Crypto is not just charts and coins, it is a new way to build and own things online. Learn a little every day, stay curious, and build for the long term. What are you learning in crypto today?

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New essay: Are crypto’s OG ideals destined to drown in the wake of its rapid institutionalization? Almost certainly not... the Reformation already played it out https://starl3xx.fun/reformation

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Bitcoin is confronting the limits of hardware security. Ethereum is rebuilding protocol architecture. DeFi is becoming a settlement layer for traditional assets. NFTs are connecting digital records to physical objects. AI agents are beginning to use blockchains as an economic system. Take notes.

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crypto is simply better infra when starting from first principles no one thinks of Ramp as a “crypto company”, yet their backend will run onchain soon bc they’ve determined it enables a better experience for their customers somethin somethin “show me the incentives and i’ll show you the outcome”

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if done well and at scale, pre-ipo perps likely have potential for material crypto flows in the next 1-2 yrs spacex on hyperliquid being the best example yet, seemed to work great and priced accurately come ipo time, this time around it was more accurate than the underwriters lol, hoping hyperliquid and others can expand this list to 10-100s of companies, imo this was the biggest W of coinbase's announcements today personally, i'd def invest in a pre-ipo basket if i felt like i knew i was gonna get the fair price once liquidity events do happen, and i'd consider them for clients at my RIA too assuming r/r can accurately be assessed, feels super important to be able to participate early as the public markets are getting later and later stage in growth cycles these days

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No takers for a free crypto conference ticket? Guess we truly have hit peak bear market vibes 😅

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Big news from the work place today. https://x.com/aptos/status/2062523749317153255?s=46

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anyone following the privacy convo and/or using the tech? the 4 that are top of mind: zcash, venice ai, near intents, railgun it took me a long time to get on the privacy train, not bc i was against it, but bc i just didn’t hear about it much until last yr around october of last yr zcash had its initial run up and it caught my attention, so i started to read and listen, which led to forming my own thesis and conviction, bought a material amount of zec in oct to have skin in the game in nov/dec i started seeing the power of near intents when swapping from and to zec in the zashi wallet (now called zodl). when using shielded zcash pools u can swap to other chains and assets while maintaining privacy when u hold zcash in a shielded pool, let it rest, and then pay w it later or move it to another asset or even exchange breaks the chain of anyone trying to surveil or obtain your onchain transaction flows, so my mind goes to - i don’t need everyone knowing every trade i place, my net worth, where i spend or gift my money, etc. there are many entities/businesses that have incentive to track this, and this will increase as more finance moves onchain. tracking it will continue to get easier too in a world where ai will be able to easily connect the dots. i just don’t need everyone knowing my full financial history, privacy is a human right even when you aren’t doing anything wrong satoshi and hal finney (RIP) both publicly stated they wanted better privacy in bitcoin, but zero knowledge tech wasn’t ready when bitcoin launched zcash has essentially become the first privacy centric digital asset, guaranteed if you want it, yet optional if you don’t, and it’s team is a group of brilliant cryptographers that are now tackling quantum threats and will likely have them solved in just months, whereas bitcoin it remains questionable if they’ll be solved at all. the zcash token now has 10 yrs of track record, and mimics bitcoin’s supply curve too as for venice, an ai interface that doesn’t save all your prompts, uploads, etc and use them for their own data collection and capitalistic endeavors, and on top of that vencie lets you use nearly any model u want (gpt, claude, grok, etc etc). i think this one is pretty self explanatory, ppl are putting sensitive info into llms, venice protects you from the companies behind the llms having access to it. i invested in vvv in february after using the interface and the token design is interesting too in terms of how value accrues. essentially you’re getting buy backs from usage, and a future of compute. railgun im still learning about, but i know it’s a leader when it comes to implementing privacy across the evm, vitalik has mentioned it numerous times now, i invested in this last october alongside zec i don’t see the privacy push going away, it naturally makes sense in today’s world and the future - surveillance and data gathering is easier than ever. i’ll definitely continue to read and learn about the happenings here, also would be down to get a fc group going of ppl who are seriously looking into it and using the tools, might be helpful to share different tech we’re using also would love to hear how farcaster is leaning into privacy features at the protocol level, is there any docs/convos that point to this?

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with “mainstream” capital allocation comes more understanding (and scrutiny) of how tokens accrue value and what ownership rights they provide we’re moving out of the stage where everything goes up or down together unless triggered by a macro event, this is a good thing 🌱

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The rug pulls will continue until attention span improves

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Update: Black Tier unlocked ✅ Staking the minimum 20k $RNBW since April 15 (19 days): 2,094.45 lifetime earnings I made 10.47% in 19 days. 🔥 Gas is now FREE at Black Tier. Rainbow is actually insane. Let’s keep stacking 🚀

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Love finding out about the moments that set humans on their course - how an obsession with the Sonics turned Griff into an anarchist…

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Crypto users of @farcaster – @thedaofund Ethereum Security quadratic funding round is now live. If you care about not getting rekt or pwned by the wallets you use, stop what you’re doing right now and throw a dollar at @walletbeat 🤾 @giveth link below 🧵👇

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I have a strange sense that something is going to happen global systems/markets wise this summer - it feels like we’re on this weird ride getting thrown around and something will culminate in some way on the path. One thing I am certain of is crypto is a big part of systems changing, it’s happening, maybe not as we originally thought or as fast but we’re at the inflexion point. From here if we keep the right focus more of the things we set out to create will find easier adoption. Onward 🫡

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A green month for Ethereum. missed seeing crypto green.. Of course, another war between Iran-U.S. could wipe out all this growth. So be careful ⚠️

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