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On today's episode, we're diving into Bitcoin and Solana's recent milestones, their impact on gold farming, and the future of crypto markets. We'll also discuss the delay and its implications, analyze long and short strategies for Solana NFTs, and explore parcel tensors and FraGas. Plus, we'll cover recent trades and a deep dive into NFT statistics. Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode, we dissect the latest SEC lawsuit against New York-based Uniswap, examine Solana NFTs post-Tensors airdrop, and explore low-capital blast farming opportunities. We also analyze the state of Bitcoin oracles. Tune in for insightful discussions on key crypto developments. Much more awaits. Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
Join Frank Mathis and George Harrap as they dive into the world of decentralized storage on this episode. Learn how Frank's journey from financial planner to crypto enthusiast shapes his path, from building a top RPC provider to launching Solana NFTs, and now, focusing on the challenges of decentralized cloud platforms. They emphasize why user experience, economic incentives, and Shadow Drive's potential are game-changers in the realm of data storage. Unpacking the mechanics behind Shadow Drive V2, they shed light on how it's revolutionizing the decentralized storage scene. Discover how Shadow Drive's tokenomics drive network growth while ensuring top-notch performance. And find out why Solana is the go-to platform for cutting-edge projects. From securing the network with Shadow tokens to aligning incentives for users and operators, this conversation goes deep into the strategies powering decentralized infrastructure's evolution. You'll understand the critical role user experience plays in driving adoption and why aligning token incentives with network growth is crucial. Follow - Frank on X - https://twitter.com/Frank_theTrader GenesysGo on X - https://twitter.com/genesysgo Follow The Next Billion on - Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_nextbillion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The_NextBillion?sub_confirmation=1 Crypto is so much more than just numbers and nodes. It's about onboarding The Next Billion users. The Next Billion podcast is a direct and unfiltered dive into the stories of the builders that are making this happen. Host George Harrap has wide-ranging discussions to help people better understand the future of crypto adoption and uses around the world. If you haven't subscribed yet, join us in onboarding The Next Billion
On today's episode, we analyze the highs and lows of the crypto world, focusing on blast's journey, discussing E bags, and forecasting its future. We unravel Ordinal's continued dominance and speculate on upcoming trends. Our conversation concludes with a dive into Solana NFTs, highlighting potential future buys. This episode is in partnership with Tensor. Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode, we cover the latest in the crypto rally, highlighting Bitcoin's 10% gain. We delve into the state of Ethereum and Solana NFTs, exploring their differences and discussing the intriguing concept of Nick Fomo on ordinals. Additionally, we spotlight the launch of Magic Eden's NFT marketplace with a focus on enforcing royalties. Lastly, we are joined by Mike, CEO of Crypthulhu Studios, offering insights into Dimension X, a free-to-play Idle RPG game on Ethereum and Flow. Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
On today's episode, we will delve into the current crypto rally, examining the bullish price action. However, our hosts, Easy and Nick, raise red flags, expressing concerns about potential bearish trends in the upcoming weeks. We'll explore the state of Solana NFTs, dissecting the factors contributing to the lack of price action and delving into the airdrop farming meta prevalent on Solana and NFTs in general. Lastly, we'll analyze Magic Eden's forthcoming Ethereum marketplace launch and contemplate its implications on the open market. This show is in partnership with Crypto Tax Calculator. Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
It pays to be crypto-curious. Users who explored the Solana ecosystem were handsomely rewarded twice within a month.Many people anticipated the $WEN and $JUP airdrop. However, most people didn't see it coming and were pleasantly surprised that they were eligible.The airdrop is still going until 31st July 2024.Jupiter Exchange Info: https://twitter.com/JupiterExchange/status/1752704193125904550Gary Club: https://gary.club/tropicvibes
The Mint Condition: NFT and Digital Collectibles Entertainment
In a riveting episode of Mid Mic Crisis, hosts Bunchu and Chamber kick off the show with a nod to the band Alien Ant Farm, exploring the underappreciated genius beyond their hit cover of "Smooth Criminal." A heated debate ensues, with the hosts boldly claiming the Alien Ant Farm version surpasses Michael Jackson's original.However, the main event unfolds with a spotlight on the NFT realm, focusing on the much-hyped project—CryptoUndeads. Positioned as a potential game-changer, the hosts navigate the contrasting sentiments within the community. The project's founder, Dollar, becomes a focal point, raising questions about the impact of his past critiques on other projects and the strategies employed to generate enthusiasm for CryptoUndeads.Listeners are invited to join the discussion as speakers step up to defend various perspectives on CryptoUndeads' trajectory—some expressing unwavering excitement, while others adopt a more cautious "wait and see" approach. The central question looms large: Can CryptoUndeads achieve the remarkable feat of flipping the value of the revered Bored Ape Yacht Club, a titan in the NFT space?The hosts broaden the conversation, delving into other notable projects like Pudgy Penguins and Doodles, adding layers to the evolving landscape of NFTs in web3. The anticipation builds as the hosts speculate on the future, contemplating the potential liquidity surge after the imminent Jupiter Exchange airdrop in January. Will the influx favor Solana NFTs or memecoins? The debate is lively, engaging, and emblematic of the dynamic discussions that define Mid Mic Crisis.Join Bunchu and Chamber on this thrilling exploration of music, NFTs, and the ever-evolving web3 landscape in an episode that promises both entertainment and enlightenment.Follow us on X.com: https://twitter.com/MidMicCrisisPowered by @dGenNetworkWebsite: https://dgen.network/Support the show
Bartosz Lipiński joins us to discuss how Cube is building the first crypto-native centralized exchange. Cube leverages MPC wallets, Solana's client (creating a Solana appchain) and native integrations to offer the best trading experience in crypto. In this episode, we cover Bartosz's journey with Solana Labs, how he helped launch Solana's NFT ecosystem and Hacker House program, Cube's crypto-native functionality, what it takes to build a crypto company and more! - - Join us at DAS (Digital Asset Summit) in London this March! DAS is the #1 institutional conference in crypto, hosted by Blockworks. Use the link below to learn more, and use LIGHTSPEED20 to get 20% off your ticket! Sign up now because the price goes up every month. See you there! Learn more + get your ticket here: https://blockworks.co/event/digital-asset-summit-2024-london/home - - (00:00) Introduction (00:54) Joining Solana Labs (02:03) Solana NFTs and The Creation of Metaplex (11:53) Starting Solana's Hacker House (15:46) DAS London Plug (16:44) Solana's Secret to Winning Over New Developers (19:14) Cube: The Solana-Aligned CEX (28:44) Go-to-Market Strategy (40:49) Integrating New Blockchains (44:39) What it Takes to Build a Company (52:56) Rapid Fire - - Follow Bartosz: https://twitter.com/baalazamon Follow Mert: https://twitter.com/0xMert_ Follow Garrett: https://twitter.com/GarrettHarper_ Follow Lightspeed: https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/43o3Syk Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3OhiXgV Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3OkF7PD Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Resources Cube https://twitter.com/cubexch https://www.cube.exchange/ - - Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on Lightspeed is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mert, Garrett and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.
Kevin (CEO, PROOF) is joined by Derek (Collab+Currency), Amanda (PROOF Culture and Community), Sam (NFTStats; PROOF Director of Research), and Eli (PROOF Head of Art) for the show this week. The crew talks about the upcoming Cozomo event at The Foundry before diving into Blur's BLAST– what is it and why are so many people putting their ETH into it? Then they discuss the comeback of Solana NFTs and opportunities for generative art on SOL. A behind-the-scenes video for artist Summer Wagner is rolled before Eli speaks with her about her upcoming collection Midamerican Fever Dream. They discuss the inspiration behind it, how the theme of rituals is incorporated in her work, and about the four waves for the project. Follow Summer Wagner on X | https://twitter.com/bugindreamland Midamerican Fever Dream Dec 5 | https://www.proof.xyz/exhibitions/midamerican-fever-dream _________ Stay connected with PROOF: Follow Derek on X | https://twitter.com/derekedws Follow Amanda on X | https://twitter.com/akasteveyyy Follow Sam on X | https://twitter.com/punk9059 Follow Kevin on X | https://twitter.com/kevinrose Follow Eli on X | https://twitter.com/eli_schein Subscribe to PROOF Signal | http://signal.proof.xyz __________ 0:00:00 Intro and Host Chat 0:01:55 Cozomo Event at the Foundry: Dec 12 -RSVP | https://events.proof.xyz/ 0:03:12 NFTstats Digital Art Market Report 0:09:38 Blur's BLAST -Blast info | https://x.com/Blast_L2/status/1726747087906464024?s=20 0:22:00 Are Solana NFTs back? -Drip Haus | http://www.drip.haus/ -Code Canvas | https://codecanvas.art/ -Mad Lads | https://x.com/punk9059/status/1730459208326230248?s=20 0:31:47 Summer Wagner: Behind the Scenes Video 0:34:12 Artist Spotlight: Summer Wagner -Midamerican Fever Dream | https://www.proof.xyz/exhibitions/midamerican-fever-dream -Wave One | https://x.com/bugindreamland/status/1729953890240803234?s=20 0:50:20 Outro
Web3 Academy: Exploring Utility In NFTs, DAOs, Crypto & The Metaverse
a16z State of Crypto Report, Solana NFTs Ripping, Solana Airdrop SZN, Magic Eden Introduces Cross-Chain Wallet, Cristiano Ronaldo sued for allegedly promoting unregistered securities on Binance, Bankless DAO Saga & more!
On today's episode we discuss the $GRAPE coin pre-sale and whether it'll be profitable, ETH to SOL migration amongst NFT buyers, DeGods and Frank being back on Twitter and the Courtyard drop with the Bodoggos. Today's show is sponsored by courtyard.io and our upcoming collab mint. Courtyard's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
In this episode, we discuss why I am excited about Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana for developing NFTs. I focus on creating NFTs for the blockchain and not the token price. Instead of nitpicking each, we will explore positive arguments for all three.12 Eth Essentials: 12 Ethereum Essentials Newsletter: https://NiftyBusinessweek.com/Twitter @TropicVibes: https://twitter.com/TropicVibesEmail: mail[at]niftybusiness.coNFT 101 Episodes:#36 - Web 3.0 Explained #225 - NFTs Explained#30 - 10 Reasons to Buy NFTs#7 - NFT Words & Verbiage#47 - NFT Words & Verbiage Part II#97 - NFT Words & Verbiage Part IIINeed a Ledger Hardware (Cold) Wallet?*Using this referral link supports this show at no extra cost to you:Ledger Affiliate Link Recommended Reading for Web3 Enthusiasts:The Bitcoin Standard: https://amzn.to/3K31jvLThe 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques: https://amzn.to/3YphPL2*Amazon affiliate links
Today's show is sponsored by Shrapnel, the 1st moddable extraction shooter built using UE5 & blockchain. Shrapnel's Twitter Tune in live every weekday Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM Eastern to 10:15 AM. Buy our NFT Join our Discord Check out our Twitter Check out our YouTube Give us your thoughts on the show by leaving a rating. -- DISCLAIMER: You should never treat any opinion expressed by the hosts of this content as a recommendation to make a particular investment, or to follow a particular strategy. The thoughts and commentary on this show are an expression of the hosts' opinions and are for entertainment and informational purposes only. This show is never financial advice.
Welcome Underdog is a protocol that helps users manage all of their NFTs in one place. With gas-free minting, all-in-one APIs, and easy-to-follow templates users can mint, manage, and index all of their Solana NFTs. In this episode, we'll discuss all things NFTs, NFT's APIs, and much much more. Enjoy!
