Foot Guns Pod: Recent Episodes
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An interview with Thomas, who is holding a 5-figure @polymarket bet that @BidenHQ will not Drop Out before the Democratic National Convention.
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We talk:
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Countertrading political hype
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Position sizing, decision points, and market liquidity
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How to detach from the US political scene to make better decisions
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What Reporters to follow for alpha on Biden's position
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Lessons learned from 5 digit prediction market losses
PLUS
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Arbing Fed rate cut markets
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Trading e-sports
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Polymarket vs Sportsbooks
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How to improve the dispute process
Links Mentioned:
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https://x.com/MarkHalperin
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https://polymarket.com/profile/0xa84bdfe6ffa8bc7dd21b5c412258062e7b765055
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https://coincado.com/
Wasabi interviews @domahhhh, the top trader on Polymarket. We investigate the $DJT memecoin's realness, strategies for betting on the US elections, mental models for making better predictions, and more.
NOTE: This podcast was recorded before Domer placed a $70k bet with Martin Shkreli on if the DJT coin has authentic Trump family provenance.
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We talk:
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Strategy for trading election night, the debates, and predicting Trump's VP pick
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How Domer called the 25:1 pick of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate.
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Books & useful mental models for trading prediction markets
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Boosting returns with LP rewards on Polymarket
Follow @Domahhh on X and get his top list of book recommendations:
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Wasabi and Hal discuss the recent signing of a woman's undergarments by the CEO of NVIDIA
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On this episode Hal and Wasabi discuss:
- The rise of NVDA
- Bitcoin’s recent break out
- ETH’s lag and ETF potential
- Bird Flu
- AGI
- And More...
Hal and Wasabi talk with Coronado from El Dorado about the financialization of Bitcoin and protocols that are leading the way.
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On this episode Hal and Wasabi talk with Coronado:
- Introduction (crypto journey)
- Bitcoin Ethos Resurgence
- Thorchain and Maya Protocol
- El Dorado Market
- Current State of the Market
- And More…
Hal and the gang talk about the markets. Also, we used some AI after production that seems to have overlapped some audio sections (blame Elon).
Cletus talks to Hal and Wasabi about Bitcoin, US equities and the current global macro climate.
Hal and Wasabi talk about the Bitcoin ETF
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Wasabi talks with Hal about the short term, mid term and long term impacts of the Bitcoin ETF.
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Wasabi is out recruiting hamsters to manufacture more Crox, so Hal, Cletus and Villy check in on the markets.
"We don't know where these hamsters are coming from. There's a lot of risk here."
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Happy summer everyone.
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Cletus joins Hal (July 12, 2023) to discuss why Bitcoin looks bullish in the current moment. Sadly, the podcast was cut short, but was finished for the premium subscribers.
Hal and Cletus talk about the Debt Ceiling, Bitcoin, AI, and the Fed.
Cletus joins us after a long hiatus and sideways markets to discuss the looming decision from the US Congress on the Debt Ceiling and how it could impact markets.
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Hal and Wasabi sit down to discuss:
- Current Crypto Market Sentiment
- Hyperinflation
- Debt Ceilings and Cletus Doom Prediction
- Denial Of Service Attack on Bitcoin or just Ordinal traffic?
- Meme coins
- Wasabi reviews his top stock picks
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Hal and Wasabi recap recent events and discuss trading tactics
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Hal and Wasabi sit down to discuss:
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ETH Denver and Hal’s trip to Costa Rica
- VCS, builders and Circle USD presence
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The Arbitrum airdrop
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How to farm airdrops
- What to do with airdrops (UniV3)
- Governance tokens and voting
- Building a portfolio of ETH and Layer 2 tokens
- USDC depeg and stablecoin depeg risks
- Reviewing the Silvergate trade
- Expressing trades using options
- Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk weight loss drugs trade
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Hal and Cletus discuss what just happened at Silicon Valley Bank, how it relates to the Great Financial Crisis, Haines Bottom, Hal argues why this is bullish for Bitcoin, and why there may be problems for Circle’s USDC.
Hal and Wasabi are joined by Gabriel Haines, who some describe as "the greatest ranter of all time"
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Gabriel Haines, the world's undisputed #1 ranter, stops by the Foot Guns studio to tell the story of his trip to infiltrate SBF’s compound in the Bahamas.
Plus:
- New tools for creators
- How trade the crypto twitter zeitgeist
- Secrets of ranting: The Art Of The Rant
- PLUS 9 bonus mini-rants
Links To Find Gabriel:
Juicebox: Rants
Youtube
Twitter
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Hal and Cletus review how premium members used Foot Guns resources to make smart decisions in 2022 and can continue going into 2023. A short review of the beginning of the year rally, but most of the content is in the private podcast on this one. We’ll be back soon with more public content.
