Mid-Year Review & Predictions for the Rest of 2024 | EP 54

Imran and Qiao review the first half of 2024 and share predictions for the rest of the year.
No BS crypto insights for founders.

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:22) Welcome to Good Game
(01:48) Where Are We Going Next?
(02:38) Andrew Kang's Eth ETF Analysis
(07:15) "We had a lot of good news and the market couldn't go up"
(10:19) "We're running out of good news"
(10:36) Rate Cuts, Short-Term Bearish?
(12:09) Rate Cuts May Not Even Happen?
(12:55) "One of the most absurd statistics I've ever seen in my life"
(14:37) Another Nvidia FUD
(15:24) "We can't go up on good news"
(16:31) The Launch of Blast
(18:29) Overview/Summary of The 1st Half of The Year
(18:47) Speculation, The Good and Bad
(20:33) Market Fatigue in Meme Coins
(24:16) Yugalabs' Offshoot NFT
(25:12) CBB Decided Not to Market Make on Blur Anymore
(27:03) Will the NFTs Come Back?
(28:44) Pudgy Penguins' Presence Across Social Media
(32:15) Decentralizing Disney
(36:48) DeFi and Layer 2s Overview for The 1st Half of the Year
(43:46) AI Crypto
(44:52) AI Crypto Projects Qiao is Excited About Today
(51:59) Crate
(53:26) AI Video
(54:34) AI Girlfriends
(57:51) Impact of Social Media on Mental Health
(01:01:32) AI Characters on Chain
(01:03:04) Some OnlyFans Girls Using AI Chatbots
(01:07:15) Financial Nihilism in Crypto
(01:09:41) Stablecoins and Global Impact
(01:19:49) Real-World Assets
(01:26:19) Regulatory Environment and SEC Approvals
(01:26:43) Trump in a Bitcoin Event in Miami
(01:27:03) ETFs and SEC Commissioners
(01:29:48) Consumer Apps and Market Trends
(01:39:45) TON
(01:48:04) Some of The Meme Coins May Not Come Back
(01:49:40) Qiao Discovering Hawk Tuah
(01:51:15) Predictions for the Future
(01:54:31) Airdrop Meta
(01:57:33) Industrial Farming
(02:01:04) Predictions on Airdrops and Solana
(02:05:37) DePIN Projects
(02:05:58) Helium Network
(02:13:22) Other DePIN Ideas
(02:16:15) Gaming

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