The Decrypting Crypto Podcast Matthew Howells-Barby & Austin Knight

Runes is a fungible token protocol built on Bitcoin. If you're familiar with Ordinals, more specifically Inscriptions - they're effectively NFTs on Bitcoin. Runes, on the other hand, are like ERC-20s (from Ethereum) on Bitcoin.

In this episode, we do a deep dive into the protocol that's set to launch tomorrow on the Bitcoin halving (block 840,000).

In this week's episode, Matt gives a full overview of the EigenLayer protocol, how restaking changes the way new projects are launching, and what this means for staking on Ethereum.

In this week's episode we do a deep dive into the DeFi innovation happening within the liquid restaking space via Pendle.

Alongside this, we give a regulatory update on the SEC's fight with Coinbase, Ripple, and more.

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we discuss the following stories:

* The Ethereum Dencun Upgrade
* Microstrategy Doubles Down on Bitcoin... AGAIN
* WIF is set to appear on the Las Vegas Sphere

In case you didn't notice, it's airdrop season. Free money is raining down but airdrop farmers have to get smarter about how they're going to qualify for these juicy payouts.

We speak with Theo and Sami, the cofounders of Noder.bot which is a node-as-a-service platform focused on setting you up with pre-mainnet nodes. You don't need any technical knowledge and it's a simple one-click install. If you're exploring airdrops, you have to check this out.

Listeners can get early access to Noder.bot using code: decrypt

In this week's episode of Off Chain, we cover the following stories:

* Sotherbys is auctioning off an Ether Rock… we must be back!
* Inflows to Bitcoin ETFs reach new highs, powering a BTC rally
* The Ethereum ETF applications are coming in thick and fast - we share an interesting trade that could really pay off in the run up to the spot ETF approval