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May 1, 2026

Summary

In Episode 313 of The Block Runner Podcast, William and I-man break down the latest stress test for crypto launch platforms: Believe’s rapid rise, the Printer token ICO backlash, the $2M refund, and what the failed attempts to disrupt Pump.Fun reveal about launching in a permissionless market.

The conversation centers on how quickly community momentum can reverse when a platform moves too fast into tokenization, why founders face extreme psychological pressure once market attention arrives, and why examples like Believe, Heaven, Bonk-adjacent launch efforts, and Printer matter directly to the NAT.fun launch thesis.

Key topics:

  1. Believe’s position in the launch ecosystem and how quickly market attention can concentrate around a new platform
  2. The Printer ICO, Coinbase/Sonar rails, and why selling a token too early can reverse community sentiment
  3. The mental-health pressure founders face when crypto Twitter turns from attention into personal attack
  4. The $2M refund and what it says about trust, timing, and execution in token launches
  5. Why attempts to disrupt Pump.Fun keep failing, from Believe to Heaven to Printer
  6. How these failures become direct lessons for NAT.fun as it prepares to enter the launch-platform arena

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26

Summary

The Game Jam for Decentraland is in a matter of days and for 14 days developers across the globe will compete to create the most interesting and interactive creations to deploy within Decentraland. As we go through the private beta for Decentraland, we discuss our own game and our future plans for the game and how we’ll allow other land owners to deploy our games to make passive income. We discuss Andrew Yang’s policies for the United States Presidential candidate and he is getting censored by mainstream media. Bitcoin’s forming an interesting pattern that appears similar to the consolidation pattern just like 2015. Finally, Akon is spreading the good word of Bitcoin, which is not the easiest thing to explain to people.

 

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25

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We were recommended to have Daniel Garcia join the show to discuss how cryptocurrencies have affected 3d design and virtual worlds. Daniel is the creator of PolygonalMind.com and has a huge passion for design and gaming. We dive into detail into the world of Decentraland and we touch his team’s creation of a virtual escape room. The nostalgic game of World of Warcraft Classic recently launched and we get into its addictive affects. Its not all bad though, gaming was responsible for teaching children new languages to financial responsibility. We migrate our discussion to Neuralink and how the threat of a hack is heightened because a brain interface would be the ultimate form of privacy invasion. Finally, we get an outsider’s perspective of the U.S.’s mass shooting epidemic.

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24

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A Florida judge has ordered that Craig Wright turn over 50% of his Bitcoin and intellectual property from before 2014 to the estate Ira Kleiman. We discuss how this lawsuit is going and what it means for the community supporting BitcoinSV. We also notice the development of new stable currencies, seemingly sprouting at a rate near the 2017 ICO mania. Next we get into the difference between Andrew Yang and all previous candidates and how this candidate encourages a higher voter turnout. Finally we discuss new developments in our game we're designing for Decentraland!

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23

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Welcome back to episode 23 of The Block Runner Podcast. Here is where we discuss the latest in Crypto. You can watch this podcast on our YouTube channel to follow along with our discussion. As always, I am your host William talking with your cohost Iman and with us on this podcast is Oscar because today is the day we launch our Decentraland game into the Meta verse. Listen in on us traverse the game world and to get the full experience follow along on our youtube channel. Lets jump right in!

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22

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On episode 22, William and Iman discuss how Mr. Wonderful could be misleading people on the value and purpose of cryptocurrency. We go over two videos, one that occurred in may 2019 and another that was uploaded in April 2013. Kevin O’Leary has many positive things to say about Bitcoin but then has a different stance on it 6 years later. Could he really be manipulating people or has he changed his mind on crypto? Then we debate on the value of gold in comparison to Bitcoin. If Bitcoin is more scarce and harder to mine, are we approaching the peak of Gold? There are many developing situations around the globe that could contribute to the demise of humanity, including nuclear war, artificial intelligence, global warming, and an impending financial crisis. We discuss these dangers and how humanity’s resilience can withstand and thrive in a dwindling environment. We also look into the decentralized identity platform called Civic and discuss how decentralized identity could work.

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