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The gang decides to go all in in 2023, and Cletus becomes the new Mr. Wonderful
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Wasabi is back with Hal and Cletus to breakdown what they expect for Q1 2023. Cletus reflects on the FTX situation and decides to take on the job of the new Mr. Wonderful.
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Hal and Cletus discuss the biggest wins and losses in 2022 and what to look for in 2023.
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Hal and Cletus review their worst calls of 2022 and what they go right. They both reflect on 2022 and speculate on what 2023 will look like for Bitcoin, ETH, US Equities and Commodities. The conversation explores ideas about where crypto’s place in the general financial ecosystem has become.
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"I don't know how to say this but.. a complete fraud"
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Hal and Wasabi recap the FTX bankruptcy news and discuss how far the contagion could spread.
Twitter Account Leading A Space Tracking The FTX Story.
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Buckle up for Hal & Wasabi's wide ranging conversation with Vinay Gupta.
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Vinay was an early contributor to the Ethereum launch and is now running Mattereum, a startup building rails for authenticating physical objects as NFTs.
We talk: -
- The early days of Ethereum
- A taxonomy of crypto scams
- Tokenizing gold
- Real estate and trumpets
- Gold backed stablecoins
- Where ESG goes wrong
- How to predict the future
- A hierarchy of existential risks
- Eco yurts
- And much, much more.
Links Mentioned:
- Mattereum
- Resiliency Maps
- Hexayurt
- Future Shock, Alvin Toffler
- The Limits To Growth
- Shockwave Rider, John Brunner
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Doomberg joins Hal, Cletus and Wasabi to discuss the prospects for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the USA, crypto as freedom technology, European energy scenarios, nuclear power, and more.
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Doomberg Energy, finance, and the economy at-large
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"You Don't Have To Give The Money Back Because It's a Short Covering Rally." -Cletus
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Summary of topics:
- Short Covering Rally
- Oil Markets, gasoline demand
- Tornado Cash
- Inflation print
- ETH Merge
- How to Trade It
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A Foot Guns subscriber, Alex, chats with Hal about the history and future of Foot Guns. They discussion what makes a DAO a real DAO and Hal's experience working at BadgerDAO.
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Summary of topics:
- The history of Foot Guns and how Alex became a subscriber
- Onchain actions and airdrops
- The history of the FGNEWS token and plans for the future
- How Foot Guns is working to be a DAO
- How Hal got involved with Badger
- How Badger is shaping its governance to be the best DAO
- Bitcoin’s place on Ethereum and the ETH2.0 merge
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Boomer, Hal and Wasabi with special guest Villy, sit down to chat about the first year in Foot Guns; where we've been and where we are going next
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Summary of topics:
- Inflation: CPI report
- Where is the bottom for BTC?
- Foot Guns year one in review
- Thoughts from Villy on how retail traders are viewing this market
- Wasabi’s trade ideas : VIX calls and customizable Crocs
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Hal and Wasabi discuss fundamentals and valuation models of crypto protocols with Sam Bronstein and Jordan Stastny.
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Summary of topics:
- Financial best practices for DAOs
- How tokens differ from equities
- Fei-rari merger
- Uniswap Genie deal
- Mergers vs Acquisitions
- Best DeFi Verticals
- Uniswap fee switch and the value of governance
- Fundamental valuations in crypto
- How to discount DeFi protocol future cash flows
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UniswapV3 is a breakthrough technology in DeFi and possibly the core new technology to come out of this crypto cycle.
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Hal and Wasabi talk with Guillaume Lambert, Asst. Prof. of Applied Physics at @Cornell University, about Uniswap V3, the role it plays in Decentralized Finance and the options protocol he is building on top of Uniswap V3.
"What's wrong with cryptos market structure and the systemic risk perpetual futures contracts bring to Bitcoin and DeFi."
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Boomer (Cletus) joins Hal and Wasabi to discuss the issues with Crypto’s market structure being revealed in the recent downturn, and what he thinks needs to be fixed before crypto can recover.
Hal and Wasabi discuss potential trades around ETH merge, NVIDIA, and new crypto projects while Boomer is MIA.
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Update on Bitcoin and overview of what the Cheat Sheet is telling us.
The ETH / NVIDIA trade.
CREAM, Balancer and AURA.
This podcast was recorded wednesday the 9th of Junes just before the stock market closes.
Want more podcasts? Boomer’s Guide to the Bear Market. This Private Podcast focuses on the depegging of Tether, the blow up of Terra USD, how it relates to traditional markets, and possible contagion. Available to Premium Subscribers only.
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Boomer, Hal and Wasabi discuss how to short ETH and if it still makes sense
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The stock market is on the edge of a defined recession.
