Boys Club

On this episode, Deana and Natasha bring on one of their most online friends, Trevor McFedries, founder of FWB & Brud, to tell us two internet stories. We go from male body dysmorphia to a Pokemon scams. Links in order of appearance:  Stories:  Sam Sulek Instagram //  Sam Sulek Tiktok AI Baby Yassified Harry Potter // Natasha's fav remix Blakes Break Send in your own internet story findings. Email hi@boysclub.vip or DM Deana here and Natasha here.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.

Natasha and Deana deliver 10ish minutes of notable moments from the testimony of former FTX executive Nishad Singh in the SBF trial on October 16.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

Natasha is back in the courtroom, and delivering 10ish minutes of notable moments from the testimony and cross examination of Zac Prince in the SBF trial on October 13.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

Natasha is back in the courtroom, and delivering 10 minutes of notable moments from the defense's cross-examination of Caroline Ellison in the SBF trial on October 12.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

Natasha went down to the courtroom, and is delivering 10 minutes of notable moments from the SBF trial on October 11. Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.  

Natasha and Deana sit down with Centrifuge co-founder Cassidy Daly to get a briefing on real world assets (RWAs) and how they are poised to change the financial industry for the better.  They end the episode with draft tweets covering Boba Tea and being embarrassing online.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.     Topics covered:  Real World Assets (RWAs): Cassidy gives a primer on RWAs, emphasizing that they are tangible assets brought onto the blockchain, modernizing the financial system. Examples: Invoices, mortgages, car loans, inventory. Centrifuge's Role: Platform connecting RWAs to liquidity in decentralized finance (DeFi). Emerged from a project named Taulia, which focused on supply chain financing for small and medium-sized businesses. Tokenization: Tokenizing can provide authenticity and a track record of ownership. Not all physical objects need to be tokenized; the importance lies in the potential use cases. Benefits of Tokenizing RWAs: Disintermediation, transparency, speed, efficiency, and cost reduction. Removal of unnecessary intermediaries. Regulatory Challenges: Crypto industry dealing with existential regulatory challenges. Importance of working with regulators to ensure the existence of permissionless platforms.

In the Feelings Check-In, Deana and Natasha bring on AI expert Sam Stevens to unpack an AI trend that emerged this week, and then they share personal feelings about their lives and careers. Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.   Are AI startups soft launching a police state or just rolling out hardware MVPs? First up, Sam gives us the lay of the AI wearable land, from Humane to Meta's Ray Bans, and a battle royale for AI necklaces. She covers the 101 and why the wearables seemed to have exploded this week. We close out this part of the episode with some of Sam's raw feelings on these trends as a founder in this space In personal feelings, they discuss the cringe of building a personal brand, being perceived, and the creative block that's felt when it's tied up in your livelihood. Notes: Follow Sam on Twitter

On this episode of 'Too Online,' Deana and Natasha break down four internet stories from the week. Natasha delves into two different internet native performance art pieces, and Deana focuses in on her new beat, loosely defined as white woman wellness.    Stories:  Carrot Tan Sunday Nobody - Hot Dog Art Plastic in Receipts Mehran's Steakhouse   This format is still in pilot mode, so please let us know what you like or what you don't like, or send in your own internet story findings. Email hi@boysclub.vip or DM Deana here and Natasha here.    Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.

In the Feelings Check-In, Deana and Natasha unpack a news story from this past week, and then they share personal feelings about their lives and careers. Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.   First, they dive into a crypto news story of the week: Chase Bank's decision to ban crypto transactions in the UK. They unpack the broader implications of the Chase decision: Fraud concerns, JP Morgan's involvement in blockchain, and the UK's pro-crypto stance. They highlight Bill Gurley's talk on "regulatory capture" and its implications for business and innovation. In personal feelings, they discuss the complexities of supporting community-driven initiatives, especially those that might be controversial. Sharing the concept of the Blockchain Bachelor and the involvement of Martin Shkreli. Notes: Kelly Greer's Series B tweet Bill Gurley's talk on Regulatory Capture

On this episode of 'Too Online,' Deana and Natasha bring on a chronically online guest to spill on their internet findings. Emily Chappell the Digital Creative Lead at Morning, gets anthropological telling two internet stories. We close out the episode with Natasha going even deeper into one of these stories. In order of appearance: Tube girl-Tube girl here -Reactions to her capture style here and here  -25 year old dude content here Dismant-lol-Elon Musk's Anti-Establishment vibe here -Backstreet boy's reunion tour here -Algospeak (aka Neo Aesopian language)  Tiktok Art History-What Abstract Expressionism has to do with Tube Girl here Morning website Morning on Instagram This format is still in pilot mode, so please let us know what you like or what you don't like, or send in your own internet story findings. Email hi@boysclub.vip or DM Deana here and Natasha here.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.