New Year and we’re still yapping about creator coins: GM Farcaster ep324 Thursday January 1, 2026
TLDR: 🎩 Happy New Year 🌹Rose Parade flashbacks kick things off 📈 Farcaster smashes 2M FIDs thanks to Base appsignups 💸 USDC lending + surprise Base bonusesappear (results may vary) 🧪 Creator/content coins spark yet another heated debate (tips vs speculation vs totalmadness) 🔮 Hot take to end it all: prediction markets, not creator coins, might be the thing that actually brings thenormies in for 2026
From our ChatGPT Intern: The New Year’s Day episode kicks off with forgotten party hats and Rose Parade nostalgia before diving into Farcaster milestones (2M FIDs!), Base app quirks, surprise USDC bonuses, and a whole lot of “where did 2025 even go?” energy. Then it turns into a very online group therapy session about content/creator coins—whyeveryone’s mad, why the experiment kinda makes sense, why it mostly doesn’t, and why prediction markets might be the real plot twist for onboarding normies in 2026
Show Notes and Links – some of the casts & stuff we talked about:
FC NEWS
New USCD Lending on Farcaster:
https://farcaster.xyz/v/0x373a8be0
Community Clank:
https://farcaster.xyz/horsefacts.eth/0x85f31637
2 million FIDs:
https://farcaster.xyz/0xluo.eth/0xb4532b6b
BASE NEWS
Merry Basedmas:
https://farcaster.xyz/jesse.base.eth/0xfe627c1b
Base App life hack:
https://x.com/chintanturakhia/status/2003524401279697250
comparing Base Appand FC:
https://farcaster.xyz/jake/0xee644677
Base App feedback:
https://farcaster.xyz/usersteen.eth/0x6b06171d
Creator Coins:
https://farcaster.xyz/realgarrytan.base.eth/0x019ce764
https://farcaster.xyz/realgarrytan.base.eth/0x111bb8b6
https://farcaster.xyz/derek/0xd302e30e
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x357bf461
https://farcaster.xyz/barmstrong/0xf66121b8
BUILDERS BUILDING
Neynar webhooks:
https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0x9aad38c8
$coal:
https://farcaster.xyz/kompreni/0x87d1b1f5
The Betys:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xe695184a
https://farcaster.xyz/toadyhawk.eth/0x16c6b3f9
Balance of Power:
https://farcaster.xyz/vitalik.eth/0x81aeb97f
Pengu on the Sphere:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xdf5cf7a3
https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/2003870406340760026
New Auction House:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xa64ff656
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
GMFC irl:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x502626df
ai fun for NYE:
https://farcaster.xyz/basewtf/0xb0db66bf
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xae71c412
Dear Farcaster:
https://farcaster.xyz/tldr/0x8c536061
What Happened in2025:
https://farcaster.xyz/fredwilson.eth/0x45059893
17 things a16z cryptois excited about:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x30573ab0
Who should wefeature?
https://farcaster.xyz/gmfarcaster/0x38a9d9e4
New Year’sresolutions:
https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne/0xc0fad303
Prof’s fave 2025things:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xc9a3da06
Go watch Shark PickleCone:
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0x6c868d8c
https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xf8d1d39c
https://x.com/nounsdoc/status/1836027328616386725
And our musings elsewhere:
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https://pods.media/gm-farcaster
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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
0:02:43 Rose Parade nostalgia
0:05:13 FC News
0:09:47 Base
0:27:00 Builders building
0:31:57 GMFC auction
0:36:20 Happy New Year!