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Goodnow revolutionaries— Lou Kerner launched Crypto Mondays on January 8, 2018 — the exact day the crypto market hit its peak. He came in as a Wall Street analyst two months removed from his divorce and a federal seizure of all his assets. Today there are 67 active chapters across 23 countries. The one rule: you're not allowed to email Lou and ask permission to do something. Lou walks us through his framework for community: an ecosystem where everyone gets more out than they put in. The bigge...
Goodnow revolutionaries— David Phelps from Confetti joins to explain the Doge Cat Matrix—his framework for NFT use cases. Intellectual property, community building, and why he thinks prediction markets miss the point. Evan creates a live Confetti contest on air: Which RUMS host is the coolest? The voting is live through March 5. Evan explains his strategy (seed early, front-run Will, hedge everything), and Will's reaction is immediate. Will breaks down Bitcoin's bullish chart pattern with cle...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Matthew Wiley joins the Rise Up team. He brings DeFi research experience, a tennis tournament coming up this weekend, and thoughts on why the Clarity Act should probably be renamed. Will and Evan walk through how liquid staking works using Jito as the example. The conversation covers validator economics, why people stake even when markets are sideways, and what liquid staking tokens actually represent. Someone mentions Claude for research workflows. Matthew talks abo...
Goodnow revolutionaries— The hot war in Iran and the AI cold war are both escalating. The U.S. government labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, and the decision to use AI for mass surveillance and lethal weapons is entirely in government hands now. Alex rants on the ethics of prediction markets after Polymarket and Kalshi saw insider trading during the war, plus ZachXBT's Axiom exposé. Someone asks if you can trade oil on a blockchain. You can—Hyperliquid, Lighter, and Dreamcash all offer oi...
Goodnow revolutionaries-- And welcome to ETH Denver! Evan, Alex, & Will recorded this session Friday (2/20) to bring you behind the scenes of the wild & wonderful world of web3. The guys are joined in this episode by special guests Mashal Waqar, CMO of Octant; Azeem Khan, cofounder of Miden; and Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital and host of the Chopping Block. We give our takes on the conference and the timeliest topics the crypto industry is focuse...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Final Morning Show from ETH Denver 2026. Riverbank asks if crypto is a pyramid scheme. Will answers honestly: most of it is, but then there's the revolutionary stuff like stablecoins that solve real problems for businesses. Yesterday at the conference: hosted by the Kraken team (bullish on Savannah, Wesley, Krakaccinos by Raposa Coffee), the Stellar Development Foundation (where Will became the mayor of the craps table), and a conversation with the Robinhood team (bea...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Den says this market sucks. We agree. But here in Denver for ETH Denver, the builders are still building—founders who couldn't stop thinking about the problems they're solving, bear market or not. Someone asks why everything is down and when it'll come back. We give the bear market update nobody wants to hear but everyone needs. Plus: if you buy Bitcoin at $67K, what happens to your tokens when it hits $120K? We explain the mechanics behind price changes and what you ...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Live from ETH Denver in a bear market, and the builders are still here. Excited and a little sad, but still building. Someone asks: if you had 40K to invest in crypto for the first time, what would you buy and how would you do it? The answer is simpler than you'd think—and Kraken and Coinbase both make it easy. Then it gets weird: the Netherlands wants to tax unrealized gains at 36%. We explain why this probably won't pass, and why taxing unrealized anything creates c...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Evan's solo from Denver for ETH Denver, and the builders are already here. This week: Alex and Will arrive Wednesday, and we're broadcasting live from the conference all week. Someone asks why the market is down, and Evan talks about the survival mindset—what it means when you're asking that question and how to make sure you never end up in that position again. Joe asks if you can trust technical analysis given that governments lie about economic data. Short answer: t...
Goodnow revolutionaries— It's President's Day, Will and Alex have the day off from their regular jobs, and Will's breaking down Bitcoin charts while plotting his next move on Circle stock. Also: someone floats the idea of a hot tub livestream, which goes about as far as you'd expect. Will explains why he bought Circle (CRCL) stock and what "USDC to the moon" actually means for shareholders. The conversation shifts to custody—do you need a seed phrase, or can you skip it? Evan and Will unpack ...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Chelsea from The Bullish Babe joins us for a full hour of technical analysis education. She breaks down her exact chart setup, explains the RSI strategy that changed her trading, and shows why TA works best as risk management—not fortune telling. Evan delivers a much-needed mini-rant on the toddler energy plaguing crypto comments. Bullying and misogyny have no place here. Big people build people up. We tackle crypto taxes (the IRS still hasn't figured this out), housi...
