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A Return to Fun and Happy Times

Wednesday, September 3, 20255:429,690 viewsWatch on YouTube

Summary

  • Charles Hoskinson broadcasts live from Colorado on September 3, 2025, with a focus on returning to a fun, engaging format.
  • He introduces a special guest, Kraju, a character inspired by Godzilla and part of an indie development project.
  • The concept of Kraju is linked to graphic novels influenced by HP Lovecraft and Kaiju themes, created by an artist from Louisiana.
  • Hoskinson announces his purchase of a million Kraju tokens using 1,000 ADA, emphasizing the fun aspect of meme coins despite their volatility.
  • He encourages the Kraju team to seek official endorsement from the creator to avoid intellectual property issues and expresses interest in developing a Nintendo game for them.
  • Updates on various projects include Lace version two for mobile and desktop, the ongoing Midnight airdrop, and the Glacier drop.
  • Hoskinson highlights the importance of community engagement and positivity, urging people to focus on fun rather than drama in the crypto space.
  • He shares plans for his clinic's grand opening, which occurred on July 4th, with a second phase set to open in November, including a Godzilla display.
  • He promotes Gfest, the largest Godzilla-related conference, and encourages support for independent artists in the Kaiju genre.
  • Overall, he expresses optimism about the future of the projects and the community's direction.

Full Transcript

Hi, this is Charles Hoskinson broadcasting live from warm, sunny Colorado. Always warm, always sunny, sometimes Colorado. Today is September 3rd, 2025. I'm going to make a video to return to old form. We're going back to the old days.

We're going back to the fun days. We've closed out chapters, and we're having good times. In fact, I have a special guest here with me. This is Kraju, the little Kraju. Look at that little guy.

He says, "Happy little Kraju." It's actually the son of Kraju, spelled with a K, not a C. You guys create a memecoin; make sure you check the spelling. Now, I'll tell you the backstory behind this lovely and hideous monster. As many of I am a Godzilla fan.

I grew up as a big Godzilla fan. Recently, my brother and I went to Gfest, which is the largest conference in the world for Godzilla-related stuff and memorabilia. It's part of a larger thing called the Kaiju Verse. The Kaiju Verse is a great monster verse, basically. Kraju is an indie development, and I met the guy who created the concept of Kraju.

I believe he has graphic novels, kind of like Alan Moore stuff, and it's an inspiration of HP Lovecraft meets Kaijus. So, Crawfish Kaiju Kraju with a K. I believe the guy's from Louisiana. Let me go ahead and share my screen real quick. [Music] All right, there we go.

Right here is the page where it comes. I don't have any financial relationship with them; I just bought the Kraju because I thought it was super cool. This is actually the son of Kraju. I think the albino king is the big one; this is the tiny Kraju. One of the things I used to do is buy stuff with lace.

Here's what we're going to do: we're going to go all in on Kraju because somebody created a meme coin for it. So, take a thousand ADA, and we're going to buy a million Kraju. That's what we're doing. Volatility warning. Yes, I'm aware there's low liquidity and all this stuff.

Confirm. Okay, let me share my screen again. I'm crashing. Here we go. Transaction confirmed.

All right, we'll see when that comes in. We have to have fun again. We need to get back to the days where we just hung out and did cool stuff. I have no idea who created Karajucoin or where it came from. It's probably a scam; they all are, the meme coins.

But that doesn't matter because we're in the crypto space, and sometimes Kraju can be a thing. So, there we go. I'm officially a Kraju holder now. I have a million Kraju tokens, created a thousand good ADA for it, and we'll see how that goes. The Kraju team should probably reach out to the person who created Kraju and get an official endorsement.

Otherwise, it's blatant intellectual property theft. If you do and can get them on board, what I will commit to do is see if we can create a Nintendo game for them. We're creating a backlog; we have stuff for Nike, we have stuff for Hoski, and we would love to do some stuff with SNEK. By the way, SNEK just released a proposal for Treasury funding. It looks a pretty good one.

I'll read it. Overall, they listen to the community, and I think they've made some great progress. You just have to bring people together. You can't take the world too seriously; you have to realize that everything is what you make of it. If we want this cool little thing to become a mascot, you already have the lobster on the mic.

Remember Logan and where he came from, Haraju and Logan? You can do that. If you want Snack to be a big thing, you can do that, or you can just let it die on the vine. It exists because we care; that's the key behind all things. For a very long time, we let too much drama leak in.

We lost our way, and hopefully, we've turned a page now that the audit report is out, and everybody realizes that we're high-integrity good people. We can just say, "what? Let's not be dramatic. Let's have fun." Lace is getting more advanced.

Lace version two is coming out soon; it's going to be mobile and desktop. Laos's SIP is out. Midnight is in the airdrop phase. The Glacier drop is underway. Amazing progress is being made.

Lots of integrations and partnerships are coming. We're there; we're in the game. We're fighting hard. Why be angry? You have to be happy.

I'm happy. So anyway, until next time, folks. Krau day to you. We had a lot of fun, and I learned about this guy taking some time off and going to Gfest. I highly recommend Gfest.

I highly recommend buying one of these things. Throw some money to independent artists and all their cool HP Lovecraft-inspired cosmic horror crawfish. Of course, the whole Kaijuverse is amazing. My clinic is nearly open; we had our grand opening celebration on July 4th to show where we were at. It's going to be up next week to celebrate the first major opening where we're seeing patients in all the exam rooms.

The second phase will be open in November, including my Godzilla display. I will definitely take a video and show you guys all those cool things. We're in the Kaiju verse forever.

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