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1/ Thrilled to announce our Series A extension at a $192M valuation. Crypto is at an inflection point. The bottleneck to growth is no longer just the technology. It's the trust gap between issuers and investors. Blockworks will solve that.

1/ Thrilled to announce our Series A extension at a $192M valuation. Crypto is at an inflection point. The bottleneck to growth is no longer just the technology. It's the trust gap between issuers and investors. Blockworks will solve that.

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1/ Today we announce our acquisition of Messari. Our mission is to bring trust and transparency to onchain markets. This acquisition accelerates that mission.

1/ Today we announce our acquisition of Messari. Our mission is to bring trust and transparency to onchain markets. This acquisition accelerates that mission.

58,043 görüntüleme • 12 saat önce

My fireside chat with the CEO of Western Union. > you crypto people think real time settlement is new > we've been doing real time settlement for 20 years > you can go to a WU and send money to your mom in guatemala and it lands in 3 seconds > but that only happens because I have liquidity pool of $1.5B > stablecoins are going to give me back that $1.5B > my stock trades at $2.7B > I'm going to take that $1.5B and use it to buy back a boat load of my stock > oh and also, we're going to use stablecoins to give all 100m+ customers a US dollar debit card aka mini bank account Stablecoins aren't going to kill Western Union... They're going to save it.

My fireside chat with the CEO of Western Union. > you crypto people think real time settlement is new > we've been doing real time settlement for 20 years > you can go to a WU and send money to your mom in guatemala and it lands in 3 seconds > but that only happens because I have liquidity pool of $1.5B > stablecoins are going to give me back that $1.5B > my stock trades at $2.7B > I'm going to take that $1.5B and use it to buy back a boat load of my stock > oh and also, we're going to use stablecoins to give all 100m+ customers a US dollar debit card aka mini bank account Stablecoins aren't going to kill Western Union... They're going to save it.

184,679 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce

Think this is the single best podcast to understand Vaults. My two takeaways: 1) Vaults will scale from $6B to $15B+ this year 2) DeFi and fintech will merge. DeFi is just better financial APIs Big thanks to Sun and John Zettler for doing this.

Think this is the single best podcast to understand Vaults. My two takeaways: 1) Vaults will scale from $6B to $15B+ this year 2) DeFi and fintech will merge. DeFi is just better financial APIs Big thanks to Sun and John Zettler for doing this.

75,173 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce

Oh boy... 🫣 Santiago R Santos: "20% chance that SOL flips ETH"

Oh boy... 🫣 Santiago R Santos: "20% chance that SOL flips ETH"

334,409 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

Bullish on Lighter after this. 1. Vlad Tenev relationship and their Robinhood partnership 2. Ken Griffin learnings 3. Lighter vs Hyperliquid 4. Why build on Ethereum 5. Equity vs token value accrual With Vladimir Novakovski Must listen if interested in perps.

Bullish on Lighter after this. 1. Vlad Tenev relationship and their Robinhood partnership 2. Ken Griffin learnings 3. Lighter vs Hyperliquid 4. Why build on Ethereum 5. Equity vs token value accrual With Vladimir Novakovski Must listen if interested in perps.

50,123 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce

One of my favorite podcasts in awhile. qw and I went deep into the impact of Claude Opus 4.5 on startups. We also talked about his 2026 portfolio and why he’s down to less than 1% tokens (except BTC). Must listen for founders.

One of my favorite podcasts in awhile. qw and I went deep into the impact of Claude Opus 4.5 on startups. We also talked about his 2026 portfolio and why he’s down to less than 1% tokens (except BTC). Must listen for founders.

51,600 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce

NEW POD The man the myth Mike Novogratz 1) Are markets frothy 2) Running a public company 3) Galaxy’s AI opportunity 4) Tokenizing Galaxy stock 5) The IPO window 6) The art of trading And importantly, how to raise kids who aren’t spoiled. Enjoy my friends.

NEW POD The man the myth Mike Novogratz 1) Are markets frothy 2) Running a public company 3) Galaxy’s AI opportunity 4) Tokenizing Galaxy stock 5) The IPO window 6) The art of trading And importantly, how to raise kids who aren’t spoiled. Enjoy my friends.

73,745 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce

Really enjoyed this conversation with Charles Hoskinson We covered a lot: politics, psychedelics, his bison + black hawk, his alien search, Japan’s influence on Cardano, personal security, and of course… Why he believes ADA is a better investment than BTC.

Really enjoyed this conversation with Charles Hoskinson We covered a lot: politics, psychedelics, his bison + black hawk, his alien search, Japan’s influence on Cardano, personal security, and of course… Why he believes ADA is a better investment than BTC.

86,045 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce

This threadguy rant is what many are feeling but haven’t articulated. Crypto was just early to this trend but now everyone feels it. I look around and it’s like someone rushed to the cornucopia. And now everyone feels like they desperately have to win. Like RIGHT NOW. It's like this primal drive to win. Like right this second. Like there is a clock. And it’s ticking. And you just don’t know how much time is on it. And the dollar is getting worthless. And everyone is just printing money. It feels like we're in the early innings of desperation.

