When USDC Became a Memecoin: GM Farcaster ep280

When USDC Became a Memecoin: GM Farcaster ep280 Friday, August 22, 2025

From our ChatGPT Intern: Episode 280 of GM Farcaster was basically “stablecoin summer,” with everyone memeing about USDC trending like it was the hottest new shitcoin, while the hosts launched surprise Retake coins and debated whether it’s “GIF” or “JIF” as if civilization depended on it. Throw in a Cloudflare outage, cast actions mysteriously vanishing, Base’s new mentorship program, and Neynar AI debunking conspiracy theories about Phil and Jake being the same person, and you’ve got the perfect mix of chaos, comedy, and crypto lore.

Show Notes and Links – some of the casts & stuff we talked about: 

USDC trending:

https://farcaster.xyz/mazmhussain/0x4fbee887

https://farcaster.xyz/cameron/0x9527b9f2

https://farcaster.xyz/matthewb/0xe52aa7ea

https://farcaster.xyz/jacy/0xf58ab795

https://farcaster.xyz/derek/0x5bd4f633

Cloudflare Rules Everything Around Me:

https://farcaster.xyz/horsefacts.eth/0x2ea77695

cast composer/cast actions gone:

https://farcaster.xyz/seneca/0x4e1d3eef

https://farcaster.xyz/stevedylandev.eth/0xef312be0

New: Token Tags Type

https://farcaster.xyz/v/0x521d2760

gas swaps in the warplet:

https://farcaster.xyz/horsefacts.eth/0x7c729a8c

Base mentors:

https://farcaster.xyz/base.base.eth/0xb32b25d7

Base App trending coins:

https://farcaster.xyz/aneri.base.eth/0xdb5915cc

https://farcaster.xyz/jesse.base.eth/0x13e31768

Neynar ai:

https://farcaster.xyz/grin/0x4031f931

https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0x12b890b6

https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0x08cb44ff

https://farcaster.xyz/rish/0x4a53ef1b

https://farcaster.xyz/neynar/0xa01c0f19

Octant grants stream:

https://farcaster.xyz/octant/0x86884596

Rewards leaderboard and the drama that followed:

https://farcaster.xyz/bradq/0x752f3833

https://farcaster.xyz/m00npapi.eth/0xcfe0af49

https://farcaster.xyz/kazani.eth/0xcdf460a8

https://farcaster.xyz/bertwurst.eth/0x22d1ece8

https://farcaster.xyz/ahn.eth/0x82a07baa

https://farcaster.xyz/nicom/0xb5a84c4c

https://farcaster.xyz/genuinejack/0xe525ebdf

$YZY…in a frame?

https://farcaster.xyz/kenny/0x4fd013ef

https://farcaster.xyz/drewcoffman.eth/0x88446560

https://farcaster.xyz/brendannn.eth/0xa47443b2

https://farcaster.xyz/ted/0xafe8575a

https://farcaster.xyz/jc4p/0x4e58bd3f

2 perfect albums from when you were 16:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xc21942ab

Proxy stream:

https://farcaster.xyz/proxystudio.eth/0xee9f85d3

https://farcaster.xyz/triumph/0x8f7081fc

https://farcaster.xyz/nt/0xc643087a

Live on Retake:

https://farcaster.xyz/nounishprof/0xd63534d5

https://farcaster.xyz/afrochicks/0x4da11723

And our musings elsewhere:

Mint this episode on pods.media:

https://pods.media/gm-farcaster

Learn more about partnering with GM Farcaster:

https://mediakit.gmfarcaster.com/

Adrienne: Some of the Things: Too Many Things

https://someofthethings.substack.com/p/too-many-things

Nounish Prof: Unpacking with Prof: 

https://paragraph.xyz/@nounishprof

AND www.gmfarcaster.com is live along with our GM Farcaster FAQ: https://paragraph.xyz/@adrienne/gm-farcaster-faq 

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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

0:03:11 FC news

0:14:19 Base App news

0:18:41 Neynar ai

0:23:25 rewards leaderboard  

0:48:32 $YZY

0:57:34 2 perfect albums 

1:00:08 Mookie

1:01:22 Proxy stream

1:25:26 Retake.tv