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WEEKLY ROLLUP: Robinhood’s Memecoin Economy Is Exploding
Robinhood Chain is exploding as memecoins collide with tokenized stocks, and @hosseeb thinks the whole thing may end badly. @RyanSAdams and Haseeb unpack the new casino economy, Saylor’s Bitcoin comeback, Solana’s issuance
NEW EPISODE - NFTs Are Getting Fun Again
FWA (@token_works) turns NFT trading into a game: pull a random asset, keep it, or take the $ETH backing.
@Rhynotic and @econoar join @TrustlessState to break down:
• Why NFT liquidity dried up
• How FWA creates a shared liquidity
.@Kalshi's onshore strategy is really a bet on the 99%.
@j0hnwang:
“For like the 99% TAM of the world… that is the user set that we should be hunting for.”
“The only way to tap into that user set” is to run paid ads, partner with household consumer names, integrate into large
NEW EPISODE - "We Want to Be Bigger Than the CME"
@Kalshi is moving far beyond prediction markets.
@j0hnwang joins @TrustlessState to unpack its regulated crypto perps push, why regulation could be its biggest competitive advantage, and how event contracts could evolve into
The @Kalshi vs. @Polymarket rivalry may not be as close as it used to be.
@j0hnwang:
“We’ve really grown to be like four to five times larger. At least in crypto, we’re 10 times larger than them in volumes.”
“We’ve also found our own lane a bit more.”
“We’ve ultimately
NEW EPISODE - "We Want to Be Bigger Than the CME"
@Kalshi is moving far beyond prediction markets.
@j0hnwang joins @TrustlessState to unpack its regulated crypto perps push, why regulation could be its biggest competitive advantage, and how event contracts could evolve into
