The Chopping Block: Rugs, Incentives & Float Lies, Mosi Breaks It All Down
Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Robert Leshner, and Tarun Chitra break down the biggest stories in crypto. This week, we’re joined by one of the most iconic anons on Crypto Twitter: Mosi, aka @vanacharma. Known for calling out sketchy tokenomics and vaporware valuations, Mosi joins the crew for a ruthless teardown of market maker games, OTC dumps, and the “hallucination yield” driving this cycle’s worst bets. From the $60M Movement Labs fiasco to OTC pump schemes and the collapse of community trust, the gang goes deep on why crypto’s market structure is broken—and what it’ll take to fix it. If you’ve ever wondered how the sausage gets made in crypto token launches, this one’s for you. Show highlights 🔹 $60M Movement Meltdown – How a token deal gone wrong became crypto’s latest fiasco and dragged down one of the cycle’s most hyped L1s. 🔹 Anon vs. Everyone – Iconic CT anon @vanacharma breaks down the float games, OTC dumps, and tokenomics illusions plaguing the industry. 🔹 Market Makers or Middlemen? – When is liquidity real, and when is it just backdoor exits? We unpack how MM incentives are getting abused. 🔹 Hallucination Yield & Vapor Valuations – Why funds chase tokens with the fakest traction — and what happens when reality hits. 🔹 Are VCs to Blame? – The crew debates whether investors are complicit in these token games or just bad at picking founders. 🔹 Pump, Dump, Repeat – How OTC discounts, fake float, and circular trading fuel a Ponzi-like system hiding in plain sight. 🔹 Why Retail Gets Burned – Most people never stood a chance. We walk through how asymmetric info and hidden unlocks wreck public buyers. 🔹 Can This Be Fixed? – Haseeb and Mosi clash on the path forward: enforceable disclosures, exchange oversight, or do-nothing chaos? 🔹 Self-Regulation Is the Only Way Out – Before the SEC nukes everything, the industry must grow up. Here’s where that starts.
DevNTell - Securing Crypto with MatterFi and SwissFortress
In this episode of DevNTell we are joined by Michal "Mehow" Pospieszalski whose founder of MatterFi and SwissFortress. MatterFi is easy-to-use Fintech Infrastructure helping make finance more secure for humans and AI. SwissFortress is a private universal solution enabling "send to name" crypto wallets and custody systems meant to combat phishing. Viewers of this DevNTell will see Michal give us an overview of both MatterFi and SwissFortress, drop some crypto security alpha and show us how he plans to combat crypto hacking. — GUEST & HOST 🤝 Michal "Mehow" Pospieszalski, CEO @ MatterFi - https://x.com/MehowHacks 🤝 Narb, DevNTell Host @ Developer DAO - https://x.com/narb_s — RESOURCES Episode Links ℹ️ MatterFi - https://www.matterfi.com/ ℹ️ SwissFortress - https://www.swissfortress.com/ ℹ️ MatterFi X Account - https://x.com/MatterFi_com ℹ️ SwissFortress X Account - https://x.com/SwissFortress 🗞️ Subscribe to our Newsletter - https://devdao.to/yt-newsletter 📆 Sign-up for FREE workshops & events - https://devdao.to/yt-events 🤝 Partner with Developer DAO - https://devdao.to/partner-with-us 😎 Follow us on Twitter - https://devdao.to/yt-twitter 🎥 Sign Up to Showcase your Project DevNTell - https://devdao.to/devntell-signup
Bonsai on fire: Carlos in Los Fomos
We summoned Carlos’s unfiltered takes by setting his mocktail on fire: cringey club rejections, cursed bonsai trees, black market picks and falling on stage at EthCC. We talk Lens vs. Farcaster, bot relationships and the digital forest we’re all supposedly lost in. This definitely wasn't recorded before noon 🌶️ Join Los Fomos on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/los-fomos and X: https://x.com/LosFomos Become a producer of the show to support Los Fomos and subscribe on Hypersub: https://www.hypersub.xyz/dashboard/los-fomos-fm-producer-yfpf5xwg6qkg
Zora Founder on the Plan to Pay Creators
