Meta Is Paying Creators In Stablecoins On Solana + Polygon | Ep 78🍻🌗

Eve of the 500th. Evan, Alex, and Will go long on After Dark — almost two hours of crypto-Twitter dunks, macro, and an ongoing argument about whether Pi Network counts as a real accomplishment.World Liberty Financial just held a token-unlock governance vote: 99.99% yes, 3.8 billion tokens for, 2 million against, quorum hit at 377%. Anyone who voted no has their tokens locked indefinitely. The team owns more tokens than everyone else combined, and they're voting to unlock more for themselves. Live-posted thievery — they're not even hiding it.DeFi exploration block: Magic dropped a Fabiano.Sol DeFi list (Camino, Hilo, Henri, Loopscale, Project Zero), so Evan walks through Piggy Bank — a yield-bearing-stablecoin protocol whose 19% APY turns out to be paid in OINKs (their incentive token, currently worth your imagination). Plus a Kraken fan moment: Kraken Jesse was a former Magic the Gathering pro tour player, and they're hosting a tournament at Bitcoin Vegas. Alex is angling for an invite.Long Pi Network segment: launched at $2.74, now $0.18 (down ~94%), still claims a $1.95B market cap, and Evan starts a fight by arguing the onboarding-by-grift achievement is technically impressive (60M registered users, 19M KYC'd, mobile-first before mobile-first was a thing). Alex and Will are not having it. Plus the WorldCoin number-guess: $100K at the top is now worth $2,000.AI segment: walkthrough of Anthropic's new Claude design tool, the free courses at anthropic.com (Claude Code in action, Claude 101), and the now-legendary Chipotle website AI assistant that vibe-codes JavaScript on demand. Plus Will's growing food-influencer TikTok investigating Boston brands bought by private equity ("all roads lead to DeFi"), the XRP-as-meme-coin thesis (Ripple now makes more from SaaS sales than token sales), and a Jake Clover discussion about the Nostradamus pattern of moving price-prediction goalposts.Closing thoughts: Will on oil + Bitcoin. Alex's PSA: "You can't mine crypto on your phone. Anybody who tells you you can is trying to steal something from you — your data, your money, your time, your sanity." 500th tomorrow.Support the show— Want to hang out with us after the show, get live answers to your questions, or join future giveaways? Join our free community where the show lives 24/7: community.rumshq.com—☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a centralHelpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions.🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p centralDYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research.📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑LIVE Mondays @ 7p centralTechnical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market.⚖️ TRUST ISSUES 🧐 LIVE Tuesdays @ 6:30p centralBreaking down U.S. crypto policy, regulation, and legislation—what they mean for the industry and what comes next.—WANT MORE?👉Connect w/us on your favorite social: https://rumshq.com👉Become a guest or sponsor: [email protected]👉Join our free community: https://community.rumshq.comFOLLOW OUR HOSTS:☮️ Evan Mann: https://beacons.ai/conversationswithevan🤬 Alex Popovic: https://alexpopovic.info🐬 Will Watson: https://c...