The blocmates Podcast
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The weekly podcast from the blocmates camp with Alex, Grant and Gazz, covering all the news that we've found the most worthwhile to talk about from the past week in crypto. Rate us FIVE STARS or please do one.
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Jan 19, 2026 • 9min
Monday, Jan 19, Zach Receives 10,000 HYPE From Hyperliquid Team
Macro pressure mounts as Trump hits NATO allies with Greenland tariffsAnalyzing Bags app's volume spike Trove ICO smells like a scam, MLM on the sceneZachXBT receives 10,000 HYPE tokens from the Hyperliquid Team
Jan 16, 2026 • 7min
Friday, Jan 16, Sport.Fun Debuts its $FUN Token
Nikita nukes info-fiClaude AI meta kicks up a gearSport.fun debuts its $FUN token What's up with Pump.fun?Clarity act latest updates
Jan 15, 2026 • 1h 5min
Why Taking an Optimistic View of AI, Crypto and Humanity’s Chances Makes Way More Sense
TR joins this week for a general chat about the state of things online and where the world’s going.The Delphi research man has a view that you may as well edge towards optimism when it comes to the rapid developments of tech in our society, because why have it any other way?We talk about the algorithm changes, if crypto still has a future and where we’ll end up with tokens.
Jan 15, 2026 • 9min
Thursday, Jan 15, Meta's Metaverse Division Hit By 1500 Job Cuts
Meta lays off 1500 staff from metaverse divisionCoinbase withdraws support from crypto market structure bill SEC brings an end to ZCash investigationAre Hyperliquid competitors running out of catalysts?
Jan 14, 2026 • 7min
Wednesday, Jan 14, CoinGecko Explores Sale Options at $500M
US inflation data updates Trump's roadmap for the Fed CoinGecko's sale plans21Shares' latest Gold, Bitcoin ETP launch
Jan 13, 2026 • 7min
Tuesday, Jan 13, Former NYC Mayor Orchestrates $3.5M Rug Pull
Former New York Mayor, Eric Adams, allegedly orchestrates $3.5 million rug pullProgress made on Clarity Act, committee set to meet on ThursdaySaylor buys $1.25 billion worth BTCPump.fun moves ICO raise funds, where did they go?Looking for market neutral yield? Check out our latest article on Neutrl
Jan 12, 2026 • 7min
Monday, Jan 12, Twitter To Roll Out "Smart Cashtags"
Trump threatens Powell and Fed independence X to roll out "smart cashtags"Tether freezes funds as privacy meta moonsPump.fun to make changes to creator fees
Jan 9, 2026 • 7min
Friday, Jan 9, What's Up With Zcash?
What's up with Zcash?Vitalik's cypherpunk arcAll updates w.r.t. Optimism and buybacks
Jan 8, 2026 • 7min
Thursday, Jan 8, Discord Files for IPO
Wyoming launches its own stablecoin Polymarket goes exclusive with Dow Jones and WSJDiscord files for IPOSolana Seeker seals TGE date
Jan 8, 2026 • 42min
Why Infinex Is Coming Under Fire Again and Will Memes Will Win in 2026?
Auld Lang Syne, a song by Rod Stewart.Happy New Year, everyone. It's nice to be back. We thought it'd be tumbleweed for the first week of January but that's not been the case.Kain and Infinex have found themselves in hot water again but is it just nonsense? Prediction markets and insider trading is seemingly big on the menu in every industry across the world, but do they even care?And memes have come out of the gates strong in 2026, who knew. So we'll offer up some thoughts on that one as well. Thanks for being here!
