old enough to remember when Snapchat launched a p2p payments app, Snapcash,  in 2014 to compete with Venmo

they should run that back now and get all the kiddos hooked on stables

main thing I want to know on the stablecoin front

has anyone crunched the numbers and figured out what % of usage is from people using them as their onchain gambling chip

vs what % is people using them for the serious stuff like payment settlement?

stablecoin volume has largely decoupled from trading volume 
(h/t @darenmatsuoka)

one of my favorite things i've read this year and I keep coming back to it: The Dawn of Infinite Code by Chris Paik at Pace Capital

"Once we arrive at full trust, active choice becomes a burden."

turns out the US military was spreading fake UFO stories to conceal weapons testing from the 1980s to as recently as 2023

turns out the US military was spreading fake UFO stories to conceal weapons testing from the 1980s to as recently as 2023

https://www.livenowfox.com/news/ufo-disinfo-cold-war-stealth-coverup

at $30B, Circle is trading like it's the meme stock for stablecoins

Tennis

who are the biggest Hyperliquid power users on farcaster? i'm trying to see something 👀👀

KAT’s pick & roll defense is some of the most astonishingly bad defense I’ve seen in a long time 😔

Music

saw the greatest performer on earth, Beyoncé, last night…i’m lowkey still in awe. 

live unedited singing and 2.5 hours of unbelievable dancing…i’ve never seen a crowd react so viscerally to a performer in my life. 

salute to the Queen, Cowboy Carter

Solana

Neynar

Excited to power the first wave of @solana apps on @farcaster 
 
If you're new to Farcaster, building feature rich experiences is one API call:

- mini app notifications with analytics

- showing personalized token holders to each user based on their network

- bootstrapping new social experiences with profiles, graphs, comments and feeds

and a lot more

We put together a list of ways Solana developers can get started with the upcoming Solana embedded wallet on Farcaster https://neynar.com/blog/neynar-helping-build-solana-apps-on-farcaster

Reach out to us (feel free to DC @rish directly), we want to work with you! 🪐

i've been on farcaster long enough to remember when everyone here hated Solana and everything about it so this is quite wonderful to see

Warpcast

introducing noice.

starting today, your likes, replies, dms — they all mean money.

belief should be liquid. you are the economy.

noice.so

this is genuinely one of the coolest mini apps i've seen built in crypto 

a massive step towards embedding microtransactions in all of our online interactions and OPOF (Only Possible on Farcaster)

2 minutes and 46 seconds of feeling completely at peace with the world. thank me later

2 minutes and 46 seconds of feeling completely at peace with the world. thank me later

https://music.apple.com/us/album/we-dont-have-to-be-alone/1808516562?i=1808516563

Food

idk how they did it but koreans have mastered the technology of food

@ food friends please welcome Robert to our wonderful channel so we can collectively encourage him to share more of his great lunches with the channel

Never forget when Jay Z said he was in the drop top with the AC on…

that’s how rich I want to be lol

i didn’t take a picture of my meal because i was ✨living in the moment✨ but if you’re ever in Philly, there is a very small, cozy , phenomenal breakfast spot called Comfort & Floyd.  

go on the weekend, solo or with a friend, sit at the bar, order literally anything on the menu, stay off your phone, observe the kitchen & staff, eviscerate your food, and you will experience what great restaurants are all about

i fell in love with restaurants (and cooking!) because there are few experiences that trigger + invigorate all of your senses simultaneously and because there’s something magical (and deeply human) about a group of people creating + delivering that experience to others

not my first rodeo 👨🏾‍🚀 |
@a16zcrypto 👾

jay drain jr.

@boogie