Imran and Qiao sat down for this April Roundup to talk about the current state of the crypto market, EigenLayer, SocialFi Summer, Outflows, and more.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:08) Live Fantasy Pack Opening
(02:41) Introducing MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
(04:44) Welcome to Good Game
(04:47) Is it Over?
(06:12) Why it's Over
(07:21) How Do We Think The Market Is Going to Playout
(10:01) BlackRock's On-Chain Fund Hits $375M
(13:40) "People Don't Care About The Non-Speculative Stuff"
(15:05) Qiao's Analogy Between Bitcoin ETF and RWAs
(17:13) "Everyone on Twitter is Saying We're Halfway Through The Market"
(18:58) Crypto Assets Qiao is Most Excited About
(21:59) The Future of Memecoins
(22:16) The Number of Memecoins Created on Pump
(23:51) The Whistleblower
(28:11) Crypto Music
(32:52) Crypto Startup Stories: Crate
(35:36) We Should Change The "Memecoin" Terminology
(38:47) "Everything is Going to Be Tokenized"
(40:05) Solana Congestion Has Gone Away
(40:46) Firedance Coming Out Soon
(41:17) Monad, Berachain, and TON
(43:23) MegaETH
(46:44) What is The Right Fee Structure?
(48:17) Qiao Shares an Important Lesson From a Book (Chip War)
(51:54) TON
(54:41) "Stickers are The New Whitepapers"
(56:39) The Polymarket "Retardio" Incident
(59:08) Web2 Sports Betting Websites are Losing Market Share to Memecoins
(01:01:13) Kyle Samani's Tweet About Memecoins
(01:03:00) EigenLayer FUD
(01:12:46) Fantasy Launched on Mainnet
(01:15:38) Qiao's Current Mental Model for Selecting Founders
(01:16:48) Live Fantasy Pack Opening

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DISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice.

Imran and Qiao sat down to talk about the Bitcoin Halving, Geopolitics, and Telegram (TON) with special guests: Alexei Zamyatin (BOB) and David Tse (Babylon).
No BS crypto insight for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:13) Welcome to Good Game
(02:58) Is The Bull Market Over?
(09:20) Keeping Up With Everything That's Happening
(11:32) NodeMonkes and Bitcoin Puppets Competing for The #1 Spot
(17:55) Imran's Bridging Experience
(21:12) BitVM Fud
(25:14) Welcome Alexei (BOB)
(26:33) What Alexei is Working On
(30:51) What Does Layer 2 Mean for BOB?
(32:41) When Will BOB Launch and What Will Be The Security Assumptions?
(34:49) What Alexei is Excited About
(40:17) How Easy Is It To Support Runes On A Layer 2?
(44:07) One Advice for Somebody That Wants To Build On Bitcoin Today
(49:21) Welcome David (Babylon)
(50:20) What Makes David Excited To Work In The Bitcoin Ecosystem
(52:44) David Talks About Babylon
(55:16) Explaining BitVM
(01:02:33) Thoughts On The Halving
(01:04:59) "Attention Matters Most"
(01:07:56) (TON) Telegram
(01:15:48) The Open Platform (www.top.co)
(01:16:57) OP_CAT Announcement
(01:18:48) Hong Kong ETFs

Alexei Zamyatin Twitter/X: https://x.com/alexeiZamyatin
David Tse Twitter/X: https://x.com/dntse

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Web3 Founders:
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DISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice.

Imran and Qiao bring on Pacman to share lessons he learned while building Blur and Blast.
No BS crypto insight for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:44) Welcome to Good Game
(01:09) Learning More About Blur
(01:56) Pacman's Thoughts About OpenSea's Strategy
(05:22) Balancing Trading and Collecting with Blur
(08:24) The Good and The Bad of The Points System
(11:19) The Convergence of NFTs and Tokens
(14:18) Are 404s Here to Stay?
(15:30) Memecoins vs. NFTs
(19:20) Fostering Innovation in Layer 2s
(25:15) Memecoins Didn't Take Off on Blast... What Happened?
(27:57) Other Interesting Applications That Only Exist on Blast
(31:27) The Blast Security Breach
(34:39) "Blast Should Roll Back The Chain"
(38:23) Audit Tips for Founders Launching a New Protocol
(41:22) Crypto Startup Stories: Top Fantasy
(44:48) Rapid Fire Questions
(44:54) Thoughts on Ordinals
(45:56) The Points Meta: Temporary or Longterm?
(48:14) Predicting the Future of Layer 2
(49:31) Thoughts on Layer 3s
(50:15) Top 3 Insights That Led to The Success of Blast
(53:14) Upcoming Milestones
(54:28) The Future of Blast and Blur

Pacman Twitter/X: https://x.com/PacmanBlur

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Web3 Founders:
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DISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice.