Crypto Is Getting Tough Again: Who Wins & Loses

Mason Nystrom sits down with Hootie Rashidifard (Hash3) and Alana Levin (Variant) to break down 2025's winners and losers—plus bold predictions for 2026. 2025 Winners: Stablecoins ($30M→$1T volume), prediction markets, Robinhood, Stripe, Base 2025 Losers: Gaming (down 96%), MetaMask, Biden-era SEC, restaking, DePIN 2026 Predictions:  • Crypto gets hard again (capital constrained, mission-driven founders emerge)  • More crypto IPOs and M&A • Gemini likely gets acquired  • Bitcoin dominance increases Topics: Coinbase expansion, distribution moats, will incumbents win everything, prediction market volume doubling. The views expressed in the podcast are...