<p>Everyone in crypto is chasing TPS</p><p>Eunice Giarta thinks that&#39;s the wrong race entirely</p><p>As co-founder of Monad Foundation, she spent four years building what she calls the Ethereum of high-performance blockchains  a chain with validators on six continents, in 30 countries and 58 cities, that doesn&#39;t sacrifice decentralization for speed.</p><p>In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with Eunice to break down what actually makes a blockchain worth building on in 2026, what the real killer use case for Monad looks like, and why bear markets build better products than bull markets.</p><p>But the most unexpected part isn&#39;t the tech it&#39;s the path. Eunice went from Merrill Lynch to Shutterstock to a pastry kitchen at Jean-Georges in New York. A Pi Day pandemic layoff sent her down the crypto rabbit hole. Four years later, she co-founded one of the most talked-about L1s in the space.</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0:00 Why there&#39;s no solid high-performance chain yet</p><p>2:30 Monad&#39;s 200 validators across 6 continents</p><p>5:30 Placing Monad on the decentralization spectrum</p><p>9:00 Why TPS is a misleading metric</p><p>12:00 The real use case: on-chain order books</p><p>15:30 How to measure real demand vs. incentive-driven usage</p><p>19:30 What AI agents would use Monad for</p><p>22:00 RWAs and institutional adoption</p><p>24:00 Monad&#39;s token launch and the bear market</p><p>27:00 From trading analyst to pastry chef to blockchain co-founder</p><p>31:30 Favorite macaron: chocolate miso from Pierre Hermé</p><p><br></p><p>Stay Connected</p><p>Subscribe to Endgame https://www.youtube.com/@endgamepodcast </p><p>Amanda on X:  https://x.com/amandacassatt  </p><p>Serotonin on X: https://x.com/serotonin_hq </p><p><br></p><p>Links to Follow:</p><p>Endgame on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/45B9szUxVXEwfCDA6uRxwq?si=HT9XXqF9Q2CcM9hfLbmkVg   </p><p>Endgame on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endgame-with-amanda-cassatt/id1801809440  </p><p><br></p><p>Follow Eunice Giarta </p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/eunicegiarta</p><p>https://x.com/0x_eunice?lang=en</p>