If content "wants to be free", how can creators get paid? In this special edition live interview, we sit down with Jacob Horne, cofounder of Zora, for a candid conversation on the company’s evolving vision—and what they got wrong early on. Jacob opens up about Zora’s shift from marketplace to protocol, why onchain media matters more than ever, and how consumer apps in crypto have been missing the point. If you’ve ever wondered what Zora actually is or where it’s going next, this is the episode to hear it from the source. Along the way: protocol tradeoffs, the fragility of NFT incentives, and why Zora is now all-in on supporting the onchain internet through composable creation tools. It’s a peek behind the curtain of one of crypto’s most culturally influential companies. This episode unpacks: - Why Zora is no longer a marketplace company - How protocol thinking changed their product strategy - The tension between creator and collector incentives - What “onchain media” really means to Jacob - The risks of speculative activity dominating apps - Why Zora is focused on creative tooling - How Zora thinks about interoperability - A breakdown of Zora’s current app ecosystem - What success looks like for a protocol - Why this is a 20-year project Chapters: 00:00 — Intro 01:05 — Jacob joins the stage 03:02 — Zora is not a marketplace 07:33 — What went wrong in 2021 10:56 — Owning the protocol 13:31 — Measuring success 17:24 — Creators vs speculators 21:44 — Zora’s real product 26:07 — What it means to be onchain 30:30 — Long-term vision 34:53 — Future of Zora apps 39:27 — The internet is half-finished 44:10 — Open protocols to black boxes 49:15 — What meme coins unlock 53:38 — Why the DAO model broke 57:20 — Building for liquidity, not hype 01:00:42 — UX is the real innovation 01:04:17 — How Zora builds for decades 01:07:39 — Farcon week & final thoughts Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer Internet experiences. Join us live on Twitter/X, Fridays 10am PT / 1pm ET. Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS?si=4cda0ac044dc4c6a
GM Farcaster ep241 Monday May 5, 2025 chatting FarCon, Clanker
GM Farcaster ep241 Monday May 5, 2025 From our ChatGPT Intern: Still buzzing from FarCon, NounishProf and Adrienne hop on an unscheduled GM Farcaster to recap everything from AV chaos and endless stairs to surprise egg memes and a now-legendary beer pong tournament in a Bushwick loft that felt like an 8-bit rave. Between discussions of anonymity and debates about FarCon's future scale, the duo somehow manage to sprinkle in mini-app paywalls, Clanker drama, and heartfelt takes on the soul (and soul-crushing logistics) of community-led events. See Show Notes and Links on YouTube. Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com. NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:06:45 29 seconds of FC news 0:09:51 FarCon 0:30:35 Clanker 1:06:14 Octant 1:06:27 CastOut
16: Anjan Katta - A Sunrise Over Computing
Anjan Katta (https://x.com/AnjanKatta) is Founder and CEO of Daylight (https://daylightcomputer.com/), a new type of computer company. Having a conversation with Anjan is a bit like trying reign in a wild animal: his horsepower, wide-ranging philosophical interests, and unbelievable depth in the areas he cares about make him one of a kind. Fortunately, all of that energy is being channeled into his life's work, Daylight Computer Company. Daylight's mission is to build a computer that amplifies our humanity. That starts with Daylight's first product: The DC1, a tablet that combines the power and functionality of an iPad with the screen of a kindle. Anjan has been building Daylight for seven years across extensive research on screens and hardware, many near deaths, and mission-driven motivation. Anjan sees computers as a "magical medium" that we're in relationship with, unlike other tools. Unfortunately, "optimization of the means, yet confusion of goals" has led the technology industry to building hardware and software that sits in what he calls a "messy medium." With devices that can do anything and everything, they often fail to empower us toward the vision Steve Jobs called the bicycle for the mind. Throughout, Anjan and I discuss a philosophy toward life, career, design, and creating meaning that I hope will inspire you, whether you work on technology or not. May we all aim to get closer to ourselves and our humanity. Transcript and all links: https://dialectic.fm/anjan-katta --- This episode is brought to you by Hampton, a private, highly vetted membership for