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Here's all the alpha from @notthreadguy episode with @PrimordialAA : (Spoiler its bullish) 1) LayerZero isn’t just middleware anymore. - They’re positioning Stargate as the consumer-facing hub of the ecosystem. - Consolidation means faster shipping, one token, one brand, one bet. 2) After approval , Stargate revenue = ZRO buybacks. - Today Stargate generates a few million/year. - Consolidation target: tens of millions/year. - Every dollar will eventually funnel into LayerZero → bullish pressure for ZRO - However for the first 6 months veSTG holders will continue receiving Stargate protocol revenue distributions - After that 6-month window, 100% of Stargate revenue flows into LayerZero’s $ZRO buyback program. 3) One ecosystem, one token, one brand. - LayerZero’s vision is no more fragmentation between products. - Stargate becomes the consumer-facing hub of the LayerZero stack. - This consolidates branding and strengthens LayerZero’s dominance in cross-chain infra. 4) LayerZero is already the market leader. -80% market share in cross-chain messaging transfer volume. -With Stargate fully aligned, their moat just got wider 5) Wormhole wanted to destroy Stargate. - Bryan Pellegrino believes if Wormhole had acquired Stargate, it would have “killed the protocol.” - Instead, Stargate thrives under its original builders. 6) Clear execution roadmap. - Instead of spreading resources across fragmented projects, LayerZero can now ship faster. - Expect new integrations and product rollouts every couple of weeks. - Goal: turn Stargate into the primary touchpoint for all cross-chain liquidity money movement. 7) A new precedent for DAOs. - This was the first large-scale DAO acquisition of its kind. - Sets the template for how DAOs can transition from independence → integration while rewarding token holders. Closing thoughts : Bullish on the future of layerzero
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On April 18, attackers drained $292M from the kelp bridge without breaking a single line of code. The vulnerability was a config change. It sat public onchain for months, and nobody looked. I built the agent that looks.
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How to go from being a #1 fan to a #1 hater of LayerZero. I didn't want to go public, but this is the best I can do. I need to show my followers what's going on. As you know, I am one of @LayerZero_Core's best and top contributors. The beginning! It started with the LayerZero community program on Discord around two years ago. We had to contribute and claim roles, with each role offering a one-time $ZRO reward. Intern: 50 $ZRO Hero: 200 $ZRO OG: 1,000 $ZRO Legend: 10,000 $ZRO Finally, there is the "God" role, which will be awarded to one person and will come with 100,000 $ZRO tokens. These rewards that convinced me to join the community program, as it was a smart way to contribute, learn, test, share information about LayerZero with my followers and ofc earn some money. THE FIRST RED FLAG appeared at the end of 2025, when the LayerZero team, with @domdotx as CM, announced that the "season 1" would end by the end of the year, with the final distribution taking place after New Year. Please note that before this announcement, there hadn't been any seasons; it was just a long-term community program with a $5m $ZRO reward pool. The team changed the rules at the last moment, but said not to worry because those who were active and contributed would receive their deserved rewards in the final distribution before Season 2. So I was calm because I knew they would do everything properly, even though @domdotx had been inactive with the community for the last 6 - 9 months and they hadn't tracked who was active and who wasn't. When the time came for the distribution, a SECOND RED FLAG appeared... By that time, I had been an OG for 6- 9 months, as had several of my friends, so of course we were expecting them to give us LEGEND roles and 10,000 $ZRO tokens. They said that in Season 2, roles would change, and that legacy roles would be a proof of what you did earlier, but the rewards would be closer to those numbers. When the time came for the final distribution, they rewarded me and the other active OGs with just 500 $ZRO. Imagine that! After working for them for two years, I received a total of 50 200 1000 500 $ZRO, which equals 1750 $ZRO. Now it's worth approximately 4048 USD. For two years Carl, while the team members earning at least 4 - 5k monthly... To say that I was upset or surprised would be an understatement. I felt used for two years and should have received 11,250 $ZRO, but I only received 1,750 $ZRO. In dollars, I should have received 26,000 USD, but I received 4,048 USD. After that, we joined the community and started chatting and discussing with team members, @domdotx and @blue_clarity. After a week of