Our guests this week are Vibhu Norby and Degen Poet. Vibhu is the founder of DRiP, a platform that allows users to receive free NFT collectibles, commissioned from artists and projects across the landscape of crypto. The project has grown exponentially since its inception, with over 300,000 wallets receiving at least one NFT a week. Degen Poet, a prolific artist on Solana, has been a key collaborator on the project. Vibhu and Degen Poet discuss how DRiP is changing the game for NFTs and why the first experience people have with blockchain should be through art. Plus, they share their unique processes for creating and distributing NFTs, and why they choose to plant their flag in Solana. Show Notes:0:56 - Latest News3:05 - What is Drip? 5:22 - Origin story of Degen Poet, starting working in Solana and Vibh10:13 - Workflow with NFTs12:54 - Working with other artists16:01 - How Drip helps Degen Poet's work17:51 - Only on Solana21:42 - How is drip breaking phantom?22:50 - Future looking like Instagram26:53 - Platforms like Drip vs. traditional mediums30:40 - Things to change /have changed in the industry 33:52 - A builder they admire in the Solana ecosystem? Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:00):Hey, everyone and welcome to the Zeitgeist, the show where we highlight the founders, developers, and designers who are pushing the Web 3.0 Space forward. I'm Brian Friel, developer relations at Phantom. And I'm super excited to reintroduce our first repeat guest, Vibhu Norby, as well as Solana's very own Degen poet, Vibhu and DP, welcome to the show. Vibhu Norby (00:27):What's up? Thanks for having me back. Degen Poet (00:30):Hey, thanks so much for having us. Brian Friel (00:32):Vibhu, I mentioned this before recording, but you're a friend of the pod. You're the first official repeat guest of the Zeitgeist, and the last time we had you on was October of last year and you were working on Solana Spaces, which was a really big and audacious project I'd say, and a lot has happened since then and you're still working on big and audacious projects on Solana. Can you walk us through what has changed in the last couple months and what are you working on today? Vibhu Norby (00:56):Good times, good memories. Yeah. What happened in between October and now? What changed? Funnily enough, Drip actually started that same month. We actually started sending NFTs to people starting with Vincenzo in late October. I think we did two drop before Breakpoint. Yeah, things were going fine and then our world got flipped upside down once again by those who must not be named. For a couple months there, I think we were trying to figure out how we were going to continue to operate the stores. Obviously Phantom was a major benefactor of spaces along with Solana Foundation, but they who must not be named were also major sponsors and it was kind of the three pillars of our business and one of them got pulled out. And simultaneously with all of that, Drip was blowing up and changing everything for us internally. Coming into January, every single week we were stacking at 15, 20% week-over-week growth on the list organically. (01:51):And between December 1st and the shutdown of Spaces, our Twitter following more than doubled and all of the new growth were people coming to us for stuff related to Drip. And so I was spending my time going between doing customer service for Drip, talking to artists, and then the store was starting to feel like it was losing its voice a bit kind of naturally in that. Yeah. I mean as much as we loved it for a bunch of different reasons, it just made sense for us to take this traumatic pivot from physical retail stores to free NFTs. I think it was a really good decision. I think one of my best decisions so far in life because since we closed down Spaces, Drip has grown five, six x since then. We've really greatly expanded the product and kind of the vision for it and I think we're making a big impact on Solana and crypto in general. Brian Friel (02:45):You mentioned that this was born out of Solana Spaces originally, it was almost just this separate side thing you were doing and became this absolute beast that had to be unleashed. For those who aren't familiar with what Drip is, can you describe what Drip is, how it operates today, and then maybe talk a little bit about the scale that you guys are currently operating at? Vibhu Norby (03:05):Yeah, sure. Really simple value prop. You sign in with Phantom, you get an invite code and you start getting free collectibles. You can kind of engage with the product as much or as little as you want. By default, you get a free collectible from us every Wednesday and those collectibles are NFTs and they're real on chain Solana NFTs and we commission those pieces from artists and projects, not just now within Solana but across the landscape of crypto. And we pay for the airdrop costs and it's totally free. It's one of the few things in all of our industry that starts at free, ends at free. You don't need any tokens in your wallet, you don't have to go through KYC with an exchange. More recently, a couple months ago in March, we started adding these additional lists that you could subscribe to. Degen Poet was number one, but since then we've added another seven creators and we launched two new streams every Friday. (03:57):Those work the same way. You sign up for an individual creator that you love, can be an artist, could be a brand, could be NFT project, a video creator, influencer. They send you free collectibles on some regular basis and you can collect them, you can trade them, you can hold them, you can brag to your friends about what you got. In terms of growth, we've continued to grow 10, 15% a week even at a very big size now. There's two kind of stats that kind of matter. One is we consider non-fraudulent wallets as many people tried to farm Drip in the past. That number in real time right now is 300,000 and we're sending out at least 300,000 NFTs a week on showcase right now. But in total, every single week across all of our creators now, we're sending well over a million collectibles every single week. This is unbelievable groundbreaking stuff. It's not happening anywhere else in our industry, but people fall in love with Drip every single day. It's been awesome. Brian Friel (04:49):Yeah. I've been a day one subscriber of Drip. I love it. It's such a delightful thing to have all this new art coming in your inbox every day. You kind of hinted at this only possible at Solana, which I want to dive into too. But you did mention there, Degen Poet, and I'd be remiss if we didn't introduce Degen Poet now to the show. I think if you're a listener and you've been around the Solana space, especially on Twitter, you've seen Degen Poet, I'd say one of the most prolific artists on Solana for some time now. Degen Poet, for those who don't know, can you introduce who you are, how you got started on Solana, and then how you also started working with Vibhu? Degen Poet (05:22):I guess I'm Degen Poet. I live in Chicago with my wife and a couple dogs. I got started in Solana in the summer of 2021. I was just basically doing trading and stuff in Bitcoin and then trading all the other coins. I did some leverage trading on CuCoin and then found Solana through the whole Sam Coins DeFi on Solana first. I think Radium was my first stop. That's kind of my first experience with it all. I thought NFTs were garbage and a silly idea and all those things. I had probably been out of poetry for, I don't know, seven or eight years at that point. I did all of my college education and got an MFA in poetry and then just decided that it wasn't a great career path as far as the money you could make and what you had to do to support yourself as a poet is pretty difficult in the real world. (06:16):I gave that up and just kind of did business for a living, did computers, Excel, stuff like that. That's how I kind of made a living and then found Solana through all this. I started buying some stuff on Digitalize. I bought a Solana Monkey, a viking I think pretty early on and papered it way too early. But I think it was at that point where I decided maybe I should try poems as NFTs just because nobody else was doing it. I figured it'd at least be a unique way to try. The first thing I got started on was gmu poems, which was basically an NFT, which was a list of words. And at the time they were going really hot because they were based on this Eth derivative of something called Loot, I think. But I was mad at it because I was like, how is it worth so much money and doing so great? And it's literally just a random list of words, but instead of being mad at it, I decided to kind of embrace it and then just filled in the spaces between the words with poems. (07:11):And I did 200 of those in a month and that's how I got my start on Solana. And then just was making NFTs nonstop ever since, mainly through Exchange Art, doing one of one art. And then over the last year or so since Editions opened up, did additions on exchange art, and then that all just kind of led me to Vibhu and Drip. I really like serving a large audience with art. I mean that was always really fun with Editions. And then with Additions, I wanted to deliver them at a low cost, but that just invites bots to basically come in and flip your stuff. Bots were making way more money than I was off my art just because of the setup, you know what I mean? That's, I think, what intrigued me about Drip is I could achieve this thing that I wanted, which was giving art to all these people on Solana for free basically. And then there's no real bots, everyone's trying to sign up as an individual and gets it airdropped. It's not like a mint. Yeah, I think that's kind of where it all started and how it all made sense for the way that I was distributing my art. Brian Friel (08:12):Yeah, you hit on a lot there. I think that journey of trying out Solana for the first time, this new primordial soup of ecosystem projects and then this totally irrational NFT market, everyone gets dive into it. I think a lot of people can resonate that picture. Vibhu Norby (08:26):Right. I got to interject here because Degen Poet just introduced himself for five minutes and not one time did he mention the word typewriter, which is what he's most famous for of all things is that he didn't say the word typewriter. Brian Friel (08:42):Yeah. Vibhu Norby (08:43):But how did you find a typewriter? Just tell us that quickly. Degen Poet (08:47):Let's see here. I was cleaning out my sister's ex-husband's parents' basement and we found a typewriter when I was in college, and I think I just got really into them at that point because I was doing poetry and stuff and just would smoke tobacco pipes and type on a typewriter pretending I was some guy. I think that's where it all started. And then it picked back up again around Solana or whatever. My wife bought me a typewriter as an anniversary present. That was the first one that I really beat the crap out of for Solana. That's, I guess, what started it. From poems to trying to make something visually more appealing is really what it all clicked with. With NFTs specifically, I started out with just Photoshop and text and I needed some way of making it visually more appealing because that's how you get sales. But that basically took me from a poet to someone who makes art with a typewriter was kind of because people really pretty pictures on NFTs and turns out I like making them. There you go. Brian Friel (09:51):I think Vibhu brings up a great point there. I mean, Degen Poet I think is prolific and well known for having this unique process with a typewriter. If you could expand a little bit on that, Degen Poet, how do you go about creating these collections and is there anything that you do with Drip in particular that is different from either your normal flow or other flows that you know of of NFT artists on Solana? Degen Poet (10:13):Yeah. I mean I guess one of my main things that I've sort of been consistent with are the profile pictures. As a legendary, I'll take an existing Solana profile picture and just kind of do a typewriter version of those. For that process, I basically sketch a version of the profile picture with a pen, and then those were sort of my guides for the typewriter. I've done it freehand on the typewriter before, but you're only exposing a small portion of the paper at a time and it's really hard to get the proportions right. It's helpful to kind of map them out with a pen or marker sketch first. And then I do go through with a detailed typewriter version of it. I try to pull in words or traits or something to do with the NFT as part of the words that make up the image just as a piece of interest if you zoomed in. (11:03):And then I'll print out another copy of that. I'll do another sketch or sometimes I'll just paint on the typewriter piece itself and I'll use oil pastels or watercolor. At the end of the day I'm layering two scans. One of them is basically just the typewriter ink and then another one is this sort of painted version and I layered them on top of each other so you get a colored version of a typewriter piece, and that's kind of how all the profile pictures start. I think that's definitely pretty unique, just using all the physical pieces and really trying to make it all from physical scans versus any sort of digital pieces. And then anything digital is really for animation. Sometimes I'll type out every single frame and I'll make individual frames physically for everything that I'm animating. Other times I'll just cut out a piece of the eye or a piece of a lip or something like that on Photoshop and move it around, save a few different images or change colors or something. I do some Photoshopping to get the pieces animated, which I think just kind of adds another level to it. Typewriter is such an old physical looking thing. And so it's interesting, I think, to see it in an animation style. That's something I've really leveled up with Drip. I feel like I've done way more animations with Drip than any of my art sort of previously. Brian Friel (12:22):You hit a lot there throughout the intro and throughout describing your process, but basically this journey, I think a lot of people resonate with coming to Solana, seeing this fragmented NFT landscape ripe with speculation. That doesn't always make sense, but I think Drip's unique in that it's changing all these models, it's flipping them on their head. Vibhu, can you speak a little bit to who you're working with? Who are these artists that are now reaching out to you? I think you've proven this model with the Degen Poet, but when you talk to artists on Solana, what's attractive to Drip for them? Vibhu Norby (12:54):Yeah. I want to touch on something that you reminded me of, which is that the transition from Spaces to Drip, although on the surface is very jarring, the thing that kind of ties them together was that when we were meeting people in real life trying to introduce them to blockchains, what we found time and time again was that it was the art and the PFPs that were resonating with people in the store. It wasn't all the other stuff. And yet