The blocmates Podcast

GM GM! Welcome to the third episode of Good Morning Degen. This is a 10-15 minute Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday Morning filling you in on the latest market moves in the crypto space. We will cover the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Prices, The fear and greed index, What are the biggest winners and losers in the altcoin markets and why these tokens are performing the way they are. We will al...

Grant sat down with Anton ( https://twitter.com/niarbnotna ) from Holyheld ( https://twitter.com/holyheld ) to discuss the next generation of crypto debit card. In this interview, you will learn how Holyheld allows you to spend your crypto directly from your self-custody wallet like metamask. This is a fascinating concept that one could earn rewards in DeFi and then use them to purchase IRL expens...

Grant, Dan and Jedi sat down to discuss the crypto news today: Is Ledger safe to use and store my crypto? Will crypto be tax-free in the UK because it is classified as gambling? What does the Axie Infinity Listing on the Appstore mean for GameFi? Does Tether buy Bitcoin? Is this another Luna and UST situation? We also chatted about the current altcoins in the crypto markets that we like including...

GM GM! Welcome to the second episode of Good Morning Degen. This is a 10-15 minute Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday Morning filling you in on the latest market moves in the crypto space. We will cover the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Prices, The fear and greed index, What are the biggest winners and losers in the altcoin markets and why these tokens are performing the way they are. We will a...

Jedi chatted with Prof Evgeny Lyandres a Finance Professor! ( https://twitter.com/lyandresevt), one of the co-founders at VirtuSwap. VirtuSwap protocol aims to solve the existing problems with DEXs by offering traders the ability to trade assets outside the top 5 with much-reduced trading costs. They are doing this by a revolutionary financial technology involving reserve-based virtual pools, alon...

Grant sat down with Nick (https://twitter.com/NickDrakon) the founder of Revelo Intel (https://twitter.com/ReveloIntel) Grant and Nick chatted about their crypto trading research strategies, how they approach their own research, red flags when investing in crypto, spread trading and how to do your own research when investing in crypto and wider markets. Join 7,416 others trying to stay ahead in th...

GM GM! Welcome to the first episode of Good Morning Degen. This is a 10-15 minute Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday Morning filling you in on the latest market moves in the crypto space. We will cover the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Prices, The fear and greed index, What are the biggest winners and losers in the altcoin markets and why these tokens are performing the way they are. We will al...

Jedi invited Steve (https://twitter.com/0xMetavault), the founder at Metavault to fill us in on all the products they are putting out on their protocol. Hugely ambitious and delivering relentlessly. Metavault. Trade offers various trading features such as:-Spot trading, which includes swaps and limit orders.-Perpetual futures trading, where traders can take long or short positions with leverage of...

Grant was joined by HKM.eth (https://twitter.com/hmalviya9) to discuss HKM's story of how he entered crypto. This is a common story told throughout the crypto world, from making over $1m to losing it all and then making it back again. HKM also goes into his YouTube Channel  @HiteshMalviya91  and how it aims to break down complex topics for a wide audience in the crypto space. Join 6,216 other...

Grant and Dan sat down to discuss this week in crypto. A strange IRS filing was released this week suggesting they are looking to claim over $44bn in Taxes from FTX. What does this mean for FTX holders with their assets stuck on the exchange? Will users get their money back from FTX? Or will the IRS take all the money from the recent recovery? Some other topics we discussed include:- Elon Musk Pum...

Grant and Mike sat down with the Tide (https://twitter.com/Tide_web3) team to discuss something super secretive that the blocmates team is working on...Tide is an incredible app that lets you create campaigns made up of a series of quests similar to Arbitrum Odyssey and others. This enables projects to reach out to additional users through incentivised customer acquisition channels to help them gr...

Grant was joined by the one and only Pancaksebrah (https://twitter.com/Pancakesbrah) to chat about... well, we didn't really plan anything so we just had a chat. We got into marketing, growth, his background, working in crypto and going full-time. The crypto conference cheat codes and geo-arbitrage. Go subscribe to @growthbros which is Pancakes' new growth podcast which I am sure will be...

Ryan ( https://twitter.com/CanteringClark ) is one of the best voices across the board for crypto. From trading to life, he inspires us to be better. So awesome for him to come back on and speak to us again. Go check out Ryan's free course https://www.blockroots.com/ Join 7,216 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to our free newsletter. Get ahea...

