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If you're a crypto builder looking for a cofounder, @colosseum is now the best place to begin your search.
We compiled everything we've learned about what it takes to narrow-down a cofounder in crypto and distilled it into a highly effective pleasant cofounder matching experience.
This is several months in the making and I'm super excited to finally see it come to fruition.
Apply in the arena today!
Apr 22
1/ Introducing Colosseum Cofounder Matching, a private network that assists crypto founders in finding their cofounder.
Curated, high-signal, customizable, and designed for ambitious builders.
Now live: colosseum.com/cofounder-matcβ¦
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Jun 5
Not a VC horror story but a @colosseum bullpost
This fund is built different
- perpetually online - even late nights weekends
- ready to give you the best intros
- willing to go to war for you
- shills you relentlessly on the TL
- picks you back up when you are down
- etc.
And acceptance is the most meritocratic out of all the pre-seed funds:
Just prove your elite ability to solve customer pain points in a 6 wk window.
Jun 2
I was once pitching in a board room at a top 3 VC firm for a $15M Series A.
12 people in the meeting. One of the GPs fully fell asleep. Out cold for 30 minutes. Nobody acknowledged it. Everyone just kept going.
I kept presenting my Series A slides to an unconscious man in a Herman Miller chair and somehow that was considered normal. That's venture capital.
You might fly across the country to perform for people who may or may not be conscious.
It's a dance.
And sometimes you lead and sometimes you follow and sometimes your partner is unconscious.
If you're raising right now, just know: every founder has a story like this. The process is weird. The power dynamic is weird. You're not crazy for thinking it's weird.
No one talks about it because they want to continue raising. But I'm happy to stick my neck out there.
It is weird.
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should we livestream the 100 founder interviews we conduct for each @colosseum hackathon?
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Today we're launching Decal Treasury.
Your idle cash now earns automatically β and that yield funds a loyalty program that pays for itself.
One toggle. New revenue. Zero work.
Here's the whole idea π§΅
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ore is the first quantum-safe store of value
the frontier of innovation in crypto is happening on @solana
Protect your ORE from quantum threats.
Today, ORE is releasing a new quantum-safe smart wallet for holders.
Users can now custody their ORE and manage stake from a smart wallet, secured by quantum-resistant Falcon-512 keypairs.
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May 29
Open-source, immutable code.
The ORE staking program has officially been frozen.
This is a major milestone and security upgrade for token holders. All staked assets are now immune from upgrade authority risks.
Here's what this means for users... π§΅
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May 29
Keep your eyes peeled on @crediblefin
One of the fastest growing companies in the entire industry
May 28
Accept payments wherever your customers are.
Cards, UPI, Pix, SEPA, ACH, mobile wallets, and stablecoins β all through a single Credible integration.
Just one infrastructure layer powering global payment flows with intelligent routing and seamless local experiences.
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May 26
Colosseum has been hosting more and more IRL dev workshops, startup pitch nights, etc. at our HQ in San Francisco.
If you're interested in attending one of our upcoming events, check out our new calendar: colosseum.com/events
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early signs showing that @crossmint and @moonpay have the most competitive offerings for headless ramps
I have a question for developers who have used these ramps in your apps:
which one has the best developer/user experience? what did you like about it? what frustrated you?
who is working on the best white labeled / headless onboarding experience in crypto?
apple pay -> crypto, no BS in between
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I have been informed by @kaycidot that coinbase also has a headless onramp!
and it's currently powering the S tier ramp flow in @moonshot
early signs showing that @crossmint and @moonpay have the most competitive offerings for headless ramps
I have a question for developers who have used these ramps in your apps:
which one has the best developer/user experience? what did you like about it? what frustrated you?
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My 3 objectives with our product this year is to make Onramps just β¨ work β¨ - and we'll do this in 3 simple ways:
1. Improving conversion rates false positives: For anyone who might have tried our Onramp before, you might have had your onramp fail. We're cooking a bunch here and obsessing around improving conversion rates.
2. Striving to be the most affordable stablecoin onramp for all developers: In the near future, the default way that users will come onchain will not be through gas tokens (ie SOL or ETH), but onramping through USDC & stablecoins. At Coinbase Onramp, we have a special opportunity to provide the best rates experience to enable USDC onramps.
3. Doubling down on our industry leading headless Onramp (attached video here). Our headless Onramp lets you build a native feeling onramp experience with Apple Pay & {{Redacted}} - where the user never leaves your app, and never sees any crypto jargon.
We'll be improving our headless Onramp by investing in more local payment methods (alongside Coinbase accounts), geo expansion, and much, more.
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You either comply with the laws, or become so decentralized and economically unstoppable that the laws adapt around you.
May 23
To house all of finance you have to comply with laws
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May 23
Hot take no one is doing more to drive innovation on solana than @colosseum
Not foundation. Not anyone.
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