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

Bulletin Highlights

• Trump pardons CZ
• Robinhood continues listing spree, adds HYPE
• Stable deposit cap shenanigans
• Aave acquisition & aggressive buy-backs in the works

Topics:

• Polymarket & Kalshi eye deca-billion valuations
• A16Z "State of Crypto 2025" is released
• Kinetiq (LST provider on Hyperliquid) announces token & airdrop
• Jeff "finance as a whole" goes viral
• Bunni shuts up shop after recent $8 million hack

• Trump tariff talk spooks the market
• Coinbase's $375 million Echo deal
• Kadena blockchain's sunsetting plans
• Bitcoin whales and shorting  
• Jupiter and its Kalshi-powered prediction market launch 

It's our first time live-streaming the blocmates podcast and we're two weeks behind, so Nev's come along to catch up on what we've missed. 

Obviously we're stoked about Echo and Up Only, but there are headlines to talk about! And talk about them we shall!

• Coinbase buys Cobie's Up Only NFT for $25 million
• Is AI going to out-trade us? NOF1.ai competition heats up
• Will Bitcoin catch up with gold?
• New multchain memecoin launchpad to go live today
• Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade is nearing