The blocmates Podcast

Oil, macro backdrop, and HIP-3 updates  Tether to bring USDT to the Bitcoin network Strategy STRC stock sales explained 

OKX gets $200 million investment from NYSE parent company ICE at $25 billion valuation Crypto and TradFi converge - Revolut/Coinbase/Morgan Stanley Justin Sun (His Excellency) escapes SEC with $10 million fine  

Decoding the reasons for BTC's pump  Kraken becomes the first crypto company on the Federal Reserve's payment rails a16z and Paradigm are raising $3.5 billion combined 

In this episode, Grant and Alex are joined by Lucas (@hyperonline) to navigate a week that can only be described as chaotic.  From the White House to the Pentagon and the Silicon Valley classroom of a 19-year-old founder, we explore who truly controls the world's most powerful technologies.

US crypto-linked perpetual futures to soon launch Aave Chan Initiative leaves the DAO  Pantera Capital on x402 and its prospects 

Who's buying the dip? Tokenized gold's price surge  Tennessee to stack Sats  

Geopolitics pushed traders to Hyperliquid over the weekend SpaceX IPO plans + state of its BTC stack Clarity Act stalls over stablecoin yield

Block cuts workforce by half because of "AI" Solana launches Payments  ZachXBT reveals Axiom employee who indulged in insider trading 

All about Ethereum's 'Strawmap' roadmap Tether invests $200 million in Whop   Jane Street boogeyman theories  

Stripe annual report highlights   Meta and stablecoins    Bottom signals  

All about ZachXBT's announcement of an announcement  IBM gets one-shotted by Anthropic Vitalik keeps selling ETH - Here's why

Aave's lead builder BGD just walked out  Lobstar AI accidentally sent a quarter million dollars to a stranger Citrini Research just published a scenario where AI bullishness is actually bearish

Polymarket's big 24 hours   Kraken's Magna acquisition  CME is going 24/7

Hyperliquid just opened a lobbying office in Washington Coinbase is ripping Base off the OP Stack OpenAI is testing whether AI agents can drain smart contracts

Another week at it, folks. Discussing if we think Nikita might be able to save the day for CT if we see the end of creator fees.  We also cover the apparent unwanted encroachment of crypto in AI (even though it makes sense!), ETH Denver, why bear markets are the best for making pals and some other stuff. Enjoy.

All about Conway - AI agents that are paying their own bills Harvard's first bet on Ethereum  Arthur Hayes thinks AI is about to crash the banking system 

Jupiter Lend unlocks $30 billion in idle capital with native staking integration Brazil plans to acquire 1 million BTC over 5 years Grayscale files for Aave ETF  

The Tether and Dreamcash deal  Netherlands and the unrealized gains tax saga  BIP-360 vs. quantum threats  

Breaking down the "Aave Will Win" proposal Hyperliquid Strategies' earnings call Coinbase's Q4 performance

BlackRock, DeFi, BUIDL, Uniswap - What's cooking? Aster Chain to go live in March Vitalik on Ethereum's AI approach 

All about LayerZero's Zero Chain Stripe ships x402 tech on Base Robinhood Chain testnet & Q4 results context

Buy the Dip: Saylor and Lee's crypto purchases continue  MegaETH mainnet goes live Hyperliquid flips Coinbase on annual volume front