One of Ethereum’s newest and most exciting Layer-2s is of course Ink, unleashed by Kraken on the Optimism Superchain in December - so we’re thrilled to welcome Andrew Koller, Ink’s founder, to the CFB Talks Digital Assets podcast. With deep on-chain expertise, Andrew dives into some of the most critical topics shaping the future of Ethereum, institutional participation, and how the network scales to a billion users. Top points include:

• Are meme coins the ultimate Trojan horse for mass adoption, or is their life cycle limited?

• Can Ethereum learn from Solana’s UX, and how can users expect the on-chain experience to be more seamless following the Pectra upgrade?

• How Kraken’s expertise in stablecoins is being put to work to improve on-chain liquidity using USDT0

• Are partnerships with players like Securitize paving the way for a wider array of tokenized assets, and what can Ink do to make institutions comfortable bringing assets on chain?

• The rationale behind building on the OP stack and the road towards full decentralization

All in all, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in Ethereum’s future.