Crypto Is Exhausted but Farcaster Keeps Building: GM Farcaster ep381 Monday August 3, 2026
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TLDR: ☕ GM 🔐 Coldcard’s firmware bug 💸 DeFi projects with millions raised and barely any fees 😩 an exhausted crypto market 🏛️ CLARITY Act frustration 🎯 POIDH bounties 🗣️ Farcaster’s active channel communities 🛠️ software as self-expression 🤖 Clanker is more than a token launcher 📊 Quotient Signals on Robinhood Chain 🎂 Ethereum turns 11 🎨 with collaborative pixel art 💰 CEF Round 3 winners 🔗 Quidli Connect 🔥 Betrmint tokenomics and mints 🌍 Empire Builder goes multichain ⛳ Farcaster’s best golfers 🧢 the missing Clanker hat returns 🗣️$blahblahblah
From our ChatGPT Intern: Crypto may be feeling exhausted, but Farcaster’s builders are still finding energy through active channels, mini apps, new infrastructure, CEF-funded projects, and the Farcaster Intern’s new desk. The GMFC crew also cover the Coldcard firmware exploit, uncertainty surrounding the CLARITY Act, Ethereum’s 11th birthday, Clanker’s bigger-than-a-token-launcher ambitions, and one very important recovered Clanker hat.
Show Notes and Links– some of the casts & stuff we talked about:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHEREUM!
Reflecting on Ethereum's evolution
https://farcaster.xyz/lefteris.eth/0x39b9a964
Inspiring creativity on Ethereum
https://farcaster.xyz/ethdaily/0x3280b91d
https://x.com/lukeweaver_eth/status/2083117076131238217
Join the 11x11 Farcaster group
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xc7d7d8f7
FC NEWS
Coldcard hack/bug
https://farcaster.xyz/jvaleska.eth/0x02181adf
https://farcaster.xyz/yes2crypto.eth/0x236a8639
Diversify to avoid total loss
https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne/0xbe98dcc2
Crypto is exhausted
https://farcaster.xyz/accountless.eth/0xb60ca5c5
$176 in fees?
https://farcaster.xyz/kenny/0xcb1a7cb5
CLARITY now please
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xa947451c
29 Seconds of Farcaster
https://farcaster.xyz/bradq/0x1f59cceb
mini apps…but on X?
https://farcaster.xyz/farcaster/0x0258df1e
More than a token launcher
https://farcaster.xyz/clanker/0x87be65ed
$QUOTIENT launches on Robinhood
https://farcaster.xyz/quotient/0x356d1784
https://farcaster.xyz/quotient/0x92f8c860
via AutoBoy
https://farcaster.xyz/firmjeff/0x98c98a68
Explore lively Farcaster channels
https://farcaster.xyz/pichi/0x622a663b
CEF
Round 3 grants announced
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x41666acb
CEF Creator Sprint page
https://www.gmfarcaster.com/cef/creator-sprint
Clanker v5 sneak peek
https://farcaster.xyz/tinyrainboot/0x020cf9d0
Clanker 101: Your essential guide
https://farcaster.xyz/depressivehacks/0x602753cf
BUILDERS BUILDING
Community of /diet
https://farcaster.xyz/mizu/0x80398d19
Rapid prototyping with One Shot
https://farcaster.xyz/wbnns/0x15d0cee6
Quidli
https://farcaster.xyz/ahn.eth/0x9d5fd379
Azeban's digital world unveiled
https://farcaster.xyz/mehdi-benembarek/0x2f8871c2
Support art with BETRMINT spins
https://farcaster.xyz/betrmint/0xce3eab24
BETR Burn
https://farcaster.xyz/toadyhawk.eth/0x592830fd
New artist persona unveiled
https://farcaster.xyz/sayangel/0x2264cf59
Empire Builder goes multichain
https://farcaster.xyz/yerbearserker/0xa48d9542
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NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should beconsidered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR.
Chapters:
0:00:00 GM
0:03:48 FC News
0:16:54 Farcaster Intern’s desk
0:22:51 $blahblahblah
0:26:26 Ethereum’s 11th Birthday!
0:30:30 CEF grants
0:33:43 Builders building
