We’re excited to announce Walt Schagen as a speaker at ctrl/shift 2026. Walt is the Co-Founder and CTO of @MoodServices, where he bridges frontier technology and startup execution.

#BuildInPublic — Week 20 (2026) This week we kicked off our migration to Dinari V2; a major architectural upgrade to how NexLabs handles tokenized stock indices. Smart Ordering: We're moving to an asynchronous relayer system that validates and dispatches trade intents off-chain, making transactions more resilient during high volatility. Contract Signing (ERC-1271): Our smart contracts can now autonomously approve and sign transactions via a backend operator; enabling secure, automated rebalancing and minting. What's next: We're laying groundwork to cut issuance fees by 50% using Dinari's native USD token, and building safety vaults to handle stock splits and trading freezes automatically. In addition, we are working on the architecture of the leaderboard page. Join our platform: app.nexlabs.io #NEXProtocol #DeFi #Web3Engineering #BuildInPublic

Meet the advisors behind BGA. 👥 12 advisors. Builders, investors, researchers, and policy leaders united by one belief: blockchain can be a force for good. @AdamFlinter | Growth Ensemble @Bella73201770 | @cryptoflowHQ @georgewong | MCOM @GianlucaDiBell9 | @MoodServices Goh Seh Harn | Trigger Jing Rong Goh | @sgsmu @laviniaOsbourne | @WiBTalks @DrLisaCameron | @finclub_us, UKUS Crypto Alliance Mariana de la Roche | @BlackVogel_, @DAAvern_ @AmamiMickey | TSUNAGU @dimilliee | @WeAreDevs @YFYkuner | @ambergroup_io This is just the beginning. We'll be going deeper with each of them over the coming weeks. Stay tuned. 👀 #BlockchainForGood #BGA #BGAdvisors

🚀 #BuildInPublic — Week 5 (2026) Today we officially go live with our public build page! app.nexlabs.io/build No polished marketing layer — just real building, real progress, and the engineering behind NEX shared openly. Here’s what happened this week 👇 We’re moving deeper into autonomous index infrastructure. Rebalancing automation evolved significantly: • Refactored multicall execution to MPC wallets • Updated rebalancing logic to match new APIs • Fee distributor merged with automation flows • LI.FI integrated for cross-chain fee bridging The goal is simple: indices that maintain themselves across chains without manual intervention. 🌐 Multi-chain infrastructure keeps expanding. We added cross-chain balance tracking across Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Base, BSC, and OP — plus new APIs for monitoring pending BYOI transactions via subgraphs. Less black boxes. More transparency. 🔐 iExec TEE exploration has started. We deployed initial iApp infrastructure, connected Docker workflows, and began testing rebalancing logic inside trusted execution environments. This is early — but important. Verifiable off-chain computation is a key step toward autonomous intelligence. 📊 Institutional index tooling is taking shape. • New interface for creating institutional-grade indices • Improved token selector with chain liquidity awareness • Expanded asset database (including commodities like Silver) • First institutional prototype index: ICYX We’re not just building indices — we’re building infrastructure for programmable portfolios. — This is only the beginning. We build in public. #NEXProtocol #DeFi #Web3Engineering #AI #BuildInPublic

🚧 #BuildInPublic — Week 2 (2026) Focused on tightening UX, stabilizing infra, and moving BYOI closer to a streamlined e2e experience. What shipped 👇 • BYOI indices now automatically visible to any user. • Fee Vault missing-state handling: pop-up redirect to portfolio. • Fixed transaction history on index details • BYOI balancer contract indexed → last rebalance date now visible • AI-generated index descriptions symbol collision checks • Improved category suggestions from the Agent Infra & reliability • Fixed race condition in new user DB wallet connect flow • Debugged nex-bot RPC stalls with throttling proper error handling • Subgraph re-deployed with latest contracts • Continued work on deploy fee-vault APIs Still wiring things together. Expecting a fully operational MVP during this month. #NEXProtocol #BuildInPublic #Crypto #DeFi #Web3Engineering

