We present to you the fourth episode of The Wise Ones Podcast. Hosted by

@Wisemenmentors

For this episode, we're sitting down with @PopPunkOnChain, the Ethereum legend who walked away from institutional money to launch what looked like a gaming token on Pumpdotfun, which later developed into building infrastructure to reimagine every streaming platform on the internet.

Pop spent years optimizing smart contracts for the biggest protocols in DeFi LayerZero, SushiSwap, Radiant Capital. His code runs in the systems you use every single day. He had the venture backing, the institutional salary, the credibility that opens every door in crypto.

Then he quietly launched a token with zero announcements, and gave the community the chance to buy supply, knowing exactly what was coming next.

But what most people don't know is why he made that decision - and what he's actually building.

This isn't your typical founder interview. PopPunk reveals the full story of leaving his high-paying job with a three-month-old son at home, the decision to give the community first access instead of stacking bags himself, and how $70K in creator fees with zero team is funding a business that could change how every live stream works.

If you hold $PUMPCADE, build on @pumpdotfun, or want to understand what separates legitimate ICM projects from pump-and-dump schemes, this conversation is essential.

In this conversation, we explore:

- The walk-away moment: Why he left institutional money and venture-backed startups to build on

http://Pump.fun and what convinced him to go all-in with a newborn at home.

- The stealth launch strategy: How he intentionally didn't buy supply before V2 dropped, even knowing it would 100x, because he wanted the community to become early investors.

- The evolution from V1 to V3: How arcade games became embedded wallets, then prediction markets, and why each version unlocked the next level of scale.

- "Trenchifying" prediction markets: Why fast-paced betting (minutes vs 24+ hours) is what Solana actually wants and how it's fundamentally different from Polymarket's approach.

- The streamer token problem: Why 99% of stream tokens die after day one and how embedded betting utility solves it by giving creators sustainable revenue.

- Creator fee economics: How $70K with no team is funding a real ICM business and why this revenue model scales when others fail.

- The Pumpfun relationship: Getting into group chats with the team, why they support real builders, and what's coming with tournament sponsors.

- The ICM antithesis: Why $PUMPCADE is the reverse of every failed launchpad that raises $20M then disappoints, and why building in reverse actually works.

- The vision beyond gaming: Where this goes when you're building infrastructure for all live media - Twitch, Kick, YouTube, live sports, anywhere there's a chat box.

No hype. No promises. Just building in public and letting the work speak.

We hope you enjoy.

@PopPunkOnChain

@pumpcade

@pumpfun

@a1lon9

@pumpspotlight

About The Wise Ones:
The Wise Ones Podcast sits down with the builders and strategists shaping crypto's future before the mainstream catches on.

We present to you the third episode of The Wise Ones Podcast. Hosted by the @Wisemenmentors

For this episode, we're sitting down with Grizz, the artist behind #TRENCHER who woke up with one SOL in her wallet and her art stolen then made a decision that changed creator economics forever.

Grizz started as a crisis counselor, navigating people through their darkest moments before finding her way back to art through crypto. Today, she's one of only three artists with an official @pumpdotfun partnership, she's produced over 600 pieces of art with zero team, and Trencher has one of the highest liquidity ratios in the Solana ecosystem.

But what most people don't know is the full story of how she got here.

This isn't your typical crypto art interview. Grizz doesn't do many long-form conversations, and when she does, she doesn't usually tell the complete story. This time she did. In this hour-long sitdown, she reveals the chaos of waking up to thousands of messages, the impossible choice between guaranteed money and momentum, and how she worked with @pumpfun and @wirelyss

to create the creator fee system every artist uses today.

If you hold Trencher, create on @pumpfun, or want to understand what separates artists building lasting brands from short-term exits, this conversation is essential.

In this conversation, we explore:

- The 6 AM moment when Grizz discovered her art was stolen, tokenized, and going viral and why she chose the runner that gave her nothing over the tokens offering 70% supply.

- How one conversation with the

http://Pump.fun team alongside Wireless created the creator fee model that now powers every artist on the platform.

