Ep.30: AI x HOPE, Farcaster raises $150M, Roam, Low Float High FDV Debate, New Punks Collection

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00:24 Intro - Welcome to episode 30, today we've got our Ventures team reporting from AI x Hope Berlin and our co-hosts are Ben and Natalie from the Liquid Culture podcast
01:13 Warren and Nima give an update after a long day at the AI x Hope event in Berlin where they brought together the AI and crypto communities for a day of talks
06:35 Ben and Natalie introduce themselves and tell us all about the vibe of the new podcast their launching called Liquid Culture. Episode 1 with Derek Edwards is out now.
12:31 Big news coming out from Farcaster this week that they have successfully raised $150 million to fund their web 3 social media platform
14:09 Part of the problem with crypto is that we're always circling around one meta at a time like ants around a speaker listening to Thunderstruck
18:43 Next up we have Zen, co-founder of Roam joining us to talk about building Roam - a social onchain browser they've been working on the last year
25:30 Peace wants to know why Roam is better than the in-app browsers with MetaMask or Rainbow and we discuss what it means to be a browser first wallet app
37:18 Coinbase is making a similar bet around developing smarter wallet applications and making it easier to interact across multiple apps
40:00 A discussion around the airdrop meta and the shifting market around the recent low float high FDV overhyped drops that have left a lot of people disappointed and Cobie's latest post
47:41 On people forcing the traditional VC model in spaces that don't necessarily require it, where there's more room to breathe and predicting how that will evolve
51:15 Looking at Sixth Man Ventures report on airdrops and talking about whether or not it's relevant today with how much the market has changed in the last 18 months
54:20 We talk about the Cryptopunks announcement this week about Super Punk World - a 500 piece collection that's in collaboration with Nina Chanel
57:55 A quick teaser on our discussion around Telegram and why you should absolutely be leveraging it if you're building any kind of app or product in the crypto space
58:37 This week's lightning round - Peace drops a few choice memes that he definitely has to explain to the group
01:01:10 We pay homage to the passing of the greatest meme of all time Kabosu, the dog beind the Doge we all know and love
01:01:33 A quick reminder we've got SC.07 Demo Day coming up, don't forget to tune into that, and we'll see ya back here next Friday at 11AM PST / 1PM EST, until then, enjoy!

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