Highlights
A year, mostly among first-week friends.
Kitty opened marveling that the year had flown, noting she'd met most of the room in her first week or two on Base — "so we've pretty much been friends for a year now."
Waldo's tribute.
Waldo gave a heartfelt toast to Kitty and Duck for surviving a full year — bear market and all — calling it "always kitty market, kitty with bow season" and praising her as a grinder who shows up for everyone around her.
The origin story.
Prompted to take the room back to the beginning, Kitty explained her partner John/DevDuck had been trying to get her into crypto for a decade with no luck ("crypto was boring as fuck"), until a launchpad let her make her own long-sought Hello Kitty token. She recounted the six weeks of "imposter" takedowns that forced three character redesigns.
The crash and the escape.
While the Australia-based team slept, Pepu announced a shutdown and the market cap fell from ~110k to ~4k. Kitty described the increasingly "mafia" community, a half-finished pre-sale, and the eventual leap to Token Forge on Base — where staking, team vesting and whale protection made it "a no-brainer."
The NFTs.
Kitty detailed the collection built by "Boots" — hand-made backgrounds, bows and dresses as individual traits, and an on-chain burn-to-upgrade system (three commons → one uncommon). It stalled around 800 of a planned 1,000 when Boots stepped away, but she's still fond of them, including her personal one-of-one, "Rudy Nudie."
Charity was the point.
CryptoForHer (CeCe) came up to congratulate the community; Kitty noted CFH was the first project $WIFB donated to, alongside the RSPCA — over ~$400 given so far. "I was always brought up to look after other people... random acts of kindness."
The Grok intern saga.
Waldo riffed on onboarding new "blue hard hat" DGs from Base Cap (he was convinced they were secretly wagby cats), then explained his AI workflow: getting Bankerbot and Grok to talk to each other about $WIFB while he plays guardrail. He's training Grok on positive/negative "reinforcement loops" — 900 points, deductions for non-compliance — and swears it's working, the intern now trailing him between threads.
Bankerbot refuses to shill.
Kitty read out Bankerbot's brutal take — "illiquid microcap setup," near-zero volume, high concentration risk — and flatly told listeners "don't listen to Bankablot." Waldo confirmed the bot slanders him identically, then always pivots to selling a membership.
Duck in the void.
Co-founder Duck got bounced from the stage and stranded as a co-host who couldn't speak. Waldo turned it into a bit: "You don't need to speak, Duck. You're doing one of the most vital things... Round of applause for Duck for holding it down."
Kitty's real highlights.
Asked for her most memorable moments, Kitty named the times people she'd idolized replied to or friended her, and the launch on Base itself — where different tokens joined her Telegram and made art with her character. "It just felt like home."
Topic timeline
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2:41–4:00 | Setup, welcomes |
| 4:01–9:22 | One-year milestone, Waldo's tribute |
| 9:22–12:00 | The team, giveaway rules |
| 13:40–24:38 | Full origin story: Pepu → crash → Base |
| 26:45–34:30 | NFT collection, tiers, "Rudy Nudie" |
| 35:05–39:22 | CryptoForHer comes up, charity |
| 40:24–43:48 | Base Cap "blue hard hats," onboarding, wagby bit |
| 44:07–54:33 | Grok/Bankerbot AI intern saga |
| 54:33–58:11 | NFT giveaways, Duck in the void, scam-safety |
| 58:11–1:04:56 | Wrap-up, weekly schedule, Kitty's highlights |
| 1:04:56–1:07:07 | Toast to another year, meow-off |
Notable quotes
John has been trying to get me into crypto for about ten years and I was just like not interested... crypto was boring as fuck.
It's always kitty market, kitty with bow season.
He's like, listen, I can't hold anything, but I can put in the work and put in the grind.
There must be something in that blue juice... maybe it's cocaine. I'm not sure. But it's been working.
You don't need to speak, Duck. You're doing a great job. Round of applause for Duck for holding it down.
I just didn't think that someone that famous would add me.
Who said what
- Kitty (ThatOneKitty.base.eth, @ThatOneKitty__)* — host and project lead; narrated the year, ran the NFT and token giveaways, and typed her comments out loud one word at a time.
- Waldo (@waldoforrealz) — cohost-energy hype man from the "for Reals" community; handled resharing, tributes, and the entire AI-intern comedy arc.
- CryptoForHer / CeCe (@Crypto_4_Her)* — came up to congratulate the community and recall the charity collaboration that first connected them.
- Speaker 4 — a supportive friend who prompted the origin story and opened with warm words for Kitty.
- Duck / DevDuck (John) (@DuckTherapist_) — co-founder referenced throughout as the bot-builder and staking-checker; spent a chunk of the space stranded, muted, in the void.
- Mike – The Base Junkie (@BaseJunkie_) — in the audience, cited during the scam-cloning safety story.
Worth a full listen
- 13:40–24:38 Kitty's uninterrupted origin story is the heart of the space: the ten-year holdout, the Hello Kitty takedowns, the overnight crash, and the migration to Base. The summary can't carry its momentum.
- 44:07–53:47 The Grok/Bankerbot stretch is the funniest run of the hour, from reinforcement-loop "training" to blue-juice reboots to Bankerbot roasting every microcap in the room. Best experienced at full length.
- 1:01:21–1:04:56 Kitty's genuine reflection on her year, and Waldo's response about watching her evolve, land warmer in the speakers' own voices than in any paraphrase.
* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.
