MegaETH Breaks Through, Mantra Breaks Down | STS Ep. 3 | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

Messari's Unqualified Opinions

We're back with Episode 3 of Shoot the Sh*t Pod — and this one’s stacked.

Join Matthew Nay and the Enterprise team (Sunny Shi, Kinji Steimetz, Andrew Dyer, Chris Davis & Dylan Bane) as they dive into:

🔹 Real-time blockchains: MegaETH is setting a new bar.

🔹 AI Roasting & CT Drama: AIXBT is back on its BS, targeting Sunny in a wild Twitter roast.

🔹 Macro madness: Talking stagflation risks, Fed policy, and market sentiment.

🔹 Token volatility: What happened with Mantra?

🔹 Content coins vs. memecoins: The Base/Zora launch sparked a frenzy.

🔹 Gaming onchain: MegaETH’s Crossy Road-style demo shows what fast infra can unlock.

🔹 Decentralization vs. performance: Where are devs and users really drawing the line in 2025?

00:00 Introductions

1:05 AI Roasting

4:23 Macro Environment

20:20 Token Volatility

30:46 Tokenization & Utility

48:54 Decentralization

51:51 Conclusion

Hosted by Matthew Nay of Messari

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