The blocmates Podcast

Grant sat down with Sreeram Kannanthe founder of Eigen Layer. Eigen Layer is a highly anticipated infrastructure layer on top of Ethereum which allows users who stake their ETH to Restake through the Eigen layer to earn additional rewards. This additional yield will be generated from leveraging the security of Ethereum to lend trust to other infrastructure projects.   Sreeram https://twitter.com/s...

The boys are back for the weekly catch-up after a wild week in the markets. The big news today is Gensler and the SEC are going after crypto staking, Kraken and CoinBase CEO Brian Armstrong was right about the rumours he was hearing.  Digging into some charts as Rocketpool hits an ATH live on air, the holy GRAIL that is Camelot Dex keeps going and MATIC...somebody knows something as it has been ho...

Grant sat down with Publius from Beanstalk to discuss the origin of the project, how Publius got into this space, the upcoming roadmaps and developments of the Beanstalk ecosystem.   Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.  👉 blocmates.beehiiv.com/subscribe 👈  Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free newsletter digging into a big topic, the latest hot cry...

Grant sat down with Darren from Roket Pool to discuss the genius behind Rocket Pool. In this episode, you will learn what Rocket Pool is, the benefits of rETH over other LSDs, the upcoming Atlas upgrade, and how the Shanghai Upgrade affects liquid staking derivatives too.  https://rocketpool.net/ https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool   Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and...

Grant was joined by Keone the founder of Monad. Monad is an EVM-Compatible L1 with transactions times 1000x faster than Ethereum. The team are ex-Jump and Jump crypto employees with an extreme level of understanding of how a blockchain should work in the financial world. this was a fascinating interview with an L1 that isn't yet launched. Could Monad be a main contender in 2023 and beyond?  S...

Grant sat down with Kirill from StakeWise to discuss their new upgrade coming to the protocol. Liquid Staking Derivatives are getting a lot of hype right now and for good reason. We talked about the importance of the Shanghai upgrade and what this means for LSDs and their tokens.   Follow StakeWise - https://twitter.com/stakewise_io   Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives,...

The boys are back! Grant, Jedi and Dan are in the studio for the weekly catch-up talking about NFT season on Bitcoin, how do you even create an NFT on Bitcoin? A look into the Canto ecosystem with the Canto Longneck NFTs plus a sneak peek at some of the governance proposals that might move markets including Floki, Rocketpool and Optimism.  Oh....and Grant gets bored again, explaining his very own...

Grant sat down with Devin from GammaSwap a new DeFi protocol that allows users to provide liquidity and stop LOSING MONEY. The risks of impermanent loss (IL) in DeFi are well documented. GammaSwap will bring an innovative product to the market that allows users to hedge their IL and bet on volatility.   For more info see:   https://twitter.com/GammaSwapLabsDevin -  @0xDevinG -  https://twitter.com...

Grant sat down with Beehiiv Founder Tyler Denk to discuss how The Ape Enclosure can leverage the incredible platform that is Beehiiv. We chatted about Tyler's journey to where he is now, and how he helped Morning Brew go from 100,000 to 3.5 million subscribers!   We also took a look at some of Beehiiv's best features. How would you grow your newsletter in the crypto space?   Enjoy the ep...

Grant and Jedi dive deeper into the Sturdy ecosystem with CEO Sam Forman. Sturdy is the first DeFi lending protocol for interest-free borrowing and 10x leverage yield lending. Sturdy has achieved upwards of $27m+ in TVL with no token (YET 👀).  Liquid Staking Products are also coming soon!    Follow Sturdy on Twitter 🏋️ https://twitter.com/pgpsam🦧 https://twitter.com/SturdyFinanceDiscord: https:/...

nftperp is just plain awesome! It is a perpetual futures decentralised exchange for NFTs on Arbitrum. This innovative platform that 0xJose and his team have built allows users to take long and/or short positions, speculating on the movement of the floor price of various popular NFT collections.   Imagine going long or short on BAYC!  Read about nftperp here: https://blocmates.com/blogmates/what-is...

Grant, Dan and Jedi sat down to discuss where the next capital rotation will go in the crypto markets. We talked about the Fantom Ecosystem, Sudo Swap, Hermes and Maia DAO plus a load of other altcoins that we like the look of right now.   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 pi...

Grant sat down with Adonai the Founder of Stream Finance , a protocol that will bring off-chain bond yields on-chain.   NOTE: WE DID HAVE TO CUT THE BACK-END STRATEGY THAT THESE GUYS ARE USING OUT PRIOR TO THEM GOING LIVE TO PREVENT ANY COMPETITOR FRONT RUNNING. THIS INFO WILL BE RELEASED SOON FROM THE STREAM FINANCE TEAM.   This past year DeFi yield really dried up through a series of deflationar...

Grant, Dan and Jedi sat down to discuss the importance of the Shanghai Upgrade which is a Hard Fork coming to Ethereum expected in March 2023. We took a look at what projects will benefit from this particularly the Liquid staking derivatives tokens and the exchanges that they are most popularly traded on.   Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.  https://w...

The three idiots are back discussing the two idiots and their attempt at a redemption arc... We discussed the GTX Pitch deck, The next moves for Bitcoin and Ethereum, Solid Strength from Solana SOL and Vertex Protocol's new DEX.    Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpdyXSI57g   Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Ou...

Grant and Jedi had the privilege of sitting with Ansem🦋and talking about his thoughts on the last bull market and how he is thinking about the year ahead.   Ansem🦋is one of the big thought leaders in the crypto space and has a very clear and deep understanding of any topic raised. Having made a myriad of brilliant calls over the last bull run we knew this interview would deliver more of the same...

The three idiots sat down for half an hour to discuss the recent pump, how long it will be sustained and the best-performing altcoins in 2023.   Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpdyXSI57g   Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free newsletter gives out our personal picks for the week, what trends we are seeing in th...

Grant was joined by alphakΞY the founder of PoolShark Protocol (https://twitter.com/poolsharks_labs) to discuss the launch of their new protocol. PoolShark Protocol will be a way for users to provide liquidity and protect themselves against impermanent loss in DeFi.   Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpdyXSI57g   Si...

Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpdyXSI57g   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://tw...

Grant, Jedi and Dan sat down and went through their 2023 thesis and which projects they have their eyes on for 2023. Some projects are released and doing well already. Some are unreleased and give you the opportunity to get in on the ground floor.    Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpdyXSI57g   Sign up for THE APE...

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 cover the essence of what has been 2022 and more.   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...

Jedi and Ben get together after a long break to discuss marco and crypto.  Referenced article:  https://dataalways.substack.com/p/ethereum-validator-withdrawals   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-ru...

The three idiots and Ben sat down to discuss 2022 in a review. We also did our mini awards ceremony which held the best project, best ecosystem, best personality, biggest winner, most potential, biggest loser and worst personality. Enjoy and thanks for a great year!  Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news.    Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free newslet...

Grant sat down with Darius the co-founder of Unlimited Technologies who is the creator of Vertex Protocol. Vertex will launch on Arbitrum with an order book AMM hybrid DEX something which has not been seen before.  This is a project that is not yet live so there is lots of alpha in this one.    Vertex links - https://linktr.ee/vertex_protocol    Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency,...

Jedi has a chat with Gunny the co-founder of Hxro Labs whilst they do a walk-through of Iconic Markets UI/UX.    Check it out at https://iconicmarkets.io/  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 i...