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New startups backed by Brevan Howard Digital.

Now seems highly probable that a new payment alternative emerges in the US (replacing credit/debit cards) on top of stablecoin rails. Just too damn efficient & cheap. Good riddance as they say! Who do you think is most likely to emerge as the new consumer payment app leader?



Big news from @legiondotcc and @krakenfx

Kraken x Legion partnership recap. @krakenfx is one of the world’s largest exchanges to scale compliant, onchain fundraising to 15M+ users worldwide. Here’s what our partnership means for founders, investors, and the future of capital markets 🧵

legiondotcc's tweet image. Kraken x Legion partnership recap.

@krakenfx is one of the world’s largest exchanges to scale compliant, onchain fundraising to 15M+ users worldwide.

Here’s what our partnership means for founders, investors, and the future of capital markets 🧵


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Excited to back @mattyTokenomics & @D0itdifferent! ~16.5 years ago, Bitcoin was born - a system built by the people for the people - but not all the people (retail) have been able to invest in the companies they powered the success of. This game is changing - @legiondotcc

Legion has raised $5M to reimagine fundraising as Wall Street moves onchain. Led by @vaneck_us and @BHDigitalAssets with participation from @krakenfx, @cbventures, @cryptocom_cap and more. And yes, we’ve saved room for you in the round (on Legion, of course). 🧵

legiondotcc's tweet image. Legion has raised $5M to reimagine fundraising as Wall Street moves onchain.

Led by @vaneck_us and @BHDigitalAssets with participation from @krakenfx, @cbventures, @cryptocom_cap and more.

And yes, we’ve saved room for you in the round (on Legion, of course). 🧵


Peter Johnson รีโพสต์แล้ว

Legion has raised $5M to reimagine fundraising as Wall Street moves onchain. Led by @vaneck_us and @BHDigitalAssets with participation from @krakenfx, @cbventures, @cryptocom_cap and more. And yes, we’ve saved room for you in the round (on Legion, of course). 🧵

legiondotcc's tweet image. Legion has raised $5M to reimagine fundraising as Wall Street moves onchain.

Led by @vaneck_us and @BHDigitalAssets with participation from @krakenfx, @cbventures, @cryptocom_cap and more.

And yes, we’ve saved room for you in the round (on Legion, of course). 🧵

Many stablecoin reports have been published recently, but none are as well researched and comprehensive as this one from @MessariCrypto. Nice work @0xSynthesis1 @immutablejacob @Degenerate_DeFi. messari.io/report/state-o…


"Owning crypto is no longer a speculative position; failing to do so is. A passive market-weighted index comprised of all asset classes would have 3% in crypto, so an investor who lacks crypto is now effectively shorting it." - @ricedelman

.@ricedelman, who founded $300bil investment advisory firm Edelman Financial Engines… Recommends *40%* crypto allocation for aggressive investors. 10% for conservative. Says owning crypto is no longer a speculative position; failing to do so is. Look at these takeaways.

NateGeraci's tweet image. .@ricedelman, who founded $300bil investment advisory firm Edelman Financial Engines…

Recommends *40%* crypto allocation for aggressive investors.

10% for conservative.

Says owning crypto is no longer a speculative position; failing to do so is.

Look at these takeaways.


Huge congrats to @Moku_HQ! @kosgoood is a force.

“I think Grand Arena could transcend and just become like an AI-native competitive layer for all of gaming,” Osgood said. Great article by @pixiekate13 for @Blockworks_ outlining @kosgoood's vision for joining Moku.

Moku_HQ's tweet image. “I think Grand Arena could transcend and just become like an AI-native competitive layer for all of gaming,” Osgood said.

Great article by @pixiekate13 for @Blockworks_ outlining @kosgoood's vision for joining Moku.


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The @SECGov Crypto Task Force graciously hosted @ethena_labs yesterday for a remarkably productive conversation focused on analytical frameworks and regulatory approaches to alternatively-reserved "stable assets," including synthetic dollars like USDe. sec.gov/files/ctf-memo…

This morning, @ethena_labs submitted a letter to the SEC Crypto Task Force in response to @HesterPeirce "There Must Be Some Way Out of Here" x.com/HesterPeirce/s…. We are grateful to engage with good faith regulators like Commissioner Peirce and the Task Force. 1/



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1/ The deadline to apply for Alliance’s ALL15 cohort is today. If you’re building a startup and looking for funding and community, here’s why the best builders choose Alliance ↓

alliancedao's tweet image. 1/ The deadline to apply for Alliance’s ALL15 cohort is today.

