Blockchain Vibe Check
This week on MARS, Matthew & Rizzle talk about working in web3 - some red flags, good signs, and other things to be on the look out for as you interview with various teams and projects in the space based on their decade plus experience working in crypto full-time. That conversation (somehow) ends up becoming a vibe check on the overall state of the blockchain that examines the past week of memecoin shenanigans as well as million dollar mints by XCOPY x Neonglitch on Farcaster along with other artists mints from folks like Fabiano Speziari and neurocolor. Shout-outs & Shots-fired: @collectpods @CohentheWriter @co1born @museumofcrypto @solana @telegram @farcaster_xyz @neurocolor @xcopyart @neonglitch86 @warpcast_ @dwr @charl3svii @nifty_island @prtydao @steveklbnf @bnolan @cryptovoxels @raybuckton @viamirror
Ep 51 - Optimism We <3 The Art Winners
We're joined by The Park and Aly x Bloody White to chat about winning the grand prize of 50k OP in the largest online art competition. We unpack their submissions "becky v2" and "BLOODY BAG" along with their plans for the prize money and what's to come!
Crypto Market Outlook with CMS & Split Capital
Imran and Qiao sat down with Daniel Matuszewski (CMS) and Zaheer Ebtikar (Split Capital) to discuss the current crypto market. No BS crypto insight for founders. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:51 Welcome to Good Game 03:33 Daniel and Zaheer's Macro View 06:24 Daniel and Zaheer's Primary Focus 08:14 Interesting Leading Indicators 10:53 Zaheer's Eth ETF Approval Estimate 14:51 The TradFi World Doesn't Care About ETH? 17:05 Thoughts on Jim Bianco's Theory 19:42 What Daniel and Zaheer are Trading Right Now 23:55 Render (RNDR) vs. Bittensor (TAO) 28:27 What Daniel and Zaheer are Bullish on Recently 32:46 Is There Organic Activity Happening on Avalanche? 34:07 Thoughts on Ethena 38:56 Where are We in The Cycle? 40:13 The Biggest Bullsh*t Daniel and Zaheer Have Seen in The Industry That They Want to Call Out 42:46 Crypto Startup Stories: Thunder Terminal 45:58 Advice For The Average Retail or Crypto Founders Who Has a Full-Time Job 48:12 How Daniel and Zaheer See The Venture Market Today 53:09 Trading Ordinals? 53:21 Any Favorite Projects? 54:40 Final Thoughts/Comments Daniel Matuszewski Twitter/X: https://x.com/cmsholdings Zaheer Ebtikar Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SplitCapital
Modular March Episode 7: Chain Abstraction for The Modular Future with Near
In a world of 1000s of rollups and chains, the problem to tackle is unification of these otherwise isolated execution environments. In today’s Modular March presentation, we sit down with NEAR founder Illia to take a look at their data availability layer, account aggregation, and chain abstraction toolkit. We ask Illia about the potential of NEAR DA, how sharding really works for the L1, and his plans to grow adoption for the DA solution compared to others on the market. However, what was particularly interesting to us was this idea of account aggregation whereby enabling a single wallet to participate across multiple crypto experience, NEAR is building a better end user experience. Illia went on to illustrate his larger vision for chain abstraction of the modular future and how he sees this playing out in the near future. NEAR will continue to play an important role in connecting the modular expansion at the user facing level, in today’s presentation you’ll learn how they plan to do this.
Ep 46 - Catalog Radio
We're joined by Jeremy and Mike of Catalog to unpack the debut of Catalog Radio - a new product to cosign onchain music directly on Base.
Ep.19: Memecoin Supercyle, Crypto ETFs with Alongside, Financial Nihilism, AI on Zora, L2 Wars
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 00:01:11 We have Kel with us - the real next L1 trade is a memecoin supercycle 00:10:44 Where do you see this memecoin trend going in the next 3, 6, 9 months? 00:13:25 Austin from Alongside Crypto 00:18:10 What’s changed with this cycle to get people excited about investing in indexes 00:29:14 Enjoy launched the very first memecoin ever on the Zora network 00:36:20 Some fun new AI updates on Zora and Jacob’s post on convergence of AI and crypto 00:39:48 Travis Kling on financial nihilism 00:53:59 The bull case for Web3 social and Farcaster as a powerful go-to-market tool 00:54:45 Get in babes, we’re going to Brand New by Boys Club at SXSW and there’s a zine 00:59:52 The struggle with hyper financialized social apps Hosts: Jess Sloss & Cheryl Douglass Web VJ: Peacenode None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep 50 - Graeme from Stack
We're joined by Graeme to deep dive on onchain points and their $3m seed round lead by Archetype. We cover everything you need to know about the points meta.
