The blocmates Podcast

Monad mainnet is off the ground and running SEC to discuss tokenized equities on December 4  CFTC greenlights Polymarket's US comeback State of Texas scoops up Bitcoin via IBIT Everything about the MegaETH pre-deposit drama

US government launches Genesis Mission to accelerate scientific discovery using AI MegaETH pre-deposit bridge opens today Galaxy Digital to provide liquidity for Polymarket and Kalshi   HIP-3 volume soars  Truth behind the billions in stablecoins minted and why no one announces when they are burnt and redeemed 

Monad mainnet to go live today 9am ET Cardano chain split saga triggers FBI involvement  HYPE updates, FUD, team unstaking, USDH, and growth mode Pump.fun cashes out nearly $500 million in the last 6 weeks

Crypto market sees major liquidations as prices tumble  MegaETH-based HelloTrade comes out of stealth  Kalshi raises $1 billion in latest round MSTR could be excluded from equity indices in January $JESSE token gets sniped

NVIDIA earnings beat triggers market relief Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk buys $18 million more Zcash The A-Z of the Base Chain controversy Hyperliquid's HIP-3 growth mode upgrade 

MegaETH mainnet beta to go live in December MetaDAO's latest ICO gets over $100 million in commitments Brian Armstrong talks about the market structure bill NVIDIA earnings break down  Kraken raises $800 million at a $20 billion valuation

Aave app waitlist goes live  Monad's underwhelming ICO stats  Who's buying the dip? Fidelity SOL ETF to go live tomorrow

Bitcoin "death cross" confirmed HIP-3 markets are picking up McDonalds sees record applications Japan easing cycle picks up Key data for the week ahead

Bears push BTC well below the 50-week MA Grayscale files for IPO OKX app allows DEX trading across Base and Solana Cash App to allow BTC & stablecoin payments in 2026 blocmates Solana Q3 report made "public"

Govt shutdown ends Crypto fear and greed index drops to bear market levels The Hyperliquid vault x POPCAT attack saga  Aave-Aptos tie up  Aerodrome and Velodrome's merger

We're discussing the grumblings across crypto that Monad has rugged its loyal farmers with a 3% allocation for the long-awaited airdrop.  Three years of tweeting gMonad leads to this?! How dare they! Also MegaETH revokes an ICO allocation after tweets insinute that there was an intention to sell, the U.K. shits the bed on stablecoins and Farage says he will save the day. What a week. 

JPMorgan rolls out JMP Coin  UAE executes its first transaction using the digital dirham XRP ETF to go live on Thursday Lighter raises at $1.5 billion valuation   Lido drops proposal for LDO buy backs

Uniswap's fee switch proposal  Monad tokenomics  Coinbase's ICO platform launch MegaETH x ICO Beast saga ETPs and staking rewards

US government shutdown is coming to an end  Trump promises $2k dividend for Americans  Ledger is looking to go public in 2026 Bitcoin and the 50 week moving average battle 

LayerZero buys $10 million worth ZRO   Ark Invest and JPMorgan unveil Bitcoin price targets OG whales have been selling Bitcoin all year Google to offer Kalshi and Polymarket data on finance searches

Trump says US will be the "crypto capital of the world" Ripple raises $500 million in latest investment round Robinhood ($HOOD) earnings: Revenue doubled ZachXBT teams up with Binance Chain

Bread (CMO at MegaETH) is this week’s guest with Alex and Grant. We’re discussing what’s gone down with MEXC freezing funds, the Balancer hack and Berachain, plus getting the info on what’s next for MegaETH ahead of launch.

Sequans becomes the first BTC DAT to sell its holdings  Wintermute says no more four-year cycle Berachain is back online after recovering $12.8 million Gemini to launch prediction market contracts  Government shutdown is coming to an end according to Kalshi/Polymarket

Balancer exploit breakdown Canton Network TGE and its upcoming $540 million DAT   Stream Finance and its $93 million loss  Strategy's new offering: Stream $STRE   The Wintermute x Binance legal saga

MEXC saga unfolded  The Fed's $30 billion injection Government shutdown updates CZ and his $2 million ASTER purchase PUMP airdrop soon?

Defi Dad and Nomatic join Grant and Alex on this week's episode to talk about the week that was in crypto.  We get into the Blockworks news and talk about journalism's place in crypto, as well as Kalshi and Polymarket's agreement with the NHL, ETHZilla let down the Ethereum bulls and we ask the fellas which project they're watching at the minute. Enjoy. 

SBF opens up about FTX's solvency Coinbase & MicroStrategy earnings round up Did CZ dump Aster?   MegaETH's historic ICO raise

21Shares files for Hyperliquid ETF  OpenAI's $1 trillion valuation and IPO buzz   Visa to adopt 4 stablecoins across 4 chains Macro updates: FOMC & Trump-Xi talks

ETHZilla Sells $40M worth ETH Mt Gox repayments delayed by another year Bitcoin treasury companies add to their stacks  MegaETH ICO sees 9x oversubscription

US-China tariff negotiations look promising Bitcoin selling decelerates  Pump acquires trading terminal Padre   Agent-to-agent transactions skyrocket Japan launches stablecoin JPYC