If you’re building a startup and looking for funding and community, here’s why the best builders choose Alliance ↓

Peter Johnson รีโพสต์แล้ว

15 years ago today, Laszlo Hanyecz had tens of thousands of bitcoin he had mined just burning a hole in his pocket. He also had a hankering for pizza. The rest... was history. Fun fact: he kept his pizza offer open for a while and in total purchased 8 pizzas for 40,000 BTC!

lopp's tweet image. 15 years ago today, Laszlo Hanyecz had tens of thousands of bitcoin he had mined just burning a hole in his pocket. He also had a hankering for pizza. The rest... was history. 

Fun fact: he kept his pizza offer open for a while and in total purchased 8 pizzas for 40,000 BTC!

15 years ago, in the first recorded instance of Bitcoin being used buy a physical item, two pizzas were purchased for 10,000 BTC. Today Bitcoin is globally recognized as digital gold with a market cap of over $2 trillion. What an amazing journey. Happy #BitcoinPizzaDay!


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1/ The Senate has passed the motion to proceed to consideration of the GENIUS Act – a step toward clear, commonsense regulation for stablecoins. This is a major milestone for debate to continue on this critical bill.

BlockchainAssn's tweet image. 1/ The Senate has passed the motion to proceed to consideration of the GENIUS Act – a step toward clear, commonsense regulation for stablecoins.

This is a major milestone for debate to continue on this critical bill.

Peter Johnson รีโพสต์แล้ว

The Senate voted "yes" on moving forward the GENIUS Act in an epic bipartisan showing, 66 - 32 🎉 There's still more work to do — another formal vote on GENIUS in the Senate, and passing STABLE in the House — but this was the hardest part. We will have stablecoin legislation 🇺🇸

jchervinsky's tweet image. The Senate voted "yes" on moving forward the GENIUS Act in an epic bipartisan showing, 66 - 32 🎉

There's still more work to do — another formal vote on GENIUS in the Senate, and passing STABLE in the House — but this was the hardest part.

We will have stablecoin legislation 🇺🇸

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Thrilled to have backed @perpltrade alongside our friends at @dragonfly_xyz @breed_vc and others. Perpl will take advantage of Monad's tech to deliver fully on-chain perps and a top tier trading experience.

Excited to announce our $9.25M funding round led by @dragonfly_xyz, @ErgoniaTrading, and other leading investors. Perpl is handcrafted with knowledge from decades of market-making expertise and advanced EVM engineering.

perpltrade's tweet image. Excited to announce our $9.25M funding round led by @dragonfly_xyz, @ErgoniaTrading, and other leading investors.

Perpl is handcrafted with knowledge from decades of market-making expertise and advanced EVM engineering.


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i remember when it was just like a half dozen people on here saying stuff like this

US Treasury Secretary Bessent: I see up to $2T Treasuries demand from digital assets.



Peter Johnson รีโพสต์แล้ว

btc v nasdaq over the past 5 days is pretty nuts

packyM's tweet image. btc v nasdaq over the past 5 days is pretty nuts

👇 @paraficapital doing their research.

🧵 1/ In less than 18 months, Ethena has become a bedrock across both DeFi and CeFi infrastructure. Ethena’s USDe has become the fastest USD asset to reach 5bn in supply. With Ethena’s rapid growth, the ParaFi team wanted to do a deep dive into the protocol’s mechanics. We…

paraficapital's tweet image. 🧵 1/ In less than 18 months, Ethena has become a bedrock across both DeFi and CeFi infrastructure.

Ethena’s USDe has become the fastest USD asset to reach 5bn in supply. With Ethena’s rapid growth, the ParaFi team wanted to do a deep dive into the protocol’s mechanics. We…


Happy birthday @SweetMoveEnzo. Miss you bud.


New @MessariCrypto interface is 🔥


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Excited to announce that Chronicle raised $12M in Seed Funding, led by @strobefund, to build infrastructure for the next wave of institutional adoption. 🧵

ChronicleLabs's tweet image. Excited to announce that Chronicle raised $12M in Seed Funding, led by @strobefund, to build infrastructure for the next wave of institutional adoption. 🧵

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