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#297 – Doug on Gold, Will on TA, Alex Dying on This Hill – The Rise Up Morning Show – April 16, 2025
This morning, Alex and Will kick things off with a look at the latest memecoin drama on Base. As Jesse Pollak tries to spark a wave of “content coins” on Zora, the community is firing back with some serious criticism—and the guys weigh in with takes on culture, incentives, and what really makes a token meaningful.
Later, Doug drops by to talk markets, gold’s performance, and how macro trends might be shaping crypto investor psychology.
They close out the show by tackling a big one: is technical analysis real or just modern astrology? Alex and Will bring a nuanced conversation on where TA works, when it fails, and how it fits into a broader strategy.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight, Will and Alex are joined by our friend Nil from Polygon for a late-night research sesh full of insights, distractions, and deep dives.
Together, they review trending altcoins including SEI, INJ, STX, and more—breaking down recent price action, narratives, and whether any of these tokens are worth your attention right now.
But it wouldn’t be Rise Up After Dark without a few tangents. Along the way, they get into favorite research tools, crypto news of the week, and what’s top of mind across the industry—from token unlocks to trading psychology to what makes a project worth tracking long-term.
Whether you’re an active trader or just trying to level up your altcoin radar, this is a vibe-heavy episode packed with practical alpha.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan, Will, and Alex are joined by Lindsay Poss (@LindsayPoss), host of the Seeking Alpha Podcast (@theSeekingAlphaPod) and part of the team at Stellar Development Foundation, for a live research session, crypto commentary, and deep dives into macro and market narratives. The crew unpacks stablecoin regulation, token valuation frameworks, global political tension, and how to build better communities and media in web3.
Later in the episode, Evan’s Crypto the Game comrade Brian “B Smokes” Smokovic (@BSmokes_), founder of PistachioFi (@PistachioFi), joins to share what they’re building to help onchain investors "Protect their Nut." With discussions ranging from DeFi dashboards and altcoin plays to centralized banking woes and the value of transparency, this episode is packed with game and good vibes.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
In this episode of Rise Up After Dark, Evan sits down with Dylan Abruscato, cofounding creator of the award-winning, viral hit Crypto the Game—a crypto-native survival game where alliances, betrayals, and onchain mechanics collide. They explore the show's Survivor-style roots, how CTG became a cultural moment in crypto Twitter (again and again), and why building games onchain isn’t just about decentralization—but immersion, community, and fun.
Dylan reflects on the evolution of CTG through its first two seasons, what players taught him about community and mechanics, and what’s coming next in Season 3. This one’s for the builders, the storytellers, and the future contestants.
(Oh, and the collectors--he totally nerds out with a wild story about how he got his own official Topps card)
DYLAN: https://x.com/DylanAbruscato CRYPTO THE GAME: https://x.com/cryptothegame_ WEBSITE: https://cryptothegame.com
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
In this playful and wildly insightful episode of Rise Up After Dark, Evan, Alex, and Will are joined by Chuck Blackstock, the founder of Farcade.ai—a project reimagining the future of gaming development and discovery at the intersections of blockchain, AI, and social media. Chuck talks about the Farcade experience, vibecoding a viral game in hours with his no-code sister, and even builds a game live onstream. Listen to learn how to start using tools like Farcade (plus Cursor, Grok, and GPT) to build the next wave of interactive entertainment. Gamers--this one's for you!
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan, Alex, and Will sit down with David Wolinsky, co-founder and head architect of Aptos Labs, and former engineer at Meta, where he worked on the Libra/Diem blockchain project. Together, they dive deep into the origins of Aptos, what survived (and improved) from the Diem codebase, and why the Move language is so powerful. David opens up about Aptos’s mission to bring web3 to the masses, how the team is thinking about real-world adoption, performance at scale, and where the biggest opportunities lie for builders and users. Whether you're a developer, investor, or just web3 curious—this episode is loaded with insight.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today on the show, Evan and Alex are in tandem for a tight, news-packed episode. They break down the latest headlines, including Trump’s Bitcoin business venture, tariff tensions, Satoshi’s birthday, and new action from Congress on the STABLE Act. We dive into how to explore narratives and ecosystems using tools like DeFiLlama and CoinGecko's categories—a must-watch for anyone trying to research altcoins or find their next area of focus—and wrap the show by answering questions from the live audience with practical advice on what makes a token "valuable".
PS, if you want to quick-start your crypto journey, learn to safely earn passive yield on your crypto, avoid scams, and become more self-sufficient onchain then check out our live courses and 1-on-1 coaching at https://theriseupmorningshow.com!