the way that most people have gotten into here is through an exchange where it's all about trading. And so I put this on Twitter many times, but things would be different today and they will be different in the future if the first experience that people have of this amazing technology is art, right? It's la piece from Degen Poet. It just changed everything. What am I looking for in artists?n (13:38):I probably talk to between 20 and 30 artists every single week, artists, projects, creators, and we probably filled about 100 requests per week, I would say right now. We have a really high bar. There's only three slots per week now. There's a showcase and there's two channels. And we book these things out for months in advance. The thing that resonates to me the most is artists that see themselves as more than just putting their pen or their paintbrush on paper, whatever their medium is, but as content creators as well. I think what attracted me to Degen Poet for a long time and I think why people love Degen Poet, yeah, the art is really good and I think that has to be there, but there's a lot of really good art. It's Degen Poet's personality. It's how that comes out in his work. (14:22):It's how he tells a story around his pieces. He publishes videos of the typewriter itself and the creation process. To me, we definitely have an eye for these kind of super artists who are brand building for themselves and have a vision for how to take care of their community in addition. To me, I mean, there's a lot of amazing artists in the world and if you just take blockchain out of it, you can walk into any gallery and see these incredible things. But there's this disconnect between the thing that you're buying and the person that made it and you. And in crypto, it gives this opportunity to cut out that piece and just connect directly with the creator. And if the creator takes advantage of that, that's very attractive to us. That tells me that they're thinking differently about what crypto can add to them. We have a pretty high bar, to be honest. (15:08):I mean I think we could fill up Drip with illustration and other techniques. There's a lot of amazing photographers, but I think at least in the early stages here, we have the opportunity to be curatorial a bit and relentlessly, we've been programming out our new channels trying to bring something different to the table each week. I think if you fast forwarded a year, it's going to be full of the same stuff that Instagram is full of and other big networks, it's just kind of natural. But right now we have an opportunity to keep a vision for what a collectible can kind of be. I don't know. I kind of know when I see it, but that's probably my framework. Brian Friel (15:44):Yeah. You hit on a couple things there with, not just just filling with great art, but the way that this can change the relationship between an artist and their fans. Degen Poet, from your experience, how has working with Drip influenced both the way that people discover your content, but also the relationships that you have with your collectors? Yeah, Degen Poet (16:01):Yeah. I mean it definitely makes it a much wider net, which is nice. They have a larger community to gather around. It feels like everyone who's kind of a channel in Drip is part of a little club or group or something. And so a lot of the same collectors will collect from multiple channels across Drip and things like that. There's more going on than just my art, but it still feels like a piece of a larger community. Everyone's kind of bringing a different style of Drip to the table. It takes less pressure off of my shoulders where I have to have my own Discord or be so focused and all these things. I could do that if I wanted, but I don't have to. Drip is big enough and has enough engagement from the tools that they provide that it helps sustain that better than I could than when I was alone. (16:47):And yeah, I guess you get a lot more people, right. You really do get people who would never have bought my art. And it's not because they didn't like it, they probably couldn't afford it or they didn't really know about it, but they happened to get in through Drip. And so get new people who earnestly really enjoy the art because that's how they found it. They found it from something free, they weren't trying to flip it and that's how they found it. Yeah, I don't know. It definitely casts a wider net and I feel you do boil up more people that just truly enjoy what you do versus the other side. Yeah, that's been great for that. Brian Friel (17:23):Yeah. I want to pause here and just dive into a topic that we mentioned briefly at the start, which is Solana. Degen Poet, you described your journey to finding Solana and I mentioned that I think if anyone's been around crypto Twitter, they know who you are. Prolific typewriter artist of Solana. Vibhu, you've been deeply involved with Solana for over a year and now. Why do you guys plant your flag in Solana, and what about Solana is able to make this a reality where no other blockchain can really do what Drip is doing? Vibhu Norby (17:51):I'm trying to refashion myself a little bit in our narrative because I mean you'll see on our Twitter page and on our site, occasionally we'll talk about Solana, but we've been trying to focus on the collectibles. I mean even with NFTs, I've eliminated using that word on our corporate account entirely in very specific cases. I don't think anybody on the consumer side really cares about that. But from the builder's perspective, two aspects. One is that they pioneered the state compression model, which allows us to do NFTs at a very, very big scale relative to the old version for a very low cost, a couple $100 per million, totally affordable for a business like us. And I think the second thing is that Solana has a really active developer community and some really amazing devs inside of it that are hunting for things to build. (18:35):And it's really competitive too. All the infrastructure around anything new on Solana develops fast. Perfect example of that is Tensor. We went live with it March 22nd, three months ago, and it's certainly been a couple weeks, maybe two or three weeks because they went live with trading on there. And it's an amazing experience and people can trade these compressed NFTs, 200 at a time and there's a brand new kind of thing, right. But it's not just them, there's B Man who built this tool called PopKey, it's Keerel who built the Drip tracker. There's just all these amazing 10X engineers, if you will, itching to be involved and be part of the Solana community. And we feel like anything that we can't get to, someone else is just going to build anyway. And hey, when we're ready, maybe we'll pick it up. Or maybe that tool just kind of develops its own path and we don't have to touch it. (19:28):And that thing is unique to crypto too because all of our NFTs are composable. It just really does. We're kept to such a high bar of development 'cause if we don't reach that bar, then three other companies are going to recreate what we're doing, do it better, and then people also going to just take our content and then do it better on top of our content and our data. I don't know about other chains, maybe they have that too, but I've just observed that Solana is, because of the size of our community and the energy there, seems to attack these things with a lot of vigor that I didn't see, at least in Ethereum when I was first getting into this space. Brian Friel (20:02):No, I couldn't agree more. I think Solana has carved out its own kernel of a genuine dev community. It's a double-edged sword like you say, because it's highly composable and you have this great force everyone will want to build with you, but it invites a lot of competition where if you do slack, there will be people who will take what you do and run with it. But I think so far you guys have done a really great job of really leading in this vertical of Solana. DP, do you have anything to add to what Vibhu said with respect to Solana, maybe from an artist's perspective? Degen Poet (20:31):As far as only possible on Solana, I definitely think it comes down to the compressed NFT. You can't cost effectively drop a million NFTs a week on any other blockchain, not even close to a 1,000X, not even close. I think that's the core of it that allows us to be different on Solana. But then all that other stuff, the unspoken kind of stuff is just the energy of the people here on the chain and the fact that Tensor and all the rest, not only do you have to be able to mint one million NFTs a week for low cost, but you also have to have people that can build stuff to do with them. And that is, I think, an underappreciated aspect of Solana. And I feel like Drip, from my perspective, all we have to do is just kind of continue growing the market for compressed NFTs, continue add channels and add people kind of doing stuff with compressed NFTs and then Solana will provide. As you get bigger and there's more market, more people want something, then Solana starts to make those things happen. I think we'll see that and that will be incredible. Vibhu Norby (21:32):I'm going to flip it back to you, Brian, as well. How is Drip breaking Phantom and what does Phantom need to address? Degen Poet (21:37):Yeah. When can I hold 5,000 NFTs please? Vibhu Norby (21:38):There you go. Brian Friel (21:41):Yeah, no, I would say from a dev perspective at Phantom side, we were early to support compressed NFTs, but it's almost a naive assumption that hey, we ship support and we'll be good because it basically is opening Pandora's box where now people just go wild whenever they're given a new medium to express with this kind of stuff. And we saw it firsthand with Tensor launching their NFT marketplace. We're getting requests, why can't I sign 5,000 transactions at once? You guys can't simulate 5,000 different transactions, but it makes us go back to basically first principles and what is the wallet being used for here? How should we be basically specializing the wallet and what do our users really want this for? And I think, Vibhu, you painted a great story at the start of this where eight months ago, the world was ending for all of Solana, they who should not be named. And in six to eight months, you've gone from that state to completely bootstrapping an organic network with hundreds of thousands of users who love and use this product every day. (22:34):How do we stay adaptable enough for that, huge question and a huge challenge and was really the fun of what's working in this space I think is all about. Vibhu, you mentioned a little bit too on the future of, I think you hinted a year out from now looking like Instagram. Can you say more about that? Vibhu Norby (22:49):Yeah. Depending on the day I wake up and I think about YouTube or Instagram or Twitch or Patreon or Roblox or you name it. There isn't a perfect analogy for this stuff because it kind of is a blend of a lot of different things. I mean literally every single day we're trying to address a problem in our product and we search for some mental model from some other place and see if that kind of makes sense. And not all of it does, but Instagram is such a simple product to talk about because it is a simple product. Everybody, not just creators, but normal people post photos to their feed or stories and then you follow their friends and you follow the celebrities or influencer, whatever that you like and that stuff shows up in your feed. And you think nothing of it. Okay, I go about my day, I open the app, I click something and I'm good, I'm happy, I close it. (23:43):But what's sitting underneath of Instagram is this advertising industrial complex that is calculating an enormous amount of data for every single thing that you do on the app. You open the story, how long did you open the story for? How many people are you connected to that also did the same thing? They're building profiles. I used to work on this stuff. I know this is what we do. Yeah, there's a reason for it. I don't think it's bad. I don't think advertising is bad. I want to put that out there. I know Anatolia thinks it's evil and it's part of the reason why he talks about Solana as the anti-spam control network, but it is good for small businesses, but the group that gets abused in that situation are the users and the creators that actually use the app. You go talk to any creator on any network that's not on the top 1% and they're making almost no money from these things. (24:33):We have an artist that's launching tomorrow called Bangers. He has 200,000 on Instagram. He has three and a half billion views of her content on Giffy. 'Cause she makes all these animated gifs and she told me that she made $20 from Giffy and almost nothing from Instagram ever. I mean we just don't think about it. But people build their livelihoods and businesses on these social platforms and increasingly so. I mean young people today, you ask them what they want to be when they grow up, it's not a firefighter. They want to be content creators, they want to be YouTubers, they want to be TikTokers, literally what they want to do. But when we examine these platforms and how they treat all of the kind of participants in that ecosystem, you just see this thing where all the power and all the money is aggregating inside of these couple of companies, ByteDance with TikTok, Facebook, Google, Amazon. (25:28):The trifecta of these trillion-dollar companies. Where I want to take Drip is, hey, let's take that model that we know people because people like to just follow someone and see their content, but let's start to tweak the internal economics of each of these components and do it in a way that over the next couple years, creators can make more money from this stuff. Even users might be able to make money, which is a very new concept, but it's something that is normal in crypto and just not normal in Web 2.0. If we can successfully build a model that's better, there's no reason why creators won't come over, it's just an awareness thing. Can we get the word out and can we make this easy to use and safe? I don't know if that's Instagram or it's YouTube or whatever. Instagram is the easiest thing to talk about. I think Drip is a really big idea. I hope that there's many other entrepreneurs that are looking at what we're doing and thinking, hey, maybe this kind of thing could apply in other categories too, and together we can come after these conglomerates, give the power back to the people and that would be a beautiful thing. Brian Friel (26:31):I couldn't agree more. Degen Poet, when you hear that and you take into consideration everything you told us about your journey starting on these fragmented marketplaces and everything and now everything that you've been doing with Drip, how do you think your relationship with Drip will evolve? Do you foresee the majority of your art being now distributed via platforms like these versus traditional mediums? Degen Poet (26:52):Yeah, for sure. Solana NFTs in the first place gave me a place for my art. I tried to be a poet in the real world and didn't really see the value in it even to