Steady Lads

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Steady Lads #44 • ETH ETFs Approved! w/ Bryan 'Primo' Pellegrino of LayerZero Labs May 24, 2024

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The Lads are joined LIVE this week by special guest Bryan 'Primo' Pellegrino (@PrimordialAA on X) — Co-Founder and CEO of LayerZero Labs!

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In this episode we cover:

00:00 Show Start

01:46 Justin's Victory Lap

04:07 ETH ETFs Approved!

09:43 Looking At The Market

14:19 Talking Poker w/ Bryan

17:38 Sophisticated Players In Crypto

22:28 The L2 Landscape

24:25 LayerZero Long Term Vision

28:45 Recovering From FTX & Growing a Business

34:20 Anger Towards VC Coins

38:04 Looking At The Top Coins

40:25 Building LayerZero

43:16 Sybil Discussion

54:00 Justin's Polymarket Bet

56:12 Pasta of the Week

01:08:09 Q&A

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* Bryan Pellegrino • https://twitter.com/PrimordialAA

* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

Steady Lads #43 • Higher or Chop City? w/ Special Guest: Darryl Wang May 17, 2024

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The Lads are joined this week by special guest Darryl Wang (@0xWangarian on X)! Thanks for tuning in, and make sure to Like & Subscribe!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Coming Up On Steady Lads…

02:07 Macro Is Back On The Menu

06:24 Polymarket Bets

08:21 Thoughts On ETH

13:32 The Vibes Are Off

17:37 Arbitrum

23:37 Is This Just Like TradFi?

27:33 The Tokenomics Of Unlocks

33:19 Does This Sh*T Do Anything?

36:25 SocialFi

38:51 Solana

40:29 Catalysts For All Time Highs

43:37 Sam Trabucco Reemerges

46:08 New Coin Not Good?

50:23 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* Darryl Wang • https://x.com/0xWangarian

* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

Steady Lads #42 • PVP Season? Memecoin Supercycle? w/ Special Guest: Qiao Wang May 10, 2024

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This week we were LIVE with special guest Qiao Wang (@QwQiao on X)! The Lads has a blast talking about the current market, memecoins, and if everyone needs their own chain. They also chat about points meta, sybil game theory, and the latest PvP drama before finishing with some excellent pastas! Thanks for tuning in, and make sure to Like & Subscribe!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Intros

03:07 Brutal Price Action

09:24 Memecoin Supercycle

22:46 So Many L2s, So Few Projects

33:02 Jordi Talks $PUFF

37:48 EigenLayer Claims & Points Meta

41:52 LayerZero & Sybil Game Theory

51:04 PVP Drama & Due Diligence

55:31 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* QW • https://twitter.com/QwQiao

* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

Steady Lads #41 • We're So Back? w/ Special Guest: CL May 03, 2024

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This week we were LIVE with special guest CL as the market began to bounce back, but are we really back? CL and the Lads go deep into the Friend.tech points launch, and take a look at the distrobution of some of the latest airdrops. And stick around through to the end for some Q&A and Pasta!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Intros

01:49 We're So Back?

10:00 Alts Hold Against BTC

13:00 Friend.tech Points

21:37 Airdrop Distribution

38:31 Q&A w/ CL

53:41 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* CL • https://twitter.com/CL207

* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

Steady Lads #40: What It's Like To Lose $130 Million in 4 Days w/ Ran Neuner Apr 26, 2024

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This week, the Lads are joined by the Founder of Crypto Banter, Ran Neuner! Ran shares his thoughts on memecoin narratives, analyzes metrics to see if retail is back, recounts his crazy story of losing over half his new worth in the Luna collapse, and so much more in this jam-packed episode!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Coming Up on Steady Lads

01:19 Intros

04:52 Dubai Recap

08:41 Memecoins: The Biggest Narrative

15:54 Social Metrics: Is Retail Back?

21:08 Worldcoin Dumping $WLD

28:39 Losing $130 Million In 4 Days

41:38 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* Ran Neuner • https://twitter.com/cryptomanran

* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

Steady Lads #39: Will The Altcoin Bleeding Stop? Apr 19, 2024

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After a stretch of live episodes, the Lads are back with a classic-style episode. We've got great crypto war stories, and lessons on crypto as a game. We chat about GCR's return, and the continued death of altcoins. All that and we haven't even talked about the Bitcoin halving, AI, World Chain, or the pastas! You're not gonna wanna miss a minute!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Coming Up on Steady Lads

01:05 Intros

03:25 Altcoins: Will The Bleeding Stop?

11:31 The Bitcoin Halving

17:19 AI x Crypto Narratives

26:50 Crypto War Stories

38:19 Crypto Is A Game

43:54 World Chain Announced

46:54 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

Steady Lads #38: The Death of Altcoins! ☠️ Apr 12, 2024

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The Lads are LIVE again! Is this the end for Alts? We'll find out if the Lads think so! We also talk about the SEC's action against Uniswap, Founders going aggro, and scan some of the latest tickers worth looking at. Stick around until the end for your weekly serving of pasta as well!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Stream Starts Soon…

01:04 Intro/The Death of Altcoins!

11:50 SEC sends Uniswap a Wells Notice

17:53 Diminishing Returns on Alts

22:10 Founders Going Aggro

26:00 Have We Topped?

30:50 Favorite Bags

39:49 Looking At Tickers

50:41 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

Steady Lads #37 • Memecoin Sentiment! WIF: Is The Hat Still On? Apr 05, 2024

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Taiki is back and so are the rest of the Lads with a LIVE episode! This week, we breakdown the sentiment in the memecoin sector, look at how the Wormhole airdrop went, talk about Cobie's platform Echo, and take some live audience questions before finishing with some pasta!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Intros

01:34 Recap of the Week: $W & $ENA

08:17 Memecoin Sentiment

13:35 ETH/BTC

28:48 $ZEUS Launch

31:42 Echo.xyz

45:59 Bitcoin Flow

49:36 Audience Q&A

01:05:28 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

Steady Lads #36: Biggest Airdrop Ever? Wormhole Drops $W Soon! Mar 29, 2024

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The Lads were live this week, minus Taiki, as he's off celebrating his engagement! But we've got the rest of the gang here to talk about what might be the biggest airdrop ever with Wormhole dropping $W next week! We cover the big hack of Munchables on Blast, and the ramifications surrounding it. We also chat about the state of memecoins, action moving to Base, and other big launches coming next week!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Intros

02:48 The State of Memecoin Nation

12:12 Wormhole $W Airdrop

25:05 New Launches Next Week

28:14 Larry Fink on Fox & The ETH ETF

37:44 Munchables Hacked on Blast

54:40 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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SL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/0xSteadyLads

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* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Thiccy • https://twitter.com/thiccyth0t

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

Steady Lads #35: Is The ETH ETF Doomed?! w/ Robert Leshner • A Godfather of DeFi Mar 22, 2024

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This week, the Lads are joined by the Founder of Compound and CEO of Superstate, Robert Leshner! Robert shares stories from the early days of Defi, and his current thoughts as an investor with Robot Ventures. The Lads also chat about the SEC going to war with ETH and what that means for the ETF, and we finish with some great copypastas!

In this episode we cover:

00:00 Coming Up on Steady Lads

01:01 Intros

01:40 The Early Days of DeFi

09:45 Wen Utility?

15:54 Are We In A New Paradigm?

20:49 SEC Going After Ethereum

28:52 Superstate & Asset Management

37:23 Robot Ventures & Investing

46:36 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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