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Disclaimer: The Rise Up Morning Show is not licensed to give financial or legal advice. Nothing on this channel should be construed as financial or legal advice. These videos are for educational and entertainment purposes only.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today on the show, Evan, Will, and Alex explore Ethereum’s next major hard fork, Pectra, and break down how EIP-7702 could change the way wallets and users interact with the network. Evan’s soundboard also gets its own “hard fork” (cue Alex: “Bullish”) for an extra dose of chaos and clarity. The guys dive into the latest Hyperliquid jelly jelly exploit, examine whether “decentralized” protocols are actually living up to their name, and offer real talk on crypto tax prep, including plans for an emergency live class to help viewers get squared away before tax day (sign up tomorrow at theRiseUpMorningShow.com). It’s a fast-paced, thoughtful episode covering the layers of tech, trust, and transparency in the web3 space.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today on the show, the guys dig deep into staking—what it is, how it works, and why it matters. Evan, Alex, and Will walk through a demonstration of staking $SOL using Marinade Finance (use the referral link below to get the best rate onchain!). Then, they share their thoughts on the state of the market and debut a brand-new segment: Dings & Gwumps. Let us know your dings & gwumps in the comments, along with your good jokes, questions, & suggestions for the next episode!
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Will has the flu so Evan & Alex are flying together--just the same guy in two different fonts, talking about how to make your way through the crypto space.
The guys talk about how to scale web3--Alex wants tokens for everything... just not those kinds of tokens; the launch of Pi Mainnet; Evan shares an idea for a Social Reading app; and they share the CPI/PPI data for the month, along with the implications before giving their final thoughts about what lies ahead for the crypto market.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today, the guys answer rapid fire questions from the audience, including our perennial favorite "What would you invest in...?"; Alex almost makes Will cry with a question about trading the lunar cycle; and they preview the upcoming trip to Toronto for Consensus/Las Vegas for the Bitcoin conference (both in May)--plus answers to tax questions, a look back at Binance, and what to do if a token you hold is "stuck" or can't be transferred.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
Solum said: Ask "Why should I buy?", not "What should I buy?"
Cosmic asked: "Would Satoshi be proud of us?"
Scores of the unwashed masses said: WHO LET THESE GUYS ON THE AIR AND WHY ARE WE LISTENING?
Wherever you are, whenever you listen, leave us a comment and let others know why you tune into Rise Up!
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
We kick off with a look at the recent Mantra ($OM) crash, then tackle the big Bitcoin question—what's next for $BTC’s price? Will it break higher or correct lower (and how low can it go)? We break down the pros and cons of Story Protocol, a project Will recently bought into, and explore how storytelling, tokenization, and IP ownership are evolving onchain.
Finally, when a viewer asks, "If it's my first day of first grade, how do I start learning crypto?"—Alex delivers a nine-step framework for beginners that anyone can use to start building confidence and skills fast (use the free glossary below to get started).
It's the best of Rise Up: real news, real analysis, and frameworks to help you navigate crypto confidently, safely.
P.S. the first-edition of the Rise Up Morning Show mug is being retired soon—get yours this week before they're gone forever at the link below!
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Evan, Alex, and Will talk CPI, macro, & ask Will what he's buying (AERO? MORPHO?) and share a powerful conversation with Hemu Rahman (@shapingelements)—Head of Product at Osmosis Exchange, also building Polaris.app—about taking crypto mainstream.
We touch on how crypto companies can grow beyond the echo chamber and abstract away technical complexity to attract new users; the power of stablecoins (the real “killer app”); and the difference between trading and investing.
PLUS, we couldn’t leave without some breaking news: Hemu announced live on the show that Polaris.app is now open for signups and their $BABY token is live for trading.
If you’re passionate about making crypto understandable, practical, and accessible for the next billion users, this is an episode you don't want to miss.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan and Alex are joined by George Kaltekis and Sam Ash-Hill from Uptrade for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of crypto investing, common scams, & how people in the industry can help others learn (link to their platform below)
In the second hour, our friend Nill (@bignillcollect) surprises us live from the Polygon staff retreat (@0xPolygon), with insight about where he thinks they went wrong in the past; what they're building for the future; and takeaways for investors and builders alike.
We dig into:
Why user experience matters more than ever
Opportunities for platforms to onboard the next billion users
What the future of the internet might actually look like.
PLUS: a special upcoming event: the Women of Web3 (Rise Up wives, fiancés, and girlfriends) takeover episode!
A great episode whether you're brand new to crypto or trying to level up--leave a comment and let us know where you think the space is headed! 🫵
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today on the show Evan & Alex give a quick news update and do a little Web3 101 before BREAD, one of the minds building MegaETH Labs, jumps in for a deep (and fun) conversation about building in web3 today.
We talk about:
What steps Coinbase users should take to secure their accounts (and how to start exploring self custody solutions like Coinbase Wallet)
Layer 1 vs. Layer 2 networks
What makes MegaETH different than other L2s, and why are they obsessed with being so fast?
How to build your social or professional resume and start working in crypto
Plus: MEV attacks, Eigen DA, Mempools & more "buzzwords" that'll help you go deeper.
