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Uneasy Money: Monad Soars After Launch. Was Its Slow ICO an Advantage in the End? - Ep. 963
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Nov 27, 2025 at 10:00 pm.
Introduction
Monad's post-mainnet launch performance
Will Binance regret not listing Monad?
How Monad's ICO strategy impacted its launch
Lessons from MegaETH's botched TVL campaign
How the MegaETH TVL campaign could have been worse
Why Polymarket's CFTC greenlight is a big deal
Why Klarna's stablecoin launch raises eyebrows
What happened with Cardano?
Will AI kill all our chains?
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In this episode of Uneasy Money, hosts Kain Warwick, Luca Netz and Taylor Monahan discuss Monad's mainnet launch performance and how its ICO strategy may have proven solid in the end.
They also delve into MegaETH's botched TVL campaign with Kain explaining why scrambling is bad for projects. 
In addition, they dissect Polymarket's CFTC greenlight, Klarna's stablecoin launch, Cardano's chain split and Berachain's secret Brevan Howard deal.
Hosts:
Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins
Kain Warwick, Founder of Infinex and Synthetix
Taylor Monahan, Security at MetaMask
Links:
Unchained:
Monad Co-Founder Defends Token Sale After Slow Uptake
MegaETH Aborts $1B Cap Raise After Multisig Error Triggers Chaos
Polymarket Gets CFTC Green Light to Operate in the US
Klarna Launches Stablecoin Built on Stripe’s Tempo Chain
Cardano Founder Contacts FBI After Dev’s ‘Careless’ Test Splits Chain
Uneasy Money: ICOs Are Back and Why Airdrops Are Instantly Dumped
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