Why Mike Dudas Has Zero Exposure to ETH, but Is Bullish on Hyperliquid

Mike Dudas holds zero ETH and sees Hyperliquid as crypto's Tether moment. He also has a clear framework for what makes a token worth buying. ======================================================== Thank you to our sponsor! Fidelity: Explore crypto careers and make the decision that could change your future at https://crypto.fidelitycareers.com ======================================================== Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin, worth just $2.5 million, and the market didn't miss it. For Mike Dudas, Managing Partner at 6th Man Ventures, the sale broke the "never sell" promise that sustained the company's premium. He doesn't see how the narrative gets rebuilt. Dudas applies the same unsentimental read to the rest of the L1 landscape. His firm holds zero ETH — five years of contradictory narratives have left the market unable to value it. In his view, Solana's decline is simpler: memecoin activity peaked and hasn't recovered. Hyperliquid, in his view, is closer to Tether than a competing L1: the no-KYC international market is enormous, and asset quality is the moat. His framework for tokens worth owning: programmatic buybacks and consistent communication from leadership. On AI, he argues agentic trading will far outpace agentic payments — Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe are moving too fast for new entrants to displace them. Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Laura Shin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Host / Unchained Guests: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mike Dudas - Managing Partner of 6th Man Ventures - Timestamps 💸 01:23 Why Mike thinks Strategy broke its 'never sell' promise, and the market premium is gone 🔷 05:06 Why ETH can't settle on a single story, and why Dudas has zero exposure 🌊 10:39 How Hyperliquid is the Tether of DeFi, not a competing L1 📣 13:56 Fidelity: Explore crypto careers and make the decision that could change your future at https://crypto.fidelitycareers.com ⚔️ 15:19 How ETH, SOL, and Hyperliquid actually compete, and where they don't 📊 20:13 Why programmatic buybacks beat discretionary ones, with Pump.fun as proof 🤖 26:17 Why agentic trading has a future, but agentic payments have Visa and Mastercard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices