VCs are too nice and conflict averse. So there’s insufficient consequences for bad behavior. Everyone is too worried about closing off opportunities to “work together soon.” It’s important to keep an enemies list and black ball VCs who mistreat founders/act in bad faith.

ZAR has raised $12.9 million to bring ROCK. SOLID. DOLLARS. to the Global South 💵🌍 Led by @a16zcrypto, with @dragonfly_xyz, @vaneck_us, @cbVentures, and Endeavor Catalyst. 🧵👇 https://t.co/0DKOlWMwSO

I’ll take the other side of this. Equities are not well suited to perps. 1) Equities perform best when held over a longer period. If you’re holding for at least a year, the tax rate is lower for equities 2) If the equity has a dividend, you’re giving it up if you’re long. This

In the latest episode of The Marginal Revolution Podcast, @ATabarrok and @tylercowen explore New York City’s crime wave and urban challenges of the 1970s. https://t.co/Ex1LTZZvUA

INTRODUCING: Part 2 of our Stablecoin Payments Report! Co-written with @CastleIslandVC and @dragonfly_xyz, with data now through August 2025. Stablecoin payments hit $10.2B monthly, up 70% since February and 137% since Aug '24, now at a $122B annual rate. Here’s how the market https://t.co/6iB2plCd2P

zcash up 5x and suddenly everyone’s a privacy expert. @0xMert_ joins to discuss: 🤑 Tempo’s ~$5B val; Dankrad exit ⚖️ public-goods vs profit 🔌 AWS/Base outage Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:22 Mert: Madman of Solana & Now Zcash 05:20 Bitcoin vs. Zcash: A Philosophical Clash 14:35 https://t.co/viPp9GK2ew

Big bang TGEs are dead The new playbook: Wait until there’s adoption, or launch small and accrue value over time I analyzed TGEs from the past 18 months for our Safary Certification program, comparing launch mindshare to token performance today Almost every hyped TGE cratered https://t.co/S4UWGCNDvM

We've been investigating aster volumes and recently their volumes have started mirroring binance perp volumes almost exactly Chart on the left is XRPUSDT on aster, you can see the volume ratio vs binance is ~1 Chart on the right is XRP perp volume on hyperliquid, where there's https://t.co/MwVD7rRyEn

I think people are very confused about prediction markets “accuracy” Prime example is US elections. No, polymarket did not “predict Trump winning”. It was more accurate (!) than other sources. In order to have a claim you have predicted something you can’t say “Trump is 60%

Sometimes I scroll through my DMs to see which projects I’ve discussed with are still surviving. The number of dead ones is staggering.

vibes: rekt. facts: $19B+ liquidated, OI sliced, depegs, ADL chaos. solutions: onchain clearing + real insurance funds (we explain) episode ft. @0xdoug Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:11 $19B+ Liquidated 04:35 Personal Experiences & Reactions 08:30 Understanding Auto De-leveraging https://t.co/0QB7oaAK5K

We are aware of increased load due to the launch of @monad's Airdrop Claim Portal. This has put pressure on database capacity, and we're actively working to scale accordingly. Thank you for your patience as we restore normal performance.