🚧 #BuildInPublic — Week 1 (2026) Kicking off the year by shipping tightening the stack. BYOI is now running in production internally, and we’re actively squashing edge cases bugs before a bigger public launch. This week we focused on reliability, pricing correctness, and ops automation: • BYOI MVP deployed: indices now show price / supply / 24h change, underlying asset avatars and more.. • Rebalancing automation with cron and DB integrations • Fee Vault automation: detect deposits → withdraw → bridge distribute funds cross-chain to keep fees topped up • Solved an edge case where an index price could reset to 100 if supply is zero. • Data integrity: multi-batch-token-price updates now must be all-or-nothing (in the unlikely case one batch from the same api source fails and the rest does not, we don't update). • Infra hardening: debugging RPC-limit failures (~1k calls) choosing fallback RPC providers. • CCIP ops: worked with Chainlink team on manual execution workflow when explorer UI fails Next up: finishing fee vault withdrawals AI-generated BYOI descriptions swap flow fixes frontend design. #NEXProtocol #BuildInPublic #Crypto #DeFi #Web3Engineering

Merry Christmas 🎄 Don’t be the Grinch… keep building, always❤️

🚧 #BuildInPublic — Week 51 Focused on execution and infra hardening this week: • Issuance & redemption flows validated on Ethereum, Polygon, and Avalanche • BYOI trade flow integrated with separate approval paths for index tokens and fee assets • Account Abstraction support added for mint & burn transactions • Subgraph deployed for BYOI indices with dynamic transaction parsing • WebSocket Redis pipeline now broadcasting real-time index prices from on-chain data • Gas estimation, issuance fee, and rebalance fee APIs running in production • Cross-chain token paths and fee-splitting logic finalized in smart contracts #NEXProtocol #BuildInPublic #Web3 #DeFiEngineering #CryptoDev

🚧 #BuildInPublic — Week 50 • Cross-chain capability expanded with deployments on Ethereum, Avalanche & Polygon mainnet • Rebalancing Agent now generating updated asset lists based on market conditions • Trade flow is being connected to BYOI indices • Minting flow for user-created indices coming soon Getting closer to connecting all the wires. ⚡️ Our Ethereum deployment address: etherscan.io/address/0x11a8E… and Avalanche: snowtrace.io/address/0x11a8E…

We killed our name. The community is fine. The conference... just changed everything. NapulETH annual conference is officially evolving to ctrl/shift. 👇 The reason this shift is happening is massive.

Honored to have been featured in @Cointelegraph during our time at the UN in Copenhagen, discussing the risks of “quantum washing” and the urgent need for post-quantum cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs. cointelegraph.com/news/quant…

Speaking at @chainlink Labs House during @EFDevcon 2025 in Buenos Aires! I’ll join a panel moderated by Nicole Jackson. 📅 Wednesday, November 19 📍El Salvador, Buenos Aires 🔗 Event link: lnkd.in/eCEYDTB3 Visit nexlabs.io @NEX_Protocol

Join @ChainforGood and @UNDPAltFinLab in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Nov 4–5, 2025. Day 1: Chains of Change Register here: luma.com/53alqfc4 The two-day forum isn’t just another #blockchain event — it’s a movement for systems change, uniting Web3 leaders, policymakers.

🔒 NapulETH expresses strong concern over the EU’s proposed Chat Control regulation, ahead of the European Parliament vote on 14 October 2025. The proposal risks turning private communications into subjects of mass surveillance. Breaking end to end encryption would expose every citizen to cyber threats, foreign interference, and state overreach. Privacy is not a privilege, it is a fundamental right under Article 7 of the EU Charter. Experts and child protection organizations agree that this legislation would not effectively protect children. Instead, it would create false positives, criminalize innocent content, and harm Europe’s digital economy and innovation. As the European Parliament prepares to vote, we urge representatives to defend privacy, encryption, and digital rights. Europe should lead by example in protecting freedoms, not imitate authoritarian surveillance models. #NoChatControl #Privacy #Encryption #DigitalRights #EU

