ted (not lasso)
@ted
building @privy, ex-farcaster | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina | “lucky me, lucky mud” 🤠
happy new year!!! what a wild rollercoaster of a year but a few things i’m grateful for:
- becoming an aunt
- gaining soon-to-be sister-in-law
- @woj LA era
- more time with family
- dream job
- deeper friendships
- encouragement to do hard things (and did some of them!!!)
excited for 2026!
$happy new year!!! what a wild rollercoaster of a year but a few
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markets and liquidity are only intuitive or common sense if you think in systems, incentives, and constraints; reality is that most humans don’t by default.
instead human instincts are built for storytelling, fairness, value, and linear cause/effect.
people in crypto are an exception, not the rule.
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incredible example of a Rorschach test
"what a time to be alive" feels like a take, but it's actually noncommittal and lets the reader supply the emotion (excitement vs. lament)
running through the replies and quote casts demonstrates this exact projective psychology
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recently used two prediction market mobile apps — one on waitlist and one in somewhat stealth — that completely reimagined the UX in the best possible way
took out the mental friction and multiclick effort you see on most websites today and made placing a trade simple, fun and intuitive
bullish
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goodbye to my pfp end of an era
PSA: if you turned into a ghost recently, you probably have an old NFT pfp set on your profile.
First, congrats on being on Farcaster in 2022. Make sure you don't miss Medicare enrollment.
Second, the quickest fix is to set it again on your profile.
The OpenSea CDN recently stopped serving these and we don't have t
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very cool and proud moment for us at @privy when sama gives a shout out to our head of security @andrewmohawk, the absolute 🐐
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avengers assemble !!!!!!!!!
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"A 2025 paper by researchers at Northwestern and the University of Chicago found that crypto investing is most common among middle- and lower-middle-class renters.
On its own, this fact is sort of bizarre: For most asset classes, investments rise with income. But these renters, who are on the verge of homeownership, ...
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a motivating part of working at @privy is how tightly GTM and eng pair for customers + product
i’ve worked at places that told me not to “distract the engineers" but at privy, we’re encouraged AND trusted to pull eng into high signal feedback so we can ship the right features fast
ps we're hiring!!!
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Phantom announced prediction markets with Kalshi today.
apparently Coinbase will roll them out them next week.
Robinhood building their own.
crypto.com and bitget wallet also offer prediction markets.
okx too (with limitless, launched in october).
all dope but none of them have built-in social.
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"pinch me" moment for @privy! couldn't be more proud and excited for our work heading into 2026!!!
We're excited to announce that Privy is partnering with Klarna to design a simple, secure crypto wallet for millions of Klarna users.
Together, we’re bringing digital assets into everyday financial life, from spending and saving to beyond.
Learn more here: https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-partners-w
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