On the mic
Summary
Hosts Dave @DCBK2LA and Kool @koolcryptovc opened All Things Crypto and introduced new sponsor Bitperp. Its demo trading competition has a 20,000 USDT prize pool and needs no deposit. Most of the show used meme coins as a lens on relationships: how stressful trading is, why dating inside Web3 can feel like dating a coworker, and Kool's comparison of settled life to gold against the volatility of meme coins. Bildo Verde @BildoVerde extended the analogy by arguing that Bitcoin is the safe choice for newcomers, while researched meme coin plays can offer more upside. Voice D talked about dating outside Web3, losing money on Clonex NFTs and preferring mental stimulation. The hosts closed on more serious themes: lifting up women in the space, negotiating equal sponsorship terms for cohosts, Kool's second-place finish in a StreamHQ campaign, and the value of meeting people at IRL events. All of this is discussion, not financial advice.
Chapters
Bitperp sponsorship and demo perp DEX trading competition, Botanix partnership mentionedMomentAt 0:07:37 on X
Kool on airdrop grinding, partners who do not understand the mission, and rising cost of livingMomentAt 0:18:48 on X
Voice D on dating outside Web3, Clonex NFT losses, and preferring AI companionsMomentAt 1:00:53 on X
Equal sponsorship terms for cohosts, Kool's StreamHQ result, and closing recap of the Bitperp competitionMomentAt 1:25:34 on X
Key quotes
“How stressful is it to trade meme coins? How many times have you round tripped a bag?”
NatNat0:13:33Share on X
“So that's why I'm like, I'd rather play with the money I'm willing to lose.”
Kool0:14:28Share on X
“then definitely go with Bitcoin because you will get rugged if you don't know what you're doing out here.”
Bildo Verde0:46:28Share on X
“You don't have to win at somebody else's expense.”
Dave1:25:34Share on X
“Every win I get, if it's $10, I appreciate it.”
Excerpts
Kool opens the show with a message of gratitude about health and the market
- 0:05:55 Dave Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm here. Can you hear me okay?
- 0:06:11 Dave Number three. You didn't you didn't check your DMs, bro. Like, you gotta check your d... You gotta check the DMs.
- 0:06:42 Dave I'm saying, man. They need to relax. The wolf account needs to take it easy. Cade and Gavin Charlie need to relax. Need to back up off my. Okay? Everyone needs to just take it easy. But what's good, everybody? Welcome…
Bitperp sponsorship and demo perp DEX trading competition, Botanix partnership mentioned
- 0:07:37 Dave a decent job. Therefore, I'm gonna invite him back up again. Maybe he'll take Nat Nat's job for the time being, traitor that she is, Benedict Arnold. It's fine. We'll forgive her eventually. But, yeah. Welcome…
20,000 USDT prize pool for a competition that requires no deposit
- 0:09:34 Dave but there is a massive prize pool of... Listen to when I say this. 20,000 USDT will be at stake. I'm a say that again. 20,000 USDT will be at stake for a demo trading competition that you don't have to spend a dollar…
- 0:11:29 Dave This is craziness. Nat, what's good? How was the wolf space? Everything go good over there?
- 0:12:04 Dave out here hustling like we're hustling. You know what I mean? So, look, at the end of the day, support, like, all these different hosts that are trying to bring value. You know what I mean? But, yeah, we're definitely…
Clickbait titles and why the space was renamed Meme Coins and Divorce
- 0:12:27 Kool It's it's it's it's all it's all about the the title, man. My my my thought was I I I lost... I I divorced my wife because of because of minkwins or something great. It's... Look, man. I I I learned this shit, man…
- 0:12:57 Kool The clickbait. Yes. Yeah. They click... Oh, man. Like, he's the master. So, yeah, he's he's oh, yeah. Because people people just... People like bad news. They like... Good news is okay, but bad news sells. Oh, boy. So…
Stress of meme coin trading and Kool's small-bet example
- 0:13:33 NatNat I think I think meme coin and divorces will go hand in hand because... Can you... Especially if you're a meme coin trader, how stressful... And this is for any meme coin. Right? How stressful is it to trade meme coins?…
- 0:15:28 Dave Facts. Big facts. We'll give you guys some news in a little bit, but I just wanna shout out a few people in the room. Reese, what's up, my brother? Congrats, obviously, on the art... On your art piece. You're one of…
- 0:17:12 Dave like, honey, sorry. We can't go out to dinner tonight. I have story time. What the fuck is that? You know?
Kool on airdrop grinding, partners who do not understand the mission, and rising cost of living
- 0:18:48 Kool No. No. So it's not it's not about business. So it's it's about the... What what she understands the end goal is. The end goal is to create the financial freedom. You're grinding to get to that point. But that's what…
- 0:22:11 Dave like that, I'd be definitely definitely be going outside for sure. I'm just saying. But
- 0:22:45 Kool I don't even know how long, but goddamn. Alright. We should basically No. But wait. But, yeah, we'll we'll prove that. I think the the the grind the the grind comes, but the rewards is is at... It's coming. The the…
ReeceSwanepoel.btc on meeting an ex on X and why it did not work out
- 0:23:38 Kool I I I freaking love this space already. I already love this space already. Just because what you just said. I made my ex on ex. Let's fucking go. Let me hear it, bro. Let's go. Please.