- Her partnership with @pumpdotfun and @a1lon9 the relationship that helped pioneer a creator-centric approach for the entire platform.

- The liquidity strategy that keeps Trencher stable when everything else crashes - and why it has ratios that rival coins over a year old.

- What it's really like being the only woman with a token on a major exchange and the challenges nobody talks about.

- How she executes weekly streams, animated series, and partnerships with @opensea, @bitget, @moonshot, and @ourbit completely solo.

- Why she lifts up the entire Pumpfolio instead of protecting her own bags and why collaboration beats competition.

- The vision for taking Trencher beyond crypto and building something that outlasts the cycle.

- What she learned about trusting intuition when everyone's giving different advice/

This is the unfiltered story of an artist who chose conviction over capital with one SOL to her name and built the system that changed the game for everyone who came after.

No fluff. No PR spin. Just the real decisions, the real strategy, and the real vision.

We hope you enjoy.

@grizzle_art @Trencher_Sol @pumpfun @wirelyss

About The Wise Ones:
The Wise Ones Podcast sits down with the builders and strategists shaping crypto's future before the mainstream catches on.

We present to you the second episode of The Wise Ones Podcast.

For this episode, we're sitting down with YK |

@wassielawyer, who stepped away from his profession as a full-time web3 bankruptcy lawyer to help build @weremeow 's vision over at @JupiterExchange

This isn't your typical crypto interview. @wassielawyer doesn't do the average PR spin. In this hour long sitdown, he breaks down exactly why Jupiter operates differently, what's really happening with @jup_studio, and where this billion-dollar protocol is headed next. If you trade on Jupiter, hold JUP, or want to understand what separates real builders from the noise, this is required viewing.

In this conversation, we explore:

- The moment Wassie knew Meow was different from every other founder in crypto
- Why Jupiter's Studio strategy is designed to outlast @pumpdotfun's volume game
- What's actually working on Studio and which projects prove the thesis
- The truth about $JUP's token performance and what Jupiter is doing about it
- How Jupiter plans to onboard billions without becoming "just another casino"
- What @weremeow is really like behind closed doors and why the team debates everything
- Why some coins with tiny market caps refuse to die while everything else goes to zero

This is the most transparent look inside Jupiter you'll get. No fluff. No evasion. Just real answers about what's working, what's not, and why this team believes they're building the future of money.

We hope you enjoy.

@JupiterExchange @jup_studio @jup_mobile @jup_dao @jup_portfolio @jup_lend @jup_uplink @JupDevRel

About The Wise Ones:
The Wise Ones Podcast sits down with the builders and strategists shaping crypto's future before the mainstream catches on.

The Wise Ones Podcast
Eps. 1 - Kisra Fistya, Founder of

@zirodelta

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Wise Ones Podcast, where we sit down with the builders shaping the future of blockchain and DeFi before they become household names.

For our first episode, we're joined by Kisra Fistya, the Indonesian founder behind ZiroDelta, a project that's democratizing access to institutional-level arbitrage strategies. Broadcasting from Bali, Kisra shares his journey from running a distressed assets business to discovering inefficiencies in the funding rate markets that major institutions had overlooked.

In this conversation, we explore:"
- How Kisra discovered the potential in funding rate arbitrage
- The rapid scaling from solo founder to an 8-person team
- ZiroDelta's partnerships with major exchanges and what that validation means
- The

http://Rain.fi collaboration creating new yield opportunities for users
- His vision for making sophisticated trading strategies accessible globally
- The mission to bring wealth-building tools to undeserved markets like Indonesia

This episode offers rare insight into the mind of a founder who's building at the intersection of traditional finance and DeFi innovation, with a focus on genuine utility over speculation.

Special thanks to @Zetetzone from the $in | @incoinsolana team for creating the stunning intro that launches The Wise Ones series. Her artistic vision perfectly captures what we're building here.

Connect with ZiroDelta:
Twitter: @zirodelta @kisra_fistya

Website: https://zirodelta.com/

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The Wise Ones Podcast finds tomorrow's giants today, featuring in-depth conversations with blockchain's most promising builders.

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