Tad Smith CEO of Candy Digital
Moose
James Au Co-founder of Watch dot Fun
Easy
Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki
Degen CPA
Nill from Blockworks
Grit Cult
Star Platinum
FFV
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Episode 101 with Tad Smith CEO of Candy Digital Tad is the former CEO of Sothbeys and Madison Square Garden Now taking on a new important role with Candy Digital as the CEO He recognizes that onchain is the future for collectibles and better liquidity We talk about this former experiences as CEO and why he jumped in to a blockchain start up But also getting to know him outside of his professional standings and what he does for fun Had a great time chatting with one of our industries most influential figures 00:59 @tadtweets on collecting 09:23 What actually interests Tad on chain and @CandyDigital 14:13 Physical to digital link the hard part 21:30 Still chairman of @doodles today 26:04 NFT vs IP disconnect at Licensing Expo 32:22 Has the fun left collecting 36:06 Using Claude to find coin grails 40:57 Every query through AI now 44:08 Minting 2M assets on Solana at their cost 49:01 Human collecting will grow with AI 53:27 Embrace AI fear bad human decisions
Episode 100 with Moose His starting moment was becoming a niche sensation and still has one of the most well known viral sayings Since then he has tapped in to different interest sand is one of the most well known creators As onchain becomes the new online and is the normal so will creatives of the ecosystem Had a fun time chatting with Moose Pretty cool that he is the 100th episode 01:55 Showing up in costume with @JoeyMoose 04:33 Kick antics and creative direction (clips) 08:54 Buying every legendary Top Shot moment 11:56 Crying on a Twitter space 17:56 Going all in on himself 21:32 Starting with a 15 dollar camera 24:38 Do you think you've peaked 30:01 How he explains this to family 34:38 Why he needed his own office 38:19 Owning the word moose 41:31 UFC on the White House lawn 45:40 Does the world go back to pre-COVID 49:19 Google spotted the earthquake before scientists
Episode 99 with James Au Co-founder of Watch dot Fun Milestone luxuries are increasingly becoming more popular Luxury goods are also now being traded by top institutions Onchain is the new online 01:56 @watch_emperor on @watchdotfun and luxury watches 09:11 Secret AP 37mm Solana watch reveal 14:30 Why Batman and Pikachu stuck as watch names 21:16 Every watch comes with a story 26:29 Why Solana is the only chain that works 33:07 Dead internet the return to real assets 36:05 Uncut aquanaut no one else has this 41:16 Kevin O'Leary's watch insurance empire 45:27 Dos and donts of the watch world 52:59 Starter watch list for beginners
Episode 98 with Easy We went over upcoming market trends and what to keep an eye on Focusing on an area of genius attention trading > The Space X IPO > Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs > Upcoming macro trades and macro > Which crypto tokens have value And a lot more 02:03 @NotSoEasyMoney on getting botted 05:50 Why he passed on the Space IPO 09:36 Playing the Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs 14:18 Buy the data centers not the models 17:41 Buying Near like he bought Solana 21:04 How he structures every trade 24:15 Journaling every single trade 27:24 Cleaning horse stalls before every stream 31:37 Golf became his side mission 34:47 No way humans built the pyramids 38:10 The biggest conspiracy he believes 41:47 Taking a pay cut for the risky bet 48:18 The clipping software he built in house
Episode 97 with Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki Boris has a deep knowledge and experience in the financial markets Bringing his experience to onchain markets and AI Agents will x10 the crypto economy Allowing onboarding to be as easy as being on social media Buying products onchain is the new lets buy something online 2:08 Macro setup with @BBilowitzki from @Concordium 7:12 Cryptos day of reckoning is coming 12:53 The inflation hedge narrative died 17:29 The agent economy is already here 20:28 Prove you're over 18 sharing nothing 24:07 Who is accountable when agents pay 30:00 Eight months of dev work in minutes 33:11 Why AI picks merit over market cap 38:12 An agent told its human to verify 42:31 Rewriting the docs for AI not humans 47:08 Who changed the prompt when it breaks 53:25 Cryptos tooling always sucked 57:01 Open a bank account in seconds
