Stacks

Hosted by Luke Martin

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Oct 2025

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Stacks, hosted by Luke Martin, explores the most exciting opportunities & key trends in crypto. From hedge funds to venture firms, traders to longterm investors, you will learn how the smartest players are making money. Episodes cover Bitcoin, altcoins, NFTs, and more.

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October 19, 202552 min

Largest Crypto Liquidation Event - Now What? w/ CMS Holdings & Split Capital

Guests: Daniel Matuszewski is Co-Founder at CMS Holdings, one of the industry's more prolific funds. Zaheer Ebtikar is the Chief Investment Officer and founder of Split Capital, a hedge fund specializing in liquid token investments. This episode is a deep dive into the circumstances that led to the cascading liqudiation selloff on Oct 10th, what it means moving forward, why this will happen again, bearwhale shortseller, alts vs BTC, cycle inflection points, new launches in Q4, altcoin ETFs, too many coins thesis, and more... Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter, I'll reply everytime! 🔥

September 10, 20241 hr 16 min

The Uncomfortable Truth: Crypto's Underperformance in 2024 w/ Travis Kling

Guest: Travis Kling is the CIO at Ikigai Asset Management, a crypto hedge fund. In this episode we discuss his 3 part thesis for 2024 which went viral after it accurately predicted how strange crypto would behave this cycle. We explore financial nihilism, the rise of memecoins, billions of dollars in FTX redemptions hitting the market, Bitcoin seperating itself from everything else, how the presidential election will impact prices, which sectors could emerge as the new meta, quiet quitting, and more. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥 This episode is brought to you by Mantle Network, an Ethereum L2 backed by a $4.4 billion treasury, one of the largest in the industry. Recently, Mantle has emerged as one of the most popular L2 who offering the most rewarding opportunities. Go checkout the Mantle Rewards Station today to start earning airdrop rewards from top projects, INSTANTLY. Visit the Mantle Rewards Station here: https://www.mantle.xyz/rewards-station This episode is brought to you by Polkadot, a Layer-0 blockchain that brings a multi-chain vision creating an ecosystem for boundless innovation. Join the Polkadot community and learn about Polkadot 2.0 here: https://polkadot.network/

May 21, 20241 hr 0 min

Millionaire Memecoin Trader Reveals Secrets to Finding Big Wins Early w/ Crash

Crash (@CrashiusClay69) is one of most successful memecoin traders this bull cycle & has gained a loyal following of over 120k people who follow his analysis for new coins, trades, or themes to watch. We discuss how he finds big wins early, making his first million, the mental battle of trading, knowing when to sell, Base vs Solana, his personal strategy, top picks, and more. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥 This episode is brought to you by Mantle Network, an Ethereum L2 backed by a $4.4 billion treasury, one of the largest in the industry. Recently, Mantle has emerged as one of the most popular L2 who offering the most rewarding opportunities. Go checkout the Mantle Rewards Station today to start earning airdrop rewards from top projects, INSTANTLY. Visit the Mantle Rewards Station here: https://www.mantle.xyz/rewards-station This episode is brought to you by Polkadot, a Layer-0 blockchain that brings a multi-chain vision creating an ecosystem for boundless innovation. Join the Polkadot community and learn about Polkadot 2.0 here: https://polkadot.network/

May 10, 202422 min

Should You Sell Your Coins in May & Walk Away? What the Data Says | Weekly Wrap

Weekly wrap of the most important trends in the crypto market covering Bitcoin seasonality, should you sell in May?, one sector of altcoins still performing well, the social-fi apps earning highest revenues of all crypto projects, and large funds taking memecoins seriously. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥 This episode is brought to you by Mantle Network, an Ethereum L2 backed by a $4.4 billion treasury, one of the largest in the industry. Recently, Mantle has emerged as one of the most popular L2 who offering the most rewarding opportunities. Go checkout the Mantle Rewards Station today to start earning airdrop rewards from top projects, INSTANTLY. Visit the Mantle Rewards Station here: https://www.mantle.xyz/rewards-station This episode is brought to you by Polkadot, a Layer-0 blockchain that brings a multi-chain vision creating an ecosystem for boundless innovation. Join the Polkadot community and learn about Polkadot 2.0 here: https://polkadot.network/

