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Steady Lads #54 • Is The Government Dumping On Us? w/ Qiao Wang

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Show Notes

The Lads are back with episode #54 and the return of a fan-favorite, Qiao Wang (@QwQiao). We cover everything from the recent market dump, Trump's Bitcoin 2024 appearance, AI, builders hitting a wall, and Jordi gives a Puff update after the NFT mint. Stick around until the end to catch who wins Pasta of the Week with a live audience poll!

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In this episode we cover:

00:00 Stream Starts Soon

01:08 Feels Like a Bear Market but It's Not

06:24 Trump's Speech at Bitcoin 2024

14:05 Bitcoin's Strength/Justin's ETH Thesis

18:51 Innovation Done? and Binance & Product/Market Fit

24:32 DeFi As a Growth Sector

31:54 Qiao's Charts on Trends

38:08 The AI Sector

42:20 Builders Hitting a Wall?

51:03 Puff Update and NFT Mint

1:02:23 Pasta of the Week 🍝

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* QW • https://twitter.com/QwQiao

* Justin Bram • https://twitter.com/JustinCBram

* Jordi Alexander • https://twitter.com/gametheorizing

* Taiki Maeda • https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2

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