Good Game

Imran sat down with Raj to talk about the history of Solana.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:13) Meeting Anatoly and Founding Solana
(07:11) Building the Solana Team
(10:26) Raj's Superpower
(13:42) Persistence & Long-Term Vision
(19:23) "There's always another motivation you can find"
(20:19) Early Days of Solana
(20:46) Recruiting for Solana
(28:49) Persistence in Capitalism and Crypto
(31:21) Lessons on Team Construction
(36:29) The Importance of Team Composition
(38:54) Hiring Founder Archetypes
(41:31) Maintaining Motivation
(42:28) The Vision of Solana
(44:03) Importance of Work-Life Balance

Raj Gokal Twitter/X: https://x.com/rajgokal

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Imran and Qiao sat down to discuss how an AI became a crypto millionaire.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:19) Paul Tudor Jones on Bitcoin & Gold
(02:06) Druckenmiller on Inflation
(04:36) Election Scenarios and Market Predictions
(09:04) New AI Meme Narrative - $GOAT
(11:20) The Importance of Narrative and Lore
(18:11) Terminal of Fun
(20:43) Using AI to Work More Efficiently
(22:53) AI and Vehicle Automation
(26:07) On Truth Terminal
(27:23) AI and Startup Investment
(29:18) AI and Crypto Applications
(30:57) AI Crypto Apps We Would Like To See
(34:18) Bridge Acquisition by Stripe
(40:48) The Impact of Bridge Acquisition
(45:15) Understanding the Stablecoin Stack
(47:45) Future of Stablecoins
(49:51) PayPal & Venmo Crypto Integration
(51:48) Stablecoin Startup Strategy
(55:28) Fraud and Compliance in On/Off Ramps
(58:52) Competitive Landscape of On/Off Ramps
(01:01:40) The Launch of Pump Advanced
(01:09:01) DAOS.fun

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Imran and Qiao sat down to talk about the current state of the crypto market.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:43) The New Main Character: Murad
(02:55) Murad's Tactics
(08:57) Bullish 2025?
(10:14) Bittensor
(11:06) Kamala On Crypto?
(13:01) Price of Bitcoin Under Each Candidate
(15:14) BTC vs. ALTs vs. Memecoins
(18:24) Where Are We in This Cycle?
(19:20) Moonshot & Coinbase Wallet App Store Rank
(21:13) DexScreener UX
(25:31) Good Tech Needs Good Distribution
(27:10) Imran's Cybertruck
(29:07) Rumor - CEXs to Require FDV Limit?
(33:07) "Startups need less and less money over time"
(39:34) The Benefits of Competition
(41:38) Shitcoin Talk
(43:45) Qiao's Stock Portfolio
(44:47) "Nvidia is the only real startup in AI"
(46:01) o1-preview
(50:00) What The AI Coding Co-pilots Do Under The Hood
(53:42) Tesla's Self-Driving Capabilities
(55:34) Crypto Startups Building Robot Models
(56:11) Tesla Bot - Optimus

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Imran and Qiao sat with Nic Carter to discuss stablecoin adoption and Operation Chokepoint 2.0.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:10) Nic Carter’s Fights
(03:19) Operation Chokepoint 2.0
(09:38) SBV
(21:57) Who's Really Behind of All This?
(24:51) What's The Real Threat?
(25:43) Scenarios That Could Happen Post-Election
(27:21) How Nic Sees Banking Infra
(31:45) Innovation Pushed Outside of the US
(37:18) Stablecoin Report
(44:30) Surprising Survey Results
(48:32) India's Low Stablecoin Penetration
(49:41) Stablecoin Report cont.
(53:28) Different Causes for Stablecoin Adoption
(55:35) Banks Running to Provide Support for Stablecoins
(56:48) Where Are the Assets that Underlies USDT?
(58:04) USDT vs. USDC
(01:00:50) Stablecoin Adoption Among 18-24-Year-Olds
(01:02:46) Cross-Border Payments
(01:04:43) Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
(01:09:30) Crypto Trading Related vs. Payment Related Percentage on Stablecoins
(01:12:09) Five Perspectives on Stablecoins
(01:17:30) Products/Startups Nic Would Like to See Use Stablecoins
(01:21:52) Final Thoughts

Five Perspectives on Stablecoins - https://medium.com/@nic__carter/five-perspectives-on-stablecoins-5bc20076270a
Nic Carter Twitter/X: https://x.com/nic__carter

