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EPISODE · Apr 9, 2026 · 44 MIN

From ICO Communities to Perp DEXs and Trading First Blockchains (Jowe Stewart)

from Proof of Story with Rob Sags · host Proof of Story

Jowe Stewart got into crypto through a random barbecue conversation and ended up building communities through ICO mania, Polkadot conviction, and now Fogo’s trading-first push as the market shifted under him.Today Jowe and Sags sit down to discuss:🔥 going from buying Litecoin at $2K Bitcoin to running ICO communities and defending tokens in Telegram 🔥 turning community grinding into a full agency working with dozens of projects before burning out 🔥 watching Polkadot believers push narratives while Solana wins on execution 🔥 how meme coins pulled in new users and wiped them out just as fast 🔥 why trust in crypto broke and why retail users never came back 🔥 the shift from narrative driven cycles to purpose built trading infrastructure 🔥 how Hyperliquid reset expectations for what traders actually need 🔥 building Fogo around speed liquidity and real trading behavior instead of ideology 🔥 what actually makes a crypto community stick and why most don’t 🔥 where crypto conversations moved after X lost influence and InfoFi collapsed0:00 Intro06:48 Polkadot and Early Conviction09:28 Joining Fogo and Building Community13:49 Meme Coins and Retail Damage15:34 How Crypto Cycles Actually Evolve21:14 Why Hyperliquid Won Early Traction27:21 What Builds a Cult-Like Crypto Community32:06 How Crypto Communities Changed33:13 Why InfoFi Collapsed35:10 Where Crypto Conversations Moved41:15 Getting Involved with FogoLinktree? Telegram? https://linktr.ee/fogo_ioConnect with Jowe Stewart:https://x.com/im_joweeConnect with Sags:https://x.com/RobertSagurton Trade without Compromise @ Fogohttps://www.fogo.io/

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Jowe Stewart got into crypto through a random barbecue conversation and ended up building communities through ICO mania, Polkadot conviction, and now Fogo’s trading-first push as the market shifted under him.Today Jowe and Sags sit down to discuss:🔥 going from buying Litecoin at $2K Bitcoin to running ICO communities and defending tokens in Telegram 🔥 turning community grinding into a full agency working with dozens of projects before burning out 🔥 watching Polkadot believers push narratives while Solana wins on execution 🔥 how meme coins pulled in new users and wiped them out just as fast 🔥 why trust in crypto broke and why retail users never came back 🔥 the shift from narrative driven cycles to purpose built trading infrastructure 🔥 how Hyperliquid reset expectations for what traders actually need 🔥 building Fogo around speed liquidity and real trading behavior instead of ideology 🔥 what actually makes a crypto community stick and why most don’t 🔥 where crypto conversations moved after X lost influence and InfoFi collapsed0:00 Intro06:48 Polkadot and Early Conviction09:28 Joining Fogo and Building Community13:49 Meme Coins and Retail Damage15:34 How Crypto Cycles Actually Evolve21:14 Why Hyperliquid Won Early Traction27:21 What Builds a Cult-Like Crypto Community32:06 How Crypto Communities Changed33:13 Why InfoFi Collapsed35:10 Where Crypto Conversations Moved41:15 Getting Involved with FogoLinktree? Telegram? https://linktr.ee/fogo_ioConnect with Jowe Stewart:https://x.com/im_joweeConnect with Sags:https://x.com/RobertSagurton Trade without Compromise @ Fogohttps://www.fogo.io/

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