Episode 93 with Nill from Blockworks

Nill and I are close friends and it’s been fun to see his professional and personal growth

We talked about looming topics

> Current job market and conditions

> Institutional and retail crypto

> Nill’s success on TikTok

> Concerns with AI

Timestamps:

02:48 @BigNillCollect on landing the @Blockworks job

07:23 The TIF is crypto's 10-K

11:05 This crypto hiring market totally changed

15:43 Why tradfi guys get the leg up

20:16 Built an AI robot scraping Web3 jobs

24:43 Telling them I can fix that

30:55 Nil means zero goals scored

34:00 Grow faster collaborating with other creators

37:00 Known for my hair known for nothing

41:20 Getting fired with his kid home sick

45:24 Polygon was a piece of me

49:57 How to get out of the funk

55:24 Luck chases activity every time

Episode 93 with Grit Cult

Grit is one of the best cross niche posters on X

He talks about, AI, Crypto, Health, Motivation and Startups while having a pulse on culture + community

We talk about why marketing is dead and long live distribution

How his journey started and the upside to having a brand presence in the right niches

The importance of having a plan and not just commanding attention for the sake of it

2:42 @GRITCULT background in crypto and startups

5:18 How the Londonmaxxing meme was born

6:24 Marketing is dead long live distribution

10:30 Twitter is still massively underrated

13:59 Why Facebook fell off with Gen Z

19:18 Your social following gets you hired now

25:12 Crypto builders quietly pivoting fully to AI

27:59 Casino speculation hurt crypto long term

43:23 Treat content creation like a YC batch

49:25 Fundraising advice warm intros and timebox it

56:23 Andrew Tate invented the clipping model

1:02:07 Starting from zero to prove the point

Episode 92 With Star Platinum

Star has been a good friend of mine the last few years

It has been fun to watch him write threads on his phone and outcompete 99% of creators

He is consistently getting ahead of the crowd because he treats content like a job while respecting it as an art

We got to talk about all things content and what’s next for him and why he is pursuing it

2:23 @StarPlatinum_ building audience on CT

5:52 One platform for ten years which one

8:09 Writing viral threads on his phone

11:50 Spanish crypto media gets news late

20:18 Would you ever retire from content

27:47 Reply guy meta is a trap

31:29 Trump net positive or negative for crypto

38:47 Nikita and the X takeover hot take

43:17 How he would rewire the X algorithm

50:02 How to stay on top in CT

51:37 Inbound brand deals on traditional media

Episode 91 with FFV

I have known FFV for 4+ years now and met him during the NFT mania

He is one of the louder and logical voices of our industry

Enjoyed chatting it up with him about everything crypto, NFTs, AI and even personal overcoming’s

We also talked about where we think the world is headed

Timestamps:

2:08 Joining the pod @FFVV1211 from @ffvpodcast

3:07 Do you still talk to friends about crypto

7:25 What do people do when they quit CT

9:57 Was going to be an electrician then NFTs

12:11 Has CT become too welcoming

21:44 Pudgy should ditch abstract and refocus

29:28 Chains dont care about CT presence anymore

34:20 Crypto feeling like banking now

54:39 Is there an AI bubble forming

1:05:08 Lost 30K on one trade

1:23:08 No native NFT IP from Asia

1:36:08 America gave drug dealers licenses

1:51:53 Never dwell love every one of you

Episode 90 with Dyli

Everyone agrees that collectibles onchain makes sense

Blend that with live commerce and streaming it’s a recipe for fun the next decade

IPs and that include collectibles in to their ecosystem will thrive the next decade

The utility for collectibles is fun

Timestamps:

1:34 @jonahkitay and @needelman_ building @dyli_io

2:35 Clayno community crossing over to DYLI

6:15 Original thesis behind building DYLI

8:37 What it would take to land Pokemon

12:05 Seal to graded card without leaving home

15:09 How people buy in bulk on DYLI

22:27 Japanese products are the next frontier

26:19 Alpha on whats coming next for DYLI

29:59 Digital rip experience is coming

34:20 How DYLI sources and clears tables

39:03 GameStop buying eBay good or bad

43:36 Cardboard capital you heard it here

Episode 89 with Spike the Founder of Persona and Records Network

NFTs are back in a big way and collecting has become mainstream

Digital collectibles make a ton of sense to the average collector in and out of crypto

