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Bennett Collen and Stephanie Howard (Endstate) on building a web3-native fashion brand (EP.346)

Release Date: 09/06/2022

Weekly Roundup 06/06/25 (Circle IPO, Singapore rules, Trump wallet?) (EP.632)

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Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Circle goes public and has an explosive first day The IPO window is open Circle’s vision for CPN is launching a token Will cannibalize Solana? JPM will let clients use Bitcoin ETFs as collateral Strategy introduces new offerings Magic Eden’s strange Trump wallet app announcement Truth Social Bitcoin ETF A K Pop Bitcoin access vehicle Korea’s cultural renaissance Singapore’s abrupt change in posture

Isha Varshney (Celo) on Stablecoin Adoption Across Markets (EP.631)

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Wyatt sits down with from the to talk stablecoins. Covered in this episode: Payments in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa Stablecoin usage and USDT The future of non-stable tokens

Weekly Roundup 05/30/25 (Bitcoin Access Vehicles, GME buys BTC, Pangea Fund) (EP.630)

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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Warning signs for the Bitcoin access vehicles? Has Bitcoin lost the MoE battle? Is OCP 2.0 over? The Dept of Labor rescinds their anti-crypto 401k guidance Cantor Fitzgerald is launching a bitcoin/gold fund Is it mathematically possible to give Bitcoin upside and gold downside? Content mentioned:

Anthony Yim (Artemis) on Stablecoin Payments from the Ground Up (EP.629)

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We sit down with Anthony Yim, cofounder, to talk about the from Artemis, CIV, and Dragonfly, providing brand new estimates of stablecoin payments volume. In this episode: Why we decided to work on the new report How we obtained the estimates Why we decided to put together a bottom-up estimate Stablecoin b2b volumes compared to traditional b2b How do you measure stablecoin transactions? Download the report at

Markus Franke and Denney Kwok (Mento Labs) on Stablecoins for FX (EP.628)

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and from join the show. In this episode: Non-USD stablecoins On-chain FX Microlending and financing for emerging markets

Weekly Roundup 05/23/25 (Genius Cloture, Sui hack, $Trump dinner) (EP.627)

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Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Trump’s crypto dinner reviewed Bitcoin access vehicles NYT stablecoin coverage Sui is hacked and censors the blockchain Kraken is launching tokenized stocks Circle in acquisition talks The GENIUS Act passes Cloture in the Senate Hong Kong passes stablecoin legislation

Andrew MacKenzie (Agant) on British Pound Stablecoins (EP.626)

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Wyatt sits down with , founder of the issuer of GBPA, a pound sterling stablecoin. In this episode: The potential emergence of non-USD stablecoins The prospect of a GBP-backed stablecoin The British crypto regulatory environment How global financial institutions are positioning around stablecoins

Weekly Roundup 05/16/25 (GENIUS is back, Coinbase data breach, Big Tech stables) (EP.625)

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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Why is Boston such a good sports city? Price inflation in dinosaur skeletons Cryptopunks IP is sold Machinsky is sentenced Nakamoto Holdings launches Meta wants to add stablecoins to its platforms Exchanges are honeypots for KYC data Coinbase suffers a data breach The GENIUS act is going to a vote next week GENIUS act new provisions More Movement shenanigans Thailand is launching a $150m crypto token Content mentioned in this episode: Tuongvy Le and Austin Campbell published a paper, "", which...

Alex Cutler (Aerodrome) on DeFi’s Next Steps (EP.624)

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Wyatt sits down with Alex Cutler, founder of for another episode in our stablefi series. In this episode: DEX trading advantages Building on-chain FX DeFi as a backbone

TN (Pendle) on Stable Yield (EP.623)

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Wyatt sits down with TN, cofounder of . Covered in this episode: How Pendle works The evolution from alt yield to stable yield DeFi's future core assets

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Ria and Nic from Castle Island sit down with Stephanie Howard and Bennett Collen, cofounders of Endstate, a web3 footwear and fashion brand. We cover the merits of the redeem-and-retain NFT model and the vision for Endstate.

Bennett’s prior crypto startup and how he decided to unite his passion for sneakers with web3
How Bennett and Stephanie met and cofounded Endstate
Stephanie’s career in sneaker design to date
Why creators and athletes are jumping at the opportunity to issue merchandise-linked NFTs
Why Bennett and Stephanie chose to launch a web3 native brand
How redeem-and-retain NFTs allow manufacturers to reduce inventory risk
Why fashion is getting more targeted and niche
Why Endstate is able to release new iterations of their sneakers so quickly
Endstate’s rationale for manufacturing in the US
Endstate drops to date
Endstate’s new drop with Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith
How web3 brands should think about which metaverse to build for
Endstate’s thinking around Solana vs Ethereum and the impact of gas fees
How to link physical products with NFTs – from NFCs to QRs to visual scans
What should we call physical NFTs?
Aside from shoes, what merch is amenable to the Endstate model?
What product sectors will be NFTed?
How developed are authenticated third party marketplaces for physically linked NFTs?
Physical-linked NFTs as a trojan horse to onboard mass markets into web3
The future state of Endstate
Other web3 drops Bennett and Stephanie enjoyed
The future of entangled NFTs

Nic Carter on Medium: Redeem and Retain NFTs are the future of Luxury Goods
Vogue Business: How the crypto bear market is resetting fashion’s Web3 strategy

Drops and more at endstate.io

Intro and outro music: Daniel Allan's Collage #344

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