PERSON DIRECTORY
Taiki Maeda
Host of Steady Lads Podcast. Taiki Maeda appears in 5 indexed conversations across Steady Lads Podcast, Thread Guy. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
Steady Lads Live From TOKEN2049 in Singapore (2026)
Jordi AlexanderJustin BramTaiki MaedaDim Selk
Zcash was the panel’s highest-conviction, highest-fragility trade, with Taiki calling it “the coin of the cycle” as Project Tachyon approaches.Crowding across ZEC, HYPE, Lighter and NEAR leaves buybacks weak and downside unresolved, while Variational’s Q4 TGE, $4 billion-plus daily volume and 32% airdrop offer a competing catalyst amid expected market dispersion.
The Lads Are Back! Top Signal?
Jordi AlexanderJustin BramTaiki MaedaDim Selk
Strategy’s April 20 purchase was its third-largest, at mNAV 1.1–1.2 rather than above 2, supporting Taiki’s bottom thesis.With STRC roughly $8.5B, rising mNAV could enable issuance and buybacks, but Jordi sees only about 1.5 years of dividend coverage.Drift and Kelp hacks leave DeFi’s shrinking TVL and security budget unresolved.