Imran and Qiao are back to discuss the state of the crypto market this Q1.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Intro
(00:00:54) Imran's New Look
(00:02:24) Winter Break Activities
(00:03:26) Reflections on the New Era of Crypto
(00:04:24) DeepSeek
(00:09:30) The AI Agent Craze
(00:10:59) "Are we near the end of the AI meta?"
(00:16:50) AI Impact and Adoption
(00:19:23) AI in Daily Life
(00:23:52) 1999 Style Bubble in AI Stocks
(00:25:15) Where Are We in this Cycle?
(00:26:29) Key Risk Factors
(00:32:02) "I find this AI meta uninspiring"
(00:34:34) "Pump.fun is now a startup launchpad"
(00:35:46) AI Meta Compared to DeFi Summer
(00:39:48) Decentralized Compute
(00:41:52) What is Glow?
(00:42:32) Energy DePIN
(00:44:29) Predictions for the Year
(00:44:41) "Trends actually matter now"
(00:45:26) Trends We're Seeing Right Now
(00:46:13) What’s Next
(00:47:56) Crowdfunding and Coordination in Crypto
(00:48:52) Stablecoins and Neobanks
(00:53:41) Influence of AI Agents
(00:57:49) AI Agent Meta and Social Tokens
(01:00:16) Market Predictions
(01:00:43) "AI agent meta killed the meme token meta"
(01:02:58) "How would you construct your portfolio?"

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