You can follow BREAD (now on tiktok), MegaETH, & the Modern Market Show he contributes to at the links below:
MEGAETH LABS: https://linktr.ee/megaeth_labs MODERN MARKET: https://x.com/modernmarket_
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today Evan, Alex, and Will are joined by Daniel Andrade and Michael Sothan from DePIN Hub. We start with an explanation of the wild market movement yesterday and go on to a jam-packed episode about the decentralized physical infrastructure movement (aka DePIN) from their perspective as early adopters.
Through their work at DePIN Hub, they highlight, support, and connect curious learners with builders reimagining the backbone of the internet—from decentralized wireless to cloud compute to new energy grids. Whether they're searching for "proof in the pudding" to qualify projects or educating the next wave of investors, these guys are passionate about evolving the internet by making DePIN accessible and sustainable.
Check out their links below to connect and learn more!
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Good now, revolutionaries—stocks & crypto are down bad and today’s episode is a little bit of everything:
Tariffs and the new global market game
Artificial Insanity: Alex finds his AI twin?
Tips for crypto taxes + a new live workshop (👇 )
Plus: Evan, Alex, and Will get dangerously sidetracked by Girl Scout Cookies, a new Rise Up mug teaser, and some practical investing reminders you’ll actually want to hear.
This one's part hard-hitting analysis, part late-stage Monday energy—and 100% Rise Up.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today on The Rise Up Morning Show, Evan, Alex, and Will dive into two of the week’s biggest crypto-adjacent headlines: the new wave of Trump tariffs, which some believe were literally written by ChatGPT, and the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s approval of the STABLE Act, which could reshape the legal landscape for stablecoins.
In the second half, they welcome special guest Gerard (aka @0xGeebz)—early-stage crypto VC & internet capital markets explorer. Gerard shares his journey from consulting to building and investing full-time in DeFi, DePIN, RWAs, and more; plus insights into the tools, narratives, and protocols he’s exploring—like Artemiz, RWA.xyz, and Machinations.io (links below)—that are helping shape the infrastructure layer of the next generation of the internet.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Evan, Alex, and Will are back with a full-spectrum episode covering some of the most important questions in crypto right now.
They kick things off continuing their critique and curiosity around “content coins” and Jesse Pollak’s effort to spark a memecoin movement on Zora and Base. Then Will gives a live Bitcoin update, walking through the current chart, short-term expectations, and a few tips on reading TA properly (check out the YouTube recording to follow along with the visuals).
Alex shares a smart mental model for how to navigate markets that go up and down without losing conviction or chasing every pump—and the guys review a surprising Zoom exploit (and how to avoid it) before closing out with a conversation about crypto security and long-term storage: Should you really keep all your tokens onchain forever?
It’s educational, opinionated, and packed with useful strategies from beginning to end.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today’s episode comes straight from the DeFi barnyard with a full walkthrough of DeFiLlama’s newest features—farmer Alex shows you how to find yield farming opportunities, sort by risk and reward, and make smarter moves whether you're staking, lending, or providing liquidity (especially if you're trying it for the first time).
The guys unpack the pros, pitfalls, and real-world power of stablecoins—especially for business owners, freelancers, and folks living outside the U.S. We even explore how to access Euro-pegged stablecoins, and how to track down options across multiple chains.
Plus: 🐮 Evan debuts a Will-inspired sound effect 🐱 Alex preps to drop more DeFi farming strategies for premium members in the Discord 🦙 And Will? He’s blowing 3 figures on T-shirts (the adoption application is open, but there's a waitlist)
It’s a lighthearted but educational look at earning passive income with your crypto!
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Big news today: The Rise Up Morning Show and Rise Up After Dark are now officially Powered by Polygon!!
To kick things off, Evan and Alex are joined by our friend Nill (@bignillcollect) to reveal the partnership live, plus plans for more Polygon-powered educational content during Consensus and beyond.
Next, we break down headlines driving Bitcoin's recent climb—including Trump’s teased trade deal, Arizona and New Hampshire announcing official Bitcoin reserves, and a preview of the SEC's upcoming TradFi x DeFi task force meeting. We also touched on the GENIUS Act and Senator Elizabeth Warren’s ongoing fight against stablecoins.
Then in the second half of the show, we welcomed Stefaan Vervaet, CEO of Akave Network, for a powerful conversation about data, privacy, and decentralization. Stefaan explains why you don’t own your data today, how crypto networks can flip the equation, and how Akave lets users and providers participate in decentralized file storage (and even spills the tea on some cool AI tools--like how to run your own GPT locally to protect your privacy).
DON'T FORGET! 📍 Register to join us live in Toronto at our free Consensus event – https://lu.ma/i7mv8ism
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, Evan opens the show solo with one of the wildest AI use cases we’ve seen yet: a murdered man, recreated in video using AI, addresses his killer in court. The article (sourced via the brilliant Clone aggregator from our friends at Boys Club and Dirty) sparks a live audience conversation about the ethics of AI, and where this tech is headed next.
