# GM Farcaster last week: holiday break over! *and Clanker Ecosystem Fund Round 2 announced* By [GM Farcaster](https://paragraph.com/@gmfarcaster) · 2026-07-05 farcaster, gmfarcaster, cryptocurrency, memecoins, clanker, nfts, neynar, word-a-day, snaps, cef, worldcup, charmsai --- **GM!** Tomorrow we're back from our July 4 holiday break! [**Join us at 11:30 am ET**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGBno04YLQA) for all the Farcaster and Clanker news while we get caught up along with you! But before we took a break we had a great chat with Polly Rodriguez from [**@unboundbabes**](https://farcaster.xyz/unboundbabes) and [**we announced Round 2 of CEF Grants**](https://farcaster.xyz/gmfarcaster/0xe3179a46) AND our [**Creator Sprint**](https://farcaster.xyz/gmfarcaster/0x1e48686f) [](https://farcaster.xyz/gmfarcaster/0x141f1e30)grants. We're excited to see what our grantees launch with the activation grants ([**POIDH and Log-a-Dog are already at it**](https://farcaster.xyz/kenny/0x19940027)!) and we'll start sharing the Creator Sprint creations this week. Get caught up with these episodes below as we get ready for the week ahead! AND [**@adrienne**](https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne) has been hard at work giving your agent a chance to purchase a GM Farcaster shoutout using the x402 integration! [**Learn more**](https://farcaster.xyz/adrienne/0x34e75f00) and get your agent working for you to grab a shoutout on a future show. We'll be talking more about this tomorrow! And thank you [**Clanker**](https://clanker.world/), our Spotlight Partner for your support of GM Farcaster! Do you have a good recommendation for our next Spotlight Partner? You could earn .5 eth for a successful referral! Check out this POIDH bounty to learn more. Learn more about our partnership opportunities at [**mediakit.gmfarcaster.com**](https://mediakit.gmfarcaster.com/). Coming up this week: ☕ Monday: GM Farcaster 11:30 am ET ☕Thursday: GM Farcaster 8:30 am ET ➕ Be sure to add the GM Farcaster mini app and follow [/gmfarcaster](https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/gmfarcaster) so you don't miss a thing! * * * ### Unbound Ambition and a Very Monday Monday: GM Farcaster ep371 Monday June 22, 2026 Thank you Polly Rodriguez CEO of Unbound for stopping by to chat about building a sexual wellness business and the challenges it brings! We loved chatting! **TLDR**: ☕ GM 🐶 Dachshund Day 🌭 CEF Creator Sprint 🚀 Clanker AI Experiments 🤖 World Cup Vibes ⚽ Boston Loves Scotland 🍻 Polly Rodriguez CEO of Unbound Interview ❤‍🔥 Platform Censorship 🚫 Tortoise and other Builder Updates 🐢 CEF grantees to be announced Thursday 🎉 **From our ChatGPT Intern**: X decided to have a very Monday morning, forcing GM Farcaster into a YouTube-only adventure while Bert and Mookie celebrated National Dachshund Day and the CEF Creator Sprint nearly broke expectations with 48 applications. Meanwhile, Polly Rodriguez of Unbound joined the show to talk about building a sexual wellness company after being deplatformed by Instagram and TikTok, plus the crew unpacked Clanker experiments, AI agents, and why Scottish soccer fans apparently fixed Boston. [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BWwaKltXXM) Chapters: [0:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BWwaKltXXM) GM [0:04:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BWwaKltXXM&t=263s) FC News [0:23:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BWwaKltXXM&t=1408s) UnboundBabes with Polly Rodriguez [1:13:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BWwaKltXXM&t=4400s) Builders building * * * ### Can You Hear This? CEF grants, hearing tests and hot dogs: GM Farcaster ep372 Thursday June 25, 2026 Thank you Clanker for sponsoring today’s episode! Check out [Clanker.World](http://Clanker.World) to learn more. **TLDR**: ☕ GM 🚀 Farcaster updates 🤖 Clanker Legion 🎧 Base Tones hearing test 🛠 Builders Building 💰 CEF Round 2 grants 🎥 Creator Sprint winners 🌭 Log a Dog returns for Summer ☀ **From our ChatGPT Intern**: The GM Farcaster crew squeezed in one last show before July 4 vacation by speedrunning Farcaster updates, debating onboarding friction, testing everyone's aging ears with Base Tones, and somehow finding time for Love Island, hot dogs, and existentialism. Then they unveiled the Clanker Ecosystem Fund Round 2 grants and Creator Sprint winners, celebrating builders across the ecosystem while teeing up a summer full of activations, tournaments, art contests, and onchain experiments. [![](https://paragraph.com/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34HWw7tQeE) Chapters: [0:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34HWw7tQeE) GM [0:04:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34HWw7tQeE&t=291s) FC News [0:18:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34HWw7tQeE&t=1123s) Builders building [0:37:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34HWw7tQeE&t=2248s) CEF grant announcements * * * GMFC shop --------- AND our merch shop is open: [gmfarcaster.shop](http://gmfarcaster.shop) [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4389503c88f026b6144bcab27120179b.png)](https://gmfarcaster.shop/) * * * ### We love seeing all the talk about supporting creators!🎉 Here’s 7 free things you can do to help support GM Farcaster (plus 3 others) with full links and info [in this thread dropped by Prof](https://warpcast.com/nounishprof/0x5e44ad2b): 1\. Follow the [/gmfarcaster](https://warpcast.com/~/channel/gmfarcaster) channel and put those notifs on! 2\. 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Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. --- *Originally published on [GM Farcaster](https://paragraph.com/@gmfarcaster/gm-farcaster-last-week-holiday-break-over)*