founders. Hampton makes entrepreneurship less lonely by matching you with a core group of likeminded founders along with community, events, retreats, and more. Visit https://joinhampton.com/community to learn more and apply. --- Timestamps - (0:04): Hampton - (1:57): Anjan Intro - (3:54): A Bicycle for the Mind and The Computer: Tool or Medium? - (13:15): The Core of the Computer as a Magical Medium: Relationship - (16:39): The Waterslide/fall of Agency and Humanity as Nature's Generalists - (27:35): What drove Anjan to Computers - (33:00): Building the Non-Inevitable and Confronting Silicon Valley's "Optimization of Means, Yet Confusion of Goals" - (39:25): Wandering Toward Daylight: a Computer that Doesn't Feel Like Other Computers - (51:02): Is Daylight paternalistic? The messy middle and the Case Against "sporks" or Sh* tting Where You Eat - (59:51): The Ultimate Messy Medium: The Phone as Our Main Relationship to the World and Starting Over with a More Simple Tool - (1:08:04): A Magical Companion: The Primer, Dynabook, or "Hobbes" - (1:13:31): Starting with Light - (1:17:32): Daylight as "basically Just a Screen" & Applying "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology" - (1:28:18): High Resolution Decision Making: Designing with Intuition and Developing the Right Kind of "Feel" - (1:40:24): The Four Dimensions of Daylight's Vision - (1:58:08): Growing as a Person and a Leader - (2:07:08): Growing Daylight the Company/Organism: Three Principles - (2:12:42): Competition, Scaling Daylight, Why Someone Should Work There - (2:17:45): Lighting Round: Paravel – Interactive Fiction App Developed for Daylight - (2:19:54): The Evolution of Books - (2:21:20): Most Influential Books on Anjan - (2:23:43): Is AI making Us More Human or Less Human? - (2:29:38): Boredom, Authenticity, and Integrity - (2:32:06): Faith and Spirituality - (2:33:04): What Anjan Has Learned from His Parents and What He's Forgiven Them For - (2:34:38): Lilo and Stitch - (2:35:50): The Most Important Thing
The Future of Money | MoonPay President Keith Grossman on Crypto, Culture & What’s Next
What happens when you combine visionary leadership, emerging tech, and a deep understanding of culture? You get Keith Grossman—president of MoonPay and former President of TIME—sharing his insights on how blockchain, stablecoins, and decentralization are reshaping finance, media, and the very way we define value. In this wide-ranging and energizing conversation, Keith explores: Why Gen Z’s digital ownership mindset matters How blockchain is laying the rails for a new financial internet The promise (and pitfalls) of crypto regulation What it takes to build trust in a decentralized future Whether you’re a policy nerd, crypto-curious, or just wondering what’s next for money and media, this episode is for you. The revolution won’t be televised... but it will be tokenized.
Unshakable: Growing Girls Who Know Their Worth
In this episode, I sit down with two longtime members of my Monday parenting group—Angela and Dana—for a candid and heartfelt conversation about raising confident girls in today's image-saturated world. With daughters navigating middle school, we dive deep into the challenges of body image, social media pressure, privacy, and societal expectations. We talk about the importance of modeling self-love, celebrating uniqueness, and creating space for our girls to build real confidence before the world tells them who to be. Join us for laughs, insight, and actionable tips on how to empower the next generation of strong, self-assured young women.
Matcha, robot boyfriends and guests I’d never re-invite: Blake in Los Fomos
Blake is the founder and host of Contextpod w. Boys Club, an onchain creator, investor and art historian. Do you think there are any guests she wouldn't re-invite to her show?? 🌶️ Become a producer of the show to support Los Fomos: subscribe on Hypersub: https://www.hypersub.xyz/dashboard/los-fomos-fm-producer-yfpf5xwg6qkg Join Los Fomos on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/los-fomos and X: https://x.com/LosFomos
Horror Filmmaking Initiative Award (Part 2)
DCP TALNT Cast welcomes back horror legend Jed Shepherd to award a supplemental award to the Horror Filmmaking Initiative.