discussions, they said they would talk to the finance team, so everyone was happy. Guess what? We weren't happy because they only added 1,250 $ZRO. I know the numbers inside out, so let's do the maths. The 5 - 6 active OGs who should receive the LEGEND role should have received 10,000 $ZRO for the final distribution, but we only received 1,250 500 $ZRO. After that, I was just hoping that Season 2 would be better because they told us it would be and that we would be able to receive a good amount of $ZROs. Do you know what they did? Yeah, they're talking about THE THIRD RED FLAG. They just added the Whop campaign in Season 2 and started attracting bots, clippers and other shillers who don't care about the product, they only care about how much they can extract from the project. So, starting in January, we had @Whop. Can you guess how much the active user, aka me, earned with @Whop? Only 134 USD, guys! Now, regarding THE FOURTH RED FLAG. After @PrimordialAA said there wouldn't be any airdrops, I started noticing that some profiles on X had started writing about LayerZero and $ZRO. I'm 100% sure these people were paid. They chose to pay random shillers for posts, but they gave nothing to people who are loyal and have contributed for two years. This red flag encompasses both paid posts and cancelling future airdrops, which the team also promised earlier. I really appreciate what I have achieved with LayerZero, and I love all the team members, including @PrimordialAA , @ryanzarick , @domdotx , @blue_clarity , @SaschaPst (she is new and doesn't know the full story, but she's great), and the others. However, I also have to respect and love myself. I was never a fudder, but it seems like now it's time to hate LayerZero. I'm 100% sure they will succeed because they are doing something new and huge. However, treating their community badly is not cool. We were promised that each quarter, the members of the LayerZero headquarters, also known as LZ HQ, the highest community level of LayerZero, would receive quarterly $ZRO rewards. That's why I was still here; I was a true believer and holder of the token. But guess what? RED FLAG NUMBER 5 has appeared. So Q1 is finishing in 10 days and they've decided to announce that there are no $ZRO rewards. I don't know whether to laugh or cry now. At that point, I decided to write to Bryan and Raz to ask why things were going this way and why they were treating us like slaves. They ignored me, so I went public. I did a lot with my friends 2 people, will not cover names. We created more than 50 LayerZero spaces with builders and community members. I also created YouTube and TikTok channels with a total of more than 500,000 views and over 1,200 uploaded videos and shorts. I made about 240 posts about @LayerZero_Core. Sometimes, you just have to show proof of your work. And I received 4k $USD for all of this, LOL. Regarding the Whop campaign, the SIXTH RED FLAG was when I was botted and the system cut off my payment. I still haven't received my $108, and I doubt anyone will send it to me because no one will take responsibility. However, I completed the job on my end. OPEN LETTER TO THE LZ TEAM! I DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM YOU, NOT EVEN ANY TOKENS. KEEP THAT 50K $ZRO TO YOURSELVES BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL SO GREEDY. THERE WERE ONLY 5 MEMBERS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEGENDARY, AND DESERVED LEGEND ROLE AND THAT 10K $ZRO REWARD BUT YOU PREFERRED TO SCAM US AND CHANGE THE RULES ALL THE TIME. YOU PREFERRED TO PAY OTHER RANDOM PROFILES TO SHILL THE PROJECT! IT'S EVEN ILLEGAL TO CHANGE THE RULES ALL THE TIME BE CAREFUL, I CAN ALSO SUE YOU. BUT I"M NOT THAT PERSON. What am I doing now? I'm selling all my $ZRO tokens, even at these prices! I'm thinking of quitting this industry thanks to the LayerZero Tier 1 project because they only think about themselves. It's time to take off the rose-tinted glasses. No one on the team will support you. They only think about how to earn more money and don't give even 0.0001% to their loyal 30 LZ HQ members. Even after this post, if you decide to give us the promised rewards, I will decline, because after everything that has happened, there is no need to accept that. It's not in line with my karma. Good luck to everyone. P.S. NEVER GIVE UP! I'm starting a new offline business and will be less active here. I've also bought cars to rent out. Crypto is a terrible place right now because everyone is lying and scamming each other. It was a better place three years ago when I joined. I believe that good people will win, and I will see it. I'll still be here, just less often offline. I'm glad that I have loyal followers who always support me. Love you! Stay safe! Your NORO!
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Anyone who eats Domino? Isn't everyone saying its the worst pizza place?