Hal talks about shorting on GMX and Wasabi pitches his ETH short to Boomer.
This podcast was recorded wednesday the 18th of May just before the stock market closes.
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Hal and Wasabi talk with Jasun Tate about Cyber Crisis Mitigation and Personal Security
Internet security is essential to protecting your personal data and money. In crypto it is a necessity. In this podcast Jasun Tate, an ex three letter cyber security operative, gives you numerous ways to help protect yourself online.
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If you are looking for security consulting you can contant https://www.blackalchemysolutions.group/
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Crypto Punk 6485 (aka flippen.eth) joins Hal and Wasabi for this weeks public podcast to discuss:
- When will ETH flip BTC
- NFT Collecting vs NFT trading
- PFP projects - punks, moonbirds, apes, doodles, cool cats
- DeFi trading vs NFT trading
- NFT ownership rights
- NFT roles : utility , art, country club, sports tickets, bored ape restaurant
- Liquidity Risk in NFT markets
- NFT collections on Tradingview
- Identifying new projects
- Nesting vs Staking
- notifi_xyz - on chain messages
Check out the Foot Guns’ NFT collection. All proceeds go to shoes for our interns.
Foot Guns' NFTs
The new version of Pickle Finance we aren’t supposed to share
Jintao describes the principles that brought him to DeFi.
His full code stack for developing Frontend UIs and Backend APIs for DeFi
How to hunt for NFTs like a DeFi-Dev-Ninja
How to evaluate a new DeFi protocol for Safu vs Sifu
What is the Citadel?
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Boomer makes fun of Hal for calling the Bitcoin price action perfectly… and more.
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Hal, Boomer and Wasabi discuss two big shorts on Tether and Nickel
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Boomer, Hal and Wasabi report on the recent developments out of the Ukraine.
The impact on the energy markets, stocks & bitcoin.
Trade ideas.
Private Pod - Hal references in this podcast.
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It's been a wild Q1 so far in crypto. Hal and Wasabi give an update on the current state of the crypto space and discuss details of FGNEWS airdrop.
The Frognation is Frogmenting - Hal and Wasabi discuss SiFu, Dani and the future of the Frognation
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Hal, Boomer and Wasabi discuss the global market sell off and the fate of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Hal and Wasabi discuss crypto gaming; new projects in 2022; signs of a bear market
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2022 is brought to you by bass pro shops
There is no proof this was not recorded live from inside a bass pross shop. The FGNEWS crew talk about their best and worst of 2021, what 2022 holds, and the transformation into DAOism.
FGNEWS 2022 - Community lead crypto news with a token.
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FGNEWS Airdrops coming in 2022. TBA
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History is made this week as a nationally recognized journalist, @JVLast from the @Bulwarkonline discusses crypto with our very own Defi Degen @Haal69k. Boomer tries to keep the peace and bring the perspective of a global macro TradFi trader.
@haal69k and @wasabiboat420 talk with Thomas Braziel about distressed investments.
- Hot dog coin picks for Q4 pump szn
- Thomas' adventures in Eth / DeFi
- Distressed and special situations crypto investing
- $NXM and the value of DeFi insurance
- Being well compensated for risks and knowing when to size up
Links: 507 Capital https://507capital.com/
Modern Distressed Investing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMaY...
Follow Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thomasbraziel
No editing to get this out faster; Boomer tries to talk sense into Hal as he packs his computers onto a brand new sailboat with Starlink to launch Pirate DeFi.
The days of BYOB are over. Welcome to days of BYO KYC.
Boomer breaks down what’s going on with the infrastructure bill in DC and how it relates to DeFi.
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Hal69k and Wasabi break down the latest defi news on the tail end of the Bitcoin all time high.
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Hal and Wasabi sit down with members of Olympus down to discuss OHM, how its the currency of the people and its role in the present and future of DeFi.
Unlike other podcasters and newsletter writers, Hal and Boomer actually trade for a living. It was an incredible week as they both pulled out large wins in the TradFi and Crypto arena…but that left them exhausted. Boomer even became a Bitcoin Maxi for a bit. This may be the worst podcast ever. Enjoy.
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A look at how traditional finance personalities are shifting into crypto, and how to play the current crypto market.
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Don’t miss your chance to win a NFT
Show Notes * Hal and boomer talk about the price action and how they have been trading it . * Hal's ICE trade * Hal explains what is a metaverse to boomer. * Boomer asks Hal about BadgerDAO and what it's like to be involved in a DAO.
Join us in Discord to discuss everything crypto and where the market’s headed.
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Hal and Wasabi sit down with TheOtherPomp to discuss the Fantom Ecosystem.
