Dave welcomed Empress as guest cohost and stressed spending time with family this summer. The group discussed Nate's dance moves and had a lively debate on Biggie versus Drake, with Nate preferring the latter. Kool and Empress shared thoughts on 90s hip hop, while Landy joined in with meme coin roulette talk.
0:02:48Opening banter and co-host introduction
Landy described extracting profits from Pump.fun while watching it decline and noted the fun in the process. AlphaGamer returned from an LA trip, praising Manhattan Beach and contrasted it with the Bay Area. Empress delivered a strong rant against entitlement and gatekeeping in crypto, calling for respect toward OGs who earned their networks.
Dave announced Telegram enabling a built in self custody wallet for US users, allowing sends and receives of TON, USDT and other tokens. Empress highlighted Telegram as a massive established network and expressed bullishness on TON as a prospect that could endure. The group noted perks like built in swaps, staking, DeFi access, zero fee USDT buys and bank off ramps.
Dave covered Ozzy Osbourne Crypto Bats NFT performance after his passing. The panel reviewed institutional moves with Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon tokenized funds, JPMorgan adding crypto services and noted Jim Cramer buying Bitcoin.
0:35:36Hyperliquid convertible bond strategy and presale
Bread shared Virtuals Protocol launching NSFW AI content, sparking marketing controversy and mixed reactions. A speaker raised crypto security as a major barrier to mass adoption, noting wallet drains have no recourse unlike banks. Landy clarified the Genius stablecoin bill bans native yield to stablecoin holders while allowing staking yield. Empress commented that normalizing NSFW content feels premature before broader adoption.
Kkoma discussed Tunnel sponsorship rates and on chain opportunities. Empress described mixed reception for Project X on Hyperliquid due to ties to OG KOLs in a culture averse to them. Kool mentioned watching markets and upcoming TGEs with protocols like Union Build taking snapshots.
“If you're gonna act like an entitled puke or a disrespectful fuck and we decide to deny you access to any any piece of what we have available to us, call it gatekeeping. Call me the motherfucking gatekeeper of the universe.”
EMPress0:20:47Share on X
“Telegram just flipped the switch on a built in self custody wallet, okay, for US users. Okay? You know what that means? That means 87,000,000 Americanos now can see their wallet in telegram menus.”
Dave0:31:06Share on X
“I got in ton under $2, bitches.”
“A contentious part of the Genius Bill to some crypto users is a section that bans Stablecoin issuers, both foreign and regulated under US law, from giving holders interest or yield.”
AlphaGamer1:01:52Share on X
“Could we maybe not include felony fantasies in the prompts for the thing? Because I don't know if anybody watched that virtual thing up there, but a cow in a luxury hotel room as the virtual prompt.”
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