Arthur Hayes and Will Clemente on How This Bitcoin Halving Is Different
The Bitcoin halving is just around the corner, expected to be on April 19 or April 20. Arthur Hayes, CIO of Maelstrom, and Will Clemente, co-founder of Reflexivity Research discuss the rise in Bitcoin prices ahead of the halving, the impact of the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US, and the potential effects of the halving on the price trajectory post-halving. They also discuss the potential impact of a new class of investors on Bitcoin's price, volatility, and decentralization. Moreover, they dive into the impact of the macroeconomics, geopolitical, and demographic conditions for the crypto asset industry, the potential for L2s on Bitcoin, and their price predictions for bitcoin by year-end.
Hot Topics: Solana Congestion, Bitcoin Runes, Echo, and Ethena
Imran and Qiao sat down to discuss the current hot topics such as Solana Congestion, Bitcoin Runes, Echo, and Ethena. No BS crypto insight for founders. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:39 Welcome to Good Game 01:12: Qiao Tried to Ape In To Some Runes 01:26 What Are Runes? 02:55 How Do You Receive RSICs? 04:00 Do RSICs Come with a JPEG? 06:12 What Runes and RSICs? 07:20 Other BTC L2s That Want to Offer Support For Runes 08:07 When Will BTC L2s Launch? 09:26 Design Trade-offs For Runes 12:47 Runes Competing With Bitcoin L2s? 14:30 Who are the Runes Accounts on Twitter? 16:56 How Runes Will Play Out Alongside Bitcoin L2s 21:07 Game of Blocks (GOB) 23:11 The Bitcoin Renaissance 26:24 Qiao Shares A Funny Story 32:22 Critiques From Our Last Episode 33:49 Solana Congestion 40:02 Are We Biased Towards Solana? 43:23 Crypto Startup Stories: Fig Investments 46:00 Ethena 56:16 Echo by Cobie 01:05:22 The ETA for The Solana Patch
Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy
Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators. Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app. I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!