- 0:24:29 Dave Nonsense. Nonsense. I don't know who's... I don't know who... Yeah. They're not true. We don't know who's telling you what these lies.
- 0:25:11 Kool plans. Lola? Okay. The the next the the next question is, what... Why do you think the relationship went sour? And do you... Would you think it's your fault or her fault?
Dave compares dating inside Web3 to dating a coworker
- 0:26:42 Dave You have to understand. I'm with Reese on this one a 100% aside from the simple minded piece because I'm a fucking gigabrainer. Right? Sometimes I'm too damn smart for my damn self. Alright? Not that I'm lacking in…
- 0:28:54 Kool That's what I'm saying. It depends on the individual. You can't you can't you can't just say in general. Right? It it the individual is... You know, like, look at the look at the... Hey, Mia. Landy. Right? Maybe he's…
- 0:31:53 NatNat But, guys, just just so you guys know, it has a lot to do with your partner's love language as well. Right? Some people's love language is touch. They need you next to them all the time, every day, forever. Right? Some…
Kool on why he settled down and his "my life is gold" analogy
- 0:36:00 Kool married perspective I would say I would say as as a as a guy that settled down, I'll give my reason. The reason... The... Okay. Two two big reasons. The first big reason why I settled down was I was tired of being…
- 0:40:33 Kool Alright. So... Okay. So I I saw a couple of my friends. They they had... They got SCD, and what they went through was... It it scarred me for life, man. You know? Do you know what... Do you know if you wanna... I'm I'm…
- 0:43:44 NatNat To me, it's like a lack of self love. You just need... At that point, just need to sit down and love yourself, talk to yourself, make peace with it. Because they... If if you're running through a whole village and…
Bildo Verde compares meme coins and Bitcoin as a risk framework
- 0:44:37 Bildo Verde Alright. Alright. Alright. So since he brought up being like gold and having the safe steady, I agree with that. And for the masses, if you're getting into crypto, you should probably fucking buy Bitcoin. But if you've…
- 0:46:01 Bildo Verde Girls being... You know, I wanna settle with Bitcoin or gold. That's where... That's the safe steady. Dave's more like a meme coin. So if we're going meme coins and making the comparisons to hooking up with females…
- 0:46:43 Dave I am not trying to go swim with the fish. Lexi, you know, Dominican shady was driving you off a fucking cliff, and you'll be swimming at the bottom of the ocean in cement fucking block. Yo. I'm not trying to do that…
Dave warns against people who tell others what to buy
- 0:47:49 Dave Oh, you should buy this. You should buy that. Everyone out here talks like they're an expert. If they're telling you, like, oh, go buy this. Go buy that. We up here don't tell people what to buy. We just open their…
- 0:51:31 Kool But but but, Robert, you you you you gave a reason to be a reason, bro. You gave a reason. What was the reason? Why why is he... What why why doesn't he trust you? No. No. No. No.
- 0:54:16 Dave Even I can tell you that one, bro. Like, I hide them to protect you. Like, what kind... Are you crazy? Will you take them for fucking... Are you high? Oh my god.
Voice D on dating outside Web3, Clonex NFT losses, and preferring AI companions
- 1:01:01 Dave You that? You see that right there? When I text... When I say I need you, Staxi, she shows up. That is ride or die right there. But just so everybody is aware... And and just so everybody is aware. Right? Like, what…
- 1:08:14 Kool No. No. You're you're... It's funny. It's funny. That's... You're actually right. There are guys like that you're looking for. The problem is there are, like, a 100,000 women that want that guy. See the problem? So now…
- 1:15:01 Dave Optimist. Was gonna say was don't forget who who knows how to... Who prompts the optimist. You understand? Okay? Don't forget who are the gigabrains behind the peep... Behind us.
Dave on working with female cohosts and learning finance from a female trader
- 1:21:22 Dave And, Landy, I'll say this too. Right? Like... And and I mean this since, like, very sincerely, and people might laugh at this. But, like, I would tell you right now, I... Yes. I try and I try and align myself with as…
- 1:24:08 NatNat That was fantastic. We need to clip that whole two minutes or three minutes that you spoke and really share it and go in and tag people on it because not a lot of people understand that perspective, Dave. And for and…
- 1:24:28 Kool No. It's crazy, man. What what he just said, I said the same thing, like, two days ago on my face. I said, like, you just being the women in this space, they should appreciate it. They're not they're not so many of you…
Equal sponsorship terms for cohosts, Kool's StreamHQ result, and closing recap of the Bitperp competition
- 1:25:34 Dave Nat Nat, I'll say this other... And I'll say this to to the whole room too. Right? And and... Yeah. Look. We already locked up the Bitperf sponsorship. So, like, they're not gonna mind me saying this, but, like, I…
- 1:31:23 Dave Ex boss. You believe this? You believe this, cool? Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
- 1:33:45 Gpsc.btc Yeah, dude. I just wanted to come up here. I saw a lot of cool people and cool spaces that I always see you guys in kicking it, so I had to come show some love. Yeah. Much love. Beautiful people. I mean, I'm telling…
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