May 3, 20241 hr 18 min

Predicting $1M Bitcoin & Investigating Crypto Ai w/ Martin Shkreli

Martin Shkreli entrepreneur, former hedge fund manager, and notoriously named the "Pharma Bro" who the media labeled as "Most Hated Man in America." We cover his crypto Ai investigation, a potential $1Billion scam, trading crypto from prison, SBF & CZ prison life, why he believes Bitcoin will reach $1Million dollars this year, nation-states buying Bitcoin, SEC targeting Ethereum, why he's bullish on Solana, Neuralink and Elon Musk, shorting the market, early hedge fund days, and more... Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥 This episode is brought to you by Mantle Network, an Ethereum L2 backed by a $4.4 billion treasury, one of the largest in the industry. Recently, Mantle has emerged as one of the most popular L2 who offering the most rewarding opportunities. Go checkout the Mantle Rewards Station today to start earning airdrop rewards from top projects, INSTANTLY. Visit the Mantle Rewards Station here: https://www.mantle.xyz/rewards-station

April 27, 20241 hr 51 min

Billion Dollar Trades & The Crypto Supercycle w/ Su Zhu

Su Zhu is previously co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, one of the largest crypto hedge funds last cycle. In this episode we discuss lessons learned from making & losing BILLIONS of dollars in crypto, understanding why memecoins are so important this cycle, biggest fumbles vs biggest wins, the risk of mixing trades with investments, Airdrop Points, ICOs, the ETH ETF trade, Dogecoin ETF, how the crypto exchange meta will evolve, the new L1 trade this cycle, and more. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥 This episode is brought to you by Mantle Network, an Ethereum L2 backed by a $4.4 billion treasury, one of the largest in the industry. Recently, Mantle has emerged as one of the most popular L2 who offering the most rewarding opportunities. Go checkout the Mantle Rewards Station today to start earning rewards from top projects like Ethena. Earn rewards INSTANTLY. Visit the Mantle Rewards Station here: https://www.mantle.xyz/rewards-station

April 22, 202425 min

The Most Accurate Bitcoin 4-Year Cycle Price Model w/ Kevin Kelly

Kevin is the co-Founder of Delphi Digital, a leading crypto research firm. We talk about his Bitcoin 4 year cycle prediction which has played out perfectly. What does the outlook & indicators show for the rest of 2024, how you can use this model, global liquidity, macro update, what factors to watch out for, inflation, how presidential cycles affect the market, and more. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥 This episode is brought to you by Mantle Network, an Ethereum L2 backed by a $4.4 billion treasury, one of the largest in the industry. Recently, Mantle has emerged as one of the most popular L2 who offering the most rewarding opportunities. Go checkout the Mantle Rewards Station today to start earning rewards from top projects like Ethena or Eigen Layer. Earn rewards INSTANTLY. Visit the Mantle Rewards Station here: https://www.mantle.xyz/rewards-station

April 16, 202457 min

Finding the Next 1000x Crypto Game w/ Jihoz

Jihoz is a co-founder of Axie Infinity, which was one of the biggest crypto gaming projects ever that produced a 1,600x return last cycle. In this discussion we talk about why there hasn't been another 1000x crypto game this cycle, most exciting gaming projects right now, is gamefi happening on Solana or Ethereum, play-to-earn, new trends, Ethereum L2s, memecoins vs gaming projects, and more. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥

April 10, 202446 min

How He Created a Coin Worth $100Million in 3 Months w/ Colton Kirkpatrick

Colton Kirkpatrick, the founder of ZYN coin: one of the most popular memecoin or culture coins in the 2024 bull run. We discuss the origin story, why memecoins are playing such a big role in this bull market, how this sector evolves, finding the next big opportunity, what he would do different, advice to people creating coins, how traders can identify these early, culture coins, and more. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥

April 5, 202440 min

Exploring Ethena: Fastest Growing Stablecoin in History & Highest Revenue Token w/ Guy Young

Guy Young, the founder of Ethena Labs: which you can think of as a crypto-dollar system. In the first week it has already achieved 100k+ users and billions in market value. As one of the most anticipated new token launches, Ethena has been discussed nonstop across Twitter with traders split about risks and exciting potential. We discuss the concerns some investors have about the risks of these stablecoin systems creating an eventual market collapse like Terra Luna did last cycle. We also discuss how the trade works, bullish scenarios, what it means for traders, highlight the best questions from crypto twitter, and more. Thank you for tuning in. If you can spare 5 seconds to leave a review/rating on iTunes, I appreciate it. If you share the show on Twitter I'll reply everytime! 🔥