Ready for Merge Ep. 28 👾

In this episode of Ready for Merge, Christine D. Kim shares updates from the Soldøgn Interop, a week-long gathering of Ethereum protocol developers and researchers organized by the Ethereum Foundation. She also highlights a newly disclosed high-severity bug impacting outdated versions of Bitcoin Core. She then unpacks the ongoing fallout from the KelpDAO hack and DeFi United recovery efforts. The episode closes by questioning whether crypto products like strkBTC and stablecoins truly deliver on the promise of private, permissionless money. This episode was recorded on May 5, 2026.Timestamps:(0:54) Show announcements(1:29) Soldøgn Interop takeaways(3:12) High severity bug in Bitcoin Core v28(6:02) DeFi United fund recovery efforts (10:50) What type of privacy strkBTC enablesEnjoying this content? Subscribe to the newsletter: https://christinedkim.substack.com/Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ready4mergeFollow on X: https://x.com/ready4mergeInterested in sponsoring the show? [email protected]  Get full access to Christine D. Kim at christinedkim.substack.com/subscribe