Setting April on Fire | The R0AR Momentum Shift | YWR ep30

April isn’t just another month for R0AR — it’s the ignition point.

In this episode of Your Weekly R0AR, Dustin and Brandon break down the shift from building in the background to executing in the spotlight. From the upcoming burn (and the strategy behind it), to real software delivery, smarter marketing, and growing investor attention — everything is starting to align.

We also dive into:

• Roadmap execution and evolving tech

• Increased reach with more efficient marketing

• Consensus 2026 finalist positioning and what it means

• Awaiting valuation and strategic expansion (including R0AR Country Club)

• Market timing and why fundamentals are winning again

This isn’t hype — it’s momentum backed by execution.

April is where the narrative changes.

And what comes next… is where things really start to move.

Stay locked in. 🐾🔥

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Weekly ROAR Podcast with Dustin Hedrick & Brandon Billings
Sponsored by https://www.r0ar.io/

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:01

Does my beard look okay?

SPEAKER_01 0:07

You know, and that is just how we're gonna start today. So April isn't just another month for roar, it is a turning point. This is where everything we've been building starts to show up in a very real way. Not hype, not speculation, but execution meeting momentum. And that is how we are gonna welcome you here to your weekly roar. Brandon's with me. Let's jump in. Brandon, tell me more about that.

SPEAKER_00 0:37

Uh, when we say we are on fire, we're not talking chaos, we're talking ignition. Everything we've been uh stacking over the past months is now lining up, and you can feel the shift both internally and externally.

SPEAKER_01 0:52

You really can. I mean, stacking up is a great term. Stacking up, stacking wins on wins on wins. Let's start with the obvious. The burn. Burn, baby burn. I know it's on a lot of people's minds. We're not here to talk about the exact numbers yet. That's coming. We're just a couple days away, literally. That's an April Tax Day surprise. But we're here to say this. It's happening. And more importantly, it's happening for the right reasons. We're staging this and letting you know and understand why we're able to do this. We're able to do this because we are under budget and we are well beyond our scope and roadmap. So, with those kinds of hot things working, that's not a reactionary move. We're not trying to manipulate a token. This is part of a larger strategy. It aligns supply with long-term value, investor confidence, and ecosystem growth. This is intentional and it's time with everything else we've been building. We've been always looking at places where we've saved and we've gotten further and done more. And the team has done incredibly well. And because of that, we're giving those wins back to our community. That's just how we are here at the Roar. We we do that intentionally. So that's the key. The burn isn't the story by itself, it's part of something, it's just a bigger narrative altogether. It reflects progress, maturity, and positioning for what comes next. We've talked a little about it. We'll talk a lot about it later. But guys, we have saved so much. We made so much distance. And we've done it when others quit or left the market. We pushed through a winter in the crypto world. We pushed forward for two years when others left this market and this type of technology because of governance questions and government involvement questions, and we are well positioned for exactly what comes next.

SPEAKER_00 2:56

That's right. So now let's talk about what really gives that burn meaning, and that is execution. We've made it this far on the roadmap with actual software developed and being released, and not just released, but evolving. We're not still, uh, the tech stack we're building is becoming more refined, more scalable, and more aligned with where the market is heading. That's something that a lot of projects never reach. They stay in concept mode. We're past that. We're in delivery mode.

SPEAKER_01 3:29

Yeah, we are. Another big shift, we've reduced our marketing costs while increasing reach and investor interest. That's been really cool. So that's efficiency, that's learning that works and doubling down on it. So we're not just throwing money at attention. Listen, there was a big move for that in the recent era of leaderboards and tokenization for you know X activity, and they found out all of it was fluff and fake and bots, and people were farming engagement. So we're not just throwing money at attention, we're building organic momentum, and we're doing it with bigger names and bigger players coming to the table. Then that's why the conversations are changing. It's no longer what is Roar. It's how do I get involved? How do I come alongside? How do I get into what you're doing with Roar? Or how can I get some of that over here with what we're doing? That's exciting. We're in a very different place now.

SPEAKER_00 4:32

That's right, Dustin. I'm excited uh as well. Speaking of excitement, we have a huge topic that I'm so uh glad that I get to present. Uh Consensus 2026. We are finalists for the stage time. Let's just let that marinate for a second.

