
🤝 29:01 Why Chalom says Sharplink's shareholders and Ethereum's ecosystem are aligned
📉 32:18 Chalom says Michael Saylor is in a pickle over Strategy's preferred stock drama
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