Good now, revolutionaries— Tonight's theme: there's no such thing as the "best" investment. Whether you're picking wallets, platforms, or altcoins, what matters is what meets YOUR needs. Your risk tolerance. Your comfort. Your skill level. Evan unveiled Rise Up's official Allies & Enemies list and asked for your input. We dreamed about future sponsors. We analyzed HBAR, Algorand, UNI, SOL, and ETH using DeFillama and CoinMarketCap. We debated whether to cut losses or hodl through the pain...
Good now, revolutionaries— DeFi isn't just surviving. It's evolving. Today JSB from Carrot and Dara from Gauntlet break down what institutional-grade risk management actually looks like, why perpetuals are getting easier to use, and how smart humans still beat dumb automation. Plus Will unpacks the better-than-expected jobs report and what BlackRock buying Uniswap really means for the space. If you've been waiting for DeFi to make sense, this is your episode. Links: Gauntlet: https://gauntlet...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Bitcoin's sitting at a critical level and Friday's CPI data could change everything. We break down the technical setup, what a hot inflation print would mean for crypto, and why patience might be the play right now. Plus: crypto taxes are a nightmare—we compare Koinly vs Awaken and why you should start now. And your questions about cold wallets, building blockchains, and stablecoin strategy answered. Links: Awaken Tax Community Our Sponsors: RUMSHQ Premium Members Jit...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Will shares an update on his $5K trading challenge and walks through his latest experiment with perpetuals on Hyperliquid—the position, the margin, the liquidation math, and your questions answered. We catch up on the Super Bowl (Seattle won) and screen that Coinbase commercial—the one with >$50M in spend. Was it worth it? Our first CommUnity Scholarship initiative goes live with a year of premium membership gifted to Bearded, Carol, CVish, Radio Dan, and Jessica P...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Will got liquidated. For the first time ever. His $5K challenge went from $5K to $18K... and then to zero when he shorted Hyperliquid and it went green while everything else went red. Would've been $36K today. Brutal. But here's the thing: he learned a lot, and he's starting fresh with new rules. This time it's Drift Protocol and DeFi Carrot, max 10x leverage, and only Bitcoin and gold. Less degen. More sustainable. We break down both platforms on screen: what TurboSo...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Dawufi returns to talk hair care secrets, the honest state of crypto social media, and why audiences do not actually care about decentralization. The conversation moves through Farcaster and Zora's real value propositions, whether competition enables or prevents extraction, and what independent media really means in a world of algorithmically-driven feeds. Someone asks if the bear market is here. Evan and Dawufi walk through competing theories: legislation throttling ...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Will's in the mountains of Maine catching fireball nips from strangers in overalls. Just another Wednesday. Aave founder Stani Kulechov dropped $30M on a Notting Hill mansion. Meanwhile, Vitalik says most L2s are unnecessary—and Will agrees. As Ethereum mainnet gets faster and cheaper, what happens to the chains that only sell "we're faster and cheaper"? Then Alex accidentally starts the Great XRP Debate by sharing a Gusto x Solana payments headline. Cue the fireworks...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Evan's computer is melting into sludge (Zincian crab claws involved). Will's skiing in Maine. Alex is captaining. It's Monday. Will shares his $5K trading challenge update with a key lesson: don't set margin trades you can't watch. Also, Polygon's chart is looking clean—could run if 12.5 cents becomes support. Then we welcome Ashane from Metana—a blockchain education bootcamp that's placed students at Google, Coinbase, and across DeFi. We dig into: How do you actually...
Goodnow revolutionaries— It's Groundhog's Day! Did Satoshi see his shadow? 6 more weeks of bear market or is the sun coming out? Will kicks off his $5,000 trading challenge and breaks down how leverage, longing, and shorting actually work—including the mistake that almost cost him everything. Then we go around the horn: Evan added BTC, Turbo SOL, ETH, and UNI. Will's DCA-ing BTC/ETH/SOL and eyeing Circle stock plus precious metals. Alex is (surprise!) buying SOL—but his method might surprise ...
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