This threadguy rant is what many are feeling but haven’t articulated. Crypto was just early to this trend but now everyone feels it. I look around and it’s like someone rushed to the cornucopia. And now everyone feels like they desperately have to win. Like RIGHT NOW. It's like this primal drive to win. Like right this second. Like there is a clock. And it’s ticking. And you just don’t know how much time is on it. And the dollar is getting worthless. And everyone is just printing money. It feels like we're in the early innings of desperation.

74,309 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce

STILL A GENERATIONAL TRADE 1) Phase II of the bull 2) Why Pantera holds $1B+ SOL 3) Dan’s macro outlook 4) Holding 2% of BTC in his head 5) The 4 year cycle intact 6) Next crypto IPOs 7) DAT trade is early 10/10 pod with Dan Morehead – highly recommend.

STILL A GENERATIONAL TRADE 1) Phase II of the bull 2) Why Pantera holds $1B+ SOL 3) Dan’s macro outlook 4) Holding 2% of BTC in his head 5) The 4 year cycle intact 6) Next crypto IPOs 7) DAT trade is early 10/10 pod with Dan Morehead – highly recommend.

64,334 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce

Gong has been rung, fundraise is officially complete

Gong has been rung, fundraise is officially complete

15,506 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce

It's time! Introducing Grantfarm: crypto's most comprehensive grants platform Here's why we built this 🧵

It's time! Introducing Grantfarm: crypto's most comprehensive grants platform Here's why we built this 🧵

192,052 görüntüleme • 3 yıl önce

NEW POD with Luca Netz 🐧✳️ 🐐🐧 - Real thoughts on the airdrop - What's next for Pudgies and PENGU holders - Abstract airdrop - Why Solana - Pudgy Penguins in 2025 - PENGU strategy One wild insight: Luca decided to do the airdrop on election day, it was an all out sprint Enjoy!

NEW POD with Luca Netz 🐧✳️ 🐐🐧 - Real thoughts on the airdrop - What's next for Pudgies and PENGU holders - Abstract airdrop - Why Solana - Pudgy Penguins in 2025 - PENGU strategy One wild insight: Luca decided to do the airdrop on election day, it was an all out sprint Enjoy!

96,796 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

Wow, what a pod. I’ve gotten to know BlackRock’s CIO over the past year. Samara oversees $7.8 TRILLION and she’s all in on crypto. Finally got her to come on Empire and it did not disappoint. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Samara Cohen.

Wow, what a pod. I’ve gotten to know BlackRock’s CIO over the past year. Samara oversees $7.8 TRILLION and she’s all in on crypto. Finally got her to come on Empire and it did not disappoint. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Samara Cohen.

70,100 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

Blockworks is headed to KBW. Stoked to co-host the Origin Summit with Story. We have the biggest execs in Korean entertainment + US institutions + big whales coming. September 23rd in Seoul, don't miss it.

Blockworks is headed to KBW. Stoked to co-host the Origin Summit with Story. We have the biggest execs in Korean entertainment + US institutions + big whales coming. September 23rd in Seoul, don't miss it.

34,895 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce

Chain abstraction is NEAR Great pod with Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) and pibblez on: 1) Illia's return to NEAR 2) Chain abstraction vision 3) Evolution of NEAR sharding 4) Account aggregation thesis 5) Modular vs Monolothic approach 6) DA competition 7) Why crypto x AI will become more important 8) Consumer growth Don't sleep on NEAR Protocol, shipping a lot of innovative stuff right now.

Chain abstraction is NEAR Great pod with Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) and pibblez on: 1) Illia's return to NEAR 2) Chain abstraction vision 3) Evolution of NEAR sharding 4) Account aggregation thesis 5) Modular vs Monolothic approach 6) DA competition 7) Why crypto x AI will become more important 8) Consumer growth Don't sleep on NEAR Protocol, shipping a lot of innovative stuff right now.

53,924 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

The idea that I'm most obsessed with right now: ~ Headless Marketplaces ~ Brought on Jesse Walden and Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) to chat Frames, Farcaster, Headless Marketplaces, and so much more. This was a refreshing episode. No talk of prices, just a whole lot of optimism for the future. Now live on the Empire pod!

The idea that I'm most obsessed with right now: ~ Headless Marketplaces ~ Brought on Jesse Walden and Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) to chat Frames, Farcaster, Headless Marketplaces, and so much more. This was a refreshing episode. No talk of prices, just a whole lot of optimism for the future. Now live on the Empire pod!

53,696 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

This is the best AI avatar I’ve seen. One year ago this was impossible, now it’s ~90% human. The hand movements and head tilts are all very Raoul Pal but it’s missing the right level of emotion. Amazing to see the future being built in nearly real time.

30,381 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

Very fun chat. kain.inx and I covered: - Why people burnout in 3rd cycle - Infinex token strategy - Learnings from Monad/MegaETH - Drugs - This cycle - How to play the Infinex token - Building crypto startups Always a good one, highly recommend.

Very fun chat. kain.inx and I covered: - Why people burnout in 3rd cycle - Infinex token strategy - Learnings from Monad/MegaETH - Drugs - This cycle - How to play the Infinex token - Building crypto startups Always a good one, highly recommend.

17,200 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce