Junie made a dramatic comeback after Dave's MacBook hack, with a hilarious recap of recent crypto events. Dave welcomed her back warmly, while the panel, including Kool, Landy, and Matt Carano, joined the show. Matt from Thrive Protocol settled in as the main guest for the evening.
Dave noted Bitcoin weekly closes above 89k, with dominance at 67 percent and evaporating exchange reserves. Matt Carano added that retail participation has dried up after multiple meme coin dumps.
0:11:30Bitcoin technical analysis
Kool reacted with surprise to the ZK Sync lawsuit from defunct BankX, alleging stolen code, while Matter Labs denied the claims. Kool discussed Initial's TGE and airdrop, calling the reasonable FDV compared to past launches a positive sign. Landy called Paul Atkins being sworn in as SEC chairman bullish for regulatory clarity and experimentation, while the panel debated past leadership.
A speaker explained Symbiotic Finance allows restaking ETH across multiple chains to boost security and rewards. Matt Carano described Thrive Protocol managing a 150M plus treasury through partnerships with Polygon, Hedera, ApeCoin, and others to fund builders. Matt Carano emphasized the nondilutive funding model, with no equity or pitch decks required.
Matt Carano explained how Thrive sources projects based on ecosystem needs like startups, RWAs, or AI, then matches them to funding. Matt Carano outlined guardian builder and citizen roles plus earning Thrive Points through a decentralized reviewer network for impact verification. Matt Carano said check sizes range from 25k to 100k with milestone support and that most current focus is verifiable on chain impact such as TVL, transaction volume, or revenue.
1:08:56Kaito partnership and using social impact metrics to identify valuable contributors
Matt Carano said Thrive generates revenue when ecosystems pay them to find and fund impactful projects, which keeps funding nondilutive for builders. Matt Carano noted a Bitcoin L2 partnership is in development. Dave and the panel thanked Matt Carano and encouraged builders to reach out for funding opportunities.
1:22:00Focus on verifiable on-chain impact
“Trust me. I've been in some crazy ass spaces. I don't know if you, like, spent time in the eight point community at all, but but shit gets gets crazy there pretty quick.”
MMatt Carano0:07:39Share on X
“Barish. Oh, give me a break. I know that that's a troll, but holy crap. Man, this is this is what we wanted.”
Landy0:27:07Share on X
“We have so much capital allocated to us right now, it's somewhere close to a $158,000,000.”
MMatt Carano0:52:44Share on X
“If you go straight to an ecosystem, it can take you four or five months to get funded... Whereas if you come to Thrive, it's a few weeks of process.”
MMatt Carano1:12:59Share on X
“There are less than 350 revenue positive projects in crypto... If Thrive were on that list because we're not deployed, we don't have a token, we would be top 40, top 50.”
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