1 year later: Catching up with Cryptonauts, LaborDAO, Nym and Wetspace

Five of the Agenda's first guests return to the podcast to update us on the wins and losses of the last year and their goals and vision for 2025. Allie Rae from WetSpace, Nym's own Harry Halpin, LaborDAO founder Larry Williams, Jr., and Cryptonauts host Nathan Leung sit down with Ray and Jonathan for Part 1 of a two-part episode.

The Agenda is brought to you by Cointelegraph and hosted/produced by Ray Salmond and Jonathan DeYoung. Follow Cointelegraph on X (Twitter) at @Cointelegraph, Jonathan at @maddopemadic and Ray at @HorusHughes. Jonathan is also on Instagram at @maddopemadic, and he makes the music for the podcast — hear more at madic.art.

Follow Cryptonauts on X at @CryptonautsShow, LaborDAO at @thelabordao, Harry Halpin at @harryhalpin, and Allie Rae at @mrsallierae.

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Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
[00:01:40] Cryptonauts thoughts on community in Web3 and 2025 plans
[00:03:15] Where’s the hype in this bull market? 
[00:06:24] New trends driving investor interest in the crypto market
[00:13:40] LaborDAO analyzes what’s wrong with DAOs 
[00:22:00] NYM CEO Harry Halpin says interest in decentralized VPNs is growing
[00:24:00] Speed or privacy? The challenges of VPN scaling
[00:25:26] AI and VPNs
[00:28:05] NYM’s 2025 plans
[00:30:02] Allie Rae on WetSpace growth in 2024
[00:33:10] Payments and banking remain a problem, but crypto provides a way
[00:36:30] How WetSpace thrives during bull markets
[00:40:15] Allie’s thoughts on AI and content creation
[00:43:46] How PornHub and OnlyFans bans in some US states impacts WetSpace
[00:47:00] WetSpace’s new plans for 2025

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