publish a book and to get nothing back and to spend all the money to publish it, that kind of thing. Just NFTs and Solana in general as a first step was incredible to me to be able to make any kind of money off of my art period. And then that is what led me to become an artist. I wasn't making pictures or whatever before this, so it allowed me to exist as an artist in the first place. And then I guess I got hungry for the idea that you could live off this as a career or something. For me, I guess, I just want to create a space where people after me, people around me can do this seriously as 50% or more of their income for their lives. (27:45):I guess that's what I want to continue to push on at Drip, things like donations, et cetera, but finding a way to make them work and have them be something on a consistent basis that again, another artist can use that model and create a source of income that's reasonably dependable. A weekly Drip of donations I think is way more sustainable and understandable than when you're going to sell in your next auction. You sort of have a steady growth than all the rest of it. And so I don't know, it's just a better model to actually build a true career off of. Yeah, I don't know. For me, continue to find ways to take advantage of Drip and put all my work there that makes sense. I still have some one-on-ones outside of Drip, but I might even incorporate those into Drip someday. Yeah. I mean for me, as long as they let me Drip, I'm dripping. As long as the door is open for me, that's what I'm going to do for sure. Yeah. Vibhu Norby (28:43):Degen Poet is actually more close to the prototypical Solana artist than you would think. When I'm talking to an artist, I always ask, what's your full-time job? Very few of them are artists full-time. I mean that is really uncommon and it's really hard to make a living that way. Most of the artists that we work with are graphic designers and they make websites for clients and they're being creative maybe in some other way, but it isn't their source of income. And I don't think that if you look at this generation that wants to be content creators, that all of them can be content creators and make a living. Someone has to put food on the table, right. But you can add a little bit of extra for some of these folks and for the top 1% of them, or top 5% or top 10% of them to be able to make a reasonable living from doing this, I think is possible. (29:33):And my gold star metric for, I'm going to use Degen poet as our test baby, is how close can we get to replacing the income from his W2 job over the next year? We're actually not that far away. We're making progress and we continue to tweak that and it will pay back dividends. If he can be full-time on this and he'll be able to have, I don't know how he has a full-time job already. That part's a mystery to me, but in theory, more art, more content, more delight for people, that will help us grow too. DP and I are very aligned on that as a kind of a side quest to just getting art into people's hands. Brian Friel (30:08):Yeah. I think that's a great first goal. When you guys think about how we get to a world where the Degen Poets of the world can do this full time no questions asked, it's like an afterthought to even consider another job. Are there anything that you think that we need to change as an industry, something we should stop doing? And I ask this question because last time we had you on the show, Vibhu, you had a couple hot takes that you dropped, mostly around how a number grow up is very bad for the industry. I want to ask, has that thinking evolved at all for you, Vibhu? And then I also later want to hear some Degen Poet has any ideas on that as well. Vibhu Norby (30:41):I'm still on the same train. Number go up, number go down both equally bad in many different ways. The only thing is I really feel it when if you're sitting on Twitter all day, you really feel the price. You don't even have to look at the tweets. When Bitcoin was over 30K yesterday, I felt it. I didn't even have to look at my app. When Solana's down, you feel it. For better or for worse, the audience there is highly effective. And so I can't help but be empathetic to it, but it's actually an imperative for our industry to survive, especially in the US for us to move past the tokens, we have to. I strongly feel that, this is going to offend some people. I'm just trying to be careful how I say this. I think that the OG crypto community who was here in 2015 to 2017, the ICO era and these people are holding our industry back in a lot of ways. (31:37):I think they're all over our biggest applications and our biggest exchanges and this and that. And I think somewhere in the back of all these folks heads, they can't get over the fact that the bull market's going to come back again and they're going to have a Lambo. And it just doesn't make sense if we're serious about this being in the hands of billions of people, sorry, we can't make a Lambo for all seven, eight billion people on earth. Some of us have to drive a Honda Civic, some of us have to drive a bike. Can we get bike money for everybody? Can we get there first and let go of the kind of grasp of all the token people? That's where I'm at. I could be wrong. Maybe I'm flawed, maybe everyone can have a Lambo. I would love one, but that's not where I see the future. Degen Poet (32:20):Yeah. I mean I guess I feel similarly. I guess you want to create a space in the blockchain where the number go up and down doesn't really affect your day to day of enjoyment. You don't think about the price of a t-shirt or a box of Legos or whatever it is going up and down. You still just consume them because you want it or you like it here and there. I think of the Pokemon card analogy when it comes to this. I think with Drip House where they're just cards in general. I think there's a space for the legendaries or whatever it is, smaller supplies, having numbers go up. I do think that creates a lot of fun and excitement, brings people on, all that, but it really needs to be balanced with the day to day. Your reason for being here can't be that, because if it is, then it's like yeah, it doesn't feel sustainable and you're just building a system where there's a small amount of winners and most people are losers. And so it's like what are you really doing for the world at that point? We need to find a way to create value for digital assets that's just inherent in whatever the object is. It's not because of a price or a speculation, it's just because you value whatever the thing is. Brian Friel (33:31):Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I think you guys are on the right path here and I think a lot of people who use Drip every day are resonating with what you guys are doing. Well, guys, this has been a really awesome conversation. One question we always ask our guests, I'd love to hear this from each of you, maybe starting with Degen Poet, is who is a fellow builder that you admire in the Solana ecosystem? Degen Poet (33:52):I really like the Foxes a lot. I like drags and I like the Foxy Dev. I think that they've done an awesome job of trying to find actually useful stuff that people could use on Solana and bringing it into their system and I've seen them do some stuff overnight for people and all the rest of it. Really like them. Really like the guys at Tenor too. I mean the stuff that they've done for us in compressed NFTs is pretty incredible. Everyone on those teams is great. Brian Friel (34:21):I agree. Vibhu. Vibhu Norby (34:22):I'm going to recall 'cause I'm a second time guest, the answers I gave last time, 'cause it's kind of funny in retrospect. I think I mentioned Ahkshe from Super Team who I would give again and again. He's been such an amazing supporter of me and Drip and places before that. And I think at the time I also gave Frank Deca as my other answer. I still have a soft spot for him. I know he left Solana, but I can't help but admire the fanatical community building that he has. But yeah, I mean today, the couple of people that came to mind for me were, yeah, I mean the Tensor guys are amazing. These guys are just... A hilarious story. I pinged Ilia, the founder, yesterday and I asked them, hey, can I have a vector version of your logo? And I kid you'd not. The second I typed that, I see Ilia is typing and then three seconds later the vector file was there and I was like, did you just have this sitting on your desktop ready to drop into this? Brian Friel (35:15):Copied on the clipboard already? Yeah. Vibhu Norby (35:17):They really don't like that. Just really responsive. I respect that a lot. I want to give a shout-out to a guy named Carol who I won't dox him. He's a really impressive guy in real life and I got to know that after I spoke to him. There's these people in our community that are anonymous. I think he's an OK Bear or whatever, maybe a monkey business, and you find out their real life and they're like some VP of some big company. You just never know who you're talking to. But he's been, both for Drip and for Dialect, who I also listed as my admiration for, he's just been building stuff for free that benefit our communities and hundreds of thousands of people use those tools every single week to track their Drip collection. He's KIRYL_SOL, I believe he is his Twitter handle. Yeah, huge ups to that guy for carrying collectibles into the future. Brian Friel (36:06):I love it. These are all future guests of the podcast we're naming here. We have to get these guys on, have them tell their story as well. But yeah, Vibhu, Degen Poet, I just want to thank you guys from the Phantom team. We love everything that you guys are up to. We really think that Drip House arose at a time when Solana needed it most. We think you guys really carry a light forward for a way that pioneer's a new model for art on Solana, for artists making a living. Really excited for everything that you guys have to come. Thank you so much for your time on Zeitgeist. Degen Poet (36:33):Thanks for having us. Vibhu Norby (36:34):Thanks. Bye.
What's up everybody! This is Thomas Bahamas and you are here for episode number 31 of Solana Weekly. Here to drop some alpha on what's going on and where we're going. We have kind of flattened out as far as price action goes, but we've got some NFT action going on. I spent my morning trying to mint Gen 3 SMB's and failing. I'm going back after it a little later today and I'm all jacked up. Sol Price: $16.18 - down from 16.91 and about 4%. Overall I'm okay with it We didn't fill the gap to 23, but we also didn't dip from massive amounts of Robinhood dumping. They had millions of Sol and were to dump it, we remain unaffected. The outlook on sol long term is real good and the value prop has never been clearer. The price is still not reflecting it. I'm okay with it. Sol Eth down 4% to .00877 and Eth continues to hold strong. We just can't catch a break against our friendly foes in the Eth community. I can't mention Eth without bringing up the Azuki fiasco. One of the top NFT's in their community, they dropped a gen 2 and raised 40 mill off of it. The kicker, it's almost the exact same art. The second kicker, there are a bunch of twins in the set. Disaster, but also highlights what's only possible on Eth, 40 million raised in minutes. So much money there it's crazy. Think of this when people start realizing the benefits of Solana. Sol BTC - continues to bleed on this. Saw a comparison of solbtc to eth btc, back when Eth almost died, it hit something like -97% vs btc, we're at like -95%, if history rhymes, we could almost be at bottom. Gen 3 baby! The SMB mint to unlock the IP and take over the world. Two main topics Lending - both nft lending and centralized lending Investable digital assets vs usable digital assets Merkle tree - is a cryptographic hash that is used to verify the integrity of a set of data. In the context of Solana NFTs, a Merkle root is used to create a compressed NFT.A compressed NFT is an NFT that stores its metadata within the ledger, rather than in a separate account. This reduces the storage cost of NFTs, while still maintaining their security and speed.Another thought I had is that im going to embrace web 3. I've been pretty pro crypto over web 3 because it's what the og's use but I'm over it. The web 2 guys coming in seemed to coin this term and it got super cringe, but I think it's actually really good. Much better connotation than crypto. I hear crypto I think super shadowy coders in their parents basement. I hear web 3 and I think NFT's and defi and fun ways to rework the way we view assets and the internet. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thomasbahamas.substack.com
Our guest this week is Richard Wu, Co-Founder of Tensor, a Solana-based NFT marketplace tailored for professional traders. We explore the origins and journey of Tensor on Solana, and delve into the unique capabilities of their recently launched compressed NFT marketplace. Richard shares insights on the differences between traditional NFTs and Tensor's compressed NFTs, and discusses the innovative trading functionalities and community strategies in place at Tensor. We also touch on Tensor's rewards system, their upcoming NFT collection, and their strategic partnership with Metaplex. Show Notes:00:54 - Starting on Solana03:37 - From Solana to Tensor08:17 - Solana hackathons10:16 - Only possible on Solana 12:16 - Compressed NFTs and User Experience at Tensor15:06 - Insights on Compressed NFTs vs. NFTs17:08 - Tensor's trading functionalities20:47 - Tensor's strategy for the community 23:03 - NFT collection24:35 - The point system25:29 - The Solana ecosystem / Being a leader in the NFT marketplace27:13 - Partnership with Metaplex28:33 - A builder he admires in the Solana ecosystem? Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:00):Hey everyone and welcome to The Zeitgeist. The show where we highlight the founders, developers, and designers who are pushing the web 3.0 space forward. I'm Brian Friel, developer relations at Phantom. I'm super excited to introduce our guest, Richard Wu, the co-founder of Tensor. Tensor is the premier NFT marketplace for pro traders on Solana. Richard, welcome to the show. Richard Wu (00:28):Thanks for having me on, Brian. Great to be here. Brian Friel (00:31):I'm super excited to chat with you today. We got a lot to go into. Obviously you guys are extremely popular recently on Solana, but I think you guys have a really interesting story to tell. Going back to some of your earliest days, you and your co-founder, I remember you guys multiple times either placing highly or winning some of the Solana hackathons. Can you take us back to those early days of how you guys both got started on Solana? Richard Wu (00:54):Yeah, of course. Just to give some backstory maybe on myself and on Ilja, so I think not a lot of people know this, but we were both essentially strangers right before we started Tensor. And so we basically met through this co-founding matching portal online, YC Startup School. And that was sort of our first connection. We hadn't worked together before. We basically had no interactions outside of that. So one of the first things we did initially was we basically got on a call, exchanged a bunch of notes on what ideas he wanted to work on, what interests us. And for Ilja specifically, he had been building on Solana for quite some time. I was actually not familiar at all with Solana nor like crypto development in general. And so he sort of red pilled me into giving it a shot. And so our first project that we actually worked together was a hackathon project. That was sort of our NFT pricing oracle that at the time made a lot of sense. (01:51):So essentially what an NFT pricing oracle does is it provides price information about NFT collections so that other NFT protocols can actually consume these prices in order to do certain functions. So you can imagine a lending protocol that follows a pool based model would need some price to perform liquidations or for people to... I guess mainly for liquidations. (02:13):And NFT Perps, for example, is another type of protocol that would require pricing information on chain. And so that was initially the project that we worked on together. We submitted that to the Solana Riptide hackathon I believe, which I don't know if it was the second or third ever Solana hackathon, but we were pretty early on in the hackathon cycle. We just submitted our project to that hackathon because one, we wanted to win a bit of money so that we can bootstrap ourselves further in the process. And two, we just thought it would be fun to submit something. We ended up placing third in the DeFi category, which was pretty cool and the rest is sort of history. Brian Friel (02:53):That's awesome. And so you're famous on Twitter I would say, for being this David versus Goliath set up because you guys have gone from these two devs who just code all day submitting the hackathons to today Tensor is always up there with Magic Eden in people's minds as leading marketplaces, not just in Solana but say in NFTs across crypto. And a lot of people don't know that most of that is really built off the backs of everything that you and your co-founder have built. And starting back to those early days where you guys were just in hackathons chewing glass, so to speak, walk us through that journey. How did you guys go from that initial Solana Riptide hackathon project idea to getting the idea for Tensor, deciding this is something you actually want to build and then sticking it out and then getting product market fit like this? Richard Wu (03:37):I would say for us, the biggest strengths that we had as a two person team for the longest time was that we could really spend a lot of our time as founders talking to customers and understanding what their pain points are when it comes to NFT trading. So the initial idea of building an NFT trading product or platform was because Ilja and I, when we were building the NFT oracle, we were both trading NFTs on the side just to understand the market a bit more, try to understand why people are trading NFTs to begin with. And we had sort of this aha moment where I think at the time Okay Bears was minting and it was one of the hottest, if not the hottest, mint of 2022 on Solana. And we went on Magic Eden and we went on Hyperspace and we went on a bunch of other sites and we tried to buy Okay Bears, or at least I tried to buy Okay Bears, right after the mint and it was basically impossible for me to get a transaction through. (04:32):And I think the biggest issue then was these marketplaces weren't showing listing data fast enough and that was a huge issue for a lot of these new mints that happened after Okay Bears. There was Tripin Apes, which is also a really hot one. There was a slew of other really hyped collections that sort of faded into existence now. But it was just really difficult for me as a human trader, like NFT trader, to actually put any trades through. And that was sort of the inkling that motivated us to build something better. When we thought about our experience using trading platforms like Binance, like Buy Bit, Coinbase, we were very familiar with the idea of real time data and that speed matters a lot if you're trading in and out really quickly. That was the motivation to bring sort of the Coinbase, the centralized exchange experience, at least the speed, of it to NFT trading. Brian Friel (05:25):Yeah. For sure. And I've heard this from you guys before, but some of your thesis around why traders would want that because at the time, going back to those days when there was the Okay Bears hot mint, you mentioned Magic Eden being basically the only game in town to go and see these. I'd say the paradigm around NFT trading was very much you go to a site and you see a picture you like and you click buy and the model that Tensor and you guys have introduced and others like Blur have helped pioneer as well is very much spinning that on its head and making it, I'd say, less about, or maybe potentially less about, the characteristic [inaudible 00:05:59] much more around this pro trading like style interface. What were some of the insights that led you guys to believe that that was something worth betting on? Because it was very much a contrarian take at the time. Richard Wu (06:09):Yep, absolutely. I think at the time when we were trying to fundraise, actually... This was actually during the whole FTX collapse and Solana going to 10 bucks, but a lot of the VCs that we talked to were questioning, "Why would you build a product that is already somewhat niche like NFTs and sort of the grand scheme of crypto for an even more niche group of users?" I think one thing that we saw and we knew just from our experience in sort of TradFi as well as trading fungible tokens was that we knew that with all things trading, it follows this sort of parallel dynamic where the top, let's say, 20% of traders account for 80% of volume for any given market. That's a rough approximation. So the 80/20 rule applies here where most traders are probably not trading in size, but the ones that do are few and far between, but they want something that's more advanced, that's more catered to their style of trading that many other traders might not care for. (07:11):We ourselves weren't exactly that for NFT trading, but we knew a lot of people in the ecosystem who did trade NFTs in the hundreds at a time. And the whole NFT sweeping thing is kind of obvious in hindsight now, but at the time there were very few marketplaces that actually had the sweep feature and we made that one of the first features to implement, was being able to bulk sweep, being able to bulk list, being able to bulk de-list. All of that obviously is table stakes now for any marketplace, but at the time we were the only aggregator/marketplace to do it. Brian Friel (07:44):So you mentioned the fundraising journey there a little bit. I want to hit on that just a little bit too because you guys recently announced that you closed your first round with placeholder leading as well as a large group of angels, many of which I would say are Solana power users and probably power users of Tensor as well. What was that whole process like for you guys? And going back to when we started this conversation about the hackathons, what helped prepare you for this fundraising journey and if you could depart any wisdom on folks who are now in upcoming Solana hackathons, what would you say to this next generation of builders who are going through that? Richard Wu (08:18):The thing that moved the needle for us was having a really good network of both personal connections in the space. We went through this accelerator called Alliance. I think they're called Alliance Dow. They might just go by Alliance now, but they're essentially a Dow that has almost like a YC accelerator for web 3.0 companies and they actually helped us one understand the fundraising ecosystem a bit more. They also provide a tremendous value when it comes to mentorship. But they helped us connect with a lot of investors. I think when it comes to raising in a bear market, even if you have a killer team and potentially a killer product, you can still be overlooked by a lot of VCs and at this point it's just a numbers game. Get in as many calls as you can, try to prioritize the VCs that are showing interest and the ones that actually care about the founding team versus just trying to make a quick buck by flipping your token. A lot of the investors that ultimately invested, including Placeholder, came through either personal connections like other builders in the space or through the Alliance network. Brian Friel (09:25):That's awesome. I know many folks who were part of that rounds. I know some Phantom team members were as well very excited to be supporting you guys through that. And at the time I'd say it still was a controversial take, even though I think Blur had, at that time, gotten a decent amount of traction on EVM. You guys I think had launched around the same time Blur launched, but it had taken a little while for that same model to permeate on Solana. I guess focusing on Solana, what made you guys specifically choose to double down on it? You mentioned that your co-founder, Ilja, red pilled you on Solana early on. I'm sure when you guys were talking to VCs, everyone has an opinion on where teams should be building, but you guys have really decided to stick it out, not only double down on Solana but continue to push new features like your compressed marketplace that are only possible on Solana. So can you talk a little bit about that decision? Richard Wu (10:17):I think you were spot on in that a lot of VCs, in fact 95% of VCs, basically told us on the first call or asked us, "Why are you still on Solana? What are your plans for moving cross chain? Why haven't you moved off of Solana yet?" And I think for us, we're pretty good at thinking for ourselves and thinking from first principles, but even then this was post FTX and we had doubts ourselves whether or not it was a good move for us to stay on Solana and not build on Ethereum or Polygon. Ordinos wasn't a thing at the time, but the next hot chain. (10:51):When it comes to staying on Solana today, I think we have almost like a very strong fundamental belief that there are things that you can do on Solana that you can't do elsewhere that have been untapped when it comes to NFTs. So you mentioned compressed NFTs. I think that is a huge potential for Solana to become the number one digital asset/NFT chain in all of crypto. Just the value prop of being able to mint a million NFTs for less than a hundred dollars and being able to airdrop that for essentially free, it's just like a hundred bucks. Most companies or startups probably spend that on some random AWS service. Being able to do that basically for free is something that is very difficult to find on any other chain and we think that has a potential to onboard the next million users to Solana and even to onboard companies that are a bit hesitant about paying for gas fees on Ethereum L1 or a bit hesitant about spending a lot of money creating NFTs on any given blockchain. I think this is the way to onboard all of those skeptics and all of those people who are hesitant. Brian Friel (11:57):Yeah, let's dig into that more. At the time we're recording this, it's June 6th, I think you guys just last week had announced the launch of your compressed NFT marketplace. It's the first one on Solana. How has that launch gone? Who are you guys working with? Where are these compressed NFTs coming from and if I'm a user showing up to Tensor, what is that whole experience? What can I expect? Richard Wu (12:17):So we're currently working with a number of key partners. The very first partner that we worked with was Dialect. For those who are not familiar, Dialect is this web 3.0 messaging app. They're primarily on mobile. They essentially integrate... I think of Telegram integrated with a wallet. And so they let you, for example, send solds to your contacts directly in the chat app. They also let you collect these stickers which are minted as compressed NFTs. And the interesting thing here that Dialect did with these stickers was that they essentially gave them out for free and to anyone including those who have nothing in their wallet. The great thing about compressed NFTs is they're so cheap that you can just airdrop them in mass to a ton of users and not have to think about the cost and the users themselves don't have to pay any gas to receive them. (13:04):Obviously you need to pay a bit of gas if you want to interact with... Let's say you want to send it to someone else or if you want to list it on the Tensor marketplace or if you want to do peer-to-peer sticker trading. But the big unlock here for Dialect was they were able to essentially give these out for free to all of their mobile app users and they can now trade them on Tensor and perhaps sell it for a bit of Soul and use that Soul to do other things. (13:27):Another partner we work with is Drip and they're doing something somewhat similar in that instead of stickers, they're actually doing art drops and they're working with a number of creators like Xeno, maybe not Xeno, but another artist called DJ Poet who creates these art pieces, essentially distributes them through Drip and anyone can come by and claim these art pieces for next to nothing. They just pay for transaction fees. And based on these two use cases, we think that these airdrops, these new ways of distributing essentially digital assets to users for essentially free will become more and more popular. And we may even see non NFT projects like platforms such as Dialect. Drip is technically a platform. Their specialty isn't in compressed NFTs, but that's a huge part of it. They'll start using compressed NFTs as a distribution mechanism and we want to essentially build the trading infrastructure around it and also any infrastructure required to make them successful. Brian Friel (14:26):Yeah. The point you hit there about it's almost like a user acquisition cost, but it just turns it on its head and it's so cheap and it's like if you think about subsidizing that to get a user's attention, I think it is something that is a unique unlock that right now it is only possible in Solana, I think is largely overlooked in the rest of the crypto community right now. It's really cool to see. Since this has gone live, how have you guys seen users interacting with this platform? I mean is it pretty much similar behavior to trading and sweeping regular NFTs? I think we're entering into the chewing glass territory of Solana where you guys are building new functionality that's kind of pushing the limits of this. But what are some of the insights you guys have seen from the early launch? Richard Wu (15:06):Yeah, it completely blew our expectations. I don't think we one, expected the sheer number of unique wallets or I guess in this case it's a proxy for users, the sheer number of users that actually want to trade these things. So I guess I'll give you some absolute numbers. So in the first four or five days, I think it's been four days since we launched officially, we saw over a hundred thousand sales that occurred within three, four collections. These are literally