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 7, 2026 • 8min
Wednesday, Jan 7, MSTR Surges 6%: Here's Why
MSCI confirms Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) will remain in its global index. Is this bullish for MSTR? Crypto.com partners with Stripe allowing merchants to receive crypto paymentsLighter begins begins buybacks from protocol fees. We dive into the numbers
Jan 6, 2026 • 8min
Tuesday, Jan 6, Polymarket to Launch Real Estate Prediction Markets
Did the US become the second largest BTC holder? Ledger falls victim to yet another major security breachPolymarket and Parcl bring real estate prediction markets to the public
Jan 5, 2026 • 11min
Monday, Jan 5, Are Memecoins Making a Comeback?
DEX wars - Hyperliquid vs. LighterAave's alignment proposal Upcoming MetaDAO ICOs to keep tabs onJupiter, Helium buyback updates
Dec 19, 2025 • 7min
Friday, Dec 19, Pump.fun Dev Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Macro updates from US & JapanPump.fun dev's 6-year sentenceFinal voting begins for Uniswap's UNIfication proposal Jump Trading gets sued by Terra administrators
Dec 18, 2025 • 7min
Thursday, Dec 18, Trump Announces $1776 'Warrior Dividend'
Trump's announces his first official stimmy - 'Warrior Dividend'Coinbase unveils Super AppRobinhood lists $PIPPIN, despite insiders controlling 80% of the supply ETHGas raises $12 million to create an Ethereum gas futures marketblocmates MetaDAO article & podcast plugged
Dec 18, 2025 • 1h 14min
2025 in Review: The Good, the Bad and the Even Worse
Alex, Grant, 563 and Nev jump on for our last blocmates pod of the year to talk about the good and bad from 2025. We realise there’s a load we’ve missed but without doing this for three hours, we don’t have much of a choice. Expect us to get into our personal choices for the best bits including HIP-3, Rekt drinks sending, the privacy meta and everything coming onchain.Things look good for 2026, zoom out of the market and let it ride.
Dec 17, 2025 • 10min
Wednesday, Dec 17, SEC Ends 4-Year Investigation Into Aave
Aave-SEC case dropped, Stani releases 2026 roadmapHyperliquid ETF to launch soonVisa to settle USDC payments on SolanaJapanese Yen stablecoin coming from Startale/SBI to launch in Q2 2026Securitize to bring equities on chain with full ownership rights
Dec 16, 2025 • 53min
Mewler: Euler X HypurrFi Exclusive
Dec 16, 2025 • 8min
Tuesday, Dec 16, Aster Launches 'Shield Mode' Offering 1001x Leverage
JP Morgan tokenizes MMF on EthereumCircle acquires Interop Labs teamSolana is under a historic DDOS attack, yet network is stableAster launches 'Shield Mode' with 1001x leverage available
Dec 15, 2025 • 9min
Monday, Dec 15, Juventus Rejects Tether's $1.3B Takeover Offer
Macro updates: Japan set to raise rates, carry traders out in forceTether is eying a raise at a $500 billion valuation Firedancer goes live on the Solana mainnetHyperliquid set to introduce Portfolio MarginThe Tether x Juventus takeover rejection saga
