Building at EthDenver!!

Founders, take a step back from time to time to change your perspective and recharge your creative energy.

i’m still absurdly bullish on NFTs. markets can swing, narratives can fade, floors can bleed… but the underlying tech the cultural footprint keeps getting louder, not weaker. this space doesn’t move in straight lines; it mutates, resets, then comes back sharper. and honestly, the proof is already in front of us. in every cycle, 99% disappears… yet somehow @pudgypenguins , @BoredApeYC , @cryptopunks , @doodles they’re still standing. not because of hype, but because they managed to build communities, brands and stories that survive the noise. that alone tells me nfts aren’t “over.” they’re evolving. the next wave won’t be about the quick flips. it’ll be about identity, access, digital ownership, and the handful of collections that become the cultural artifacts of the internet. most won’t make it, but the ones that do will define entire on-chain ecosystems. everyone’s free to fade the sector right now, that’s what bottoms usually feel like. but zoom out a bit and you’ll notice: the tech is getting adopted, the brands are maturing, and the people who stayed are building something way bigger than a pfp. that’s why my conviction hasn’t moved an inch. nfts are still one of the strongest bets on the future of online culture.

IMO gold medalists are 50x more likely to win a Fields medal, the highest prize in Mathematics, than PhDs from top 10 schools. The Power Law is everywhere for those with eyes to see.

SEC & RIPPLE is OFFICIALLY OVER!!! 🚀🚀🚀 A joint dismissal of appeals has been filed by the SEC and Ripple, officially bringing their nearly five-year legal saga to a close. Ripple also just acquired Rail. Now Ripple has purchased 10% of the global stablecoin payment flow and are building a vertically integrated stablecoin ecosystem, already in use! The whole [DS] matrix was desperately trying to suppress and stop XRP, but like the crazy riddle comms point out... NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT IS COMING! 😉 @drue86

rolling out today for free, plus, pro, and team users. next week to enterprise and edu. making this available in the free tier is a big deal to us; PhD-level intelligence for everyone! plus users get much higher rate limits. pro users get GPT-5 pro; really smart!

going to try live-tweeting the GPT-5 livestream. first, GPT-5 in an integrated model, meaning no more model switcher and it decides when it needs to think harder or not. it is very smart, intuitive, and fast. it is available to everyone, including the free tier, w/reasoning!

Surreal moment. President Trump just signed the first federal crypto bill into law, ushering in a new era for crypto, one that starts today for stablecoins. Market structure will be next and we’re committed to the White House’s September 30 deadline.

En route to the @WhiteHouse for the historic signing of the GENIUS Act, one of the most transformative pieces of legislation in decades. Global financial system, welcome to the Internet!

The future of Stacks is in your hands. Voting on the historic growth strategy, SIP-031, is now live. This is more than an update. It's a comprehensive blueprint to solve the long-standing challenges of 'underfunding' and 'operational inefficiency' that have held Stacks back, and to elevate our ecosystem to a world-class level. The core of the plan is twofold: 1. Establish a massive $400 million Ecosystem Endowment over 5 years: Funded by a planned token emission with a 5.75% average annual inflation (lower than many competing projects), which drops to <2% after 5 years, creating a sustainable model. 2. Create a new Execution Entity: A professional team to unify development, marketing, and business development, ensuring funds are deployed swiftly and effectively. Whether Stacks leaps to the next stage or stagnates—it's up to us, right now, to choose that future. #Stacks #SIP031 #STX 1/

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Elon Musk's DOGE announces audit into Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for fraud, abuse, and waste.

Bitfari Ambassadors Program Expansion Details 2025 youtu.be/qGmMq-8h7Gw?si=0eTa…

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A new home is coming

Happy 2025!!

I know this is public knowledge, but I’ll still put it out there — no @Stacks project should take its current community for granted. As adoption continues to grow, new faces will join. Some will focus on filling their bags, while others will stick around for different reasons. Decentralized networks mean decentralized minds. The core of the community will always be those who understood the value from the start. Over time, new members will strengthen this core, but it’s the early ones who set the foundation. Some new faces might even try to deplete it, but imagine if that core wasn’t solid from the beginning. The early members will decide if the core is strong enough to handle whatever comes. Community is everything. Treat your community right.

We are now 9 days away from the first step of the entire sBTC launch. That means just 9 days until: - Bitcoin holders can start participating in the Stacks ecosystem without selling their BTC. - Seamless swaps between native BTC and programmable sBTC will be possible. - The open signer set will start, with community-chosen signers maintaining the peg wallet. This is just the beginning. Not all features will be live in 9 days, but deposits will be open. Other features will roll out as scheduled or adjusted by the devs. I'm just happy we’re finally almost at the starting line.