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The weekly podcast from the blocmates camp with Alex, Grant and Gazz, covering all the news that we've found the most worthwhile to talk about from the past week in crypto.
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Macro updates from US & JapanPump.fun dev's 6-year sentenceFinal voting begins for Uniswap's UNIfication proposal Jump Trading gets sued by Terra administrators
Trump's announces his first official stimmy - 'Warrior Dividend'Coinbase unveils Super AppRobinhood lists $PIPPIN, despite insiders controlling 80% of the supply ETHGas raises $12 million to create an Ethereum gas futures marketblocmates MetaDAO article & podcast plugged
Alex, Grant, 563 and Nev jump on for our last blocmates pod of the year to talk about the good and bad from 2025. We realise there’s a load we’ve missed but without doing this for three hours, we don’t have much of a choice. Expect us to get into our personal choices for the best bits including HIP-3, Rekt drinks sending, the privacy meta and everything coming onchain. Things look good for 2026, zoom out of the market and let it ride.
Aave-SEC case dropped, Stani releases 2026 roadmapHyperliquid ETF to launch soonVisa to settle USDC payments on SolanaJapanese Yen stablecoin coming from Startale/SBI to launch in Q2 2026Securitize to bring equities on chain with full ownership rights
JP Morgan tokenizes MMF on EthereumCircle acquires Interop Labs teamSolana is under a historic DDOS attack, yet network is stableAster launches 'Shield Mode' with 1001x leverage available
Macro updates: Japan set to raise rates, carry traders out in forceTether is eying a raise at a $500 billion valuation Firedancer goes live on the Solana mainnetHyperliquid set to introduce Portfolio MarginThe Tether x Juventus takeover rejection saga
Tokenization of stocks, treasuries, bonds is accelerating in the USDo Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prisonTrump hints at no tax on gambling winsSolo Bitcoin miner hits the jackpot
FOMC recap: Have we stepped into the QE phase?Stripe makes moves in the stablecoin infra spaceFogo drops pre-sale announcement The Lighter vs. Hyperliquid beef
Last week felt like maybe some of the worst sentiment we've seen across the industry in a long time and we even felt it ourselves. This week we're discussing the chatter online from some chap who says he's wasted his prime years on crypto and is now pivoting to be a philanthropist or something, dunno. Anyway, do we agree? Or is it just another crash out when the market takes a turn? Plus Jeff defends ADL on Hyperliquid in a new public spat and Cobie says CT is garbage these days. ...
FOMC Day: What to expect? Banks get the green act as crypto intermediariesHyperliquid's Jeff snaps back at Tarun of Gauntlet over ADL FUDIs Trump about to save crypto gaming?
Crypto to be tested as collateral in US derivatives market Equity tokenization is acceleratingPolymarket accused of double counting its trading volumePoland says no to crypto MiCA rulesSaylor's Strategy buys more BTC
USDC is now linked between HyperCore and HyperEVM Vitalik proposes futures-style ETH gas marketLarry Fink says sovereign wealth funds are buying BTCAster accelerates buybacks TAO halving deets
CFTC green lights spot crypto trades on registered exchanges Key economic data points to know before next week's Fed meetEthereum's post Fusaka hiccupPerp DEX wars: Aster, Drift, Lighter edition
Polymarket enters the USEthereum's Fusaka upgrade goes liveUpcoming TGEs: Seeker and Stable Charles Schwab to step into the crypto arena in 2026All about the robotics executive order
Bringing you some festive cheer for our first December pod. Alex and Grant catch up on the back of Devconnect in Argentina and end up on an hour-long tangent about the issues this industry faces and why everything we buy is completely cooked. And if there's any hope to fix it.
CNN to use Kalshi prediction markets across its news coverageTrump says Americans may soon pay ‘no income tax’Aave adds and removes chains (Mantle; Sonium, ZKsync, Metis)Bank of America agrees to 4% crypto exposureKraken acquires Backed to accelerate tokenization
MicroStrategy raises cash to fund USD reserveVanguard to allow clients to buy crypto ETFsKalshi-powered tokenized prediction markets go live on SolanaAnthropic AI agents find hackable smart contracts
HYPE unlocks: A quick TLDRMicroStrategy could sell BTCYearn Finance gets hackedRipple makes moves in Abu Dhabi and SingaporeChina reaffirms negative crypto stance
Kalshi's legal troubles CME's data centre failure hiccup Upbit hacker's details emerge MegaETH's refund plansInfinex's upcoming Sonar saleWill ICOs replace airdrops in 2026?
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