Inside Coinbase Ventures w/ Hoolie: How They’re Betting Big on Base, Builders & Onchain Innovation
In this special episode, I sit down with Hoolie, Head of Coinbase Ventures, one of the most respected VC firms in crypto. We cover everything from the origin of the Base Ecosystem Fund to how Coinbase Ventures is shaping the future of Web3 through strategic investments. 🧠🚀 From Echo investing to the rise of the Coinbase Mafia, this episode is packed with insights for founders, builders, and anyone curious about what it takes to get backed by one of the biggest players in the space. 🔥 What We Discuss: The story behind Coinbase Ventures and the Base Ecosystem Fund Echo investing & democratizing access to early-stage crypto deals Where CB Ventures is focusing today: stablecoins, crypto x AI, DeFi, and onchain consumer apps How they evaluate a good investment (real examples included) The culture of innovation at Coinbase and the rise of the "Coinbase Mafia" Hoolie’s personal story and journey to leading one of crypto’s top venture firms
15: D.A. Wallach - Serendipity & Systems
D.A. Wallach is an investor, musician, writer, and polymath. Today he co-runs Time BioVentures, backing frontier life-science and healthcare startups. Before that, he was an investor in in SpaceX, Spotify, Emulate, Beam Therapeutics, and Ripple, among others, and toured the globe as half of Chester French. He also released music as a solo artist and was Spotify’s first Artist-in-Residence. Our conversation moves from engineered serendipity—the art of a well-aimed cold email & surfing the web—to complexity science, the Santa Fe Institute, and what better systems might look like. We dive into markets and medicine: investing with a creative mindset; timing in biotech including CRISPR and GLP-1s; and the tension between free-market innovation and healthcare as a human right. D.A. unpacks how incentives shape everything from venture bubbles to hospital billing and how LLMs might move us closer to a universal standard of care. In the back half we talk creativity, beauty, art, and performance. We discuss whether AI makes us lazy or amplifies originality, DA's many lives across art, tech, and business, and end on his plea for artists to reclaim their throne of "cool". I hope you're inspired by D.A's combination of curiosity and depth and are reminded that you don't have to stay in one lane, regardless of how impressive it might be. Timestamps: - (0:04) Hampton - (1:56) Intro to D.A. - (3:29) Curiosity, Serendipity, and the Power of Cold Emails - (9:21) Web Surfing & D.A.'s Potential One-Man Show - (13:28) Learning to Go Deep: Explore vs. Exploit - (19:18) Complexity Science, EO Wilson - (29:20) What Makes Santa Fe Institute Special? - (33:13) Complex and Bureaucratic Systems: How do you design a good system? And how do you change entrenched systems? - (40:25) D.A.'s Attraction to Markets and the Fed Challenge - (45:19) What Makes a Good Investor? - (48:30) Creativity in Investing, Index Funds, Elon's Take on a Great VC, and Venture Capital's Real Customer - (58:45) What Makes for Commercially Successful Creatives: Doing - (1:05:24) Gene Editing & CRISPR, What "Early" Means in Biotech, and Isolating the Bet You're Making - (1:12:48) GLP-1, Slow Burn Technological Innovation, FOMO, and Bubbles - (1:18:49) Healthcare Incentives: The Tension between Free Market Capitalism and Healthcare as a Right - (1:24:53) Patient Agency, LLMs, and Shifting Away from Paternalistic Doctors - (1:29:02) Progress Toward a "Universal Standard of Care" - (1:32:58) Artificial vs. Natural Intelligence - (1:38:32) Should We Limit Technological Progress? D.A.'s Response to Alarm-Sounding: Focus on Today's Real Problems & Solutions - (1:43:32) How Do You Keep Technology from Making You Creatively Lazy? - (1:52:37) Performance, Fame, and Authenticity - (2:00:27) Beauty As the Primary Motivation - (2:06:17) Multiple Lives, Art vs. Tech & Business, and D.A.'s Plea for the Artists to Revolt - (2:14:04) What Would D.A. Not Stop Doing for $1B? - (2:15:41) Lightning Round: Anonymity, Tyler the Creator, Pharrell - (2:20:04) African Studies at Harvard - (2:22:08) Favorite Jazz Album - (2:23:40) Finding New Music - (2:25:08) LA: The Most Open-Minded City - (2:27:16) What He Hopes to Teach His Young Daughter
From Airdrops to AI: How Moxie Is Rethinking Growth in Web3
In this episode of Growth Stories, Jason Goldberg (Airstack & Moxie) shares what it really takes to build lasting value in web3. We talk: 🔹 The vision behind Moxie and AI-native UX 🔹 Lessons from Farcaster, frames & airdrops 🔹 What growth looks like beyond the hype 🔹 How to help users earn while they sleepHonest, bold, and packed with insight for anyone building in the onchain world. 🎧 Mint the episode to get 2 free weeks of Moxie AI 🔗 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Pods.media
Why Twenty One Capital Is More About Volatility Than Bitcoin
The race for Bitcoin supremacy just got more complicated. Twenty One Capital, backed by Tether, SoftBank, and Cantor Fitzgerald, plans to stack as much BTC as it possibly can. But is this new venture really about Bitcoin … or about creating a hyper-volatile stock to play market cycles? This week on Unchained, Jeff Park of Bitwise and Mark Palmer of Benchmark join to discuss: Why SoftBank and Tether are a “perfect match”—and why they turned to Bitcoin How volatility, not bitcoin itself, might be the real asset investors are buying What Cantor’s involvement says about Wall Street’s readiness for crypto Why the launch timing matters Whether Twenty One could repeat MicroStrategy’s mistakes Whether these new Bitcoin vehicles are better bets than spot bitcoin or ETFs Plus, is SoftBank getting into crypto a top signal? 👀
Twenty One Aims to Buy as Much Bitcoin as Possible. Can It Succeed?