collections that launched not too long ago, so they're not like the D gods who already have a lot of hype and a massive user base. These are relatively new and upcoming projects that are experimenting with CNFTs such as Dialect, such as Drip. They're going to be massive in the future obviously, but they launched these CNFTs and we saw over a hundred thousand sales actually occur with over 7,000 unique wallets and I think we just crossed a thousand Solana volume. (16:04):Obviously there's a long way to go, but just based on these three or four collections that just started trading and how little time that has actually passed since we launched this blew our expectations. Brian Friel (16:15):Yeah. And the thousand Soul marker too is pretty wild when you consider that most of these were probably given out for free originally or very much close to free. Like Drip, you can just drop your wallet address, get these for free. Dialect, you said people are getting these stickers even on empty wallets, just being a very early user of the app. It's pretty wild that you guys are basically creating something from nothing here and I think the sheer volume of that probably speaks for itself. (16:42):Outside of compressed NFTs, let's talk a little bit more about some of Tenor's unique offerings. You guys cater to this pro style trader. You mentioned the 80/20 rule before that 80% of users might be more casual NFT buyers, but the 20% that are really dedicated are bringing the vast majority of volume to Solana. What are some of those advanced trading functionalities that you guys are proud of that you guys offer at Tensor? Richard Wu (17:08):A lot of people know us for our trading view chart if you're in pro mode and you can sort of see the live feed on the side and also an order book view, which is one of few platforms in Solana that offers all three of those. But I think that stuff is kind of table stakes for us now. I think what we're especially proud of and digging more into is sort of more features to enable someone to quickly, let's say, manage their NFTs and be able to list it instantly on Tensor and be able to de-list it instantly and essentially be able to do whatever you can think of as imaginable with their NFTs on Tensor without leaving the platform. To give you a concrete example, right now you can send 200 or 300 NFTs at once to another wallet through Tensor. So this bulk sending feature I don't think too many other marketplaces have yet, but we've essentially implemented that since I think day two or day three. (18:03):Obviously as you mentioned, bulk sweeping, bulk listing, bulk de-listing, those are all table stakes. I mean there's not really one specific feature that we have that no one else has besides maybe compressed NFTs, but I think we're just very focused on providing the best possible user experience and that comes with attention to detail. So it's making sure everything runs as fast as possible. There's next to no lag. Everything updates like responsively on the front end. So after you perform a listing or any transaction, the NFT instantly updates with the correct information. And that's hard to get right. It took us a lot of glass chewing to actually perfect. Every time you list a NFT, it shows up almost instantly with a new price on your front end. Brian Friel (18:48):Yeah, I see the tweets from you guys, all the data pipelines that you guys are building. So I know that's a lot of glass chewing, a lot of work to be done. And on that note of focusing on UX, making things easy to manage these NFTs, it's probably a good time to announce if we haven't already by the time this is live, that we'll be introducing a new feature called Instant Sell directly from Phantom and you'll be able to click on NFT and be able to instantly sell this NFT and Tensor will be one of the marketplaces that we'll be sourcing liquidity from. And in addition to that, we'll also be introducing list on Tensor directly from FAM as well. Super excited about those integrations to be working with you guys as well as supporting your guys' compressed NFT marketplace as well. Richard Wu (19:29):Yeah, I mean we're very excited for that feature because we know that a lot of our users are Phantom Wallet users and they've been asking us like, "Oh, when Tensor listing from Phantom?" And I think having both Instant Sell and Listing from directly and embedded into Phantom would be such a killer feature for all of our users. Brian Friel (19:49):Yeah, it's the next win. Ledger Mobile finally shifts so the community needs a new win to yell on Twitter but I'm excited to get this out. I think by the time this episode is live, all the listeners should be able to try it out. If you have Phantom on mobile, you can go directly in there, make your first listing, make your first instant sell all thanks to Tensor's AMMs. (20:07):I want to switch gears a little bit and talk about your guys' focus on community. So we might have hit on this early on in the conversation, during your fundraising process you had a huge interest from angels, many of which were power users of you guys. I'd say that you guys have a really strong unique community that's native to Solana that you guys are building for this 20% power user. Talk a little bit about some of the features that you guys have on the community side. I see a lot about rewards. I see a lot about boxes. Yeah, you guys build a lot of really awesome tech, but you guys are also doing a lot to reward your users directly. What's your guys' strategy there? Richard Wu (20:47):I think for us taking a step back. We sort of understand that our users are what makes us. While sure we can build a really cool product with a bunch of reliable data pipelines and we can build a really fast trading platform, without users we're nothing. And I think a lot of startups realize this sort of later on, and we understood this from day one, that users and distribution is what matters and we want to do right by our users at every given possible opportunity. I think for us, we're obviously making fees from our marketplace and we want to give that back in some ways to our users. So I'll give you a very concrete example of what we did recently. Mad Lads, obviously one of the biggest NFT mints of this year across all of crypto, they basically blew a lot of the Ethereum 24 hour volume and seven day volume charts out the window. (21:43):We actually did this massive giveaway/raffle where we essentially promised and committed to taking all of the marketplace fees that we took from any trading that happened on the Mad Lads collection for the next three months and basically gave it away back to the users in terms of buying back Mad Lads off the market and doing a raffle for anyone who trades Mad Lads on Tensor. And that's just one way that we want to show that we actually do care about the community and you guys are what makes Tensor great and the best way to do that is to essentially give back our fees in terms of these NFTs and these buybacks. I think going forward we want the users to be as much as a part of Tensor's journey as we are a part of Tenor's journey. Obviously that will take some time. Currently, we have the rewards and point system and that's a proxy for us to actually attribute who is the most loyal Tensor fan, who is the most loyal Tensor user. We can give you guys loop boxes, which converts into our NFT collection and other rewards in the future. Brian Friel (22:49):Talk a little bit more about that NFT collection. I've seen some rumors about it. The boxes are very cryptic. When I log in I see these mystery boxes, not much I can do yet with them, but there's talks of an upcoming NFT collection. What can you say about that? Richard Wu (23:03):So one of the best pixel artists I would say on Solana, Xeno... I think he goes by Xeno sometimes. We reached out to him pretty early on and we basically said, "Hey, you want to do a really cool pixel art PFP collection?" And we want to make that essentially the image of Tensor users. We call Tensor users Tensorians. I think what's unique about this NFT collection is that yes, it can be PFP-able. You can put it on your Twitter profile and it'll look nice because obviously Xeno is a great artist. He knows what he's doing. But two, I think we want to make the NFT collection a first class feature of Tensor. So much like how real time data, these bulk sweeping features are first class features of Tensor, we want to make the NFT collection a first class part of Tensor. So what that means is you may get benefits in the future for having a Tensorian NFT. We're still thinking of the right mechanics to introduce, but one of the things that we're committing to is making this NFT collection actually meaningful to Tensor users. Brian Friel (24:10):That's awesome. Well, I'd say you guys have done a really awesome job with the whole point system today. It's just even really fun, I'd say, to make trades and look in and see all the points updated in real time and leaderboards and everything. So I'm excited to see how the NFT collection ties into all that. I have a feeling it's all tied in together and there is a great plan at the works here. Do you guys have a high level ETA on when users might be able to expect more from that? Richard Wu (24:35):The biggest technical blocker for us for the next phase to happen was actually the compressed NFT marketplace. So that might give you a bit of a hint on what we're planning on doing. It may involve a couple of compressed NFTs. It may have something to do with these boxes. There's a lot planned for this NFT drop. It's not going to be a typical NFT drop. Brian Friel (24:54):Nice. Richard Wu (24:55):You don't just show up to Tenor and mint you an NFT. There's going to be a couple of new mechanics that we're going to be trying for the first time. Brian Friel (25:02):Exciting. A little bit of alpha drop there on the podcast. I love it. (25:06):So from where you guys sit today, just to kind of put everything in perspective, I mentioned this David versus Goliath story where it's two developers, hackathon projects, and you guys end up building the marketplace that caters to these pro users and takes over Solana by volume. How do you guys view your current position in the Solana ecosystem and what does it mean for you to be a leader in the NFT marketplace? Richard Wu (25:30):To be completely frank, I don't think we've necessarily won anything, won the market or become the number one marketplace definitively. We think that Magic Eden is... They're a great team. They've done a lot for the space. And I think ultimately we want to grow the entire Solana NFT space together. We don't want to essentially be the ones who takes all the pie and leaves nothing for anyone else. We want Magic Eden to succeed so that all of Solana can succeed. (26:02):So I think for us, while having the majority market share at any given point is nice, I think what we want to do is basically close a gap between Solana and all the other blockchains when it comes to NFT market share, which is sort of a loose term. I think compressed NFTs is one of the big bets that we're making, that this will be the reason why Solana NFTs are seen by others as competitive with Ethereum NFTs, even competitive with Ordinos because obviously Ordinos has attracted a lot of attention when it comes to NFTs. So we're going to keep innovating, build an ecosystem around CNFTs so that it's dead simple for a creator or project or platform to come in and create a bunch of CNFTs and actually get value out of it whether it's user acquisition, whether it's a new gaming mechanic that they want to experiment with, we want to make Solana and Solana CNFTs the destination for them to do that. Brian Friel (27:00):I love it. It's a great position to be in as a leader. I have to ask as well, I noticed you guys just today announced a new partnership with Metaplex, specifically around launchpads. Can you talk a little bit about that and how that helps grow Solana as well? Richard Wu (27:13):So I think the Metaplex partnership made a lot of sense for us because as we've seen with previous experiments, working on a launchpad is difficult and trying to own that all to ourselves is a monumental task, just beyond the technical parameters of building a launchpad and making sure everything runs smoothly, which we can eventually figure out. I think the Metaplex team, one thing that they have that very few teams have is that they're very great liaison between creators and sort of the rest of the ecosystem. They've essentially done quite a lot for the ecosystem, including building the NFT standard, building all the tooling around it, building Candy Machine that enabled this whole explosion of Solana NFTs to begin with. And they've done a lot when it comes to onboarding creators outside of the ecosystem. And we just felt that both of our teams had a lot of alignment here, that we both want to grow the pie together, and so it made sense to partner with them for their launchpad, for their primaries, and we can focus on the secondaries. Brian Friel (28:14):I love it. That's great. Well, we're excited to support both you guys. Big fans of Metaplex. Really excited for everything that's in store for you guys in the future, compressed NFTs as well. (28:23):Richard, this has been an awesome conversation and one closing question that we ask all our guests, and I'd love to get your take on this as well, is who is a builder that you admire in the Solana ecosystem? Richard Wu (28:34):The obvious answer is my co-founder. He taught me a ton. He basically fed me everything I needed to know about Solana. But outside of that, we really respect the guys at Helius a lot because when we were going through the CNFT glass eating, they were the first ones to respond to all of our dumb questions about how do CNFTs work? Why is this breaking? Why is this returning an error? They were one of the first ones to respond and they've been relentless at trying to build out essentially the infrastructure, like the RPC infrastructure for CNFTs. So they have a lot of our respect and we work closely with them. So yeah, they're one of the best builders. Yep. Yeah, he's been fighting for Solana to the ends on crypto Twitter, so a lot of respect for that. Brian Friel (29:20):Yeah, murder's a legend, and if you're on crypto Twitter, it's hard to miss him. We're lucky to have him not only as a staunch defender of Solana, but also as the guy who will answer your telegrams frantically at two in the morning when you're trying to eat glass and ship new features. Yeah, great answer. Well, Richard, this has been an awesome conversation. Where can folks go to learn more about Tensor? Richard Wu (29:41):The very first place would be our platform Tensor.Trade. That's where you can find the fastest NFT marketplace on Solana. If you want to check out some of our other stuff, we tend to do a couple of tweets every day, and big announcements happen on our Twitter. So that's twitter.com/tensor_hq. Brian Friel (30:00):Awesome. Well, Tensorians, you know where to go. Richard, thanks so much for coming on the show. It's Richard Wu, the co-founder of Tensor. Richard Wu (30:08):Appreciate the time.
