FOMO, Meme Stocks and Robinhood Chain | Andy8052 & Eric Conner
Podcast:Bankless Published On: Wed Sep 23 2026 Description: Meme coins are back, but this time the more interesting story may be what they're building around them. David sits down with Eric and Andy to unpack the latest meme-coin cycle, the rise of stock-paired memes on Robinhood Chain, and the strange possibility that speculative trading could actually bootstrap liquidity for tokenized equities. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Meme Coins Are Back 5:47 Can Meme Markets Mature? 7:48 AI as a Safety Layer 13:10 Stock-Paired Meme Coins 17:01 Building Stronger Schelling Points 21:00 Will Public Companies Care? 28:56 The Community Takeover Scenario 32:18 Meme Coins as a Liquidity Engine 36:16 How Andy and Eric Use FOMO 42:39 What Signals Actually Matter 47:54 When Do You Sell a Loser? 52:26 FOMO Rewards and Public Trading Data 55:36 The $20K ETH Jinx --- RESOURCES Andy 8052 https://x.com/andy8052 Eric Conner https://x.com/econoar --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures