Ethereum Foundation's New Mandate Has The Community Divided | Bankless Takes

The Ethereum Foundation dropped a mandate document describing its values, describing its approach. This caused a reaction, let's say. Some some people loved it. Some people hated it. We're gonna discuss it today and give our takes because it is time for another Bankless Takes episode. David, we do these things whenever we're feeling, what, like, motivated, that there's something needed to discuss. What's the what's the cadence of Bankless Takes episodes? Yeah. When there when there is a conversation happening that you and I are, like, a part of or can contribute to or otherwise have takes about Yeah. Ethereum is a very frequent topic of this. We've done other ones in the past as well. I think maybe the most common reason or, like, way that these episodes come about is somebody in the EF, usually Vitalik, releases a blog post, and everyone's talking about it, and then, therefore, so do we, which is exactly what happened this week. Galaxy operates where digital assets and next generation infrastructure come together, serving institutions end to end. On the market side, Galaxy is a leading institutional platform, providing access to spot, derivatives, structured products, DeFi lending, investment banking, and financing. With more than 1,600 trading counterparties, Galaxy helps institutions navigate every phase of the market cycle. The platform also supports long term allocators through actively managed strategies and institutional grade staking and blockchain infrastructure. That scale is real. Galaxy has over $12,000,000,000 in assets on the platform and averaged a $1,800,000,000 loan book in late twenty twenty five, reflecting deep trust across the ecosystem. Beyond digital assets, Galaxy is also building infrastructure for an AI powered future. Its Helios Data Center campus is purpose built for AI and high performance computing, with more than 1.6 gigawatts of approved power capacity, making it one of the largest sites of its kind. From global markets to AI ready data centers, Galaxy is serving the digital asset ecosystem end to end. Explore Galaxy at galaxy.com/bankless or click the link in the show notes. Why does managing investments still mean juggling multiple apps, accounts, and currencies? Crypto trades around the clock. Stocks, ETFs, and commodities are moving on chain, yet most platforms still keep everything split apart, turning diversification into unnecessary friction. Bitget is delivering a different kind of experience with its universal exchange, one platform where users can access crypto, tokenized stocks, ETFs, and other assets in the same place, all traded directly using USDT. No constant transfers, no currency conversions, just a single account built for how markets actually move today. The line between crypto and traditional finance continues to blur, Bitget's goal is straightforward. Make trading and investing simpler, not more complicated than it needs to be. Learn by clicking in the link in the show notes. This is not investment advice. Yeah. A lot of these are, Ethereum related, let's say. I'm actually very curious in this conversation what your opinion is and how that contrast with my opinion to …