Coffee with Captain: Crypto Markets, Products and Builders

Hyperliquid stayed at the center of the conversation as the crew unpacked $HYPE sell pressure, the Assistance Fund, and why the burn narrative matters for how people are valuing the product today. That rolled straight into the bigger distribution question: Coinbase pushing deeper into PERPs and what that means for the

A choppy market set the tone as Cap unpacked sharp intraday moves in $ETH and the broader “whale war games” feel behind sudden wick-downs and snap-backs. The conversation zoomed out into year-end mechanics like tax loss harvesting, how crypto differs from equities around wash sale rules, and why ETF-era flows have chan

The conversation centered on why storytelling is still the biggest moat for crypto brands and how creators can build a repeatable narrative engine through better writing, reading, and systems. Outer Lumen joined as a cohost as the crew mapped the gap between “attention” and “trust,” and what it takes to communicate cle

Bitcoin and NFT markets set a quick backdrop as the crew checked floors and recent brand moments like Pudgy Penguins’ Sphere spotlight. The core of the episode focused on a poll about what will bring the next five million people into digital collectibles, with a clear takeaway that “cheaper floor price” is not the unlo

Loki joins Coffee with Captain as a Friday co host to trace NFTs from the wild 2021 mint days to the more grounded collector market of 2025. Together they challenge the "NFTs are dying" narrative, comparing projects like Doodles and the way digital art now shows up at Art Basel Miami to longer term collectibles such as

Markets opened red across majors, setting up a broader conversation about rotation and which teams are still building meaningfully in a difficult environment. That context framed the main guest segment where Austin from Neuko joined live from Solana Breakpoint to explain how Neuko’s infrastructure layer and G*Boy’s cha