Evan shares his experience generating AI content based on his own voice and likeness using tools like ElevenLabs and Podcraftr, and highlights video generation work from friend-of-the-show Neal (@cryptotocollege on X). We also explore how brain-computer interfaces and synthetic content could radically reshape storytelling and the ways we experience content.
Alex joins mid-show and lightens things up with a story about an honest locksmith and a broken door. Then the crew welcomes longtime tech and crypto-native Emily Herrick, founder of Foolproof Labs, for a rich conversation that spans:
OG meme culture
Mimetic theory and Susan Blackmore’s The Meme Machine
Tokens and tokenomics that make sense
A "cheeky" bot to punish spammers
How $TRUMP to be the biggest meme coin of all time (Emily drops several new concepts--you'll want your notepad for this one).
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
In today's episode, Alex kicks off the show with the tale of a pretty sophisticated scam attempt, targeting him by impersonating Google (“the Goog” itself). From there the guys discuss the next wave of digital scams, how AI is helping and hurting, and what you need to know to protect yourself and your loved ones on the ever-advancing internet.
Doug (@0xTrendrift on X and Trendrift99 on Tiktok) drops in from his usual location for a pulse check on markets—he’s watching gold, oil, the DXY, and Bitcoin, but isn’t forcing trades. We discuss how the macro picture is shifting, and why sitting still is sometimes the best move.
Evan & Alex close the show with a sincere lesson for builders and creators: how do we tell a better story about crypto that shows the real value we’re building for real people? They've got some big ideas--and we want to hear yours!
Leave us a comment with your questions, suggestions, good jokes, & words of wisdom then come back next week for more with the Rise Up crew.
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight we did what we do best (well, what we do, anyways...)—good ol’ fashioned altcoin research with live picks from our Discord community!
Will brought the whiteboard for grades, Evan was dishing out dings & gwumps, and Alex died (more than once) on a hill.
We got distracted (of course), but along the way we talked about the tools we actually use for research (found some new ones), what we look for in early-stage projects, and what still matters in this market
Until then—let us know in the comments: Did we get the grades right? Would you have scored anything differently? And what was your pick of the night?
NOTE: Our planned guest Brittany Kaiser (CSO at the Open-Source AI Foundation) will be rescheduled. We’re looking forward to having her on soon!
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today marks 300 episodes of The Rise Up Morning Show—and on this Web3 101 Wednesday, Evan & Alex break down a fundamental misunderstanding many newcomers have: that crypto is only about trading. We contrast trading vs. investing, and walk through a tutorial of futures trading (showcasing how platforms like MEXC and Hyperliquid work) before spotlighting two "dino cryptos," Hedera (HBAR) and Stellar (XLM), and the infrastructure they’re still building for the future of the internet.
We also answer your questions about crypto taxes, long-term holding, and where to focus when you're building your strategy—not just chasing gains. Plus we debut the first Rise Up Rewind segment on the History of ICOs
And to mark the milestone: we reveal the limited-edition, Episode 300 POAP!
Whether you’ve been here since Episode 3 or just tuned in for #300, thank you for being the most important part of what we do.
Here's to 300 more!
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🎉 Want to claim your POAP? Download the app at https://home.poap.xyz and send us an email with the secret word to riseup@facelesslabs.io. We’ve saved a handful of mint links just for replay viewers—first come, first minted!
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
It’s another Web3 101 Wednesday on The Rise Up Morning Show! After sharing the latest crypto headlines, Evan & Alex walk through the best ways to buy crypto safely, without breaking the bank; how to pick your first wallet (and what the heck a wallet actually is), and where you can earn passive income on your stablecoins—like Morpho Protocol.
Then we shift gears into one of our favorite topics: marketing gone wild.
We cover Christina's Cozy Grove rugpull, pseudo-cide at Zerebro, and Antifun’s genius framing strategy, before welcoming Justin Vogel—founder of Safary Club—to dig deep into what “community” really means. Justin shares what great community design looks like, how to scale human connection, and the overlooked secret to marketing in crypto: actually delivering value.
Whether you're here to learn, laugh, or level up your own project—this Web3 101's for you.
Join us tonight at 7p central LIVE for Rise Up After Dark with Emily Herrick of Foolproof.xyz (grab the links for your favorite social at theRiseUpMorningShow.com)
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today on The Rise Up Morning Show, Evan and Alex are joined by Morgan Kuphal—who got into web3 via a Chainlink hackathon, became a Chainlink software developer, and is now the cofounding/CTO of Tunnl, a new platform helping creators earn tokenized rewards for their social content.
Morgan shares his journey to crypto and along the way we tackle some big topics: what is an oracle (and why is Chainlink such a big deal)? What can smart contracts do (beyond tokenizing money)? Plus we discuss Ethereum's Pectra upgrade (dropping tomorrow), and why we think the web3 revolution is just getting started.
This episode is a must-listen for curious learners and aspiring builders.
