Claim OwnershipCoffee with Captain: Crypto Markets, Products and Builders
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Coffee with Captain is a daily live crypto morning show hosted by Cap, live every weekday morning in real time. We cover crypto markets and catalysts, the products people actually use, and the builders behind the next wave. Each episode delivers what’s happening, why it matters, and what to watch next, with clear explanations you can use. Expect real-time conversation and guest segments with founders, analysts, and creators. Topics span Bitcoin, altcoins, DeFi, wallets, trading, and onchain apps you can try today. Start your day here to stay current. For entertainment and education only. Not financial advice.
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InfoFi is getting “called dead,” but the real story is that the incentives are moving, not disappearing. The show focuses on Kaito’s shift to Kaito Studio and why sunsetting incentivized YAPs leaderboards is a signal that the old playbook stopped working. We talk through how leaderboard chasing warped behavior, why many campaigns did not translate to real outcomes, and what a more creator and distribution-driven model could look like across TikTok and YouTube. Fear and greed is back near pre ...
Subscribe: Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshow Follow on X: Captain Zwingli: https://x.com/ChrisJourdan This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussed Check Out: The Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs
Royalties are not dead, and the show makes the case that creators who keep shipping can still capture real recurring revenue. Using Good Vibes Club as the example, Chris and Cheezus point to recent royalty rankings alongside bigger collections like Pudgy Penguins and debate why teams turn fees off while chasing volume. The first half breaks down the current Abstract ecosystem, including how to check your activity, what behaviors are being rewarded, and how different apps stack together. It us...
Albert Prat, founder of Beself Brands and BeToken, joins the show to lay out what tokenized brands need to become real investable assets. He shares his ecommerce background, why low-minimum community participation matters and how profit participation changes the value proposition. Before the interview, the hosts hit an NFT temperature check with Azuki’s anniversary, Doodles moving and majors mostly flat, then use a story about a former NYC mayor rugging a memecoin to underline the credibility...
Stablecoins became the central thread as Coinbase warned it could withdraw support for the CLARITY Act if lawmakers try to restrict stablecoin rewards beyond simple disclosure. The conversation framed this as a key US policy fight, with banking lobbyists pushing amendments that would block issuers from passing yield back to stablecoin holders. From there it zoomed out into incentives and market structure, including how reserve yield and credit dynamics shape who wins if stablecoins keep expan...
The show starts with a macro risk check, framing the morning’s 8:30 data and the Supreme Court tariff headline as the key drivers for positioning. It then hits the tape with Grayscale filing chatter and a quick read on Pump.fun’s claimed all time high volume, treating it as a “smell test” and discussing wash trading and airdrop incentives. From there, it pivots into the main block: Nike selling RTFKT to an unknown buyer and what the IP, patents, and authentication angle could mean for CloneX ...
Zcash drove the first half of the show as the crew tried to sort through an unfolding Electric Coin Company situation in real time, without a clean resolution on air. They debated what was verifiable versus what was getting boosted by viral noise and selective onchain reads. The WorldStar Cherry Cola collaboration with Rekt Drinks became a concrete example of how distribution and branding can still matter more than crypto-native narratives. Simple Farmer (ApeChain ecosystem, Clutch Markets) j...
Nike is exiting RTFKT, and the market is repricing what CloneX is really worth. The conversation walks through the news, the lawsuit context and the incentives that likely drove the decision. It then zooms into the RTFKT stack, MNLTH, vials and what parts could stay durable as long term grails. Onchain wallet activity becomes the signal for whether this move is speculation or a real reset. A planned check in with Liners Labs was teased but pushed until after their launch. Subscribe: Coff...
Practical career and distribution advice sets the tone, focused on standing out through outreach, consistency, and actually shipping work people can see. The main thread is a reality check on NFT conferences and NFT-native culture, pushing the conversation toward IP, mainstream distribution, and what can scale beyond a niche room. From there, NFTs get reframed as a collectible primitive inside a bigger tokenization story, with tokenized assets feeling like the more durable long-term path. A q...
