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Coffee with Captain: Crypto Markets, Products and Culture

Coffee with Captain

Coffee with Captain is a daily live crypto morning show hosted by Cap, live every weekday morning in real time. We cover crypto markets and catalysts, the products people actually use, and the builders behind the next wave. Each episode delivers what’s happening, why it matters, and what to watch next, with clear explanations you can use. Expect real-time conversation and guest segments with founders, analysts, and creators. Topics span Bitcoin, altcoins, DeFi, wallets, trading, and onchain apps you

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105:01

AI Agents Talk to Each Other, Tesla Optimus Comes Home

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2026/01/30

Markets were getting hit early, then the conversation jumped straight into how fast AI is accelerating. Agents are already talking to each other, and it is starting to feel like a new baseline for the internet. From there it turned into a practical look at humanoid robots in the home, especially elder care, safety and what pricing could look like once subscriptions and insurance incentives show up. The back half moved from “chat” to “operator” with workflow automation, tooling stacks and smal...

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120:02

Moonbirds BIRB Claim Day Chaos, Lessons from the...

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2026/01/29

BIRB launch day turns into a real time test of claim logistics, price discovery, and what holders can actually do when the claim link flips on and off. They break down eligibility and token allocation, confirm Nesting 2.0 going live, and stress that claim days bring scammers so the only move is using the official link. The conversation zooms out into mechanism and culture, comparing this volatility to past NFT token drops and debating whether ideas like a game for unclaimed SBT tokens would m...

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122:36

Turn Your Avatar Into an AI Streamer, Moonbirds BIRB...

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2026/01/28

The headline today is a sponsored interview with AI TV (@aitvgg) on turning your PFP into an AI streamer and taking that character live across video, livestreams, and Spaces. Before the interview, the crew starts with a Moonbirds / BIRB check-in as the token goes live for trading while most holders are still waiting on claims. They track early price action around the ~$300M fully diluted line and keep repeating the same warning: expect more selling pressure once broader claims open beyond Bin...

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121:54

BlackRock Files Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, AI Turns...

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2026/01/27

The show opens with Moonbirds, including the unnesting discussion and early framing around the BIRB rollout and how these NFT-linked token moments tend to trade. From there, the conversation shifts into AI and workflow, with practical examples of dictation and automation plus how tools like Cursor are changing what individuals can build. The mid-show headlines sweep hits a mix of market and culture items (including the Nifty Gateway shutdown mention and broader tape vibes). Later, they return...

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139:08

Nifty Gateway Is Closing, Moonbirds Confirms $BIRB TGE

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2026/01/26

A solo show that opens with what’s bouncing around NFT land right now, including Moonbirds token chatter and the latest brand activations and partnerships. From there, the conversation stretches into ClawdBot and the broader AI wave, focusing on how real products get adopted, who wins distribution and why incumbents struggle to move. The tone tightens with Nifty Gateway shutting down and a wider “crypto crime season” thread, including the Trove Markets fallout and where accountability should ...

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95:22

Moonbirds BIRB Token Rumors, MegaETH vs Solana

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2026/01/23

Birbathon sparked a lot of token speculation, with the crew circling Moonbirds and the timing around a potential BIRB token and what it means for the broader “NFT brand coin” playbook. They also dug into Pudgy Penguins style mechanics, including soulbound concepts and how brands might turn attention into distribution without creating pure sell pressure. From there, the conversation moved into MegaETH and why it matters, what would actually make builders care, and what a real adoption path cou...

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141:38

Otherside’s Amazon Drop, Onchain Games Without the...

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2026/01/22

Metaverse and GameFi may look tired, but the ingredients are finally here for a real second wave. AI tooling and better production pipelines make it easier to ship real worlds and real economies. The focus is Otherside’s Amazon drop and the broader thesis around digital ownership. A browser-based experience can feel normal for players while the wallet and NFTs stay mostly invisible. James from the Otherside team answers questions on how the drop works, what “Feels” are, and how communities ca...

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121:59

Trove Shill Fallout, How Grok’s drb.eth Wallet Works

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2026/01/21

Today’s show opens with a blunt post-mortem on Trove and how hype, KOL promotion, and weak disclosure norms can turn retail into exit liquidity when a launch collapses. The discussion widens into creator accountability, paid promotion, and what real disclosure should look like in crypto, with a quick detour into eligibility and leaderboard mechanics that can be gamed. Then it pivots to the Grok drb.eth rabbit hole, covering the DRB origin story, the ENS angle, and how the wallet stack (Banker...

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132:21

Trove Markets ICO Crashes 95%, KOL Shill Backlash

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2026/01/20

Trove’s botched launch turns into a real-time breakdown of what the hosts mean when they call something a rug, with KOLs taking heat for undisclosed paid shills tied to the same blowup. The Coffee Crew rewind the setup from the Hyper-EVM expectation to the Solana pivot, then get into the fallout, missing liquidity and ICO funds still not refunded, including a claim the project is holding about $9.4M. The throughline is credibility. If you’re paid to promote something, disclose it and stop dre...

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117:32

X Reworks Creator Incentives, SEO Shifts Toward AI...