Modular March EP 5: Value Accrual in The Modular Thesis with Tarun Chitra
The value accrual model in the modular stack is akin to that of the rise of the early internet. According to Tarun, founder of Gauntlet and a prominent angel investor, we will see more and more specialized usecases for applications which are highly expressive. As a result of this, the need for a modular stack becomes more and more apparent. We really enjoyed this conversation which drew inspiration from the evolution of the internet and computing to paint a clearer picture of the modular future. We’ve been quite deep in the technical weeds during Modular March (exactly where we want to be), so it was refreshing to host a discussion that goes beyond technicalities and instead touches on the practical application layer of modular blockchains. Hope you enjoy and feel free share with your friends who are trying to answer the question “why modularity?” & “where does the value accrue in the modular stack?” for the future of blockchain scaling.
Why EigenLayer May Be the Most Innovative New Ecosystem Since Ethereum
Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer, and Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CIO of Polychain Capital, an investor in EigenLayer, say that the developer ecosystem around EigenLayer is sprouting up very fast, which reminds Carlson-Wee of the developer excitement in Ethereum’s early days. They discuss the potential of EigenLayer, which uses a restaking mechanism to allow ETH stakers to reallocate their staked ETH and Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs) to bolster security for other protocols. They cover how it could turbocharge Ethereum's rollup scaling roadmap and enable Ethereum to become a stack of decentralized software as a service providers. Additionally, they discuss the potential risks associated with restaking as well as how EigenLayer could work with AI.
The #1 Account on NBA Top Shot [FEAT WHALE SHARK]
WhaleVault, the biggest account on NBA Top Shot, is worth over $50 Million USD. And on this podcast we talk to the man who runs it. WhaleShark is a one of one in the NFT space, and runs one of the most unique and fascinating communities in the metaverse. LG sits down with him for an in-depth chat on the WhaleVault strategy, long term holdings, and how it all came to be. Plus, WhaleShark reveals details about his personal life and past in Basketball. The interview is preceded by a quick PSA about Top Shot Challenges and a preview of the Packs that are coming very soon. Hosted by LgDoucet
Daryl Morey is deep into NFTs & NBA Top Shot (and he's not selling!)
Today we're joined by Daryl Morey, President of Basketball Operations of the Philadelphia 76ers. He joins LG to chat about collecting NBA Top Shot and his extensive experience in NFTs and Blockchain. Listen for the Moments he has bought and the first NFT that he has created. Skip to the 11 minute mark for the interview! Hosted by LgDoucet
The Biggest Buyer on NBA Top Shot
Someone Just Spent Over 2 Million(!) Dollars on NBA Top Shot and We Got Them on The Show! Special Guest joins the show in a first-of-its-kind interview format to share about why he’s after #1 serials, his motivations for buying right now with the market in a slump, and where his unique name comes from. LG recaps this week in Top Shot including Cool Cats 5, Baller Status, and the Luka MGLE Challenge. Hosted by
Live Show - TOP SHOT, BORED APES AND BONSAI TREES
The First Mint Live is back for another wild Thursday night. June 3, 2021. Join LgDoucet, TheReelPhilD, and Special Guests as we dig into the past week in NBA Top Shot and NFTs! We got: JOSH ONG, the king of the Bored Apes We got: THE BONSAI TREE DUDES! We got: APE TRIVIA
First Episode
The pilot episode of The First Mint. Record Sales in 2020 / Playoff Sets from Series 1 / Missing NBA Player Moments The First Mint covers all things NBA Top Shot. We'll discuss what's happening in the marketplace, the big sales, upcoming pack drops, and NBA players. Top Shot, NFTs, and Blockchain are on the rise, so buckle up!
Ep 27 - San Holo
We're joined by San Holo to talk about his new album - EXISTENTIAL DANCE MUSIC. We cover his background, how he thinks about making music and his aspirations as a prominent electronic artist. This is also our first podcast minted natively on Optimism!
