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Today on MCG: @orynth w/@gianniskenzi | $ORYNTH Giannis built a launchpad where every listing is tied to a live product and verified through authorized X and GitHub links, so founders can't fake who they are or what they shipped. He breaks down the pivot from a failed AI website builder to one of the hottest launchpads on @solana, and why they are building on @MeteoraAG Here's the breakdown: 00:04 - Intro 01:28 - Meet Giannis 05:26 - Why @ProductHunt was the inspiration 06:14 - Curated vs democratized launches 10:07 - How verification works 10:13 - Mitigating rugs and keeping quality high 15:36 - The $ORYNTH token question and buybacks 19:12 - The social contract between founders and traders 22:40 - The @virtuals_io 60-day PMF mechanism 24:33 - Traction 25:29 - Founder pipeline and GTM 31:57 - The launch that went viral 33:48 - Why Solana, why Meteora



Today on MCG: @squire_bot w/@0xgilbert | $SQUIRE We welcomed Chris back onto the show to talk all things usepod.ai He's building a marketplace where you can buy and sell AI inference and compute at a steep discount. One line of code drops it into your existing workflow and users are saving around 70% on their API spend Highlights from our convo: 00:04 - Tee up 01:22 - Recent updates and new models supported 04:43 - Chris's background 05:50 - "Everyone in web3 was filthy rich, enterprise blockchain wasn't" 08:02 - Building through the bear experience 10:25 - The inference capital markets thesis 14:06 - How usepod.ai works 19:08 - The Anthropic billing reversal 21:57 - Solving the two-sided marketplace 38:15 - Growth metrics MoM 46:30 - The futures marketplace soft launch 46:56 - Chris's pitch to @blknoiz06 👀



$CARDS 10x off the bottom for those who've been paying attention, has doubled in the past month will all relevant metrics still up & to the right good for solana to see another app having breakout success


Today on MCG: @Gym_Battles | solana:EeSHyt1ahSvm91CSa8ASqvenmxxQn2WU5VeNhdmepump Gym Showdown is a project built in the corner of the two hottest meta's in crypto right now (TCG + GameFi) It is built on top of @Collector_Crypt's white-labeled product and lets players battle each other for real-world physical Pokémon cards stored on Collector Crypt... Highlights from our highly requested conversation: 02:31 - Meet the founder 04:21 - Why he built it 06:00 - Vision beyond Pokémon 10:00 - Vibecoded to start and hardened the backend over months 10:46 - The token decision 11:43 - Live metrics ($400K+ cards paid out, 1,500 players, 200 winners, 8,000+ battles played) 12:56 - $43K gross entry fees from 1v1 battles alone, ~$1-2K/day net revenue 14:30 - @Collector_Crypt bot 15:46 - One Piece game inventory being built 24:00 - Whale battle for $2.5K worth of cards 26:00 - PvP zero house edge, slight house edge on other modes for ops 28:00 - 80% of players hold $50 GYM for free orbs...token holders ≠ players 29:10 - Copyright concerns addressed 31:18 - solana:EeSHyt1ahSvm91CSa8ASqvenmxxQn2WU5VeNhdmepump mechanics — 3-5% of revenue → buyback and burn 32:01 - Burned 3% of supply ($50K) 33:08 - Trading post P2P transactions happen in solana:EeSHyt1ahSvm91CSa8ASqvenmxxQn2WU5VeNhdmepump tokens 35:13 - End-game vision: gamification layer for all collectibles on @solana


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Notes: @MCGAlpha Discord (Limited time access): discord.com/invite/bT2tNqc… Monday 6/22 GameFi Day 11:30 - $SPAIN $CHZ @Chiliz @sefutbol @FanTokens w/@altugx 12:00 - $GYM @Gym_Battles 12:30 - $HermesWorld @hermesworldai w/@outsource_ 1:00 - $TINYWORLD @tinyworldsapp w/@Jasonkneen Tuesday 6/23 12:00 - $ORYNTH @orynth w/@gianniskenzi 12:30 - $PIE @169Pi_ai w/@rajatarya01 @bizchirag 1:15 - $SQUIRE @squire_bot w/@0xgilbert Wednesday 6/24 12:00 - Tokens on Flipcash - $JEFFY $MNY @flipcash w/@ted_livingston 12:45 - $BLOXX @BloxAPI w/@the_davey 1:15 - $VELVET & $VU @Velvet_Capital @VU_Virtuals w/@degen_mike14 @defivas 2:00 - $RIVERBOAT @riverboat_x w/@gskwxyz Thursday 6/25 12:30 - $ZERO @c0mputeAI w/@leyten 1:15 - $NOCK @nockchain w/@loganallc Friday 6/26 12:30 - $RAIL @RAILGUN_Project w/@tsu_kareta 1:15 - $XTRA @Ekstraai w/@demetrirodr
Today on MCG: @PopPunkOnChain | @pumpcade | solana:Eg2ymQ2aQqjMcibnmTt8erC6Tvk9PVpJZCxvVPJz2agu Pop Punk came back on MCG to give updates on Pumpcade, the prediction market for instant-resolution markets as short as 60 seconds, focused only on markets that resolve through verifiable data Built on @solana Highlights include: 00:14 - Raised another $5M since the last MCG appearance 00:37 - First project to do the ACE round, which has since become a trend 03:06 - PopPunk's background 04:21 - Solo-built the product for 6 months without paying himself, then won the Pump Fun Hackathon 05:32 - The ACE round mechanic 06:33 - "We wanted CT degens to sit on the same cap table as top-tier S-tier investors" 09:30 - Final ACE numbers (6-7% of total supply converted for equity, locked for 1 year. Combined with 10% investor allocation = 16% of supply locked for 12 months) 19:23 - The product thesis 20:48 - Polymarket criticism 22:55 - GTM strategy 30:51 - "The only place to build our consumer application right now is on Solana" 38:25 - Parimutuel mechanic explained 39:34 - White-label resolution engine 41:28 - Biggest announcement yet is on the way 🚨

Today on MCG: @yrschrade |Co-Founder + CEO @Arcium | $ARX (Not Live Yet) Arcium is the confidential computing network built on @solana that lets any blockchain or AI application add encrypted privacy Highlights from our conversation include: 01:48 - Yannik's background 03:12 - The privacy thesis 08:02 - The shift from "privacy = hide data" to "privacy = compute over data without seeing it" 09:04 - The big pivot 15:58 - Web 2 enterprise customers already using Arcium for confidential AI 16:59 - The acquisition 21:04 - Why $ARX will be required for the network 22:30 - Multi-trillion $ TAM 24:33 - US regulators in favor of privacy 37:32 - Mainnet Alpha metrics 40:37 - Revenue breakdown 43:08 - TGE confirmed coupled with mainnet launch