Been a mad week for us behind the desk. No complaints, we wouldn't have had it any other way.
Here's a quick content recap chalking out everything that went live on and our socials. Follow along! 🧵
In this week’s @bigmachinesAI Debrief newsletter, we summed up the most unhinged stories from the sector.
THE MOST UNHINGED WEEK IN AI YET 💦
🤖 OpenAI's Agent is live!
🍆 Grok drops Companions, the incels go wild
🏚️ Inside OpenAI's polycule sex dungeon (wrong Sam, my bad)
📉 ChatGPT new user growth is tanking...
⚽️ Anthropic re-signs 2 engineers… after 2 weeks away
💰 Trump pledges $90B to make AI great (again) in Pennsylvania
🇸🇦 Musk is buying compute in the desert
🧠 Meta raids OpenAI (again)
🎀 Plus: horny job listings, underwater data centres & Theo Von acting like a baby
All that + trending tools, funding, and meme-grade madness in this week’s @bigmachinesAI 👇
@ethena_labs made waves on the news front this week, thanks to the StablecoinX and treasury-related developments. We recorded this pod in May, but it's back on our feed again for obvious reasons.
"It feels like you guys have caught lightning in a bottle."
Ethena is winning. Today feels like a good time to run this back.
@Grantblocmates' interview with @ConorRyder of @ethena_labs, recorded in May.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Stablecoins
03:45 Introduction to Ethena and USDE
04:31 Ethena's Unique Approach and Market Impact
10:35 Challenges and Criticisms Faced by Ethena
14:01 Navigating Market Conditions and Funding Rates
17:32 The Bybit Hack and Ethena's Resilience
20:19 Token Incentives and Product Market Fit
26:30 Converge: Bridging TradFi and DeFi
36:14 Final Thoughts
Listen:
@bonk_fun has stolen @pumpdotfun's thunder in the Solana launchpad scene and @Grantblocmates did a video to help you navigate through its ecosystem.
The spotlight’s now on @bonk_fun, the new playground in Solana’s launchpad scene.
In this one, @Grantblocmates dives into the tools, tips, and tricks to help you get around, breaks down how the launchpad stacks up against @pumpdotfun, and unpacks the revenue, fee flow, and distribution.
He also gets into how holders are cashing in, where the real plays are, and how to sniff out winners before the crowd does.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction: LetsBONK Takes the Lead
00:38 Background on LetsBONK and BONK Token
01:08 Market Share and Performance Analysis
02:07 Opportunities in the BONK Ecosystem
03:59 Using the Telemetry Terminal: Tips and Tricks
05:54 Advanced Strategies for Token Trading
09:30 Wallet Tracker and Auto Strategies
14:07 Conclusion: Future Prospects and Final Thoughts
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@zkHopium boiled down the strategies that companies like @MicroStrategy use to acquire crypto.
Had @pseudosey join us, On the Spot, to distill down how @tryfomo is bringing a social spin to crypto.
. @tryfomo, the mobile crypto trading app, is already turning heads.
Just as Twitter revolutionized content, Instagram transformed media, and Strava enhanced running, fomo is bringing a social spin to crypto.
We caught up with @pseudosey, On the Spot, where he broke down why fomo has “the easiest" onboarding experience in crypto right now.
He also got into the pain points of crypto trading that the app is trying to solve and how having a social-first approach makes crypto more approachable.
Rolled out @ollieblocmates' Super App thesis explaining how projects have started juxtaposing different layers of the on-chain world into a single icon.
The Super App Thesis ⚡️
Crypto today is fragmented and clunky. To get something meaningful done, you gotta chain-hop.
The good news is that we’re starting to see the early formations of something more consolidated, something that prioritizes experience, something that actually feels like the future.
Super Apps, or one-stop-shops, fold the financial, social, entertainment, messaging, identity, and other layers of the on-chain world into a single icon.
Ollie cracks open the idea, highlighting the early signs, how to spot such apps, their impact on on-chain protocols, and the emerging names in this one.
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@0xEdyme churned out a list of top projects that amassed funds this week.
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