Bankless · 2026-06-29 · 59 min
Ethereum has a new R&D lab, and its mission is blunt: make Ethereum and ETH win. In this episode, David sits down with Ansgar and Caspar, two co-founders of Ethlabs, to unpack why the organization exists, how it complements the Ethereum Foundation, and what it means to put Ethereum back on offense. - SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 - BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: POLYMARKET | #1 PREDICTION MARKET OKX | TRADE, EARN, PAY to OKX | 120M+ USERS WORLDWIDE METAMASK | DOWNLOAD NOW BRIX | EMERGING MARKET YIELD BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What is Ethlabs? 2:35 The EF Narrows Its Mission 9:30 Putting Points on the Board 13:06 Principles Need Users 14:53 ETH the Asset and Ethereum the Network 17:33 Scaling, Interop, and Growth Workstreams 22:52 The Talent Behind Ethlabs 25:27 What a New Organization Unlocks 27:53 Pro Markets, Pro Growth, Pro ETH 30:51 The Trillion Dollar ETH Question 37:07 Who Steers Ethereum?
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