Coffee with Captain Weekly

Weekly signal on crypto markets, products and builders. What happened, why it matters, what’s next.

Markets

Crypto Stays Choppy. The Stakes Keep Rising

Mar 14, 2026

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Crypto Stays Choppy. The Stakes Keep Rising

The market stayed unsettled. Crypto kept moving anyway

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Culture

Pudgy Penguins vs Original Penguin and the $46M Access Lesson

Mar 7, 2026

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4 min read

Pudgy Penguins vs Original Penguin and the $46M Access Lesson

Trademark pressure and a $46M access story

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Culture

Feb 28, 2026

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4 min read

Jack Dorsey’s Block Cuts 40% of Jobs

ZachXBT names Axiom, critics question timing and incentives. What's the truth?

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Builders

Feb 21, 2026

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4 min read

Crypto Prices Are Boring, Builders Keep Building

AI use cases, creator payout and the product updates worth noticing

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Onchain Products

Stablecoins are boring, that is the point

Feb 14, 2026

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4 min read

Stablecoins are boring, that is the point

Payroll, cards and simple rails are how crypto reaches normal users

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Markets

Bitcoin’s drop to $60K got everyone’s attention

Feb 7, 2026

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4 min read

Bitcoin’s drop to $60K got everyone’s attention

What to check first in fast markets, then the week’s best lessons beyond price

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Onchain Products

Jan 31, 2026

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5 min read

Moonbirds BIRB token claim chaos

Why token claims keep failing users, and what to do before the next one

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Builders

Jan 24, 2026

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4 min read

Trove ICO went terribly wrong

What the Trove fallout reveals about crypto promo culture

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Onchain Products

Jan 17, 2026

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4 min read

Stablecoin yield wars have started

The spread is the prize, incentives are the lever and distribution is shifting again

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Markets

Jan 10, 2026

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4 min read

Rumors move faster than facts

A week of headline risk, messy access, RTFKT uncertainty and perp fees through one lens verification and incentives

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Builders

Jan 3, 2026

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4 min read

Incentives are the real product

A week of markets, airdrops, creator economies, and ETH strength through one lens incentives and distribution

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Liquidity is the story, everything else is the headline

Dec 20, 2025

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4 min read

Liquidity is the story, everything else is the headline

A plumbing first lens on outages, PERPs distribution, stablecoin rails, and collectibles people actually want

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Dec 13, 2025

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4 min read

Digital ownership needs a new chapter

Move from number-go-up to fun, access, and real reasons to stay

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