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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