Dave opened with casual banter, music, and pizza talk while welcoming the crew. Landy discussed recent congressional votes on crypto bills, noting political gamesmanship around the Genius Act and Epstein files that led to amendments being voted down, but predicted it would move to committee soon and ultimately benefit crypto.
0:00:00Host banter
0:04:14Recent claims on Folks Finance via Tunnel
Morgan introduced Tunnel as a smart contract-based creator rewards platform on X that pays in USDC. He detailed how creators claim campaigns with specific content requirements, post to meet them, and receive guaranteed payouts in 48 hours after AI Oracle verification via Chainlink, removing leaderboards and guesswork. Kool called it stress-free compared to Kaito's Hunger Games style, while Landy praised paying in stables so users can reinvest without hurting projects. Morgan highlighted the Telegram bot for instant alerts, focus on speed to timeline, bootstrapped growth with $500 minimum budgets, and a new product launch before end of July.
0:17:12Tunnel’s vision to expand InfoFi beyond crypto using real money payments
0:21:55Upcoming larger deals
Morgan said Tunnel has paid out nearly 200k USDC with a 17k USDC campaign incoming. He unveiled Tunnel Boost for personal and founder-led promotion using real Web3 creators validated via multiple metrics including TweetScout and Kaito to block bots, with ongoing reward formula updates.
0:34:37Expansion plans beyond Web3 into mainstream platforms like TikTok and YouTube Shorts
0:36:23Bot detection
0:47:48AI companies, open-source AI, and potential sponsorship opportunities
Landy explained congressional developments around the Genius Act and political maneuvering. Kool and Landy discussed Jerome Powell, potential rate cuts, and Federal Reserve dynamics, with Landy viewing cuts as more likely in a normalized environment if the Genius Act passes to create bond demand via stablecoins. They covered banks custodying crypto, stablecoin competition from players like Jamie Dimon, and emerging yield products.
The group noted muted mainstream coverage of Bitcoin's moves as a bullish sign for higher prices ahead. Landy and Kool analyzed Pump.fun token performance, its self-market making with dry powder, high volume, and sustainability concerns, with Landy observing it would likely be range-bound and fee-driven rather than a straight plummet.
“Finally, USD stables. If you want to advertise, if you want marketing, pay people in stables. Stop paying them in Aloe because then it negatively affects your project.”
Landy0:16:24Share on X
“Yeah. Alright. You know what? Everybody shut up and let me play my music, alright, for the intro, and then shut up.”
Dave0:01:32Share on X
“Hell, yeah. Dude, vibes are vibes. If you can't shift in between another vibe and and some vibe that someone's sharing, oh, man, that just kinda... It just... You're not very loosey goosey, baby.”
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