SPEAKER_01 4:54

I just want to celebrate that. We made it for the thousands to the couple hundred. That's right. Maybe inside the 20.

SPEAKER_00 5:02

Like literally. We'll see what happens, but I'm hopeful. Uh and we submitted our final demo uh last week, and this isn't just any demo. It's built on our new software, tech stack, that hasn't even been publicly released yet. Uh, that's a major moment because if this hits, and we believe it will, it sets a completely new narrative around roar and it moves us from emerging projects to serious player, and that kind of exposure changes everything. Investors, partnerships, perception.

SPEAKER_01 5:37

Seriously, guys, that is the biggest news in the whole podcast for today is that we've been saying we we had we we started with we have 40 projects, and then we found out it was like 83, and now it's over a hundred. Yeah, in this tech stack, there's eight eight softwares and projects in a tech stack, and you guys, we're picking up partners that are joining alongside because of what this does and how they want to use it themselves. So alpha partnerships. So that in itself is the biggest news. We've said it in one of our last podcasts. If you listen, if you haven't heard it, go listen to our podcast about bringing legacy banking into this world, legacy business in this world, and then go listen to our podcast and read our white paper on Rails for Web 2. Web3 is Rails for Web 2. And seriously, we're literally doing it. And so if you're part of Roar, we're building these solutions and systems. We get fees and funding out of it, and that goes back into our community and our treasury and our ecosystem so we can grow. But beyond that, we're creating on top of blockchains and partnering with blockchains right now, at least 10 plus, not just ours, and soon to be over 28 to 30. So it's huge. And then that being seven to eight software, we're just getting started. All right, so right now, because of all this, has caused us to have to pivot. We've got interest that's incredible at the bigger player level, and so we're waiting our company valuation. We're going through a valuation and audit right now because there is interest. And so that valuation is gonna play a key role in what happens next, not just with the burn, but with investors and expansion. So this is including the Roar Country Club. If you've been looking at ways to get in, you're gonna hear more about it because we're now ready for more seats to be at that table. It's shaping up to be a major piece of the ecosystem going forward as far as our governance community is can, you know, can is valued and considered. So we're talking about a decentralized autonomous organization that over the length of Roar will become the governance community around this ecosystem. Now, there's other partners and parts and pieces and software and teams and whatever, all those have their own play in this and they overlap. But as far as Roar's concerned with this ecosystem, this is the governance. And so, Roar Country Club, man, you're just your value's getting raised, and we're gonna be talking about what it really looks like, what the valuation of this company is. So, this is where utility, exclusivity, and community intersect in a way that creates even more value. So, guys, we're super excited. We've already done very well selling out our NFT and all of the pre-sales and all the stuff we've done with our token, as well as the node sales and the growth there, heading into our new now in final phase development chain that we can't even talk about yet, where those nodes function and everything else that we've been kind of alluding to from our white papers. It's coming together, and this community is getting to be a part of where that goes. This is exciting. So that valuation is ongoing, and it is exciting. It's partially based on our token as well as all of the ecosystem that you haven't seen yet. Boom.

SPEAKER_00 9:24

All right, so let's zoom out a bit. The broader market. We're seeing renewed interest uh flowing back into crypto, and especially into projects that are actually building, right? Uh the market is getting smarter, people are looking for fundamentals, not just hype cycles, and that plays directly in our favor. Uh, also, institutional attention is increasing again, and when that happens, projects with real infrastructure like what we're building stand out. Uh, and timing matters. Right now, the timing is lining up with everything that we've been preparing for.