A new company called Twenty One is making waves—with a launch strategy that echoes Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), a cap table that includes Tether, SoftBank, and Cantor Fitzgerald, and a plan to acquire more Bitcoin than anyone else. They’re starting with 42,000 BTC, worth nearly $4 billion, and they’ve hinted they’ll use convertible debt, equity raises, and other market mechanics to buy more. But is this just a smarter MicroStrategy? Or a recipe for financial reflexivity gone wrong? In this episode, Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at VanEck, digs into: How the strategy works and why it could break What happens if the stock trades below NAV Why timing the market may be a feature, not a bug And whether this signals a new phase in corporate Bitcoin exposure Sigel also shares a bold idea for “BIT Bonds” that could let the U.S. Treasury issue Bitcoin-linked government debt. Could it work? Plus, Unchained regulatory reporter Veronica Irwin talks about her scoop that we might see a crypto market structure bill as early as this week.
046 - ask.
@cameron and @christin yapped about their current attempts at prioritizing todos, and the book “ask this book a question” by vicki tan !
GM Farcaster ep238 Friday April 25, 2025 with @esteez.eth /farcon-nyc
GM Farcaster ep238 Friday April 25, 2025 with @esteez.eth /farcon-nyc Happy Friday From our ChatGPT Intern: Today’s GM Farcaster opens with Adrienne battling seasonal allergies while Prof triple-wields caffeine to survive tech gremlins and a jam-packed news day, including a proposed funeral for V1 Frames (RIP old yoink!) and the ever-growing hype for FarCon. With Coinbase Wallet integration, airdrop drama, the debut of the Tipn frame that lets you throw pennies like a polite onchain gremlin, and @barmstrong low-key memeing on Warpcast, this episode is basically a caffeine-fueled scroll through crypto’s weirdest morning show. Thanks to our premier partners Octant and Lil Nouns DAO. Show Notes and Links -- full show notes on YouTube: Links from our chat with @esteez.eth: FarCon.NYC: https://farcon.nyc/ /farcon-nyc: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/farcon-nyc @esteez.eth: https://warpcast.com/esteez.eth Attendee directory: https://warpcast.com/dylsteck.eth/0x4d93f5fe FarHack Hacking Guide: https://warpcast.com/dylsteck.eth/0x9a1f96fc Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com. NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:04:57 Farcaster news 0:16:33 hi from Coinbase Wallet 0:20:16 FC Builders 0:23:26 Grace’s +1 search 0:26:04 FarCon chat with @esteez.eth
Arkai's first Moves on Movement Labs
Arkai is building a community on MovementHow to start and kick off a community on the @movementlabsxyz ecosystem?We met Sweet from Arkai shortly before the launch of their NFT collection. Some days later Arkai was minting out on Tradeport. In our talk Sweet is explaining how Arkai was building up on Movement and which ressources he reached out to kick off Arkai's journey on Movement. TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro 00:45 - From web2 business to web3 builders 07:30 - Arkai's NFT collection 10:40 - Collaborations with Movement communities 14:45 - Arkai's first moves on Movement Labs20:00 - Movement's solid community culture26:30 - Checklist for starting your journey on Movement31:10 - NFT communities on Movement38:20 - Importance of community for Arkai #Blockchain #Crypto #movement #movementlabs #MOVECAST #nft #MovementCommunity #gmove #art #tge #mainnet #movedrop #airdrop #aptos #sui #community #mainnet Follow on X: https://x.com/The_MovecastFollow Gorilla Moverz on X: https://x.com/GorillaMoverzFollow Usedtowels on X: https://x.com/BehemothBtcFollow zadam on X: https://x.com/gorilla_zadamFollow Arkai on X: https://x.com/arkaiworld
RG 15 | Hanna
reply girls is baaack with @ikbenhan, this one was in the works for many months before i finally caught up with her in denver 💕 we chat about the rise of female energy in crypto, her role at @Mantle_Official bringing opportunities to artists, how @sozuhaus connected her with the boys and petra voice, and shoutout the incredible brand activations from @berabaddies and @Uniswap especially the @unichain logo chairs
