The blocmates Podcast

We three idiots sat down and covered the latest updates in the market. Some talking points were The Wintermute hack, zk next narrative, Ethereum proof of stake, Gensler and ETH in US jurisdiction, Wombat Exchange, HXRO Updates and much 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 person...

I was lucky enough to be joined by the Y2K team who is currently building on Arbitrum. The product itself allows users to hedge against pegged asset risk in DeFi. This is something not seen before in DeFi and could have resulted in a lot of people not getting completely wiped out by the likes of UST. This was a fascinating discussion and it is really cool to see such novel products being built in...

PART 2 of 2: Noah Seidman runs a YouTube channel that has become part of my weekly routine over the past 12-18 months. Noah's perspective on the markets is typically counter to that of the masses and this has allowed him to build a yield-generating portfolio that pays cold hard cash every single week. Learn how you can construct such a portfolio by visiting his channel and listening to his wo...

PART 1 of 2: Noah Seidman runs a YouTube channel that has become part of my weekly routine over the past 12-18 months. Noah's perspective on the markets is typically counter to that of the masses and this has allowed him to build a yield-generating portfolio that pays cold hard cash every single week. Learn how you can construct such a portfolio by visiting his channel and listening to his wo...

Grant, Jedi and Dan spoke about their thesis and predictions going into the merge. We discussed why LARPs exist and their role in the ecosystem. What we believe the next narrative could be and the likes of Manifold Finance, Handle Finance and Hxro Network.    Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news    Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free newsletter gives...

Jedi and Dan spoke about a large variety of topics including the $LUNAC rip, the upcoming Zebu Live Conference that we will be attending in London, Why is this bear market so ripe with builders and what happens to Ethereum miners post-merge? Handle Finance and much more...    Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency, deep dives, and market news    Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free...

In today's Friday episode, Jedi gives Dan some life advice about not fading his own advice, and a look into the strength and unstoppable power behind ATOM and MATIC. and Dan shares his story shorting MATIC before full send.  Plus more from Pelosi, Jim Cramer, J Powell and Arbitrum turns on the turbo boosters as its Nitro upgrade goes live.   Like, Share, and Subscribe for more cryptocurrency,...

Grant, Jedi and Dan discuss THAT Vitalik photo, the recent pump and are the bulls back, Has Bitcoin failed its narrative(s), Good Dog tokens, Lyra Finance and the Crypto options markets.    I'll give the funniest comment some magic internet beans...   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, a...

Jedi has a chat with Matt about the Metis ecosystem. The past, present and what is coming that could pave the way for governance and community participation perhaps for all ecosystems. We also look at the gamification aspect of how to maximise returns on all aspects of what Metis has to offer.   Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free newsletter gives out our personal picks for the week, what tre...

Grant is joined by Trading Tulips and The Aerarium Fi team to discuss the future of their project. We talked about Metis and their $100m ecosystem grant, the future of cross-chain and how the Aerarium revenue model works. Small Cap Scientist dropped by too you can check out his podcast Market Capping in the links below, it is one of our favourites.    Market Capping - https://www.youtube.com/chann...

Grant, Jedi, and Dan discuss how people can best position themselves for the Arbitrum Airdrop. What is happening with the ETH BTC Chart? Sudo Rare Rugs for $800k. Sam Trabucco steps down from Alameda Research as FTX ventures and Alameda join forces... There is a lot more so enjoy! Sign up for THE APE ENCLOSURE - Our free newsletter gives out our personal picks for the week, what trends we are seei...

Sign up to THE APE ENCLOSURE below - 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. https://blocmates.substack.com/     Grant, Jedi, and Dan sat down and discussed all things Metis. What does this Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution offer that other L2s don't? We dug into...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Beat the market with our front-running newsletter.  The Catch Up through the link below:    https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocmates-newsletter Jedi and Dan chat about market uncertainty, is the merge a strong enough tail wind? Why tornado cash are developers being arrested. Is code free speech? When is the bounce coming?   Past episodes you may also enjoy...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Beat the market with our front-running newsletter. The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocm... Grant and Jedi sat down with Alex the CEO of Umami Finance. This is one of our favourite protocols in the full game. Their new USDC vault which hedges GLP exposure to be close to delta-neutral earns depositors 20% APR. Remember US...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Beat the market with our front-running newsletter. The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocm... Grant, Jedi and Dan talk about Sudoswap and XMON. How to use Sudoswap? Adding NFTs as liquidity and more. What is the fair value for the HXRO token? What price will ETH be after the merge? Why is Bitcoin looking tired? Is the merg...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Beat the market with our front-running newsletter.  The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocmates-newsletter  Grant, Jedi and Dan go through all the latest crypto, web3 and DeFi news from this week including How did Curve get hacked? Is USDC blacklisted? Is your USDC Safe? Will Maker and DAI become a non-stablecoin? BlackRoc...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocm... Grant and Dan break down the USDC drama and how blacklisting is a slippery slope for any centralised stablecoin. Tornado Cash is being sanctioned by the US after claims that North Korea is using the p...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocm... A Capy Named Ben joins Jedi to discuss the latest developments in the crypto and DeFi space. You can follow Ben on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ubenjammin2 - Hopefully, we can convince him to join u...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocm... Grant, Jedi and Dan are back again talking a load of rubbish about the crypto, DeFi and Web3 space. We take a look at some charts, some lower cap projects. We take a look at what happened to the Slope...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocm... Grant and Jedi are joined by John and Nick from AvaLabs to discuss the Core Wallet and its user-friendly features. We discussed GameFi and the need for ease of use and how that will attract the next 1...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below: https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocmates-newsletter Grant, Jedi and Dan are back again talking a load of rubbish about the crypto, DeFi and Web3 space. We take a look at some charts, some lower caps projects that we like and also explore th...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below:   https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocmates-newsletter     Grant and Jedi are joined by John and Nick from AvaLabs to discuss the Core Wallet and its user-friendly features. We discussed GameFi and the need for ease of use and how that will...

Our top altcoin picks of the week, chad of the day, front-running alpha and airdrops to watch out for are all FOR FREE in The Catch-Up - Our almost-daily newsletter. The Catch Up through the link below:   https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocmates-newsletter    Grant is joined by Coinflipcanada from GMX to discuss how the past year has been for one of our favourite protocols. We discussed the Real...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below:   https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocmates-newsletter     Grant and Jedi are joined by their good friend Gunny from Hxro to discuss how he got his start in trading, raising money from SBF and the next evolution of on-chain derivatives Hxro...

Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter - Our top picks of the week, chad of the day and front running alpha all FOR FREE. The Catch Up through the link below:  https://mailchi.mp/857f84b13460/blocmates-newsletter   Grant sits down with Stephen the Calculator Guy to discuss all their favourite areas of this space, how he got his crew and how they defined their edge with one of the best Discords in...