Good day fam! Less than two weeks ago, the @NapulETH conference came to an end and we’re still inspired from the energy you brought to Napoli 🇮🇹 Today we want to thank our Sponsors, Partners and Media Partners who made this event possible. We’re proud to have you on board. This was just the base layer of a long-term collaboration to raise awareness not only in Italy but across Europe as well. The #NapulETH Team is already working on the 2026 edition and in the meantime we’ll keep building locally and globally together with the rest of the ETH Communities. Pictures are available on our website: napuleth.org/

An honour to be at the UK House of Lords for the 100 Impact Leaders Dinner awards, hosted by Dr Lisa Cameron — a private gathering bridging sustainable finance, philanthropy, digital assets, and institutional innovation. The conversations reaffirmed a clear truth: the merge between blockchain and institutions is not just underway — it’s accelerating. A special thanks to Lisa for the invitation and for catalyzing this shift. Events like this are not isolated moments — they’re signs of what’s coming next. More initiatives are on the horizon, and adoption is being driven by institutions, not just startups. Happy to share this moment with my business partners from Mood Global Services, Lorenzo Ceppaluni and Walt Schagen and my buddy J. Glenn Tan from Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA). I am looking forward to organizing more strategic roundtables between NATO members countries to strengthen international tech collaboration and blockchain expertise. @ChainforGood @MoodServices @jg13nn @LorenzoCeppalu1 @iposign

FIFA just rolled out its own blockchain. The goal? Full control over how digital assets, games, and fan experiences are built and scaled without relying on third-party chains. With over 5 billion fans worldwide and 1.5 billion watching the last World Cup final, this news demonstrates that blockchain is ready for real-world, global-scale use cases. This new chain will power FIFA’s growing suite of digital products: • FIFA Collect, now migrated from Algorand to Avalanche, offers tradable NFT highlights with real perks like World Cup tickets and exclusive airdrops. • FIFA Rivals, an arcade-style mobile game leveraging NFTs technology and launching globally in June. • 0xFútbol, a fan-driven ecosystem built on Avalanche, introduces the FUTBOL token for prediction markets, quests, and fan engagement across apps. The ecosystem uses an Avalanche Subnet (EVM-compatible), which ensures low latency, high scalability, and smooth onboarding via wallets such as MetaMask, Rabby, and others. This move isn’t just about collectibles or gaming. It’s about turning fans into participants and giving them a stake in the game itself. It is a big step toward large-scale tokenized fandom.

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Crypto has always had skeptics. On-chain markets are the future, and we’re building them with automation and decentralized indices. Powered by @chainlink Automation, CCIP, Data Feeds, and Functions. From RWAs to crypto baskets, check out this short video to learn more.

It has flown under the radar that a month ago, @cantorfitzgerld, @tether, and @SoftBank launched together Twenty One Capital, a crypto venture designed to offer investors a public vehicle for Bitcoin exposure and Bitcoin-native financial products. Launching with 42,000 BTC in its treasury, it becomes the third-largest Bitcoin holder globally. Twenty One will focus on two key metrics: • Bitcoin-per-Share (hard backing) • Bitcoin Yield (QoQ growth) The company is valued at approximately $4.4 billion (including debt) at a Bitcoin price of $104,000. It's also raising additional capital via a $385M convertible bond issuance and a $200M private equity placement. Twenty One is designed to increase Bitcoin per share while supporting Bitcoin-based financial products and media, responding to increasing demand for large-scale institutional Bitcoin exposure. The strategy of Twenty One is to: 1. Raise capital 2. Buy BTC 3. Repeat (while ensuring stock dilution is lower than BTC appreciation) If well-executed, it turns every capital raise into accretive value for shareholders. This plan mirrors the playbook of MicroStrategy ($MSTR), which pivoted to Bitcoin in 2020. Today, it holds 538,200 BTC, and its equity has surged ~15x since the pivot. At this point, you might be wondering: why invest in this rather than just buying Bitcoin directly? The main reasons are: • LBEs (Leveraged Bitcoin Equities) can outperform BTC and ETFs in bull markets. • The equity premium and compounding BTC/share dynamics can offer higher returns. • ETFs are passive; LBEs are capital-efficient BTC accumulation engines.