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Shiva Singh Sangwan is an Investor and Founder at 1947 Rise Fund. In this episode, we discuss the country of India, population growth, why more tech companies are being founded in India, and the reverse "brain drain" of talent choosing to work for India-based tech companies. ======================= The Pod Pro Cover by Eight Sleep is the most advanced solution on the market for thermoregulation. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking. Even better? Eight Sleep recently launched the next generation of the Pod. The new Pod 3 enables more accurate sleep and health tracking with double the amount of sensors, delivering you the best sleep experience on Earth. Go to eightsleep.com/pomp for exclusive Labor Day savings through September 11th. Eight Sleep currently ships within the USA, Canada, the UK, select countries in the EU, and Australia ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================= Compass Mining is the world's first online marketplace for bitcoin mining hardware and hosting. Compass was founded with the goal of making it easy for everyone to mine bitcoin. Visit https://compassmining.io/ to start mining bitcoin today! ======================= Exodus is leading the world out of the traditional financial system by building beautiful and user-friendly blockchain products. With its focus on design and user experience, Exodus has become one of the most popular and loved cryptocurrency apps. It's supported on both desktop and mobile, allowing you to sync your wallet across multiple devices so you can have access to your funds anywhere. You can instantly exchange around 100 different cryptocurrencies straight from your wallet. Interactive charts let you view an asset's price history and your portfolio's performance over time. And maybe the best part, Exodus is integrated with the Trezor hardware wallet - making advanced security easy for everyone. Visit exodus.com/pomp for your free download or search Exodus on the App Store or Playstore. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp ======================= Amberdata provides the critical data infrastructure enabling financial institutions to participate in the digital asset class. We deliver comprehensive data and insights into blockchain networks, crypto markets, and decentralized finance. Download our Digital Asset Data Guide at https://www.amberdata.io/pomp =======================
Samir Vasavada is the Founder of Vise In this conversation, we discuss being "crazy" as a founder and if that's a necessary trait for success. We also talk about building A.I. systems, how Samir started his company at 16, changing the financial advisor market, the future of Crypto and advice he has for young founders. ======================= Don't miss Mainnet, the most anticipated crypto event of the year, September 21-23 in New York City. Join 4000+ crypto builders and thought leaders for 3-days of can't-be-missed keynotes, fireside chats, demos, networking, and more. Get $300 off of your pass today by visiting https://mainnet.events and entering promo code "POMP" at check out. See you this fall at Mainnet 2022! ======================= If you're trying to grow and preserve your crypto-wealth, optimizing your taxes is just as lucrative as trying to find the next hidden gem.Alto IRA can help you invest in crypto in tax-advantaged ways to help you preserve your hard earned money. So, ready to take your investments to the next level? Diversify like the pros and trade without tax headaches. Open an Alto CryptoIRA to invest in crypto tax-free. Just go to https://altoira.com/pomp ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================= Crypto wallets and browser extensions are outdated, limited in features, and don't meet the needs of today's Web3 users. Core, the free, non-custodial browser extension built by Ava Labs, is more than just a wallet. Core is packed with features that give Avalanche users a more seamless, and secure, Web3 experience. With Core, any crypto user can easily swap assets, display NFTs in a beautiful interface, and store your assets in a Ledger-enabled wallet. Plus you can put real dollars in your Core wallet in just a few clicks. Go to www.core.app to access the full power of Web3 on Avalanche! ======================= The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ================== Bullish is a powerful new exchange for digital assets that offers deep liquidity, automated market making, and industry-leading security. Combining the innovations of DeFi with the regulated environment of traditional finance, Bullish empowers users to trade with certainty and earn passively at scale across variable market conditions, in an environment backed by multibillion-dollar liquidity contributions from the Bullish Treasury. Visit bullish.com/pomp today to learn more. Note: Bullish is licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Virtual assets and related products are high risk. Consult your investment advisor and trade responsibly. Bullish is available in select locations only and not to U.S persons. Visit bullish.com/legal for important information and risk warnings. =======================
Kimberly Ho Misiasek is a Clinical Child Psychologist and a Professor at The University Of Miami In this conversation we talk about nature vs. nurture, the exposure to adults, the impact of Covid lockdown & mask mandates, how the digital age effects children growing up today, and how to avoid raiding a spoiled kid. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= If you're trying to grow and preserve your crypto-wealth, optimizing your taxes is just as lucrative as trying to find the next hidden gem.Alto IRA can help you invest in crypto in tax-advantaged ways to help you preserve your hard earned money. Ready to take your investments to the next level? Diversify like the pros and trade without tax headaches. Open an Alto CryptoIRA to invest in crypto tax-free. Just go to https://altoira.com/pomp ======================= Bullish is a powerful new exchange for digital assets that offers deep liquidity, automated market making, and industry-leading security. Combining the innovations of DeFi with the regulated environment of traditional finance, Bullish empowers users to trade with certainty and earn passively at scale across variable market conditions, in an environment backed by multibillion-dollar liquidity contributions from the Bullish Treasury. Visit bullish.com/pomp today to learn more. Note: Bullish is licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Virtual assets and related products are high risk. Consult your investment advisor and trade responsibly. Bullish is available in select locations only and not to U.S persons. Visit bullish.com/legal for important information and risk warnings. ======================= Compass Mining is the world's first online marketplace for bitcoin mining hardware and hosting. Compass was founded with the goal of making it easy for everyone to mine bitcoin. Visit https://compassmining.io/ to start mining bitcoin today! ======================= Don't miss Mainnet, the most anticipated crypto event of the year, September 21-23 in New York City. Join 4000+ crypto builders and thought leaders for 3-days of can't-be-missed keynotes, fireside chats, demos, networking, and more. Get $300 off of your pass today by visiting https://mainnet.events and entering promo code "POMP" at check out. See you this fall at Mainnet 2022! =======================
Lucas Bagno is an investor at Village Global and the host of the "Solarpunk" podcast In this conversation, we discuss the threat of the CCP, Taiwan, the importance of rare earth metals & semiconductors, the reinvigoration of the American spirit, the role of government in innovation, and the decline of free speech & critical thinking in America. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================= BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Valour (formerly DeFi Technologies) represents what's next in the digital economy -- providing simplified, trusted access to crypto, decentralized finance and Web 3.0 investment opportunities. Institutions and investors can gain diversified, secure, compliant, and easily tradable access to a diversified set of industry-leading equity products and protocols, through a single stock purchase on a regulated exchange. Currently listed on U.S. (OTC: DEFTF) and Canadian (NEO:DEFI) exchanges. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit our website at valour.com ======================= Bullish is a powerful new exchange for digital assets that offers deep liquidity, automated market making, and industry-leading security. Combining the innovations of DeFi with the regulated environment of traditional finance, Bullish empowers users to trade with certainty and earn passively at scale across variable market conditions, in an environment backed by multibillion-dollar liquidity contributions from the Bullish Treasury. Visit bullish.com/pomp today to learn more. Note: Bullish is licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Virtual assets and related products are high risk. Consult your investment advisor and trade responsibly. Bullish is available in select locations only and not to U.S persons. Visit bullish.com/legal for important information and risk warnings. ======================= Exodus is leading the world out of the traditional financial system by building beautiful and user-friendly blockchain products. With its focus on design and user experience, Exodus has become one of the most popular and loved cryptocurrency apps. It's supported on both desktop and mobile, allowing you to sync your wallet across multiple devices so you can have access to your funds anywhere. You can instantly exchange around 100 different cryptocurrencies straight from your wallet. Interactive charts let you view an asset's price history and your portfolio's performance over time. And maybe the best part, Exodus is integrated with the Trezor hardware wallet - making advanced security easy for everyone. Visit exodus.com/pomp for your free download or search Exodus on the App Store or Playstore. ======================= ======================= Compass Mining is the world's first online marketplace for bitcoin mining hardware and hosting. Compass was founded with the goal of making it easy for everyone to mine bitcoin. Visit https://compassmining.io/ to start mining bitcoin today! =======================
Alex Epstein is the Author of the book "Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less" In this conversation, Alex breaks down the common misconceptions about climate change and energy use that he feels everyone is getting wrong. Whether you agree or disagree about climate change, it's good to listen to another perspective on a commonly held narrative. This audio episode was originally released on May 25, 2022. We are releasing the video on my Youtube page today, so I thought it would be good to release the audio together in case you missed this important conversation. ======================= Exodus is leading the world out of the traditional financial system by building beautiful and user-friendly blockchain products. With its focus on design and user experience, Exodus has become one of the most popular and loved cryptocurrency apps. It's supported on both desktop and mobile, allowing you to sync your wallet across multiple devices so you can have access to your funds anywhere. You can instantly exchange around 100 different cryptocurrencies straight from your wallet. Interactive charts let you view an asset's price history and your portfolio's performance over time. And maybe the best part, Exodus is integrated with the Trezor hardware wallet - making advanced security easy for everyone. Visit exodus.com/pomp for your free download or search Exodus on the App Store or Playstore. ======================= Compass Mining is the world's first online marketplace for bitcoin mining hardware and hosting. Compass was founded with the goal of making it easy for everyone to mine bitcoin. Visit https://compassmining.io/ to start mining bitcoin today! ======================= Don't miss Mainnet, the most anticipated crypto event of the year, September 21-23 in New York City. Join 4000+ crypto builders and thought leaders for 3-days of can't-be-missed keynotes, fireside chats, demos, networking, and more. Get $300 off of your pass today by visiting https://mainnet.events and entering promo code "POMP" at check out. See you this fall at Mainnet 2022! ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================= If you're trying to grow and preserve your crypto-wealth, optimizing your taxes is just as lucrative as trying to find the next hidden gem.Alto IRA can help you invest in crypto in tax-advantaged ways to help you preserve your hard earned money. There are no setup or account fees, and it's all you need to do to invest in crypto tax free. Let me repeat that again:You can invest in crypto tax free. So, ready to take your investments to the next level? Diversify like the pros and trade without tax headaches. Open an Alto CryptoIRA to invest in crypto tax-free. Just go to https://altoira.com/pomp =======================
This episode is a conversation with Andrew Tate, the most viral person on the internet right now. This conversation was recorded back in May of 2021. In this discussion, Andrew shares his unique and often controversial opinions about society. Some I agree with, some I do not. What's clear is that Andrew has mastered the internet and the social media algorithm, and I thought it would be important to share his opinions as part of the broader conversation in a free speech society. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Bullish is a powerful new exchange for digital assets that offers deep liquidity, automated market making, and industry-leading security. Combining the innovations of DeFi with the regulated environment of traditional finance, Bullish empowers users to trade with certainty and earn passively at scale across variable market conditions, in an environment backed by multibillion-dollar liquidity contributions from the Bullish Treasury. Visit bullish.com/pomp today to learn more. Note: Bullish is licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Virtual assets and related products are high risk. Consult your investment advisor and trade responsibly. Bullish is available in select locations only and not to U.S persons. Visit bullish.com/legal for important information and risk warnings. =======================
Lyn Alden is the Founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. In this conversation, we discuss the macro environment, how we got here, The Federal Reserve raising interest rates, when we may see improvements in the economy, Bitcoin, and where she sees the world going in the coming years. ======================== The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= Valour (formerly DeFi Technologies) represents what's next in the digital economy -- providing simplified, trusted access to crypto, decentralized finance and Web 3.0 investment opportunities. Institutions and investors can gain diversified, secure, compliant, and easily tradable access to a diversified set of industry-leading equity products and protocols, through a single stock purchase on a regulated exchange. Currently listed on U.S. (OTC: DEFTF) and Canadian (NEO:DEFI) exchanges. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit our website at valour.com ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. =======================
Will Clemente is the Lead Insights Analyst at Blockware. He is one of my favorite writers on all things Bitcoin, including deep dives on various on-chain analytics. In this conversation, we discuss the Bitcoin fundamentals, on-chain metrics, what happened in the past week, and what the on-chain data is telling us to be prepared for moving forward. WIll joins us every Friday on "The Best Business Show." To see the video with the corresponding charts that Will references throughout the interview, go to the Anthony Pompliano YouTube Channel. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= Valour (formerly DeFi Technologies) represents what's next in the digital economy -- providing simplified, trusted access to crypto, decentralized finance and Web 3.0 investment opportunities. Institutions and investors can gain diversified, secure, compliant, and easily tradable access to a diversified set of industry-leading equity products and protocols, through a single stock purchase on a regulated exchange. Currently listed on U.S. (OTC: DEFTF) and Canadian (NEO:DEFI) exchanges. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit our website at valour.com =======================
Dylan LeClair is the Senior Market Analyst at UTXO Management, a digital asset fund investing in the analog to digital transformation of money and the emergent financial system. In this conversation, we discuss how consumers are feeling, what the yield curve inversion means, Bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500, and what options does the Fed have left to get the economy back on track. Dylan joins us every Tuesday on "The Best Business Show." To see the video with the corresponding charts that Dylan references throughout the interview, go to "The Best Business Show: LIVE" YouTube Channel ======================= Coinchange is an automated wealth management platform that earns daily compounded yield for you. Earn up to 10% APY on a risk-mitigated basis – your payout doesn't depend on the volatility of the market and there are no lockups or minimums. Register now at coinchange.io/pomp and get a welcome bonus of 40 USDC when you fund your account. ======================= BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ========================
Today's episode is my weekly Bitcoin on-chain analytics update. I go through the Blockware Solutions newsletter and various other metrics to help you understand the state of Bitcoin, why the Bitcoin price rallied up this week, and if this rally will continue. To see the full video with the corresponding charts referenced throughout the interview, go to the Anthony Pompliano YouTube Channel ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= Valour (formerly DeFi Technologies) represents what's next in the digital economy -- providing simplified, trusted access to crypto, decentralized finance and Web 3.0 investment opportunities. Institutions and investors can gain diversified, secure, compliant, and easily tradable access to a diversified set of industry-leading equity products and protocols, through a single stock purchase on a regulated exchange. Currently listed on U.S. (OTC: DEFTF) and Canadian (NEO:DEFI) exchanges. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit our website at valour.com =======================
Today's episode is a little different that usual, there is no guest joining me. Instead, I give my thoughts on the current economic crises, how we got here, what to expect going forward, and what you can do at home to help your economic situation. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Coinchange is an automated wealth management platform that earns daily compounded yield for you. Earn up to 10% APY on a risk-mitigated basis – your payout doesn't depend on the volatility of the market and there are no lockups or minimums. Register now at coinchange.io/pomp and get a welcome bonus of 40 USDC when you fund your account. =======================
Today's episode is my weekly Bitcoin on-chain analytics update. I go through the Blockware Solutions newsletter and various other metrics to help you understand the state of Bitcoin during this difficult time in the market. To see the full video with the corresponding charts referenced throughout the interview, go to the Anthony Pompliano YouTube Channel ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= Exodus is leading the world out of the traditional financial system by building beautiful and user-friendly blockchain products. With its focus on design and user experience, Exodus has become one of the most popular and loved cryptocurrency apps. It's supported on both desktop and mobile, allowing you to sync your wallet across multiple devices so you can have access to your funds anywhere. You can instantly exchange around 100 different cryptocurrencies straight from your wallet. Interactive charts let you view an asset's price history and your portfolio's performance over time. And maybe the best part, Exodus is integrated with the Trezor hardware wallet - making advanced security easy for everyone. Visit exodus.com/pomp for your free download or search Exodus on the App Store or Playstore. =======================
Alyse Killeen is a Founding Managing Partner at Stillmark, A Bitcoin focused Venture Capital fund. In this conversation, we discuss the inflation report in the United States, the macro environment for Bitcoin, and Alyse gives us an inside look into the conversations she's having with investors regarding Bitcoin. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp =======================
Eric Weiss is a Digital Asset Manager and CEO of Bitcoin Investor Group & Blockchain Investment Group. In this conversation, we discuss Inflation in the United States, how family offices are discussing Bitcoin, how Eric is helping investors come around to adopting Bitcoin, and how Eric has seen demand in Bitcoin change over the past year. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp ======================= The Pod Pro Cover by Eight Sleep is the most advanced solution on the market for thermoregulation. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking. Go to https://www.eightsleep.com/Pomp to check out the Pod Pro Cover and save $150 at checkout. Eight Sleep currently ships within the USA, Canada, and the UK. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. =======================
Dylan LeClair is the Senior Market Analyst at UTXO Management, a digital asset fund investing in the analog to digital transformation of money and the emergent financial system. In this conversation, we discuss how everyone was reminded about Bitcoin's decentralized market, why Bitcoin's price could continue to drop, and why Bitcoin is historically undervalued right now. Dylan joins us every Tuesday on "The Best Business Show." To see the video with the corresponding charts that Dylan references throughout the interview, go to "The Best Business Show: LIVE" YouTube Channel ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Coinchange is an automated wealth management platform that earns daily compounded yield for you. Earn up to 10% APY on a risk-mitigated basis – your payout doesn't depend on the volatility of the market and there are no lockups or minimums. Register now at coinchange.io/pomp and get a welcome bonus of 40 USDC when you fund your account.
