Understanding MegaETH’s need for speed

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MegaETH is an EVM L2 that settles to Ethereum. 

What makes it special?

Well…it’s fast.

MegaETH markets itself as the first “real-time” blockchain. It theoretically claims to be able to process about 1.7 gigagas/s (or 1,700 Mgas/s) in transaction speeds on its current testnet.

Let’s put that into context. 

1,700 Mgas/s completely dwarfs the speeds of the major L2s like Optimism (15 Mgas/s) and Arbitrum (128 Mgas/s).

It also eclipses Base’s announced target goal to hit 1000 Mgas/s, or Monad L1’s 300 Mgas/s.

Source: MegaETH

The chain claims to have 10 ms…

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Trump Tariff Winners? Bitcoin And Gold, Bitwise’s Matt Hougan Says

Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, says the United States’ evolving stance on the dollar’s global reserve role could trigger a structural shift in the financial system, one that favors alternative stores of value like Bitcoin BTC/USD and gold.

What Happened: In a new blog post titled “The Fallout From Trump’s Tariff Push”, Hougan responded to recent U.S. policy developments, including the White House’s aggressive push for tariffs and comments from top economic officials suggesting a deliberate move toward a weaker dollar.

He argues that the administration’s willingness to weaken the currency, even at the cost of its reserve status, has profound…

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Why Trump’s Tariffs Can’t Fix The Broken Fiat System

Trump’s ‘America First’ platform, which he built his successful campaign around, promised to reconfigure global trade in favour of the US. This involved encouraging businesses to manufacture domestically, bringing jobs, industry and prosperity back to parts of the country that liberalised trade and outsourcing left behind. The US had, or so the argument goes, become more and more reliant on competitively priced imports that were often manufactured by countries where labour and transportation is much cheaper. This led to the emergence of Rust Belt states in which blue collar workers saw their living standards decline whilst the cities they lived in were hollowed out. 

The chosen…

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Bull Bitcoin: The Cypherpunk Bitcoin Exchange

Proving that custodial, centralized, altcoin casinos are not the only way to succeed in this industry, the privacy-focused bitcoin exchange Bull Bitcoin recently went multinational, bootstrapping a team in France and expanding its services to the whole eurozone. The move comes only a year after announcing their expansion into Costa Rica. 

“Bull Bitcoin is probably the longest-running Bitcoin-only, self-custodial exchange,” Theo Mogenet, Europe General Manager for Bull Bitcoin, told Bitcoin Magazine in an interview.

”When you buy Bitcoin from us, it goes straight to your wallet, we never hold client funds—and it reflects Francis’s vision of privacy and the cypherpunk…

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How To Communicate A Corporate Bitcoin Strategy To Shareholders

For companies exploring or actively executing a corporate Bitcoin strategy, success isn’t just about acquiring the asset. It’s also about communicating clearly—before, during, and after the decision.

Shareholders, analysts, and the media don’t just respond to what you do with capital—they respond to how you frame it. And in the case of Bitcoin, that framing matters even more. Misunderstood or poorly timed communication can create volatility, uncertainty, and misplaced assumptions about intent.

This guide provides a structured framework for communicating your Bitcoin strategy to shareholders in two key phases:

Before you execute (pre-acquisition messaging)

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