Here are some of the many products mentioned in the podcast
- SpookySwap
- SpiritSwap
- SpookySwap Bridge
- Multichain.xyz
- Rarity
- 370m incentive program
- Reaper
- Anyswap NFT bridge
Announcing the Foot Gun’s NFT collection. We’ve minted a special NFT to commemorate this podcast.
Go check it out! Art by @dadofcats
Read more about our FGNEWS token and the on going airdrop.
NFTs have been going wild and it’s a lot to keep up with. If you’d like to follow along more closely with the NFT ecosystem we recommend you check out Morning Drop, “Your weekly dose of what’s minting, popping, and brewing”.
WasabiBoatResearch joins us to talk about investing in crypto markets. He has his own podcast where he interviews various personalities within the DeFi space. It is fantastic and we recommend you listen to all of it if you want to learn more about DeFI.
2:00 Thoughts on Cardano
4:00 Cardano is a Crypto SPAC
7:00 WasabiBoatResearch @WasabiBoat420 Journey into Crypto
9:00 Sushi Thesis
11:00 Equities Markets
14:00 Value Investing In Crypto
19:00 Dot Com Bubble
21:00 Crypto’s Onchain advantage
22:00 Bankless Podcast
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25:00 Builder Tokens
31:00 NFT Bubble
35:00 Tether FUD
39:00 Taking losses
45:00 Life Outside of Crypto
47:00 BadgerDAO
53:00 Tether FUD
57:00 Other Large Risks in Crypto
60:00 El Salvador Bitcoin Airdrop
In case you missed it read more about our on going FGNEWS token airdrop.
Hal69k and Boomer break down the who and the why of ETH's surge relative to BTC; also what that surge may mean for Defi.
Hal69k brought his Discord friend CryptoBuddy to explain how Big PP Condom NFT owners will get airdropped frationalized portions of a APE.
Boomer, Hal69k and special guest Kinto talk about under valued NFTs, the faster and lower fee version of Ethereum, Solana, and life as a professional in the crypto industry.
Boomer's mind is blown as Haal69k reveals an entirely new way to think about risk in trading.
Robinhood prides itself on "democratizing" investing, but its recent record setting FINRA fine and lengthy customer complaints it tell another story. Where will the future of low fee crypto trading be that retail can actually trust?
Read the complaint here: https://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/robinhood-financial-awc-063021.pdf
Read the FT journalist tweet highlights here: https://twitter.com/staffordphilip/status/1410252264678334465
Read the Robinhood S-1 here: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000162828021013318/robinhoods-1.htm#ib5a32e8afc3b422193a2f2891a49e0c9_1321
Hal 69K and Boomer discuss the application of on-chain analytics in the crypto market along with the breaking discourse around Sushi's new product, Trident, which is definitely not a fork.
Boomer, Hal69k, and retailer/resident Gen-Z-er Villy dive into the week's latest DeFi news, including space crypto, why certain exchanges suck, losing money on IPOs (or not), and why some stablecoins aren't so stable.
Boomer (established global macro trader) and Hal69k (code level understanding of crypto trader) peruse the weeks price action.
In this episode of Foot Guns Hal69k and Boomer break down current regulation in swap trading and how those regulations might be applied to applications like Sushiswap and UniSwap.
I. WHY BEING RETAIL BRINGS AN EDGE
II. BOOMER DONATES $50,000 TO THE PODCAST
III. TRADING TIPS AND TRICKS
IV. YES, a little McAFEE
This is the Foot Guns short podcast where we follow up on some topics on the last podcast and talk trading and crypto insights. Today's topic is how to use contrarian indicators to formulate a long thesis for a trade. Send us an email at footgunzpod@gmail.com
I. CRYPTO IS A CLOSED UNIVERSE WHERE NO ONE EVER WITHDRAWS THEIR MONEY
II. USD and BITCOIN & FED MEETING REACT
III. NAVIGATING THE HYPE NEWS ECOSYSTEM
IV. WHAT WOULD A CNBC FOR CRYPTO HYPE
V. CRYPTO IS COMING TO INTERACTIVE BROKERS
VI. BITCOIN MAXIS GONE WILD AT THE CONVENTION
The gang talk El Salvador and what could the actual effect be for BTC; also what is El Salvador; How the rollout of the legislation occured and who's mom was on the call; If a junk bond secured with bitcoin is rated is junk does that mean BTC is rated as junk; could the FBI have a backdoor into everything; the 51% miner problem; running the Panama playbook; AFTN aka "always follow the nerds" (the actual ones not like, the geek squad from Best Buy); the problem with "crypto religiosity; a retail perspective; and featured Deep Dive is SUSHISWAP ($SUSHI). please follow the pod @footgunz on twitter for updates on our newsletter release date. Follow @Haal69k on twitter for some hot takes from an astrophysics turned quant turned crypto prop villain takes.