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hearing michael blaugrund from ICE talk about 24/7 markets, tokenized equities, and instant settlement made something clear to me the transition isn't coming, it's already happening ICE runs six global clearinghouses, each one operating on its own local calendar, its own local hours, its own local conventions, while the firms using them are trying to run global businesses around the clock that gap between how the world already moves and how the infrastructure was built is exactly what michael was describing and closing it isn't one problem it's modernizing treasury operations, rebuilding risk management frameworks, navigating regulation, and moving every market participant forward at the same time but ICE isn't waiting for all of that to align perfectly they've already announced a tokenized equity versus stablecoin venue for US equities fractional shares, instant settlement, always on the company behind the new york stock exchange is building toward markets that never close and then there's the generation that doesn't understand why this isn't already the norm people who have sent money across the world in seconds, bought crypto at 2am on a sunday, and have never once thought about settlement windows or clearinghouse hours that generation is now the market the expectations have already shifted even if the infrastructure hasn't caught up yet what stood out most was how honest michael was about the complexity "there's not one neat thing, it's a very complicated mosaic that we have to solve." zero was built with exactly that weight in mind not a patch on legacy systems, not another layer on top of broken infrastructure a foundation designed from the ground up for markets that move the way the world already does the mosaic michael described needed something to hold it together that's zero
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Meet Bryan Pellegrino (@PrimordialAA), the co-founder and CEO of @LayerZero_Core. The protocol that connects all blockchains seamlessly: -Born around 1987. Attended the University of New Hampshire, studying computer science, but dropped out to become a professional poker player. -Played poker professionally for years. He traveled the world, earned big money, and learned about risk and edge. -He built AI/ML tools, sold models to MLB teams, and founded Hero.app (acquired by People.AI). -In 2021, Co-founded LayerZero with his college roommates and best friends, @ryanzarick and Caleb Banister. -Solved crypto's biggest problem: Secure, cheap, and fast cross-chain messaging with no wrapped tokens or risky bridges. -He avoided hype and focused on deep tech and real utility. -He raised massive rounds with @sequoia and @a16zcrypto and hit a $3 billion valuation quickly. -LayerZero powers omnichain dApps, asset transfers, and the multichain future. -Upcoming: Launching Zero Blockchain in Fall 2026: A high-performance L1 for tokenized markets, scalable to millions of TPS, with three zones (EVM, privacy payments, and institutional trading). ZRO will be the native gas and staking token, capturing all value, with no new coin. -New Investments: Strategic buys of ZRO from Citadel Securities, @ARKInvest (advised by @CathieDWood), and @tether. Collaborations with @The_DTCC , ICE, and @googlecloud. -He keeps a low-key vibe and still competes hard behind the scenes. Estimated net worth: Not public (tied to LayerZero equity; likely hundreds of millions at a $3 billion valuation). He chose poker-honed conviction, an unbreakable team, and building the glue for all chains—and still won big. From poker tables to unifying crypto, he's a LEGEND. Thanks for RETWEETING! 🫶
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Watching the sit down between @LayerZero_Core CEO and Arkinvest is eye opening, watch this video and you’ll get why I’m so bullish on $ZRO and what the team are building Do you know there’s a stat around that speculates 60% of all stablecoins in existence are built on LayerZero. Read that again. Not 10% ,20% or 30% 60% guys….. 🤯 It gets better, Hyperliquid which we all know asked for a proposals to build their native stablecoin (USDH) 10 different partners chose Layerzero, it wasn’t a tough choice for them because they know Layerzero is the best option Even the VCs who invested in LayerZero's competitors are being forced to admit it: LayerZero is the gold standard for interoperability. It’s just another day to show you a tip of the iceberg on why I am bullish on layerzero and why you should also be bullish on them Thanks for watching 🤝
Curious about the origin of @LayerZero_Core ? Watch this video as the CEO took us down memory lane Five years ago, a former pro poker player and his buddies were building a simple "toy" just to send data between Ethereum and BSC. They looked at the existing bridge tech and were horrified because it was a disaster waiting to happen. (And they were right... $5 BILLION in bridge hacks later). So they scrapped the toy. And they built LayerZero But that was just the warm-up Today, they built the ZERO blockchain with 100x improvement across storage,compute,network and an additional 100x improvement across ZK. From a weekend toy to the undisputed interoperable future of Web3.
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