Junie delivered the ATC intro welcoming captain.root to discuss Futureverse developments. The group bantered about Junie's voice changes, with Landy and MetaBeast noting differences, while Dave explained his updated prompts for clarity. Kkoma broke down Kaito AI, shifting from mindshare to absolute Yaps, with project voting using Yaps for boosts alongside staked Kaito and Genesis NFTs, with Dave seeing value in votes counting toward projects.
Kool expressed frustration over recent news involving Mantra and Movement Labs, with an internal investigation and market maker misconduct. captain.root provided perspective on how exchanges require recognized market makers, often with opaque loan arrangements that favor them over projects or communities. captain.root highlighted the need for better transparency and saw opportunity for decentralized alternatives to improve DeFi liquidity on centralized exchanges.
captain.root outlined Futureverse solving end to end metaverse experiences inspired by Ready Player One, with early access for Fluff and Party Bear holders to Readyverse, including UBF interoperability and an Easter egg hunt. captain.root detailed Silo for decentralized data portability, asset register, profile service and social graph. captain.root explained Think protocol non fungible intelligence genome standard and the launch of Altered State 3D generative tool that mints NFTs on Root Network with agent DNA for universal use.
0:42:20On-ramps, off-ramps, and Futureverse’s work with Mastercard for on-chain spending
0:43:17Upcoming chain collaborations
captain.root discussed the Story Protocol collaboration, focusing on legal IP solutions, while Futureverse handles technical interoperability through UBF and blueprints. captain.root described FuturePass as a broad onboarding tool for web2 accounts and brands with cross chain access. MetaBeast asked about New Canon AI, with captain.root seeing integration potential with Think and Altered State for enhanced world building and agent experiences.
captain.root advised newcomers to use Root Rewards referrals, get a pass, explore Discord, then start with Altered State for creators, Readyverse for gamers or Third Kingdom for farming. A speaker teased the Souls platform demo at RenderCon, with an upcoming blue chip NFT partnership and Think token mint on April 22. captain.root and others covered agent personalization, data ownership, portable shared memories via Merman Matrix and the future of the agentic web, with MetaBeast sharing frustrations about AI behavior.
1:20:23Community advice
“I think, like, anything that's trying to, like, create participation around these kinds of things from community members is a good thing to experiment with.”
AAll Things Crypto0:21:12Share on X
“Anything anything on the Internet is gamed. Everything is gamed.”
AAll Things Crypto0:22:05Share on X
“It's very possible that that what you're describing does happen... But for the most part, there's, a dirty secret out there in in the industry, which is that you can't get listed on exchanges unless you have, like, a market maker that's recognized by the exchange.”
AAll Things Crypto0:31:32Share on X
“My brain is on overload now because now I'm thinking story, the IP, and, like, a like, a... You know what I mean?”
Dave0:52:51Share on X
“We're now about 39, 45, somewhere in that range, games a day launch on Steam... We're gonna go from that over some, like, near term horizon to a billion gamers making games every day.”
AAll Things Crypto1:02:09Share on X
Ask your AI about this show: Use ATC in Claude or ChatGPT
Show discussion, not financial advice.
