No Karaoke, just solid Hemi news.

This week’s Midweek with Max saw Jeremy Nation stepping in for Rick—who’s off somewhere being very tan and mysterious. But the show didn’t slow down. We had a packed house: Phil fresh from a trans-hemispheric migration to Chicago, Max running on caffeine and protocol dust, and our special guest Aktar from 1Delta, who gave us a deep dive into what they’re building on Hemi.

1Delta: The DeFi Front Door
Aktar gave a full tour of 1Delta’s stack: DEX aggregation, bridge aggregation, and yield-maximizing tools that make using DeFi on Hemi (and beyond) less painful. Whether you’re looping LSTs with ZeroLend or trying to bridge in from anywhere, 1Delta offers a single, user-friendly interface with no smart contract middlemen. “You always hold the ownership,” Aktar noted—a nod to the power of EOAs in the Hemi universe.

Why Hemi? Because Bitcoin shouldn’t just sit there. 1Delta sees BTC as a sleeping asset class and Hemi as the architecture that can wake it up without the sketchiness of centralized yield. With native routing support for Izumi, SushiSwap, and others, they’re filling in liquidity gaps and prepping to onboard even more tools as the ecosystem grows.

Phil’s Marketing Stack: The Four C’s
Back in the attic and back on the mic, Phil broke down his go-to-market strategy using the “Four C’s”: certainty (paid media), control (owned content), credibility (earned media), and community (hi, Discord). He also dropped some solid updates: interviews with The Defiant, coverage from Reflexivity and CoinMarketCap’s newsletters, and growing mindshare post-Permissionless. TL;DR: Hemi’s not just showing up—we’re being noticed.

John Greenwood’s Points and POP Update
John G. gave an overdue but thorough update on the points system. Big news:

• POP fixes are in motion. A tracking issue on Absinthe’s end caused gaps, particularly affecting a syndicate out of Ukraine. That’s being addressed via a SubSquid integration (think: an on-chain metrics Swiss army knife).
• Epoch 2 is still open. You’ll get at least 72 hours’ notice before it closes.
• Spectra points are going live. Retroactive credit is happening.
• No snapshot drama. Points are accrued continuously. You’re rewarded for time staked, not just a lucky timestamp.

Engineering from Max: Pectra, Daemons, Hatchlings
Max walked us through the post-PECTRA landscape. Highlights:

• The Pectra upgrade went off cleanly.
• Refactored Daemons are nearly ready. Expect simpler POP mining and improved modularity.
• The HBITVM whitepaper is almost here, with digestible explainer content to follow.
• Hemi Hatchlings are minting—cosmetic for now, but future utility is coming.

Also: 1.71 BTC has been spent by 913 unique POP miners on mainnet across 323,770 transactions. One block even held 853 POP TXs—wild.

AI at Hemi: Useful, but Cautious
AI is helping with minor tasks and non-critical code, but don’t expect it to run the protocol. As Max explained, the complexity of Bitcoin and EVM interplay is too deep for autocomplete. “When you’re building something this big, hallucinations can be fatal.”

Coming Soon: Tokenomics + Engineering AMA
Tokenomics are still being finalized, but more rewards are being added to account for the delay. The goal is to reward early contributors, especially from testnet. A major engineering AMA is happening tomorrow with 5,000 Discord XP on the line for quality questions. Bring the heat.

TL;DR:

• 1Delta is making DeFi on Hemi smoother and safer.
• Points tracking is getting more precise, with SubSquid and Spectra retroactivity.
• Tokenomics and TGE timelines are coming into focus.
• The team continues to build—carefully, methodically, and fast.

See you next week. Karaoke resumes when Rick returns. Until then: Stay HEMI strong.