Abdelhamid Bakhta (Starknet): "There will be a second airdrop".
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Three days after the turbulent announcement of the STRK token airdrop, the Starknet project team wants to explain its strategy and acknowledges its mistakes. Abdelhamid Bakhta, responsible for the ecosystem at the startup StarkWare, which is behind its development, assures that he understands the criticisms.

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Grégory Raymond

Grégory Raymond is Head of Research and co-founder of The Big Whale. A specialist at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets, he has been covering the regulatory, institutional and technological developments of the sector since 2017 for an audience of decision-makers: ,banks, asset managers and fintechs. He is also the author of Bitcoin & Cryptos: L'enjeu du siècle (Talent Éditions, 2025), a book built around interviews with key figures from the ecosystem.

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Lorris Beziers

Lorris Beziers is a Digital Assets Research Analyst at The Big Whale, a Paris-based crypto media company, a position he has held since January 2024. His published research covers a range of digital asset topics including DeFi lending markets, layer 2 blockchain architecture, MEV mechanics, on-chain derivatives platforms, and institutional blockchain infrastructure. Alongside this role, he has been an Associate at White Loop Capital, a French private investment firm focused on crypto-assets, since October 2024.

Prior to joining The Big Whale, Beziers worked as a DeFi Analyst at Mon Livret C from June to August 2023, where he analyzed Web3 projects across blockchains, stablecoins, and protocols, assessed yield opportunities on decentralized finance protocols, and designed a risk assessment framework for layer 2 blockchains. He holds a degree from NEOMA Business School and completed a classe préparatoire ECS at Lycée Masséna. He holds certifications from IBM and Bocconi and has competencies in Web3, finance, and data.

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