-Morgan on X: https://x.com/KuphDev -Morgan’s recommendation for aspiring blockchain developers: https://x.com/CyfrinUpdraft -The Lex Fridman/Sergey Nazarov interview that was a "lightbulb moment" for Morgan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/47YKVRFc1Cely46UzfcUlk?si=wQDhO9PXTg-NI-eMyqb1Ow -Tunnl on X: https://x.com/Tunnl_io -Tunnl website: https://tunnl.io -Try Tunnl: https://app.tunnl.io
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
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On today’s episode of The Rise Up Morning Show, Evan reflects on his appearance at TikTok Town Hall with guest Reid Rasner—the guy currently bidding ($47.5 billion) to buy TikTok and "bring it to America." Let’s just say… we've got questions. From concerns about privacy and surveillance to the real danger of replacing one billionaire platform owner with another, the guys unpack what’s at stake (and point listeners to FoundersTok.com to see Rasner’s plans for themselves).
Alex stirs things up with a scandalous AI deepfake story involving senior citizens, slippers, animal shelters and stolen content. From there, we go deeper on how to talk about freedom, privacy, and access with people who might not yet see why those things matter—before shifting into crypto Q&A mode.
We answer:
Why did Coinbase delist $MOVE?
What are those weird tiny transactions in your wallet?
What's going on with Warren Buffett?
And finally, we ride some literal dogs and ponies off into the sunset.
Don’t forget—we’re headed to Consensus in Toronto next week! 👀 Preview our event and sign up to join us live, free: https://lu.ma/i7mv8ism
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
To wrap the week, the guys kick things off with a little storytime: when did you first hear about Bitcoin? Evan, Alex, and Will each share how it came into their lives—and what clicked (or didn’t) the first time they heard they encountered $BTC.
From there, Will walks us through the macroeconomic signals behind this week’s GDP drop, then Doug joins us from his “throne” (tiles clean as ever) to break down what this might mean for markets.
We round out with Will’s $BTC analysis using Elliott Wave theory to look at what’s unfolding technically—and what to watch for next.
Alex then literally takes the show on the road and joins Evan for audience Q&A as we close out the week.
It's a little reflective, a little chaotic, and a whole lot of Rise Up.
📍 Headed to Consensus in Toronto? Come hang with the crew at our live event! 🎟️ RSVP here: https://lu.ma/i7mv8ism
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight on Rise Up After Dark, the crew is joined by Nicky Scannella (@nickyscanz), Business Development at Marinade Finance (@marinadefinance)
We kick it off with Nicky’s origin story—the early days of Solana NFTs, how Phantom barely worked back then (the whole chain barely worked)—then the guys share their stories about spending way too much money on JPEGS. Alex reminisced about Sneaky Vampire Syndicate, Evan confessed his $CAR obsession (shoutout Shl0ms), and we all had a laugh about Goblintown.
Nicky shares his journey in biz dev (from Degen Ape Academy to Marinade), explained how Marinade’s incentive model works, then gave a quick walkthrough of how easy it is to start earning yield on SOL through the platform.
We also got into:
Smart contract risks & how to approach DeFi audits
Worldcoin wants to scan your iris to prove you're a human (did you say thank you?)
And in a very special Artificial Insanity segment… we asked ChatGPT to roast our selfies, and it did not hold back. At all.
And thanks to Nicky and our friends at Marinade Finance, if you want to earn top-tier yield on your SOL, you can use our affiliate link below get the best rate Marinade offers. A full tutorial video is coming later this week—but in the meantime, leave your questions in the comments (and the Discord!)
ALSO: We’re hosting a FREE community event May 15th at Consensus in Toronto—register free at Luma: https://lu.ma/i7mv8ism
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today for Web3 101 Wednesday, Evan & Alex kick things off with a big topic: Consumer AI is moving fast—so where’s it going? How do we keep up, protect ourselves, and why does blockchain matter now more than ever in a world shaped by increasingly intelligent machines?
Then we get into a classic crypto panic moment: What happens when you send tokens to the wrong network? Are they gone forever? Is there any hope?!
Maybe.
("So you’re telling me there’s a chance…?”)
We also walk through:
How to verify smart contracts (without needing to be a dev)
Swapping USDC to EURC if you want to go stablecoin Euro-style
And react to today’s economic news—U.S. GDP contracts for the first time in 3 years, and the markets aren’t shrugging it off.
Want more? Tune into After Dark tonight (4/30) at 7 pm central when we host Nicky Scannella of Marinade!
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today Evan retired the first Official Rise Up Morning Show mug (rest well, my friend ☕️) and commissioned his new mug with its first on-air coffee. Grab yours while they last at theriseupmorningshow.com.
Then the guys dug into the big news about Pokémon’s move onchain with Parasol Technologies (owned by Mysten Labs, the core team behind SUI) and what it signals about big IP testing the waters of digital ownership.
Will gave us a macro market rundown and shared what to watch this week, and we answered some rapid-fire questions from the community—like whether we ever lose track of our wallets (yes), and what blockchain might look like if the internet ever went down.
