Why It's Easy to Pitch TradFi on Ethereum: 'It's the Only Game in Town'

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Laura Shin

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🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Joseph Chalom and Danny Ryan discuss the institutional outlook on Ethereum and why it is “the only game in town.” Bits + Bips is spreading its wings Starting soon, new episodes will only be published on our brand‑new feeds. What you need to do: Click the links below. YouTube Apple Spotify X Smash Follow or Subscribe. 🎉 Done. The institutions are here and they may have already picked their preferred blockchain. Sharplink Gaming CEO Joseph Chalom and Etherealize co-founder Danny Ryan discuss the institutional outlook on Ethereum. They say the network is the only chain being discussed by institutions thinking about tokenization, dismissing Solana as a possible contender. They explore what this means for ether and why anticipated upgrades only strengthen the case. Meanwhile, Danny maintains that L2s are still part of the Ethereum roadmap, albeit agreeing with Vitalik that they need to evolve. Plus, why Joseph thinks privacy will unlock Ethereum's next DeFi wave and why Danny sees AI agents as the salve to crypto's UX woes, though he calls the current activity “a toy.” Guest: ⁠Joseph Chalom, President/CEO at SharpLink Gaming Inc. Danny Ryan, Co-Founder & President of Etherealize Links: Unchained:⁠⁠ ⁠Vitalik Targets Block Building as Ethereum Prepares Glamsterdam Upgrade Vitalik Buterin Lays Out Quantum Defense Plan for Ethereum Can Solana Edge Out Ethereum to Win the AI Agent & RWA Race? Ethereum Researchers Outline Seven Forks Through 2029 in New “Strawmap” BlackRock Just Chose Uniswap. The Market Didn’t Care. Here’s Why. Want to Hire an AI Agent? Check Their Reputation Via ERC-8004 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:28.3	Today's topic is Ethereum and where ETH can go from here.
1:32.3	Here to discuss are Joseph Shalom, CEO of Sharplink and Danny Ryan, co-founder of Ethereumize.
1:38.3	Welcome, Joseph and Danny.
1:40.3	Thanks, Laura.
1:42.3	Ethereum's been on a path of a slow shift, I would say, over the past couple years, starting
1:47.9	first with outside criticism, which kind of moved to community unrest, which led to changes
1:54.6	in leadership, the foundation, also led to the founding of Ethereumize. And this then has resulted also in some changes in the speed of development and shipping upgrades.
2:08.8	And we have now seen that the roll-up centric roadmap is being abandoned.
2:14.7	It seems like Ethereum is finally changing its culture a bit more. It's becoming more
2:19.2	competitive. It's not as sort of like above it all as it has been in the past. And so we are
2:25.6	seeing Ethereum to be more proactive than other chains in certain ways, like facing the quantum
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