Episode 95 with Degen CPA If you use the internet you have sent his posts in group chats before Creating good content is an art and is a full time job > Full time salary making content > The art of shitposting > Generating millions of views on X > New media > Become the niche 02:28 Catching up with @DrewVento 06:38 Why he started posting on X 09:50 Ghostwriting for a huge account 14:37 Posting his Twitter ad payouts 18:42 Puerto Rico has no cap gains 22:45 The line he won't cross 30:27 Are we heading into a depression 36:08 All the scientists getting killed 40:00 The JP Morgan story is fake 44:27 A stalker faked a DoorDash drop 48:58 Almost becoming main character of the day 53:27 Keep trying until something sticks 56:55 Five pieces of advice for young guys
Episode 93 with Nill from Blockworks Nill and I are close friends and it’s been fun to see his professional and personal growth We talked about looming topics > Current job market and conditions > Institutional and retail crypto > Nill’s success on TikTok > Concerns with AI Timestamps: 02:48 @BigNillCollect on landing the @Blockworks job 07:23 The TIF is crypto's 10-K 11:05 This crypto hiring market totally changed 15:43 Why tradfi guys get the leg up 20:16 Built an AI robot scraping Web3 jobs 24:43 Telling them I can fix that 30:55 Nil means zero goals scored 34:00 Grow faster collaborating with other creators 37:00 Known for my hair known for nothing 41:20 Getting fired with his kid home sick 45:24 Polygon was a piece of me 49:57 How to get out of the funk 55:24 Luck chases activity every time
Episode 93 with Grit Cult Grit is one of the best cross niche posters on X He talks about, AI, Crypto, Health, Motivation and Startups while having a pulse on culture + community We talk about why marketing is dead and long live distribution How his journey started and the upside to having a brand presence in the right niches The importance of having a plan and not just commanding attention for the sake of it 2:42 @GRITCULT background in crypto and startups 5:18 How the Londonmaxxing meme was born 6:24 Marketing is dead long live distribution 10:30 Twitter is still massively underrated 13:59 Why Facebook fell off with Gen Z 19:18 Your social following gets you hired now 25:12 Crypto builders quietly pivoting fully to AI 27:59 Casino speculation hurt crypto long term 43:23 Treat content creation like a YC batch 49:25 Fundraising advice warm intros and timebox it 56:23 Andrew Tate invented the clipping model 1:02:07 Starting from zero to prove the point
Episode 92 With Star Platinum Star has been a good friend of mine the last few years It has been fun to watch him write threads on his phone and outcompete 99% of creators He is consistently getting ahead of the crowd because he treats content like a job while respecting it as an art We got to talk about all things content and what’s next for him and why he is pursuing it 2:23 @StarPlatinum_ building audience on CT 5:52 One platform for ten years which one 8:09 Writing viral threads on his phone 11:50 Spanish crypto media gets news late 20:18 Would you ever retire from content 27:47 Reply guy meta is a trap 31:29 Trump net positive or negative for crypto 38:47 Nikita and the X takeover hot take 43:17 How he would rewire the X algorithm 50:02 How to stay on top in CT 51:37 Inbound brand deals on traditional media
Episode 91 with FFV I have known FFV for 4+ years now and met him during the NFT mania He is one of the louder and logical voices of our industry Enjoyed chatting it up with him about everything crypto, NFTs, AI and even personal overcoming’s We also talked about where we think the world is headed Timestamps: 2:08 Joining the pod @FFVV1211 from @ffvpodcast 3:07 Do you still talk to friends about crypto 7:25 What do people do when they quit CT 9:57 Was going to be an electrician then NFTs 12:11 Has CT become too welcoming 21:44 Pudgy should ditch abstract and refocus 29:28 Chains dont care about CT presence anymore 34:20 Crypto feeling like banking now 54:39 Is there an AI bubble forming 1:05:08 Lost 30K on one trade 1:23:08 No native NFT IP from Asia 1:36:08 America gave drug dealers licenses 1:51:53 Never dwell love every one of you