Videos
Recap of Devconnect ARG
We all attended Devconnect 'World Fair' in Argentina last week. This is the secondary event organized by the Ethereum Foundation in addition to the primary DEVCON event. We share our impressions.
Privacy On-Chain and the Rise of ZCash?
ZCash is 1251% up in the last 3 months. Firo up 377%, Dash up 223%, Monero up 50%. It seems that privacy is the new meta-narrative. What on earth is happening? What changed?
Launch of Mercata V2: Vaulted Assets OnChain and App Walkthrough
The STRATO Mercata team celebrates the launch of V2 with a comprehensive walkthrough of the new platform. The team discusses how V2 makes DeFi accessible through a point-and-click interface while maintaining the benefits of decentralized finance.
Is Better Web3 UX the Key to Mainstream Adoption?
We are joined by a special guest - Brian Smocovich, Founder of PistachioFi and ex-colleague at BlockApps to discuss improving UX in the Web3 space
Are Corporate Chains Back?
The Tempo blockchain was announced in September 2025. It is an L1 payments chain backed by a consortium led by Stripe, and is leaching talent from the Ethereum ecosystem, with Dankrad Feist as the most recent example. Are permissioned corporate chains back?
Institutions Want Tokens - How is Ethereum Keeping Up?
We were joined by Redwan Meslem, the Executive Director of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, and talked about the history of the EEA and about the present institutional landscape.
State of Blockchain - More Boring or More Crazy
Bob and Kieren both attended TOKEN2049 in Singapore, a huge event. What was the vibe? Was it more boring (DATs) or more crazy (ICOs etc)?
Mercata V2 Contest: Winners Announced!
A week after the kickoff, the second Mercata V2 competition came to a close, and we announced the winners in this Spaces
Mercata V2 Contest Kickoff: Bridge, Trade, Triumph
In mid-September 2025 we announced and kicked off the second Mercata V2 competition, this time with a dual focus on trading and reporting vulnerabilities.