Geopolitics set the tone, using Venezuela and the reality of war to frame why uncertainty keeps leaking into markets. After a quick market check, the conversation shifted to a digital collectibles pulse, including the Cowboy Punk sale and the idea that NFTs are heating back up as charts turn green. Attention then moved to Gary Vee showing up again, picking up a variety of NFTs and reigniting culture talk about what pulls people back in. The core takeaway was VeeFriends turning collectibles in...
Markets opened the year in the green with ETH pulling the “smart money” rotation and memes like Pepe ripping alongside it. The discussion unpacked value capture and why L2s like Base have been out-earning ETH, then zoomed in on perp businesses with Hyperliquid’s fee run as the benchmark. From there it moved to billion-dollar airdrops, how to think about TGE odds, and a 2026 watchlist of projects that could realistically drop. OSF’s REKT write-up sparked a debate on taking memes from proof of ...
Cap ran through a 2026 token launch watchlist and what is worth tracking early. The core takeaway was to treat farming like a long game where consistent product usage and low risk positioning can beat chasing hype, with Lighter as the reminder that being early matters. Wallet tokens got a skeptical look when the use case feels thin and incentives are mostly designed for selling pressure. From there the conversation widened into Base strategy, creator coins and what Coinbase’s public posture s...
Roblox anchored the conversation as a working model of a consumer digital economy, with the Robux loop and creators getting paid at scale. The crew used that lens to explain why crypto gaming keeps missing, focusing on onboarding friction, UX, and whether the game is actually fun. They widened into distribution and the creator economy, arguing the clips pipeline is still the clearest path to attention and income in both gaming and crypto. Cap also framed 2026 with a quick poll on breakout cat...
Perps and points programs are shaping what traders do right now, and the crew uses the Lighter airdrop as a concrete example of what gets rewarded. That rolls into token unlock sell pressure and healthier tokenomics, with Hyperliquid as the live case study. Outer Lumen joins as co-host for a look at how fundraising is changing, including Coinbase buying Echo and Seedify’s IMO-style structure. They then debate tokenized stocks and which rails TradFi will actually pick, calling out Robinhood’s ...
A viral bank rumor and a sudden silver futures spike set the tone for how fast narratives can whip around. The conversation moves into the Minnesota Somali daycare fraud story as a case study in incentives, weak oversight and how schemes scale. From there it zooms out to why the “American dream” feels harder to reach and why more people behave like the economy is a casino chasing asymmetric upside. That framing carries into speculation culture across crypto, NFTs, perps and prediction markets...
With the show running audio-only, the room settled into an open-mic flow and bounced between headlines, culture and what matters next. The anchor was MoMA adding CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles, sparking a debate on how museums acquire work, what “validation” actually means, and why events like NFT NYC still miss the mark. From there the convo moved into collector reality, Tezos as a lower-friction lane for digital art, and whether royalties can be redesigned (including profit-only royaltie...
A Christmas morning audio-only check-in where gratitude, markets and product talk are all combined into a chill episode. The crew shares what they’re thankful for, threads in a light read on what’s happening in crypto and reflecting on the past. Along the way, they also touch on upcoming plans and what they want to improve with the show heading into the next stretch. Subscribe: Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeew...
Holiday energy set the tone as the crew opened with Festivus-style crypto grievances and a quick temperature check from chat. From there, the conversation zoomed out into why “crypto isn’t cool anymore” is a real retention problem when attention turns over faster than ever. They workshopped an Abstract angle where XP could become a gate or multiplier for future participation, blending incentives with contributor reputation instead of pure hype. A quick community moment followed with a free Op...
Aave’s governance civil war turned into a simple question: who actually owns the protocol, the code, the front end, or the brand. The crew broke down how the conflict escalated into proposals to move trademarks, domains, and social accounts to the DAO, then a Snapshot vote about explicit control over key brand assets. From there, they widened the lens to DAO legitimacy, using Gnosis and the KPK controversy as a case study in off-chain coordination and power concentration. They also touched on...
Polymarket teasing its own L2 sparked a bigger debate about app-owned chains, bridge friction, and whether token-first economics just recreate nonstop sell pressure. The crew tied that into the tape by framing market open moves through year-end positioning and tax-loss tactics that let traders reset risk without abandoning a thesis. From there, Infinex crates became the case study: digital boxes that turn engagement into discounted token access and a distribution loop that can either build re...
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