Courtside Crypto Episode 3: Build Your Tomorrow with Moonwell
In this episode, Tristan sits down with Luke Youngblood from Moonwell to dive into their mission of bringing the world onchain with powerful financial tools designed for everyone. From Moonwell's new VISA debit card to virtual bank accounts, Luke explains how Moonwell is simplifying onchain finance and empowering people across the globe to take control of their financial futures. 00:00 - Introduction 01:44 - Who is Luke Youngblood 03:30 - Moonwell Mission and Vision 06:40 - Virtual Bank Accounts 10:54 - The Power of Stablecoin Payments 18:45 - TradFi vs. DeFi 21:00 - Saving in Moonwell Vaults 25:00 - Doing More with Moonwell 29:00 - From Memes to Onchain Finance 34:15 - Lending Made Simple 36:45 - What’s Next for Moonwell 38:42 - Starting Your Crypto Journey 📲 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell 🔔 for updates on future episodes!
GM Farcaster ep237 Wednesday April 23, 2025 with Octant and @vpabundance
GM Farcaster ep237 Wednesday April 23, 2025 with Octant and @vpabundance Thank you to our premier partner Octant! And thank you @vpabundance for stopping by to fill us in on all the happenings at Octant! From our ChatGPT Intern: Today’s GM Farcaster is a full-blown mini app therapy session, with Adrienne ranting (lovingly) about error messages, developer overload, and the existential question of whether it’s a tunnel problem or a soul problem. With @VPAbundance joining to break down Octant’s onchain grant magic, FarCon chaos ramping up, and a vintage purple top hat becoming the degen symbol we didn’t know we needed, this episode proves that building in public sometimes means debugging your feelings, too. Full Show Notes and Links available on YouTube THANKS TO OUR PREMIER PARTNER OCTANT: @octant: https://warpcast.com/octant /octant: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/octant Octant site: https://octant.app/home Copyright 2025 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com. NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:03:05 Farcaster news 0:11:44 FarCon 0:26:38 @vpabundance /octant
Unleashing DePIN #059 | Building DePIN On Base - With Base's Head of DePIN, Luca Curran
On this episode of the Unleashing DePIN podcast, host Tyler Boscolo welcomes Luca Curran, the Head of Ai and DePIN at Base. Luca shares his journey from joining the crypto world to leading AI and DePIN at Base. We discuss everything from product building at Base, the advantages of layer 2 solutions, diverse developer tools, and Base’s vision for supporting builders. Luca talks about the ease of building on Base, its robust ecosystem, and innovative distribution channels through Coinbase. Tune in to hear about exciting DePIN projects like Dimo, Daylight in the energy space, and World Mobile, among others that are utilizing Base's ecosystem. Don't miss the chance to get the inside scoop of Luca's vision for the future of DePIN on Base. Follow Base for more updates and check out the links below to get more involved! Luca from Base Team 01:05 Luca's Journey into Crypto and Base 02:56 DePIN Focus at Base 06:27 Base's Competitive Advantages 11:39 DePIN Projects Building on Base 15:07 L3 Expansion and App Chains 18:44 AI and Deepen Integration 22:38 Privacy and Data Ownership 24:27 Why Build on Base? 25:34 Future Roadmap and Closing Remarks
Digital Fashion & Creative Freedom | Alice Delahunt (SYKY)
In Episode 2 of The Good News Is..., we’re joined by Alice Delahunt, founder and CEO of SYKY, for a conversation about the future of fashion in a digital world. From her leadership roles at Burberry and Ralph Lauren to launching a next-gen platform for emerging designers, Alice has been at the forefront of where tech meets creativity. We dive into how blockchain is reshaping the fashion industry, what digital identity really means, and why empowering creators is central to the next era of culture.