SPEAKER_01 9:59

All I gotta say is our you know advisor in the investment space, who's walking with us right now, you'll hear more about his name later. He's gonna be with us at consensus, and as soon as he's ready to be announced, we'll announce. But he's even saying that we're at a crucial moment in time, like everything could not have aligned better. You've got the Clarity Act in Congress, whatever way it goes through, it's gonna give some clarity. You've got the SEC and the CTFC finally saying, we're not gonna jump in and get ahead of anything and create more bulletins that are really abusive of the market. We're gonna stand back and take part in this thing working out and getting real eyes on what matters. You've got the treasury that built crypto into its world, even for its functioning financial transaction system. You've got the Fed, the Federal Reserve, who's been pushing back, pushing back, pushing back, but we know secretly have already been developing on the Ethereum platform and put in the Fed now 2.0 system. You got Swift coming out of nowhere saying, hey, we're gonna do this too. They already have. Let's be honest. We know about the white papers, we saw all the development, we've been involved in the back end. We know Google and we know Boston Fed, as well as a couple others in the former um leadership at the White House, all were connected and working on that process. Brussels is not going to be behind. They're in this, this is coming, and it's here, and it's favorable to us. We have the Genius Act that made it favorable for our stable coins and our ecosystems. There's still a couple things to be meted out, but all that's coming together, and so much money left this space that it's left us in a wonderful place. Now you marry what we do in crypto and you make it rails for AI, finance, and legacy banking or business. You guys, we're up front. We're in the front of the line. Even in our token, it's listed on token lists. There's 17,000 tokens out there, more than 17,000. And we're in the top 2,000 still. Wow. Good job, family. You're doing it. There's something going on, and we are rightly aligned and right on time. We are not behind, we are the head. So now we're seeing a narrative shift. Roar is no longer just an idea that people are watching, it's something people are starting to anticipate. We've seen a massive growth on our activity on Mex C, which is a bigger player in centralized exchanges. It's not the tier one, but it's definitely not the tier three. And we've been through challenges just to make sure everything is right and they're happy with us. And now we're seeing growth of activity and action and transactions. And that means there's a whole new world of folks out there that we've never met. We've never met a lot of you guys who are now involved in the roar. So you're not just watching anymore, you're jumping in and you're interacting. We see that. Historic guys, y'all are mostly on the DEXs. You can't use Maxi. We know that Maxi is largely on the other side of the globe in areas that can't get in in our prior history. Bitmart as well. So those two partners have been incredible for us. And guys, base chain is coming next. So, you know, we're doing this. March was clear on what we were doing, and we're heading that direction. Now, April is where that shift is becoming visible. The burn, the tech, the exposure, the valuation, and all of the March baseness, which I'll mention at the end of this podcast again, it all feeds into one story. And it's a story of momentum, a story of execution, a story of being focused, laser focused past all of the noise and all of the hate, because we're about to have some fun and there's gonna be a lot of love. And we have, well, we're here for that. We live through the other, we are here for that. So that execution, even being laser focused, but beyond the noise and the hate, it's building beneath the surface, and that's about to break through.

SPEAKER_00 14:23

That's right. So if you've been watching from the sidelines, now's the time to pay attention because April isn't the finish line, it's the ignition point. And what comes after this is where things really start to move.

SPEAKER_01 14:38

Still to come from March's based momentum. One roar is heading to base. We told you we will tell you when it happens. You'll see it on X, you'll see posts, it'll say that that's a milestone. We'll talk about it as well. It has not been added for liquidity yet because we have to do first things first. It is in motion and it's ready to go. As soon as it goes live, we're able to launch Roar platform season three because it's largely connected to smart contracts that cannot exist until that liquidity is added. So, just so you know, that's the why. And once that's done, you know we're gonna officially announce the date for the whitelisting and the mint of the based ERS NFTs on base chain, which work and function with base chain on the platform like your Ethereum ones do. And then on top of that, the long-awaited penthouse suite is coming because Rocle has gotten super freaking smart. Smarter every minute, literally. You have no idea because there's been a lot of work going on in Roracle, and when ROACL's ready, you're gonna see that penthouse suite go live, and it's gonna be awesome. So that's what's been happening. March has been us getting all that aligned, and it's aligned to go literally one raft the other. So these are all tightly related to each other, and they're awaiting the timing of our evaluation. That has to be done first before we start putting other pressures that could cause our stuff to pump, like burning tokens and putting things on base and getting onto BASE's app. Those things can cause pressures. So we got to finish the first. We thought it'd be done by now, but they're gonna have it done within probably the next couple days. And you will hear about it when we're ready to tell about it because it's gonna be super pumped and exciting. So stay locked in. This is your weekly roar, and we're just getting started. Thanks for being on everybody. Brandon appreciates you. We'll see you next time.

SPEAKER_00 16:43

Take care.