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Imran and Qiao sat down to talk about crypto product trends at Token2049.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:52) We're at Token2049!
(02:07) Interesting Trends in Token2049
(03:36) Are We Hitting a Ceiling in Terms of Ideas?
(05:22) PayFi - Huma
(09:28) Session - Send Messages, Not Metadata
(12:53) Bio.xyz - Molecule
(15:18) Bluetooth and WiFi Direct Messaging
(16:57) "It seems like we're going back to the original vision"
(17:14) "Crypto attracted the wrong people"
(18:46) Anyone.io - Decentralized TOR
(20:16) Decentralized VPNs
(25:09) US is Still the Biggest Country for Developers
(26:26) Japan Being One of the Top Countries for ETHGlobal
(28:54) The Largest Hackathon ETHGlobal Has Ever Done
(31:33) Vitalik's Song
(32:38) What We Feel About the Market Today
(37:22) NVidia's Competition
(41:56) "China is a shitshow right now"
(45:43) "The 21st century is Asia's century"
(46:17) Why has China Gone Up Much Faster Than India?

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Imran and Qiao invited Anil and Yan of Delphi Digital to talk about the top trends in crypto VC.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(04:31) What's Currently Interesting in Crypto
(07:48) One of the Most Important Lessons Qiao Learned
(09:35) What Verticals Are You Excited About?
(13:38) Soundmap (Pokemon Go for Music)
(14:45) Anil's Music Crypto Experience
(16:20) Music NFTs
(19:09) The Weeknd
(21:45) Gaming
(25:10) AAA Games in Crypto
(25:19) Off The Grid
(27:04) Hytopia
(28:44) "Play to Earn"
(30:24) What is Something That's Very Consensus Today That You Disagree With?
(34:11) "Crypto is really good for 3 types of payment"
(35:36) Micro and Irreversible Payment on Dating Apps
(38:02) Moonwalk Fitness
(40:14) "Prediction markets are gonna fail after the elections"
(43:05) Pop Culture Prediction Market
(49:44) AI in Crypto
(54:04) Which Crypto AI Product Has The Most Traction Today?
(01:00:48) Most Interesting Dataset in Grass Protocol
(01:02:04) Crate
(01:12:42) Censorship Resistance
(01:14:49) Apps that Create New Consumer Behaviors
(01:18:14) DePIN
(01:25:49) Interesting Stats About Gen Z and Gen Alpha

Anil Lulla Twitter/X: https://x.com/anildelphi
Yan Liberman Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/yanliberman

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Imran and Qiao sat down with Nigel Eccles, founder of FanDuel, to talk about the evolution of online speculation, fantasy sports, prediction markets, memecoins, and more.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:32) Crypto in Dating Apps
(04:21) History of Dating Apps
(08:06) The Growth of Prediction Markets
(08:35) The FanDuel Story
(14:28) Polymarket on Large News Publications
(17:50) "The US Wanted to Ban Prediction Markets"
(20:08) What Kind of Prediction Markets Are Allowed in The US?
(21:48) How Qiao Got Into Crypto
(23:41) How Much of Polymarket's Success Has to Do With The Crypto Element?
(24:20) Chargeback (Friendly Fraud)
(29:08) The $STD stream on PUMP
(33:19) EV+ and EV- Players
(39:47) What is The Rake for Trump vs. Harris?
(43:19) "Are there EV+ players on Trump vs. Harris?"
(44:09) Nigel Shorted Michelle Obama
(47:14) Harris Released Her Comprehensive Policy
(55:14) Nigel's View on Fantasy.top
(01:01:00) What Went Wrong with Friendtech
(01:05:54) What Types of Prediction Markets Are We Going to See Now?
(01:12:16) Resolving Markets
(01:23:44) "Is Twitter really right-leaning today?"
(01:25:25) Is Threads Doing Well?
(01:28:36) Nigel: I think memecoins are here to stay
(01:31:46) Qiao: If you're a token launchpad today, would you spend any money to acquire users?
(01:37:47) Imran: I think the next big thing for memecoins is streaming
(01:43:06) Polymarket Can't Compete with FanDuel/DraftKings?
(01:50:22) Nigel's Predictions for Next Year
(01:52:46) Bonding Curves for Prediction Markets
(01:56:24) Nigel Bullish on an Ethereum L2