14: Alex Zhang - Curating Cultural Playgrounds
Alex Zhang (https://www.alexzhang.world/) is a cultural curator, community builder, and creative director. Currently, he's Chief Creative Officer of Powder Mountain (https://powdermountain.com/), a where he's working with Reed Hastings to create a globally unique ski experience that combines art, architecture, and lots of fresh tracks. Alex loves people and curating spaces and experiences for them: whether that means parties, music festivals, or mountain towns. He joined Summit Series out of school, throwing large scale events around the world and working on Powder Mountain, a Utah mountain resort the ownership group had acquired. He then joined one of the first social DAOs, Friends with Benefits (FWB) as Mayor/CEO, after being tapped by its founder Trevor McFredries to scale the tokenized social club beyond a Discord Server. He launched FWB Fest, an annual in-person music festival and crypto conference with past performers including James Blake, Charli XCX, and Caroline Polachek. Most recently, he joined Reed Hastings to return to Powder Mountain after [the Netflix co-founder acquired a controlling stake in the resort. Alex leads brand, art, architecture, and marketing. Blending culture, commerce, and "cool" is anything but a science, but Alex has made a career of it. I've known him for a decade and it's been a thrill to watch him continue to find strange intersections, blending worlds like music and tech, crypto and culture, and skiing and art. We talk about this, how to create spaces and events, living in the mountains, large scale art experiences, Christopher Alexander and Jane Jacobs, challenges in creating new cities, learning from Reed Hastings, and a life of deepening one's taste. I hope you enjoy and are inspired to life a more connected, playful, and present life. --- This episode is brought to you by Hampton, a private, highly vetted membership for founders. Hampton makes entrepreneurship less lonely by matching you with a core group of likeminded founders along with community, events, retreats, and more. Visit to learn more and apply: http://joinhampton.com --- Timestamps: - (0:05): Hampton: Dialectic's First Partner - (4:09): Commerce & Culture, Patronage, and Constraints - (12:17): Curating People, Spaces, and Art: "Host Energy" - (19:44): How to Throw a Party or Start a Scene - (27:05): Unlikely Intersections and Authentic Marketing - (35:36): Returning to Powder and Building a Unique Mountain Resort - (42:31): Utah and Mountain Living - (47:27): Randomness & Emergence: Christopher Alexander, Jane Jacobs, and Cities - (52:24): Creating a Digital Feeling of Place - (55:15): Network States and New Cities - (1:00:42): "Community" - (1:08:27): Organic Leadership Opportunities, Partnership, and Trust - (1:15:12): Focused Leadership and The Power of Memetic Language - (1:20:02): Learning from Reed Hastings as a Leader - (1:29:09): Getting into Rooms and Finding Serendipity - (1:32:58): Playfulness and Elon - (1:36:25): Intuition and Career Decisions - (1:39:10): Curating Music and a Life Goal of Refining Taste - (1:42:56): Music's Role in Creating Great Spaces - (1:44:08): Photography - (1:46:02): Beginning, Learning to Ski and Scuba - (1:48:10): Improving Los Angeles and What Makes it Special Links - Powder Mountain: https://powdermountain.com/ - Friends With Benefits: https://www.fwb.help/ - Summit Series: https://summit.co/ - How Music Works by David Byrne: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13235689-how-music-works - Studio 54 (2018): https://letterboxd.com/film/studio-54/ - Storm King Art Center: https://stormking.org/ - Naoshima Island: https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/220/ - Marfa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfa,\_Texas - "The world is a museum of passion projects": https://x.com/collision/status/1529452415346302976 - Roden Crater: https://rodencrater.com/ - Christopher Alexander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher\_Alexander - Jane Jacobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane\_Jacobs - The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com/ - Edge City: https://www.edgecity.live/ - Edge Esmeralda: https://www.edgeesmeralda.com/ - WSA, a Manhattan Office Tower, Becomes an Unlikely ‘It’ Building: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/style/wsa-building.html - Remedy Place: https://www.remedyplace.com/ - WAREHOUSE: https://warehousemotorclub.com/ - Was That a James Turrell I Just Skied By?: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/arts/design/reed-hastings-art-park.html) Dialectic with Jackson Dahl is available on all podcast platforms. Join the telegram channel for Dialectic: https://t.me/dialecticpod Twitter / X: https://x.com/dialecticpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dialecticpod/ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/40Po3pM Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4hpS4U7
