Junie delivered the day's crypto headlines and ran a poll on Bitcoin miners earning STX rewards. A speaker gave an emotional birthday shoutout to Gerald, who felt ignored despite his Welsh hype and domain setup. Dave gifted him some Welsh and let Gerald deliver a fired up Welsh to the moon segment.
Dave explained that Bitcoin miners bid in satoshis to win blocks and earn 1000 STX rewards every ten minutes, with winning bids as low as the equivalent of 138 dollars. He noted 144000 STX get distributed daily and questioned true decentralization if big players like Grayscale dominate validation. Dave highlighted that Stacks is the only L2 paying yield in native L1 Bitcoin, which a speaker called proof of strong conviction in the tech despite memes driving most volume and price focus.
0:15:04What it takes to run a Stacks node, and whether crypto is really decentralized
0:17:51Meme coins as proof
A speaker advised investigating narratives and applying a sixty to ninety day rule, where lack of movement may signal the wrong trade even if not a loss. Dave and NatNat stressed diversification because no one knows which asset will take off first.
0:31:14Staying the course with a long term strategy
NatNat called a Bitwise forecast of 15000000000 dollars in Ethereum ETF inflows over eighteen months huge and noted possible July 4 approval. A speaker argued Bitcoin never needed an ETF because it succeeds on its own while Ethereum and others do, while Dave shared top Bitcoin holders and custodians plus BlackRock iBit volume surging to 1100000000 dollars despite no new inflows. Kool warned big money like BlackRock aims to control Bitcoin, making it unaffordable for average people.
Dave celebrated Cardano fending off a DDoS attack that funded network improvements and Kool noted the related Nike token meme coin went ballistic. NatNat said she holds ADA long term. Kool discussed Tether USDT growth of 580000000 dollars on TON and said every chain has its hype cycle that eventually dies down. News of a proposed Polkadot Cardano bridge sparked excitement, with NatNat and Kool reiterating you just never know so maintain conviction in the right projects.
Kool noted hype cycles shift across chains like past BNB and Polkadot manias.
1:19:33Pump.fun token launch story
“It's like the mass majority of individuals of, especially new investors, they need less and less conviction about the tech and more conviction about the price.”
NatNat0:21:16Share on X
“So make your own decision because you you are in control of your life. You are in control of your money.”
Kool1:07:06Share on X
“But we didn't really focus on the on the price too much. We focused on execution.”
Dave1:19:33Share on X
“You know, use now as a learning time to really find out how this shit works. Watch the patterns. Watch the cycles because it will happen again.”
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