Emin Gün Sirer is the founder and CEO of Ava Labs, a technology company focused on building Avalanche, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for high scalability, fast transaction processing, and low fees. In our discussion, we explored the blockchain landscape, focusing on Avalanche's role and comparing it with other chains like Solana and Ethereum. We discussed the impact of market trends, the integration of traditional finance with blockchain, and the emergence of sectors like GameFi and SocialFi within the Avalanche ecosystem. 0:00 Trash L2s 1:28 Bear Market 6:25 EGS and Avalanche 9:26 Blockchain Landscape 15:48 Future of Blockchains 19:33 Avalanche is the solution? 23:35 Avalanche vs Solana 28:38 Competition 31:30 TradFi 🤝 Avalanche 25:36 GameFi 42:11 Meme Rush 45:27 DeFi 48:06 SocialFi 51:13 Core Wallet 55:40 AvalancheGo 57:09 Noise Makers ✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ 🚀 Sign up to our newsletter 🚀 https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup 🤑 Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3SdRdEs5ag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews 📬 Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io 🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain #Web3