How Restaking Could Reshape DeFi and Infrastructure with Mirko & Felix

The Interop

Bitcoin staking is here, and the debate is heating up. At the Staking Summit 2024, Mirko from Staking Rewards and Felix from Symbiotic dive into the latest trends: the growing role of restaking, Bitcoin’s proof-of-stake potential, and the institutional capital fueling innovation. They also explore how Ethereum, Cosmos, and Bitcoin are converging in unexpected ways, and why meme coins might still be the crypto industry’s best experiment.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Staking Summit Highlights

02:10 Growth of Staking Summits

04:18 Bitcoin Staking and Proof of Stake

07:45 Ethereum Meets Cosmos, Then Bitcoin

10:21 Restaking's Role in Crypto Infrastructure

14:02 Institutional Capital and Meme Coins

18:06 New Use Cases for Staking

20:20 Symbiotic vs. Eigenlayer: Key Differences

26:26 Meme Coins and Infrastructure Impacts

30:02 Symbiotic Mainnet and Future Plans

31:43 Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Events

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