Coffee with Captain: Crypto Markets, Products and Culture

Hosted by Coffee with Captain

Technology NewsInterviews guests

Website RSS feed

Episodes

837

Latest episode

Aug 2026

Language

EN-US

About the show

Coffee with Captain is a daily crypto show hosted by Cap, live every weekday morning. We cover what's moving in markets, what's working in products and what's spreading in culture. Each episode breaks down what's happening, why it matters and what to watch next, with clear explanations you can use. Expect real-time conversation and guest segments with founders and creators. Topics span Bitcoin, altcoins, DeFi, wallets, trading and onchain apps you can try today. For entertainment and education only. Not financial advice.

Listen to episodes

60 recent

August 14, 20262 hr 34 min

CwC’s NFT Experiment, StonkBrokers Builds a New Playbook

Cap opens by laying out plans to build a new Coffee with Captain NFT collection in public, using the show and community to work through the idea from the beginning. That leads into a broader conversation about why some legacy NFT brands have struggled while newer projects are experimenting with different mechanics. Simple Farmer joins to help think through the collection using StonkBrokers infrastructure, including free claims, Anvil, liquidity and ways to create incentives beyond the initial mint. Instead of showing up with a finished roadmap, the plan is to keep building the collection live and let the process become part of the show.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 13, 20262 hr 24 min

Genuine Undead Turns Four, Legacy NFTs Need More Than Culture

Cap opens with a challenge to legacy NFT brands that moved away from utility during the bear market, asking what they're giving holders to participate in now that onchain activity is picking back up. Theo from Concordium joins to explain how identity and privacy fit into a world where AI agents can increasingly transact on behalf of people and businesses. Then Mason and Hans come on to celebrate Genuine Undead's fourth birthday and unpack how a free mint with no traditional founder has grown through community members building around the project. The conversation gets into what has kept Genuine Undead moving for four years and why that community-first structure still stands out.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 11, 20263 hr 44 min

ColeThereum Reignites Crypto’s Scammer Debate, Otherside Bets on Creators

Cap opens by pushing on one of crypto’s messier questions: when does a failed project or bad operator actually cross the line into a scam? ColeThereum and Spirit Hoods become the case study, while StonkBrokers and Robinhood Chain add another layer to the onchain momentum building right now. Later, the show shifts into a long Otherside debate, with Machiavelli and IllaDaProducer joining to talk creator tools, gaming, ApeFest and what could bring more builders and users into the platform. The show keeps coming back to the same problem: activity is picking up, but attention alone doesn’t tell you what’s built to last.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 10, 20263 hr 3 min

StonkBrokers’ Builder Model, Anvil’s NFT Liquidity Play

Cap opens Monday bouncing through Steppa, college football and his weekend at the movies before Simple Farmer joins for a much bigger conversation around StonkBrokers. They get into Anvil, NFT liquidity and the idea of building infrastructure that other projects can actually use, with Chainmancers offering an early example of what that could look like. From there, Cap makes the case for an “NFT Season 2.0” that looks less like another wave of PFP launches and more like NFTs borrowing ideas from DeFi, better market mechanics and new ways for builders to experiment.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 7, 20262 hr 14 min

NFTs Get Experimental Again, Blockies Builds Beyond the Mint

Cap opens with the recent run of NFT experimentation, using StonkBrokers, Mancer and ERC-6551 mechanics to look at why builders are starting to try new things again instead of repeating the same mint playbook. The show then shifts to Blockies as UJ and Monk break down their upcoming Ethereum collection, the comics and lore behind it and how physical designer collectibles fit into the bigger plan. It’s a pretty NFT-heavy Friday, with both halves showing different ways teams are trying to make collecting interesting again.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 6, 20262 hr 30 min

StonkBrokers Keeps Running, Unvault Readies Genesis Bugz

Cap opens with StonkBrokers pushing into another gear and asks whether NFTs are heating up again because the products are finally getting more useful. The conversation follows the new launches forming around Clutch Markets and Robinhood Chain before Aaron Haber joins for Inside the Vault. Aaron explains how Unvault plans to support trading across multiple chains without abandoning creator royalties, then shares what holders can expect from Genesis Bugz. Cap also presses on whether better marketplace tech can finally make NFTs feel less stuck in 2021.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 5, 20262 hr 16 min

Mancer’s Robinhood Chain Plan, Gary Vee Defends NFTs

Cap opens with Gary Vee’s latest defense of NFTs, including the case for CryptoPunks, Panini Blockchain and the small group of projects that may survive the original boom. Michael Hirsch, better known as The Slopfather, then joins to break down Mancer, a trading and liquidity hub being built for Robinhood Chain through the StonkBrokers Special Projects model. He explains why the project splits ownership across Chain Mancers and the $MANCER token, then walks through the decentralized keeper network designed to make automated onchain trading simpler without giving up custody.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 4, 20262 hr 21 min

FWA’s Fee Backlash, Rethinking Web3 Gacha

Cap opens with FWA’s fee structure and the growing frustration around its token, player returns and the value being pulled from a product that had clearly found demand. As the conversation expands into Beezie and other collectible platforms, the stage debates whether gacha mechanics can work without making users feel like the odds are stacked too heavily against them. The story shifts again when FWA responds during the show, turning the discussion toward buybacks, communication and how much founders should reinvest when momentum is still building.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

August 3, 20262 hr 38 min

StonkBrokers Builds Beyond the Floor

Cap opens with a personal recap of touring FAU with his daughter before turning to StonkBrokers and the argument that its rise is about more than another NFT floor run. Simple Farmer joins to explain how the launchpad, tokenized-stock rewards and support for outside builders are designed to reinforce one another, with new products already forming around the project. The conversation looks past the price action to ask whether this model can bring back the onchain experimentation and stronger holder alignment that many NFT brands have moved away from.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs

July 28, 20261 hr 52 min

NFT Royalties Make Sense Again, Stock Gacha Is Coming

Cap opens with EPL fandom and fantasy strategy before turning to an NFT market that looks much healthier than the red token board. GodPool and Satari Must Die set up a defense of enforced royalties as a way to keep builders funded and put money back into collections. The back half then goes deep on gacha mechanics, including confirmation that someone is already building a version for stocks.Subscribe:Coffee with Captain Newsletter: https://coffeewithcaptain.beehiiv.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithcaptainshowFollow on X:Chris Jourdan: https://x.com/ChrisJourdanCoffee with Captain: https://x.com/coffeewithcap_This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. None of the information shared on this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Chris and guest speakers may hold tokens discussedCheck Out:Doma: Tokenizing DomainsUnvault: Revolutionizing NFTsThe Everything Token: A Book on Web3 and NFTs