The desire to collect a brand or thing comes from experiencing the discovery of it

The team here is helping brands doing that

It was a good chat to talk all things IP, NFTs and AI

Timestamps:

2:10 @SpikePersona on building @Records_Network

3:46 Organic launch and brands came to them

6:35 How the Records idea was born

9:17 Web2 brands also want on Records

11:07 Content fi without the cringe

16:10 How hard is Records to replicate

19:49 NFTs finally having real purpose

26:09 Bullish on NFTs but the gap is widening

29:25 Royalties changed everything for NFT projects

38:24 Storytelling through innovation is the vision

43:40 Records is live on Base

48:24 The one man company is becoming real

Episode 88 with Mitch from Shown Media

Mitch won an Emmy award at 21 and founded a successful gaming organization at 17

Now with Shown Media they are dedicated to creating viral marketing announcements for brands that we know of

The world is heading towards cultural and nostalgic marketing lead with AI support

Timestamps:

1:46 @MitcheIl the Mr Beast of tech marketing with @shownmedia

5:07 Over 90% hit rate above 1M views

9:05 Ex MrBeast team and whats next for them

13:08 Make Roblox games look made by a 15 year old

21:00 Winning an Emmy at 21

24:35 Working with the director of Madagascar at Disney Plus

31:18 Being funny online cant be taught

33:00 How to actually go viral on Twitter

35:35 Platform to start on if you're at zero

Episode 87 with Henry CEO of Streamex

Finance is coming onchain and crypto products are meeting them half way

Many more crypto native enterprise companies are being listed on the NASDAQ

Expect to see more IPO's and onchain assets going offchain

We are no longer early to crypto

Timestamps

2:57 @henrymcphie_ building @streamex on Nasdaq

4:46 Gold with yield on chain

6:30 Where is the yield actually coming from

10:49 The team behind Stream X

15:00 Getting on Nasdaq via reverse merger

23:42 Token vs public equity explained

28:23 SEC and crypto clarity act update

35:52 Big banks waiting for someone to go first

40:15 Silver asset next then copper oil gas

44:08 Nasdaq listing tokenized assets soon

48:46 Zero fee gold ETF using yield

52:12 Proving out the model this year

Episode 86 with Kash the COO of Jupiter

There are important deals in the pipeline now for the Jupiter team

Traditional finance is coming onchain the mass adoption we looked to for years is here

1.2 Trillion in volume with 44 Million wallets are the numbers his team is doing onchain

Timestamps:

1:50 @kashdhanda on building @JupiterExchange

2:21 Drift hack 260M drained live reaction

7:36 Family safe word for AI scam calls

13:26 Quantum computing threat to Bitcoin

19:10 Jupiter 1.2T volume 44M wallets

22:21 Household name deal dropping soon

29:12 Teaching philosophy if not crypto

39:48 AI learning analytical vs emotional skills

41:56 Human creativity muscle atrophying

48:05 Go to every dinner and party

Episode 85 with Jesus Martinez one of Youtube's most successful creators

We talked about how well content creators do on YouTube compared to other platforms like Twitter

The difference between crypto twitter and youtube twitter and which has more impact on narratives and liquidity

And also mentioning how he got his start in the crypto space and how its changed his life

Timestamps

2:02 Mic flags

3:32 Last cycles success

5:49 Introduction to CT

8:15 "Lost everything" then making it again

11:10 @JesusMartinez Youtube breakdown

16:40 @StarPlatinum_ should go on Youtube

17:00 Monetizing on Youtube and twitter

20:07 Leaving old friends behind

24:32 Dubai and NYC

30:19 Web3 gaming

34:33 Surviving Youtube as a crypto creator

38:03 Difference between CT and Crypto Youtube

43:09 Power of the Youtube audience

48:58 The best news app in the world

50:00 Succeeding on CT

54:40 Web3 gaming

58:10 Did we bottom?