To round out the show we were joined live from Bangkok by Sinjin Jung (@sinjindavidjung on X), a poker pioneer, game designer, and now web3 gaming founder.
Sinjin shared lessons from gambling that game designers should learn, explained what makes an onchain economy actually work, and talked launch strategy for his upcoming third-person shooter, My Angry Yakuza Girlfriend (@maygnft).
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today on the show, we shine a light on dark pools—both on the XRPL and across crypto generally—to separate hype from reality and help you think critically.
We also cover some real partnership news:
Helium teams up with AT&T to strengthen decentralized wireless.
Immutable X partners with Ubisoft to bring web3 gaming to a much bigger stage.
In our Artificial Insanity segment, Alex walks us through research powered by Perplexity AI (and discovers he's more famous among his namesakes than Evan or Will). Plus, Will does a fresh round of TA on Bitcoin to spot what might be setting up next.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
The dolphin suit is back (OpenSea are you watching this?!) and the guys dive into some rapid fire headlines that surface how TradFi continues to make waves in crypto.
We break down:
ETFs - inflows, outflows, and how a Solana product could shift the market
How to buy a Bitcoin ETF (and why you might)
Buying stocks like Strategy and 21 Capital - companies acquiring BTC - as a strategic play
Criticisms of Coinbase and how users can get help
Community questions on airdrops, staking, and DeFi strategies
Plus a no-trade DeFi play for going long on Bitcoin from Crypto Twitter’s "Tulip King" Mikey Kremer
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Usually, The Rise Up Morning Show dives deep, but today Will takes it literally and joins in a dolphin suit 🐬— the porpoise? His main TikTok account @coin_guide is appealing a ban, so he’s raising awareness for his alt: @dolphin_coin_guide. Make sure to follow him there for crypto-meets-flipper fun!
After addressing the dolphin in the room, we swim through today’s macro news:
Rumors about Jerome Powell’s potential departure
Bitcoin Whale James Wynn’s big liquidation makes a splash
Plus, the guys share a live tutorial on staking $POL tokens to secure the network and earn airdrops—featuring Katana, Billions, and Miden.
If you've got a crypto wallet and some $POL, Follow along as we show you how to: 1️⃣ Use the Polygon bridge 2️⃣ Choose a validator 3️⃣ Stake your tokens in a few clicks 4️⃣ Earn free tokens from community airdrops
To wrap up, we’re joined by Nill from Polygon Labs, who shares extra pro tips for POL users looking to maximize staking and rewards.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Goodnow, revolutionaries— We’re coming to you live from Toronto at Consensus 2025, and today’s episode is a celebration of the real value in crypto: connection.
Evan and Alex reflect on last night’s unforgettable dinner at Lee, hosted by our friends at the Stellar Development Foundation. Chef Susur Lee had us fully fanboying, and the vibes were immaculate. In a space that can sometimes feel dominated by speculation, it’s moments like this that remind us—the real ROI is the friends we made along the way.
We preview a packed day of events: Multichain Day, the Toronto Builder Summit, and the Blockspace Opening Party, and shout out some of the incredible people we’re planning to see.
Then, despite a few tech hiccups, we dig into meaningful headlines:
Coinbase’s record-breaking acquisition of Deribit
Coinbase officially entering the S&P 500
An actual confirmed partnership between Ripple and AWS All this is a sign: price action aside, the industry is building.
We also explore the importance of cultural fluency, interoperability, and abstraction—moving from tech-first to people-first. We highlight Berachain, the Berabaddies, and what it means to tell a better story about what crypto can be.
This is a slightly chaotic, very heartfelt episode about why we’re still here—and what makes all of this worth showing up for.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
On this edition of Rise Up After Dark, Will and Alex host Ruto from Polygon to dive deep into the current pulse of the crypto industry.
They cover:
Airdrop farming strategies: how to stay ahead of the next wave
How to break into the crypto industry and build a meaningful role
A sneak preview of Katana, a powerful new DeFi product suite in Polygon’s ecosystem
How crypto companies are navigating marketing in a rapidly evolving landscape
The stark differences between Crypto Twitter and Crypto TikTok conversations
Whether you’re a degen, builder, or just starting out, Ruto’s insights will give you a roadmap for thoughtful progress in the wild and wonderful world of web3.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today chaos (and hilarity) ensue(s) as Will drives the show & debuts his new soundboard, u-turning into impromptu comedy gold. Alex tries his best to keep one hand on the wheel, but "there's no stopping this soul train, baby"
Maybe they recover, maybe they don't, but the guys answer your questions and tackle topics like:
Will BlackRock become an outsized force in crypto? (And what would it mean for the rest of us?)
What does the Circle IPO mean for stablecoins and market stability?
Is the Solana Seeker phone (and SKR token) worth the hype?
Should we accept sponsorships—what are the ethics of monetizing content in the crypto space? (powered by Polygon, by the way)
P.S. Don’t miss tonight’s episode Rise Up After Dark where we host Ruto from Polygon Labs to answer your crypto questions, live at 7 pm central!
