#89: America’s Crypto Reserve, Nvidia’s $600M Hit & Digg’s Comeback

Markets move fast—sometimes too fast.

This week, x.com/Jessicalessin⁠, Dave (x.com/davemorin⁠), Sam (x.com/lessin), and Brit (x.com/brit⁠) dissect Trump’s crypto reserve play, Nvidia’s AI stumbles, and how nostalgia is sneaking back into everything. Recorded amidst ski trips, surf plans, and a billboard that’s trolling AI hype, the crew unpacks it all.

Also on deck:

• Core Weave’s $1.7B AI cloud grab signals robotics is the new VC darling
• Reports of Discord going public?

Plus, Jessica’s surf weekend drama, Sam’s “Trump Make Poor” bit, and a hot take on why live sports might be overrated. It’s chaos, it’s volatility, it’s Episode 89 of More or Less.

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1) Sam Lessin: x.com/lessin
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00:00 Trailer
01:10 Make startups weird again
02:24 The Brit brand theory
04:01 TikTok, DeepSeek and the nostalgia supercycle
05:48 Do people even watch live sports anymore?
08:36 Running Point and feminist humor
10:12 "New old, old new" companies
16:26 "Spam" Lessin's billboard
20:35 Driverless Waymo on the 101
21:59 Wall Street Journal tech layoffs
28:17 Trump make rich, Trump McPoor
34:52 AI, AGI and the Top Gun Theory
37:40 IPOs, massages, robot sex workers
45:16 Girls' surf trip with margaritas and poker
47:46 Indian Wells!
52:18 Outro