State of the Crypto Market with Ansem | EP 51

Imran and Qiao invited Ansem to discuss the current state of the crypto market.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(02:06) DEGEN is Still Up a Lot?
(04:09) Solana Crossroads in Istanbul
(06:19) The Boxing Match
(08:08) What Drew Ansem Into Crypto
(10:42) Who Were Ansem's Role Models Back Then?
(12:21) How Ansem Knew that Solana Was Going to Come Back
(19:16) Who is The Next Runner-up?
(22:38) The Hyperliquid Announcement
(25:30) “Fantasy can easily become a layer 2”
(26:08) How Much Did Ansem Make From SocialFi?
(27:47) "I wish Friendtech expanded V1 into the normies instead of building V2"
(29:40) Diving Into The Recent Drama
(33:06) How Ansem Spend His Day
(34:48) Macro Trends Ansem is Following
(38:56) ETH ETC, Down Only or Up Only?
(43:49) Is There Any Layer 2 Today That Offers a UX as Good as Solana’s?
(45:03) Mega ETH
(46:11) Vitalik's Prophecy About ZK Rollups Being the Endgame for ETH
(48:34) Anything Interesting in Runes?
(49:59) Still Bullish on Wizard and PUPS?
(51:34) Is Ansem Bullish on the Bitcoin Ecosystem in General?
(52:38) Anything Else in Crypto Ansem is Excited About?
(56:27) Ansem's WIF War Story
(01:03:20) Talking About Stuff Outside of Crypto
(01:05:08) "What kinds of apps will be built on Solana with Firedancer's high throughput?"
(01:07:07) Hybrid NFT
(01:09:03) “Ask him about the night in Miami where I sold him on Hybrids"
(01:09:37) "Thoughts around charity on crypto?"
(01:11:20) Final Thoughts

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