

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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Apr 11, 2023 • 47min
Lido and Gearbox Protocol Round Table | Discussing Liquid Staking Derivatives
This video was hosted on Twitter Spaces by Grant from blocmates (https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcom) - This was a discussion leading up to the Shanghai Upgrade that will enable ETH to be removed from the Beacon Chain. Carvas (https://twitter.com/0xCarvas) from Lido (https://twitter.com/LidoFinance) is a liquid staking derivative provider of ETH and other network tokens. stETH from Lido allows users to earn ETH validator and staking rewards. Mugglesect (https://twitter.com/mugglesect) and Amplic (https://twitter.com/astr0bas3d) from Gearbox Protocol (https://twitter.com/GearboxProtocol) allows users to gain leverage to different LSD strategies including stETH and others. Join 6,016 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈Join the official Ape Enclosure telegram news channel to keep up to date👉 https://t.me/theapeenclosure 👈🏋️ Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcomhttps://twitter.com/jediblocmateshttps://twitter.com/danblocmateshttps://twitter.com/theapeenclosureJoin us in Discord:🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmatesHere's our Patreon:🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at:🦧 https://blocmates.com/Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we are simply commenting on what is going on in the markets and the world. Do your own research--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 5min
Arbitrum Governance Fails | CZ Binance Red Notice FUD | LSD and Uniswap v3 Related Projects
Grant, Jedi and Dan sat down and discussed the Arbitrum AIP-1 ARB sell-off prior to the governance vote being passed. CZ and Binance respond to wrongly reported red notice rumours from the block. We take a look at liquid staking token projects going into the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade, Some concentrated liquidity projects and also some future yield projects. Join 6,016 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈Join the official Ape Enclosure telegram news channel to keep up to date👉 https://t.me/theapeenclosure 👈🏋️ Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcomhttps://twitter.com/jediblocmateshttps://twitter.com/danblocmateshttps://twitter.com/theapeenclosureJoin us in Discord:🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmatesHere's our Patreon:🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at:🦧 https://blocmates.com/Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we are simply commenting on what is going on in the markets and the world. Do your own research--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Apr 5, 2023 • 46min
An Interview With Alchemix Finance Founder Scoopy Trooples | Self Raying Loans in DeFi | ALCX
Grant sat down with Scoopy (https://twitter.com/scupytrooples) from Alchemix (https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi) to discuss the latest updates with the Alchemix Fi product. the conversation covers Alchemix's self-repaying DeFi loans, their latest self-renewing ENS product, the new ALCX token veALCX and much more. Join 6,016 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈Join the official Ape Enclosure telegram news channel to keep up to date👉 https://t.me/theapeenclosure 👈🏋️ Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcomhttps://twitter.com/jediblocmateshttps://twitter.com/danblocmateshttps://twitter.com/theapeenclosureJoin us in Discord:🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmatesHere's our Patreon:🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at:🦧 https://blocmates.com/Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we are simply commenting on what is going on in the markets and the world. Do your own research--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Mar 30, 2023 • 40min
Gumball Protocol Interview | Trading NFTs on Arbitrum Just Got Better
Grant sat down with Broccoli (https://twitter.com/BroccoliHampt0n) and Heesh (https://twitter.com/HashedHeesh) from GumBall Protocol (https://twitter.com/GumBallProtocol) to chat about their NFT-Fi project on Arbitrum. Join 5,675 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈Join the official Ape Enclosure telegram news channel to keep up to date👉 https://t.me/theapeenclosure 👈🏋️ Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcomhttps://twitter.com/jediblocmateshttps://twitter.com/danblocmateshttps://twitter.com/theapeenclosureJoin us in Discord:🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmatesHere's our Patreon:🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at:🦧 https://blocmates.com/Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we are simply commenting on what is going on in the markets and the world. Do your own research--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 8min
Unstoppable - Putting Centralised Exchanges out of Business with a public launch on the 29th March.
Jedi dives straight into Unstoppable with co-Founder 0xNic and discusses integrated margin trading, single-sided LPing, instant Fiat on/offramp and a mass-adoption friendly wallet. The best part is that there are no VCs and presales. A straight-up public sale with the much-loved auction model.Important linkshttps://www.unstoppable.ooo/Beta: https://dex-beta.unstoppable.ooo/https://twitter.com/UnstoppableFihttps://twitter.com/_0xNic_blocmates article: A Complete Guide to Unstoppablehttps://blocmates.com/blogmates/what-is-unstoppable-a-complete-guide/Join 5000 others who are ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space by subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈Join the official Ape Enclosure telegram news channel to keep up to date👉 https://t.me/theapeenclosure 👈🏋️ Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcomhttps://twitter.com/jediblocmateshttps://twitter.com/byChadManDanhttps://twitter.com/theapeenclosureJoin us in Discord:🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmatesand online at:🦧 https://blocmates.com/Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we are simply commenting on what is going on in the markets and the world. Do your own research.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Mar 23, 2023 • 52min
ARB AIRDROP LAUNCH DAY - ARBITRUM PROJECTS TO WATCH
Grant, Dan and Jerri discussed the arbitrum airdrop ARB launch happening today and what this means for the arbitrum ecosystem projects. We discussed the ARB listing price and theoretical prediction based off of the current demand. What arbitrum projects are going to benefit from the arbitrum airdrop?Join 5,000 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈Follow us on Twitter:🦧 https://twitter.com/jediblocmates🏋️ https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcomJoin us in Discord:🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmatesHere's our Patreon:🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at:🦧 https://blocmates.com/Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we merely comment on what is happening in the markets and the world. Do your own research!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Mar 16, 2023 • 58min
Factor DAO on building decentralised asset managment | With Co-Founder Kurapika
Jedi had a conversation with Kurapika, co-founder of Factor DAO. Factor aims to democratise & decentralise asset management. It will allow DeFi participants to gain exposure to relatively risk-averse strategies potentially, and more importantly, an opportunity to handpick a strategy based on their liking – from a host of innovative and interesting options. After a hugely successful raise, Factor now get's to focus on building out these ambitious goals. https://twitter.com/Kurapika_DAO https://twitter.com/FactorDAO https://linktr.ee/factor.fi Factor Roadmap https://twitter.com/FactorDAO/status/1630281753393758209?s=20 veFactor is live. https://twitter.com/FactorDAO/status/1633165725950181376?s=20 Join 4000 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈 Join the official Ape Enclosure telegram news channel to keep up to date 👉 https://t.me/theapeenclosure 👈 🏋️ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcom https://twitter.com/jediblocmates https://twitter.com/byChadManDan https://twitter.com/theapeenclosure Join us in Discord: 🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmates Here's our Patreon: 🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at: 🦧 https://blocmates.com/ Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we are simply commenting on what is going on in the markets and the world. Do your own research.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Mar 14, 2023 • 39min
What's next for nftperp? Airdrop Incoming 🪂
Jedi has a catchup call with 0xJose around everything that has been rolled out by nftperp over the last two months. From the launch of their beta to another trading competition these guys just know no chill. Jo lets us know about a free NFT Airdrop so listen out for that. Read about nftperp here: https://blocmates.com/blogmates/what-is-nftperp-a-complete-guide/ https://blocmates.com/blogmates/how-to-use-nftperp-a-step-by-step-walkthrough/ Follow nftperp - https://twitter.com/The0xJoseTwitter: https://twitter.com/nftperpDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/m8DGMgfhMgBlog: https://app.nftperp.xyz/blogMedium: https://medium.com/@nftperp Join 5,000 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈 Follow us on Twitter: 🦧 https://twitter.com/jediblocmates🏋️ https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcom Join us in Discord: 🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmates Here's our Patreon: 🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at: 🦧 https://blocmates.com/ Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we merely comment on what is happening in the markets and the world. Do your own research! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Mar 10, 2023 • 56min
The FEDS Move Silk Road Bitcoin | Vitalik dumps his bags
Grant, Jedi and Dan sat down to discuss the latest news this week in crypto. We covered the Silk Road seized Bitcoin being moved to Coinbase, Vitalik dumps MOPS, CULT and SHIK for 100s of thousands of dollars. The new STG Stargate issuance of tokens, grifters in the industry and much much more. In this video, we are discussing the importance of the FED move Silk Road Bitcoin and why Vitalik has dumped his bags. Bitcoin is one of the most important cryptocurrencies on the market and this move by the FED is sure to have an impact on the value of Bitcoin. In this video, I'm discussing the importance of the FED move Silk Road Bitcoin and why Vitalik has dumped his bags. Join 5,000 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahead in less than 5 minutes, 2 times a week. 👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈 Iconic Markets - https://iconicmarkets.io/ Join the official Ape Enclosure telegram news channel to keep up to date 👉 https://t.me/theapeenclosure 👈 🏋️ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blocmatesdotcom https://twitter.com/jediblocmates https://twitter.com/byChadManDan https://twitter.com/theapeenclosure Join us in Discord: 🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmates Here's our Patreon: 🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at: 🦧 https://blocmates.com/ Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we are simply commenting on what is going on in the markets and the world. Do your own research--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message

Mar 9, 2023 • 1h 11min
What is going on in crypto at the moment? Rationality, Insight, and Madness Part 2
Noah, Ben and Jedi get together after a long break to discuss marco and crypto. From the rational, to the insightful and a dash of madness they look to projects they like with the unusual art of avoiding questions. For reference check out our thesis on Tapioca. https://blocmates.com/blogmates/the-definitive-guide-to-tapiocadao/ For reference check out our thesis on IPOR. https://blocmates.com/blogmates/what-is-ipor-a-complete-guide/ Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news. Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free newsletter gives out our personal picks for the week, what trends we are seeing in the crypto space, and front-running information you cannot find anywhere else. 👉Blocmates.substack.com 👈 Follow us on Twitter: 🦧 https://twitter.com/jediblocmates🏋️ https://twitter.com/ubenjammin2🦧 https://twitter.com/noahseidman Join us in Discord: 🦧 https://discord.gg/blocmates Here's our Patreon: 🏋️ https://www.patreon.com/blocmates and online at: 🦧 https://blocmates.com/ Note: This is simply for entertainment purposes. Nothing in this video is financial advice as we merely comment on what is happening in the markets and the world. Do your own research.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message