Matthew Ball is the Author of the book "The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything" In this conversation, Matthew gives a us an intro into everything that is the metaverse and what it may become in the coming decade. This is a great starting point if you are hoping to learn more about the metaverse. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Coinchange is an automated wealth management platform that earns daily compounded yield for you. Earn up to 10% APY on a risk-mitigated basis – your payout doesn't depend on the volatility of the market and there are no lockups or minimums. Register now at coinchange.io/pomp and get a welcome bonus of 40 USDC when you fund your account.
Brandon Wurz is the Founder of Renovation Capital. In this conversation, Brandon helps to inform us of what's actually happening in home construction. From the rising prices of materials to time of delivery, this episode will give you all of the info you need to know about this sector of the economy during a market downturn. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp ======================= The Pod Pro Cover by Eight Sleep is the most advanced solution on the market for thermoregulation. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking. Go to https://www.eightsleep.com/Pomp to check out the Pod Pro Cover and save $150 at checkout. Eight Sleep currently ships within the USA, Canada, and the UK. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn.
Russell Starr is the Executive Chairman & CEO of Valour (formerly DeFi Technologies) In this conversation, we talk about regulation needed for the Crypto industry, why Crypto companies should be hiring right now, and why this bear market presents so many opportunities for builders. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp ======================= The Pod Pro Cover by Eight Sleep is the most advanced solution on the market for thermoregulation. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking. Go to https://www.eightsleep.com/Pomp to check out the Pod Pro Cover and save $150 at checkout. Eight Sleep currently ships within the USA, Canada, and the UK. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. =======================
Ben Sebley is the Chief Growth Officer at BCB Group In this conversation, we discuss why a Crypto company would need traditional banking, the current market status, recent failures of various yield products, and how regulation could help the Crypto industry. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== Valour (formerly DeFi Technologies) represents what's next in the digital economy -- providing simplified, trusted access to crypto, decentralized finance and Web 3.0 investment opportunities. Institutions and investors can gain diversified, secure, compliant, and easily tradable access to a diversified set of industry-leading equity products and protocols, through a single stock purchase on a regulated exchange. Currently listed on U.S. (OTC: DEFTF) and Canadian (NEO:DEFI) exchanges. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit our website at valour.com ======================= The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. =======================
Tory Reiss is the Co-Founder of Equi. In this conversation, we talk about public and private markets, out-performing the markets, how family offices find unique investment opportunities, and how Tory and his team are offering their clients access to these investments that were previously hard to obtain. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== Valour (formerly DeFi Technologies) represents what's next in the digital economy -- providing simplified, trusted access to crypto, decentralized finance and Web 3.0 investment opportunities. Institutions and investors can gain diversified, secure, compliant, and easily tradable access to a diversified set of industry-leading equity products and protocols, through a single stock purchase on a regulated exchange. Currently listed on U.S. (OTC: DEFTF) and Canadian (NEO:DEFI) exchanges. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit our website at valour.com ======================= The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. =======================
Alyse Killeen is a Founding Managing Partner at Stillmark, A Bitcoin focused Venture Capital fund. In this conversation, we discuss investing in Bitcoin, if Bitcoin maximalism is a net postive or net negative, the current market crash, and where Alyse is seeing some of the biggest opportunities in Bitcoin right now. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp =======================
Will Clemente is the Lead Insights Analyst at Blockware. He has quickly become one of my favorite writers on all things bitcoin, including deep dives on various onchain analytics. In this conversation, we discuss the bitcoin fundamentals, on-chain metrics, what happened in the past week, and what the on-chain data is telling us to be prepared for moving forward. WIll joins us regularly on "The Best Business Show." To see the video with the corresponding charts that Will references throughout the interview, go to the Anthony Pompliano YouTube Channel. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by signing up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit Unstoppabledomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry's leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp =======================
Dylan LeClair is the Senior Market Analyst at UTXO Management, a digital asset fund investing in the analog to digital transformation of money and the emergent financial system. In this conversation, we discuss why miners are selling their Bitcoin, how the fed is destroying demand, and where the Bitcoin & Crypto industry currently stands after weeks of market crashes and failing Crypto companies. Dylan joins us every Tuesday on "The Best Business Show." To see the video with the corresponding charts that Dylan references throughout the interview, go to "The Best Business Show: LIVE" YouTube Channel ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Coinchange is an automated wealth management platform that earns daily compounded yield for you. Earn up to 10% APY on a risk-mitigated basis – your payout doesn't depend on the volatility of the market and there are no lockups or minimums. Register now at coinchange.io/pomp and get a welcome bonus of 40 USDC when you fund your account.
Colton Sakamoto & Kenny DeGiglio work with me on building a 3 week intensive training course that offers anyone the opportunity to get up to speed with Bitcoin & Crypto and prepare them for a job in the industry. In this conversation, Kenny & Colton help to break down the 5 top strategies that have been used successfully by individuals. This is a great starting point for anyone looking to change their career soon and enter the Crypto industry. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================= The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by siging up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit http://UnstoppableDomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= Since 2018 Copper has been at the forefront of institutional digital asset development. From award winning custody solutions, to creating the first truly off-exchange settlement function, Copper pioneers technology, products, and services, in lock-step with a rapidly changing world. No other infrastructure provider covers as many assets, across as many exchanges, with the speed and security that Copper can offer. To learn how Copper helps the world's largest institutional investors secure their digital assets, head over to copper.co Copper - the unfair advantage. =======================
Today's episode is my weekly Bitcoin On-Chain Analytics update. I go through the Blockware Newsletter and various other metrics to help you understand the state of Bitcoin today during this difficult time in the market. To see the video with the corresponding charts referenced throughout the interview, go to my Anthony Pompliano YouTube Channel ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================= The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by siging up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit http://UnstoppableDomains.com to buy your domain today. ======================= Exodus is leading the world out of the traditional financial system by building beautiful and user-friendly blockchain products. With its focus on design and user experience, Exodus has become one of the most popular and loved cryptocurrency apps. It's supported on both desktop and mobile, allowing you to sync your wallet across multiple devices so you can have access to your funds anywhere. You can instantly exchange around 100 different cryptocurrencies straight from your wallet. Interactive charts let you view an asset's price history and your portfolio's performance over time. And maybe the best part, Exodus is integrated with the Trezor hardware wallet - making advanced security easy for everyone. Visit exodus.com/pomp for your free download or search Exodus on the App Store or Playstore. =======================
Keith Rabois is a General Partner at Founders Fund, A member of the "Paypal Mafia" and has helped build and invest in multiple billion dollar companies. This audio podcast was pulled from my live event with Keith Rabois at Showfields in Miami, Florida. In this conversation, we talk about the frameworks around critical thinking, including how it's done, changing your mind on closely held beliefs, and the downsides to having so much conviction. We also discuss the macro economy and other current events such as Covid, gun control, Bitcoin and geopolitics. To see the full video interview of my chat with Keith, go to my Anthony Pompliano YouTube Channel. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Brave Wallet is the first secure crypto wallet built natively in a web3 crypto browser. No extension required. Store, manage, and grow your portfolio, get NFT & multi-chain support, and more. Download the Brave privacy browser at brave.com/Pomp, and click the wallet icon to get started. =======================
Caitlin Long is the Founder & CEO of Custodia Bank. In this conversation, we talk about all the liquidation in the crypto market, other factors that caused Bitcoin's price drop, the macro economy. Fed interest rates, and how long the bear market may last. We also break down Caitlin's company that is attempting to change the way banks are operated. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================= Crypto is all about giving the power back to the people and our sponsor, Pipe, is doing that in a big way. Pipe is the world's first trading platform that allows you to trade recurring revenue streams for up-front capital. And with Pipe's new API, companies with recurring revenue can build seamless, embedded financing options into their platforms. One of the most interesting uses for Pipe's new API right now is Compass Mining's “Mine Now, Pay Later” which powers payment plans on bitcoin mining hardware so more miners can start or scale with a smaller up-front investment. Whether you're looking for mining hardware or scaling any business with recurring revenue, check out Pipe to access growth capital with: No loans. No dilution. No restrictive covenants or warrants. Just growth on your terms And right now, Pomp Podcast listeners can access tens of thousands of dollars even millions fee-free for 12 months. Whether you are a bitcoin mining company looking to enable financing for your customers or a SaaS, DTC, or any business that has recurring revenue, sign up at http://pipe.com/pomp to start trading today. ======================= The number one name in NFT domains and the world's most powerful wallet are teaming up to bring something new to the crypto and Web3 world: That's right, Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com partnered to create NFT domain names ending in .Blockchain. It's the perfect ending to show that you're a believer in a decentralized future. The Blockchain.com community can get one, for free by siging up for the waitlist here. Free NFT domains provide all the benefits of premium Unstoppable Domains, including fee-free, lifelong ownership. Don't have a Blockchain.com wallet? No worries, these new domains are available to everyone for as low as $5. Either sign up for a free blockchain.wallet or visit http://UnstoppableDomains.com to buy your domain today.
Ben Klein is the Head of Community at Shipyard Software. In this conversation, we discuss how Ben was able to change the course of his career to get a job in Crypto, why Ben decided to go work in the Crypto industry, why he enjoys his new career so much, and how you can begin to change your career today. ======================= FTX.US is the safe, regulated way to buy and sell Bitcoin and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors. There are no fixed minimum fees, no ACH transaction fees, and no withdrawal fees. FTX.US is also the only leading exchange that supports both Ethereum and Solana NFTs. Download the FTX App today and use referral code “Pomp” to earn free crypto on every trade over $10. The more you trade, the more you earn. ======================== BCB Group is the leading payment services partner for the digital assets industry. BCB Group provides payment services in 30+ currencies, FX, cryptocurrency liquidity, digital asset custody and BLINC, which is BCB's free, instant settlements network for the BCB client ecosystem. Find out more by visiting bcbgroup.com/pomp ======================= Brave Wallet is the first secure crypto wallet built natively in a web3 crypto browser. No extension required. Store, manage, and grow your portfolio, get NFT & multi-chain support, and more. Download the Brave privacy browser at brave.com/Pomp, and click the wallet icon to get started. =======================
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