Friend.tech has dominated the crypto landscape as of late and it’s now breaking out into multiple mainstream non-crypto audiences. Should we pat ourselves on the back? Or do we need to more carefully reflect on the consequences of this new financialized social application?  Ryan and David give their raw thoughts on these questions and much more.  ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ 📣 SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👾STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 5:28 RSA’s survey  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693799871197622344  6:15 Sassal’s take https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1693803825747107973  9:00 How friend.tech works 13:00 Is anyone using friend.tech? https://imgur.com/uLOTIYB  15:10 Non-crypto influencers using friend.tech https://imgur.com/iq0lwlS  https://www.bankless.com/can-friend-tech-go-mainstream  17:00 Anti-friend.tech takes https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1693759402908815480  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693977201618653260  This is a glimpse of a brand new SocialFi stack! https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1691591282395619686  37:00 David’s friend.tech conclusion (as of today) 43:52 Market Maximization & Financialization   45:31 Net Good vs. Net Bad?  49:53 Meme of the episode 51:31 Sleeping Dragon 52:46 Closing & Disclosures  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

On the show today, we’re bringing Vance on to talk about S M E L L. Not an odor, but instead 5 different assets. The FAANG of Crypto? We walk through all 5 assets and talk about the merits of each, along with the other subjects running around the current crypto meta. Let Vance loop you into what he thinks is worth paying attention to. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ 📣 SAFE CORE | Smart Wallet Infrastructure https://safe.global/core  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap%E2%81%A0   👾STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ----- CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 06:37 Takes on Friend.Tech 13:02 Good Or Bad For Crypto? 17:40 The SocialFi Narrative 20:17 S.M.E.L.L 23:23 Synthetix 27:55 Maker 35:34 Ether 41:26 Lido 47:10 ChainLink 50:48 Can They Outpace ETH? 56:35 Where's Uniswap 59:22 Solana? 1:01:29 Closing and Disclaimers ----- RESOURCES Vance Spencer  https://twitter.com/pythianism  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