The Juicecast Ep. 20 - Gabriel Haines & crowdfunding on Juicebox to investigate SBF in The Bahamas
Matthew and Brileigh are joined by Gabriel Haines. Gabriel is a crypto content creator known for his shirtless videos in which he yells at the camera while waving a machete. After a recent crowdfund on Juicebox, Gabriel went to the Bahamas to investigate SBF in the wake of the collapse of FTX.
In this conversation, he tells us about the hummus to crypto pipeline and his journey as a content creator from making DeFi tutorials to his more recent yelling videos. He also tells us about the early days of DeFi, his reflections on what has changed, and what it’s like hanging around in Crypto Twitter during the bear of 2022.
Chapters:
00:01:00 Welcome
00:01:09 Gabriel's hummus to crypto pipeline
00:06:59 Gabriel's Juicebox project and his investigation in the bahamas
00:11:15 Juicy security incident in The Bahamas
00:18:39 The Haines family and Lee's background in creating content
00:20:30 The old days of DeFi when Gabriel first got involved
00:23:49 Building up a following as a content creator
00:25:20 The story of how Gabriel started yelling shirtless with a machete
00:28:32 NFTs vs web2 models of funding content creators
00:31:49 Explaining what your job is to people outside of web3
00:32:59 Being on crypto Twitter during the bear market
00:34:33 Fatigue of the "10 ways you can do X" giga-chad Twitter thread poster
00:36:55 Wrapping up
Topics Discussed:
Juicebox
Content creators in web3
Hot Dog Finance
Yearn Finance
Follow Gabriel on Twitter @gabrielhaines
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
Music by Darby Trash (Fruit Gushers)