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2026/01/19

Base shows how distribution actually works onchain, with sports.fun claw plays now living directly inside the Base app instead of sending users out to a browser flow. X’s creator monetization is shifting again, de-emphasizing reply farming and pushing creators toward original long-form articles to earn payouts. The conversation then turns into a practical framework for how SEO collides with AI search, arguing it’s “SEO and GEO,” not a replacement, and that the new goal is getting mentioned wi...

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123:22

Death of InfoFi: Incentives Move Off Leaderboards

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2026/01/16

InfoFi is getting “called dead,” but the real story is that the incentives are moving, not disappearing. The show focuses on Kaito’s shift to Kaito Studio and why sunsetting incentivized YAPs leaderboards is a signal that the old playbook stopped working. We talk through how leaderboard chasing warped behavior, why many campaigns did not translate to real outcomes, and what a more creator and distribution-driven model could look like across TikTok and YouTube. Fear and greed is back near pre ...

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34:56

Beezie Launches on Base, Coinbase Pulls CLARITY Act...

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2026/01/15

Subscribe: Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshow Follow on X: Captain Zwingli: https://x.com/ChrisJourdan This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussed Check Out: The Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

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129:38

Creator Royalties Aren’t Dead + Abstract Chain...

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2026/01/14

Royalties are not dead, and the show makes the case that creators who keep shipping can still capture real recurring revenue. Using Good Vibes Club as the example, Chris and Cheezus point to recent royalty rankings alongside bigger collections like Pudgy Penguins and debate why teams turn fees off while chasing volume. The first half breaks down the current Abstract ecosystem, including how to check your activity, what behaviors are being rewarded, and how different apps stack together. It us...

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129:52

Beself Brands Founder Albert Prat Breaks Down...

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2026/01/13

Albert Prat, founder of Beself Brands and BeToken, joins the show to lay out what tokenized brands need to become real investable assets. He shares his ecommerce background, why low-minimum community participation matters and how profit participation changes the value proposition. Before the interview, the hosts hit an NFT temperature check with Azuki’s anniversary, Doodles moving and majors mostly flat, then use a story about a former NYC mayor rugging a memecoin to underline the credibility...

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133:27

Coinbase Threatens to Pull CLARITY Act Support Over...

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2026/01/12

Stablecoins became the central thread as Coinbase warned it could withdraw support for the CLARITY Act if lawmakers try to restrict stablecoin rewards beyond simple disclosure. The conversation framed this as a key US policy fight, with banking lobbyists pushing amendments that would block issuers from passing yield back to stablecoin holders. From there it zoomed out into incentives and market structure, including how reserve yield and credit dynamics shape who wins if stablecoins keep expan...

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124:48

RTFKT Buyer Mystery, Grayscale HYPE Filing & Macro...

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2026/01/09

The show starts with a macro risk check, framing the morning’s 8:30 data and the Supreme Court tariff headline as the key drivers for positioning. It then hits the tape with Grayscale filing chatter and a quick read on Pump.fun’s claimed all time high volume, treating it as a “smell test” and discussing wash trading and airdrop incentives. From there, it pivots into the main block: Nike selling RTFKT to an unknown buyer and what the IP, patents, and authentication angle could mean for CloneX ...

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163:28

Zcash Questions + Perpetuals Still Drive Crypto...

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2026/01/08

Zcash drove the first half of the show as the crew tried to sort through an unfolding Electric Coin Company situation in real time, without a clean resolution on air. They debated what was verifiable versus what was getting boosted by viral noise and selective onchain reads. The WorldStar Cherry Cola collaboration with Rekt Drinks became a concrete example of how distribution and branding can still matter more than crypto-native narratives. Simple Farmer (ApeChain ecosystem, Clutch Markets) j...

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144:35

Nike Exits RTFKT + CloneX Reprices Amid Speculation

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2026/01/07

Nike is exiting RTFKT, and the market is repricing what CloneX is really worth. The conversation walks through the news, the lawsuit context and the incentives that likely drove the decision. It then zooms into the RTFKT stack, MNLTH, vials and what parts could stay durable as long term grails. Onchain wallet activity becomes the signal for whether this move is speculation or a real reset. A planned check in with Liners Labs was teased but pushed until after their launch. Subscribe: Coff...

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151:32

NFT Conferences Are Fading + Infinex Proves ICO...

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2026/01/06

Practical career and distribution advice sets the tone, focused on standing out through outreach, consistency, and actually shipping work people can see. The main thread is a reality check on NFT conferences and NFT-native culture, pushing the conversation toward IP, mainstream distribution, and what can scale beyond a niche room. From there, NFTs get reframed as a collectible primitive inside a bigger tokenization story, with tokenized assets feeling like the more durable long-term path. A q...

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133:10

Venezuela Risk Check + Gary Vee Reignites Digital...

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2026/01/05

Geopolitics set the tone, using Venezuela and the reality of war to frame why uncertainty keeps leaking into markets. After a quick market check, the conversation shifted to a digital collectibles pulse, including the Cowboy Punk sale and the idea that NFTs are heating back up as charts turn green. Attention then moved to Gary Vee showing up again, picking up a variety of NFTs and reigniting culture talk about what pulls people back in. The core takeaway was VeeFriends turning collectibles in...

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