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today the theme is "reunion" on The Rise Up Morning Show as Evan, Alex, & Will are finally back together after Evan’s vacation.
We celebrate Bitcon's new all time high; debrief the current status of the GENIUS Act, and debate the implications--whether yield-bearing stablecoins might be on thin ice. Then, a lively discussion on payment streaming and, specifically, Zebec (ZBCN), where Alex does not mince words about refusing to "slobber on [other people's] bags." Plus, Will gives a technical analysis of Bitcoin’s climb to its all-time high, breaking down the odd movements that have traders scratching their heads.
In the second half of the show, we welcome a true crypto OG—William Quigley, cofounder of Tether and WAX. William shares his insights on the news of the day, offers a crisp definition of tokenization, shares what he's working on, and explains why blockchains are bad at most things—and which problems they actually do solve.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
On tonight’s episode of Rise Up After Dark, we’re joined by a couple legends:
Green Jeff—ponzi plunderer and DeFi founder extraordinaire—(aka @jeffthedunker) takes us through his crypto origin story, from Bitcoin gambling on a Minecraft server to navigating governance protocols like AAVE and Curve, and eventually founding protocols like Metronome, Vesper Finance, and his latest project, Odyssey Finance—a bold attempt to make DeFi actually usable for real people.
Evan & Alex give Jeff his well-earned flowers as a friend, mentor, and one of the sharpest minds in the space. He breaks down:
• How to build conviction in DeFi and size your positions accordingly • How to elevate your yield strategies • Why Odyssey is different—and how to get involved • Why he’s so frustrated with Jesse Pollak’s “Coin It” campaign on Base
Then in the second half, we welcome back Lindsay Poss and get to meet her cohost Larissa Bundziak of the hit Seeking Alpha Podcast in what becomes a hilarious, thoughtful, and slightly unhinged roundtable covering:
• How they got started and their chemistry as cohosts • What it’s like to operate “at the intersection of Crypto Twitter, Silicon Valley, and Tinder” • How we're using AI (and which we’d Marry, F%&!, or Kill • Why they’re doubling down on smart, funny, fearless content to serve a bigger audience
Mentors, mischief, and market wisdom—this one is unforgettable.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today’s episode features one of the sharpest minds in Web3 gaming and content: Sam Steffanina—cofounder of WolvesDAO, CMO at Farcade, and host of the Gamified podcast.
Evan opens with a story from the Consensus conference floor, then Sam breaks down why "Web3 gaming is inevitable" as platforms like the Farcade lower barriers to entry in gaming and content.
We explore:
Game design trends (MapleStory Universe, next-gen devices, vibe-creating)
How to land authentic sponsorships that serve creators and communities
Where web3 gaming is headed next (and who will take it there)
It’s a wide-ranging, high-signal conversation a long time in the making—dare we say, Sam Steffanina x Rise Up was... inevitable?
🔗 Links from the episode:
Sam Steffanina – https://x.com/samsteffanina
Gamified – https://x.com/gamifiedshow | Available on all podcast platforms
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
We’re back with a bonus live episode immediately episode 311, (yes, Alex dubbed it Pillow Talk) featuring our friend Nill from Polygon Labs.
We wanted to hear your reactions to this morning’s interview with Marc Boiron and questions about the broader vision Polygon is building with the Agglayer. But it wouldn’t be Rise Up without a little detour into the weird and wonderful world of DAOs we love:
💬 Alex DAO 🍕 Pizza DAO 🥣 Soup DAO 🪜 Tall DAO
Plus, we share conference highlights, the adoption of redheads by the black community on Tiktok, real-time reflections from the floor of Consensus, and a few ideas we think are worth bringing home.
🧵 Links: Nill on X – https://x.com/bignillcollect
Nill on TikTok – https://tiktok.com/@bignillcollect
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Goodnow, revolutionaries— Today on The Rise Up Morning Show, we’re honored to welcome Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs.
Marc shares his journey from lawyer to leader, his time as Polygon’s Chief Legal Officer, and how that shaped his vision for the future of the chain—and of crypto itself. We dig into the MATIC-to-POL migration, what it means for developers and users alike, and how Polygon is building for scalability without fragmenting the user experience.
At the heart of today’s conversation is the Agglayer, Polygon’s ambitious plan to unify crypto and make it as intuitive and seamless as using the internet today. Marc breaks it down in plain English—and why it matters for the future of blockspace, applications, and mass adoption.
A huge thank you to our friends at Polygon for powering the show. Got questions, thoughts, or takes for a round 2 with Marc? Drop them in the comments—we’re listening.
📍 We’ll also be live this Thursday in Toronto—come hang with us IRL! 🎟️ Register for free here: https://lu.ma/i7mv8ism
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Tonight we celebrate Emily Herrick’s return to the show by diving into a wide-ranging, wildly entertaining conversation about all things crypto.
