The blocmates Podcast

The uncs are in charge this week.Here's our YEET affiliate link, go and earn some money: https://yeet.com/register?aff=blocmates500Joining Alex, Gaz, and Grant is Chop from Pyth, a fellow millennial and another man too old for crypto. We're riffing on the last week in our industry and the headlines we most enjoyed, including:- ZachXBT's KOL list and the randomers earning $60k a tweet- Are we too old for crypto? The Gen Z wimps have rattled us- Eliza Labs has been removed from Twitter by Elon- And Chop gives us an idea of what's going on behind the scenes at Pyth HQ after this week's big news

Alex is back with Grant and Gaz for an extended episode with special guest Caleb from Football.fun, the consumer app that exploded across crypto Twitter this past week. Caleb talks us through why the platform is so popular, how to win and make money, and what's next in terms of infiltrating U.S. sports like NFL, basketball and baseball so the burgers don't feel so left out. We're also covering Kanye West's token, the Stargate acquisition drama, Solana being bought by everybody and plenty of other stuff that's too long for the description. 

Alex is out, KP is in… In this episode we unpack the Story Protocol mess - founder exit, $17 fees, and whether “soft rug pull” is fair. Then MetaMask’s mUSD and Circle’s L1 where USDC pays for gas. Clear takeaways for your wallet.

Ugh, sorry for the technical difficulties at the start of this one!Mando from of Rekt fame joins Alex and Grant this week for a special guest appearance. Some big news to cover, starting with the Kaito changes that have lit a fire in the bellies of the shameless leaderboard farmers.Depends which side of the fence you sit on here. I know where we stand. We’re talking about Stripe’s announcement that it’ll be launching its own L1 dedicated to stablecoins, aligning with Grant’s theory from a few weeks back. Typically, since recording, Circle has also announced its own stablecoin blockchain.We can’t fckin keep up man.  

Alex and Gaz and joined by Waj as this week’s special guest jumping in for Grant while he takes a week out.We’ll start off with the boring but important regulatory stuff and then get into the cop who thought he’d get involved in a Bitcoin heist, Justin Sun the astronaut and is the directionless UK actually going to adopt crypto?We’ll see. 

Alex, Gaz and Grant cover off the main headlines and decide if Coinbase's latest product is garbage or not. Plus, we're getting into Polymarket's new competitor, why Elon and X are involved and why it stinks a little bit. Also happy birthday Ethereum, we love you really.

Alex, Gaz and Grant are joined by mr Juhyuk Bak aka MORBID-19 straight outta Seoul for an episode dedicated to our lord and saviour Ethereum and South Korea.Not quite, but we’re discussing the last week or so Eth’s outperformance, the global marketing campaign that is taking over, plus:Is Ethereum pumping a bad thing?Are NFTs back on the menu?Charles Hoskinson’s (maybe) in the jungle taking ayahuascaThe entire world loves XRPWhy South Korea loves crypto Price predictions for the remainder of the bull

There’s one story on the agenda today: Pump Fun and the $PUMP token launch.What has happened so far, what comes next, and is the token worth buying? Regardless of what you think about the platform and its impact on the space, there’s a trade here and a decision to make on how you play it.Ask yourself the question: do you want to be right, or do you want to make money?

Pump.fun just got flipped. And Zelensky’s suit causes uproar.The meme coin casino is getting wild...In this episode:- LetsBONK dominates launchpads – how to catch the next 100x- Is Pump.fun cooked?- Does Elon Musk's new party supports Bitcoin?