The blocmates Podcast

Alex and Gazz shoot from the hotel lobby in Seoul with special guest Mando of Rekt and YEET.  We're sharing mics while covering Aster vs. Hyperliquid and CZ's antics, the SEC signalling the beginning of crime season and anything goes.  OSF is working on his putting game while Mando tells us about Hotel Alpha and we discuss the birth of brand coins with Rekt absolutely crushing it and sel...

Plasma's mainnet beta and XPL debut Aster perps volume vs. Binance Senate panel's digital assets taxation hearing   The South Park prediction market skit

Tether is looking to raise ~$20 billion at a $500 billion valuation Stablecoins to be used as collateral for derivatives SBF says GM Aster flips Hyperliquid on the 24-hour revenue front Aster Chain rollout confirmed by CEO

Aster DEX volume surpasses Hyperliquid Crypto sees largest liquidation event in recent history YieldBasis set to be the first token to debut on Kraken Launch  The latest Hyperliquid tokenomics proposal New $550 million AVAX DAT

BNB chain takeover? Aster metrics look solid MetaMask to integrate Hyperliquid perps TGE week with Plasma Monad [MON] pre-market trading goes live Liquidation cascade unfurls, with BTC dropping below $113k

MASK token announced   Justin Sun launches SunPerp, a Tron-based DEX Doge & XRP ETFs make their trading debut Solmates launches DAT after $300 million raise Brian Armstrong closes NBA star's support ticket after 9 years

On the eve of KBW Mike has resurfaced for this week's podcast.  Our show's sponsor Yeet is literally giving away free money, sign-up and check it out on us: https://yeet.com/register?aff=blocmates500 It's been a huge seven days for pump.fun with the new streaming feature working wonders. That's on top of more pivots and conflict in the United Kingdom around our home country&apo...

Rate cuts and crypto rallies ETF flood gates to open soon CZ is officially back in the game Avalanche lands Korean stablecoin

DOJ <> Binance deal to be sealed soon Circle becomes stakeholder in Hyperliquid UK-US to join hands to support crypto adoption, regulation  HIP-4 to bring prediction markets to Hyperliquid  Rate cut imminent

Today's headlines include: •⁠  ⁠Pump.fun streaming hits high gear •⁠  ⁠⁠Ethereum unveils privacy roadmap •⁠  ⁠⁠Trump says it’s going to be "a big cut"  •⁠  ⁠⁠Tether's American stablecoin

Today's headlines: •⁠  ⁠USDH Conclusion Nears •⁠  ⁠⁠Solanat Treasuries Pile In  •⁠  ⁠⁠Global Liquidity Set to Rise into 2026

Today's headlines include:  •⁠  ⁠⁠AVAX treasury strategies  •⁠  ⁠⁠SEC ETF delayed til Q4 •⁠  ⁠⁠Pump.fun continues to dominate

Nev (@nevlyfans) joins Alex, Gaz and Grant this week to make it two in a row for the Australia contingent.  This week's obvious stories are the Hyperliquid stablecoin battle, Pokémon and collectibles hitting the timeline, and a series of scams, rugs, and Black Mirror tokens.  Here's our YEET affiliate link, go and earn some money: https://yeet.com/register?aff=blocmates500

Today's headlines include: •⁠  ⁠Sky enters the USDH wars •⁠  ⁠⁠Bitcoin Strategic reserve back on the menu  •⁠  ⁠⁠Someone got Pasternak’d •⁠  ⁠⁠Tom Lee is a trading God •⁠  ⁠⁠MegaEth flips the script on chain economics

Gaz covers prices and flows, and the headlines you need to know today, including:  - The Hyperliquid stablecoin battleground  - pump.fun buybacks  - Tether FUD  - Solana treasury companies

The uncs are in charge this week. Here's our YEET affiliate link, go and earn some money: https://yeet.com/register?aff=blocmates500 Joining Alex, Gaz, and Grant is Chop from Pyth, a fellow millennial and another man too old for crypto.  We're riffing on the last week in our industry and the headlines we most enjoyed, including: - ZachXBT's KOL list and the randomers earning $60k a...

Alex is back with Grant and Gaz for an extended episode with special guest Caleb from Football.fun, the consumer app that exploded across crypto Twitter this past week.  Caleb talks us through why the platform is so popular, how to win and make money, and what's next in terms of infiltrating U.S. sports like NFL, basketball and baseball so the burgers don't feel so left out.  We're...

Alex is out, KP is in… In this episode we unpack the Story Protocol mess - founder exit, $17 fees, and whether “soft rug pull” is fair. Then MetaMask’s mUSD and Circle’s L1 where USDC pays for gas. Clear takeaways for your wallet.

Ugh, sorry for the technical difficulties at the start of this one! Mando from of Rekt fame joins Alex and Grant this week for a special guest appearance. Some big news to cover, starting with the Kaito changes that have lit a fire in the bellies of the shameless leaderboard farmers. Depends which side of the fence you sit on here. I know where we stand.  We’re talking about Stripe’s announcement...

Alex and Gaz and joined by Waj as this week’s special guest jumping in for Grant while he takes a week out. We’ll start off with the boring but important regulatory stuff and then get into the cop who thought he’d get involved in a Bitcoin heist, Justin Sun the astronaut and is the directionless UK actually going to adopt crypto? We’ll see. 

Alex, Gaz and Grant cover off the main headlines and decide if Coinbase's latest product is garbage or not. Plus, we're getting into Polymarket's new competitor, why Elon and X are involved and why it stinks a little bit.  Also happy birthday Ethereum, we love you really.

Alex, Gaz and Grant are joined by mr Juhyuk Bak aka MORBID-19 straight outta Seoul for an episode dedicated to our lord and saviour Ethereum and South Korea. Not quite, but we’re discussing the last week or so Eth’s outperformance, the global marketing campaign that is taking over, plus: Is Ethereum pumping a bad thing? Are NFTs back on the menu? Charles Hoskinson’s (maybe) in the jungle taking ay...

There’s one story on the agenda today: Pump Fun and the $PUMP token launch. What has happened so far, what comes next, and is the token worth buying? Regardless of what you think about the platform and its impact on the space, there’s a trade here and a decision to make on how you play it. Ask yourself the question: do you want to be right, or do you want to make money?

Pump.fun just got flipped. And Zelensky’s suit causes uproar. The meme coin casino is getting wild... In this episode: - LetsBONK dominates launchpads – how to catch the next 100x - Is Pump.fun cooked? - Does Elon Musk's new party supports Bitcoin?