Grant was joined by Blue ( https://twitter.com/blueclarityone ) and Davide ( https://twitter.com/DavideFi_ ) from @TraderJoeXYZ to discuss the new Trader Joe v2 with Liquidity Book and Autopools. Trader Joe is a concentrated liquidity AMM on Arbitrum, Avalanche and Binance Chain. We discussed the JOE token, how to add liquidity on Trader Joe and much more. Join 7,216 others trying to stay ahead in...

Grant, Dan and Jedi discuss the craziest meme coin rally they have ever seen. Pepe Coin (PEPE) is about to reach a $1bn market cap, Wall Street Bets Coin is rugged by their scam founder. Can WSB recover as WSB Mod Steps up? Sui launches with large sell volume. Pepe Crypto is the new king in meme town. Join 7,216 others trying to stay ahead in the crypto, DeFi, NFT and Web3 space but subscribing to...

Grant sat down with Sami (https://twitter.com/0xSami_) from the one and only Redacted Cartel (https://twitter.com/redactedcartel) to discuss the upcoming release of DINERO. The imminent release of pxETH (a new Liquid Staking Derivative) from the Redacted Team will enable users to borrow DINERO against it. DINERO is a Collateralised debt position (CDP) Stablecoin that users can use to tip validator...

Grant sat down with Dash (https://twitter.com/ZacharyDash) from BlockZero Labs (https://twitter.com/BlockzeroLabs) and Flashstake (https://twitter.com/Flashstake) to discuss how it is possible for users to get their upfront yield in DeFi today. Users no longer have to wait for their annual yield. they can simply use Flashstake to obtain up to 2 years' worth of yield upfront! Join 7,216 others...

Grant sat down with TN (https://twitter.com/tn_pendle) one of the co-founders of Pendle Finance (https://twitter.com/pendle_fi) to discuss how you can trade future yields to optimise your tokenized assets in DeFi. If you are a fan of Lido and stETH or GMX with GLP - there are many strategies to lock in a fixed rate for your assets using Pendle Finance. Join 7,116 others trying to stay ahead in the...

Grant and Alex sat down with comedian David Boyle from the I'm Quitting Alcohol podcast to chat about his real passion in life that isn't, comedy or getting choked out in Jiujitsu... Bitcoin. This was a much-needed decompression for the blocmates podcast after months of project interviews. Boyle Links - I'm Quitting Alchohol - https://open.spotify.com/show/5sl90eruNwh5wABIILCS0bhttp...

Grant sat down with PiggyDev (https://twitter.com/piggydeveloper) from leNFT (https://twitter.com/lenftapp) to discuss how NFTs will be as interchangeable as traditional ERC20 tokens. leNFT is a platform that allows users to trade NFTs like they would on Uniswap. It also has a borrow and lend market similar to AAVE for NFTs. Disclosure: We have absolutely no benefit, value or financial incentive t...

Jedi dives into Cruize FInance with both co-founders of Cruize FInance Samarth and Prithviraj. Hardcore builders who really care about what they are building. Cruize Finance provides volatility-protected yield opportunities on crypto. The protocol provides vaults for users to stake their capital and generate safer yields using combinations of derivatives and bonds in pre-packaged instruments calle...

In this episode, you will learn how Spice Finance (https://twitter.com/spice_finance) aggregates NFT lending to earn its users handsome yields on their assets... Grant is joined by Shreddy (https://twitter.com/shreddydefi) and Oogway (https://twitter.com/oogway_defi). We like to think of this as a yield aggregator for NFTs similar to how you can deposit your assets into Yearn Finance and earn off...

In this episode, Grant and Jedi discuss what happens during a typical Bitcoin Altcoin cycle and why (despite having no use cases) do meme coins such as PEPE and WOJAK pump the hardest? It can be frustrating for projects with real-world utility when a project that comes out of nowhere, with no utility, surges to $100m+ in a matter of days. We explore why this happens and some of the people who made...

In this episode, you will learn how to earn maximum yield and an LP on Trader Joe Liquidity Book with the minimum amount of effort. Grant is joined by the SteakHut (https://twitter.com/steakhut_fi) team (https://twitter.com/0xWagyu_) and (https://twitter.com/0xRibeye) to discuss their impressive DeFi protocol. SteakHut is a yield optimiser that handles the complexities of providing liquidity on a...

In this episode, you will learn all about the new Bancor product Carbon. How to use the Carbon DEX to be profitable? Uniswap vs Carbon in a side-by-side comparison of profitability. If you want to use an on-chain order book in DeFi this may be the DEX for you. Interviewees - Nate - https://twitter.com/NateHindmanMark - https://twitter.com/MBRichardson87Bancor - https://twitter.com/Bancor Carbon -...