New Year and we’re still yapping about creator coins: GM Farcaster ep324 Thursday January 1, 2026

TLDR: 🎩 Happy New Year 🌹Rose Parade flashbacks kick things off 📈 Farcaster smashes 2M FIDs thanks to Base appsignups 💸 USDC lending + surprise Base bonusesappear (results may vary) 🧪 Creator/content coins spark yet another heated debate (tips vs speculation vs totalmadness) 🔮 Hot take to end it all: prediction markets, not creator coins, might be the thing that actually brings thenormies in for 2026

From our ChatGPT Intern: The New Year’s Day episode kicks off with forgotten party hats and Rose Parade nostalgia before diving into Farcaster milestones (2M FIDs!), Base app quirks, surprise USDC bonuses, and a whole lot of “where did 2025 even go?” energy. Then it turns into a very online group therapy session about content/creator coins—whyeveryone’s mad, why the experiment kinda makes sense, why it mostly doesn’t, and why prediction markets might be the real plot twist for onboarding normies in 2026

Show Notes and Links – some of the casts & stuff we talked about:  

FC NEWS

New USCD Lending on Farcaster:

https://farcaster.xyz/v/0x373a8be0

Community Clank:

https://farcaster.xyz/horsefacts.eth/0x85f31637

2 million FIDs:

https://farcaster.xyz/0xluo.eth/0xb4532b6b

BASE NEWS

Merry Basedmas:

https://farcaster.xyz/jesse.base.eth/0xfe627c1b

Base App life hack:

https://x.com/chintanturakhia/status/2003524401279697250

comparing Base Appand FC:

https://farcaster.xyz/jake/0xee644677

Base App feedback:

https://farcaster.xyz/usersteen.eth/0x6b06171d

Creator Coins:

https://farcaster.xyz/realgarrytan.base.eth/0x019ce764

https://farcaster.xyz/realgarrytan.base.eth/0x111bb8b6

https://farcaster.xyz/derek/0xd302e30e

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x357bf461

https://farcaster.xyz/barmstrong/0xf66121b8

BUILDERS BUILDING

Neynar webhooks:

https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0x9aad38c8

$coal:

https://farcaster.xyz/kompreni/0x87d1b1f5

The Betys:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xe695184a

https://farcaster.xyz/toadyhawk.eth/0x16c6b3f9

Balance of Power:

https://farcaster.xyz/vitalik.eth/0x81aeb97f

Pengu on the Sphere:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xdf5cf7a3

https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/2003870406340760026

New Auction House:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xa64ff656

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

GMFC irl:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x502626df

ai fun for NYE:

https://farcaster.xyz/basewtf/0xb0db66bf

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xae71c412

Dear Farcaster:

https://farcaster.xyz/tldr/0x8c536061

What Happened in2025:

https://farcaster.xyz/fredwilson.eth/0x45059893

17 things a16z cryptois excited about:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x30573ab0

Who should wefeature?

https://farcaster.xyz/gmfarcaster/0x38a9d9e4

New Year’sresolutions:

https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne/0xc0fad303

Prof’s fave 2025things:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xc9a3da06

Go watch Shark PickleCone:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x6c868d8c

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xf8d1d39c

https://x.com/nounsdoc/status/1836027328616386725

And our musings elsewhere:

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https://pods.media/gm-farcaster

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NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should beconsidered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR.

Chapters:

0:00:00 GM

0:02:43 Rose Parade nostalgia

0:05:13 FC News

0:09:47 Base

0:27:00 Builders building

0:31:57 GMFC auction

0:36:20 Happy New Year!