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Imran and Qiao sat down to discuss how gen z and alpha will shape the future of crypto.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:41) MVP 2nd Trailer
(01:42) Qiao's Bitcoin Nashville Experience
(03:47) The Trump Speech
(04:54) Is Trump's Speech at BTC Nashville Top Signal?
(05:16) Imran's Experience at the ETH ETF Launch Closing Ceremony
(07:59) NYSE and Nasdaq's Technology is Pretty Hardcore
(09:58) Flash Boys
(11:54) "Millenials and Genz have given up on finding fulfillment at work"
(17:53) "Every social network is generational"
(18:47) What Social App Does Gen Alpha Use?
(19:25) "Teenage anxiety, depression, suicide, and ADHD went up to 2 or 3 fold since 2012"
(23:53) Speculation vs. Real-World Use Case
(24:55) Ranking NFT Collections by Generation
(27:52) Wanna Talk About Politics?
(28:39) "On day 1, I will fire Gary Gensler" - Trump
(29:13) Trump is Telling Us What We Want to Hear
(30:04) We Don't Know What Kamala Harris Stands For
(30:42) Is Kamala Harris Anti Crypto?
(32:17) "Whoever owns crypto will likely win the election" - Mark Cuban
(34:35) SEC Moves to Amend Complaint Against Binance
(36:17) Alliance's Dashboard for Crypto Buzzwords
(37:10) Privacy related
(38:15) UX related
(39:04) Consumer related
(40:34) Trading
(41:08) Scaling
(51:52) Yield
(41:59) RWA
(43:45) Ethereum vs. Solana
(49:14) Base is Becoming Ethereum
(52:01) Imran Bearish Ethereum?
(54:08) Ethereum - The Tragedy of Going Decentralized Too Soon
(54:55) There are Signs of War Mode Vitalik
(57:36) An Ecosystem Emerging on Top of Pump
(58:11) Tokenizing License Plates in the Form of NFTs
(59:11) Avalanche Focusing on Boomer Institutions
(01:01:16) Will Base Launch a Token?
(01:01:40) Will Polymarket Launch a Token?
(01:03:03) Polymarket Might Focus on Sports?
(01:04:20) Polls vs. Prediction Market
(01:05:01) Trump vs. Harris on PredicIt
(01:09:37) The 2nd Trailer of MVP

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Imran and Qiao are back to talk about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the future of memecoins, and crypto VC markets.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:49) Trump Assassination Attempt and Market Impact
(04:12) JD Vance's Background and Crypto Involvement
(08:25) Silicon Valley's Political Shift
(10:16) Trump's Influence on Tech and Crypto
(15:32) Future of ICOs and Venture Capital
(20:27) Token Projects and Market Dynamics
(21:21) Degen Layer 3 Announcement
(24:10) The Blast Transition
(28:11) Ethereum's Role and Layer 2s
(29:57) Potential for Apps to Have Their Own Chains
(33:17) Farcaster and Developer Alignment
(35:38) Growth of Alternative Tech and Kick Streaming Platform
(41:56) Political Bias in AI Platforms
(42:46) Comparing AI Tools: ChatGPT vs. Claude
(44:27) Onchain Games & Autonomous Worlds
(50:33) Crypto On/Off-Ramp Case Study
(58:28) State of zkEVMs
(01:07:03) ZK vs. FHE & TEE
(01:16:27) "Prioritizing simplicity helps build for every human" - Worldcoin
(01:20:10) DeFi Coins
(01:24:31) Moonshot.money
(01:27:37) "Hey, should I buy JD Vance?"
(01:29:17) "DEX Screener is the Blockfolio of this cycle"
(01:30:29) Ending the Episode with “Many Men (Wish Death)”

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Imran and Qiao sat down to talk about market exhaustion, prediction markets, and Pudgy L2.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:56) "Lots have happened in crypto (not really)"
(01:45) The Old vs. The New
(04:15) "Today everyone is so jaded"
(06:40) "Let's talk about something that makes us feel optimistic"
(07:45) Shitcoiners and Infra People
(09:43) Qiao's Interesting Chart
(11:36) Pudgy Layer 2
(16:01) Blast's Token Launch Last Week
(17:42) "Everyone's fighting for the same customers"
(19:13) This Might be the New Meta
(21:05) Bitcoin and Ordinals
(22:55) DeFi
(23:29) The Most Interesting Thing About DeFi Right Now
(28:08) Jill Boden
(31:52) Where We Are in the Market
(32:35) "Every startup needs to have an in-house influencer"
(35:45) Polymarket Hit $100M in Volume
(37:41) The Debate Night

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