We break down: – What good grant programs look like (and how to fix bad ones) – Ponzinomics: when they’re brilliant, when they’re broken, and how to tell the difference – A history lesson on Olympus DAO (OM) – Tokenomics/Ponzinomics Breakdown: Raydium vs Morpho vs Maple Finance (and how Emily would hack Maple 👀)
PLUS:
– Could Will’s new-found dolphin fame prompt him to go solo? – The cultural literacy gap: “You don’t know Labubu??” – And a big question from Neal: what would it look like if crypto failed—or succeeded? Spoiler: it all comes down to incentives.
Plus, find out who wins the game of Dings & Gwumps and secures a prize for premium member @ eaaymoney 🎉
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Will (aka Flipper, "Free Willy") kicks things off with a market update, and Alex drops two more platforms offering confirmed airdrops for $POL stakers (with a little screenshare overview for good measure--links below).
Then we talk pump.fun’s $1B token sale and what it means for Solana culture before welcoming our friend Dawufi to the show. "Thot leader" and vibe architect at Opacity, he breaks down zkTLS, what it means for privacy and freedom online, and some of the cool products & projects bringing the benefits of zero-knowledge to life.
Plus, we discuss Magic Eden's confusing announcement about the $TRUMP wallet and the overlooked benefits of Saratoga water (yes, really) because, you know, we're all about culture and keeping the internet weird--I mean, free... weird and free.
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
For the first time this week on the Rise Up Morning Show, Will shows up in street clothes, and everyone is up in arms: “Why no dolphin costume?” “Where’s the blue banana?!”
Dressed like a regular guy, Will debunks the rumors of Jerome Powell’s departure and relays the month’s employment data. The crew dives into Circle’s better-than-expected IPO ($CRCL), JPMorgan’s exploration of crypto as part of net worth reporting, World Liberty Financial’s USD1 airdrop, and Pakistan’s plan to use excess energy for Bitcoin mining.
We also clear up common crypto tax misconceptions and preview what’s coming next for Rise Up—including our grants accelerator and content creator/education cohorts. And of course, we shout out other creators doing great work (like investor.Antwan, F.E.A.R. Crypto, & Polygon CEO Marc Boiron--now officially on TikTok).
Thanks, as always, for being the best part of what we do!
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Stablecoin rails ✅ Onramp/offramps ✅ Liquidity ✅ Real world asset infrastructure ✅ World domination... ☑️?
Today’s guest Aishwary Gupta (head of payments, exchanges, RWAs; head of BD for India at Polygon Labs; previously American Express... you get the gist, he's legit) unpacks how Polygon is continuing the work to lead the onchain payment movement, make global inroads to consumers and institutions, and make it all as easy as using a credit card... without the extraction. He also compares Polygon's approach to other chains (Ripple, Stellar) and previews where they're headed next. As far as interviews go, this one's a banger ("... Correct.")
Plus, we answer your questions about staking (is it ok to do from a cold wallet?); share job opportunities in crypto; and go deeper on the Polymarket/X partnership by exploring why prediction markets like Polymarket matter (and how to participate).
Tomorrow, the "Powered by Polygon" goodness continues as we welcome FSL (Stepn, Gas Hero) and Katana to the show!
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
Today’s episode starts with Evan & Will going head-to-head in a Battle of the Boards while Alex takes a personal day (you can support him/his family by showing some love to Lovable Paws Rescue ❤️🐾).
Our featured guest is Zara from Metana, an inspiring, accessible web3 education platform helping everyday people—even with zero coding or STEM background—become blockchain developers. We talk about their approach, how to get started for free, "vibe coding," and even tease a possible Rise Up x Metana collab 👀
Later, Will shares macro indicators worth watching this week, Evan gives some music lore from his past, and, somehow, the guys end up doing dueling Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions ("Get to the choppa! EGHLAUAUUU!!")
Tomorrow, Alex returns—and we’ve got a STACKED week of guests you won’t want to miss:
TUES: Aishwary Gupta - DeFi Chief of Staff @ Polygon Labs WED: Louis "Chonky" Edwards of FSL (Stepn token etc.--they have a big announcement before the show he said); AND Justin "Crypto_Texan" from Katana THURS: Blake from Myosin; and Dr. Adam Lowe, co-founder of Arculus AFTER DARK: William Quigley returns
☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.
What does war mean in a world where blockchains exist?
Today on The Rise Up Morning Show Evan, Alex, and Will wrestle with the rising tension in the Middle East, the crypto implications of conflict, and what real financial sovereignty looks like when the world feels less stable than ever. From military parades sponsored by Coinbase (yes, really) to the stalled GENIUS and Clarity Acts, we question where lawmakers' priorities really lie and address your questions & concerns about the future.
Plus, Will gives a sharp macro preview for the week ahead, and the team dives into the chains with the most developer activity and answers the question: which altcoins are best positioned for the next wave of the ETF era?
This one’s not just charts and coins—it’s a call to think deeper and Rise Up!
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☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.
🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.
📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Monday @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.