just found out Cartier (the watch brand) is using stablecoins to move money globally internally in its business. a 200 year old watch dynasty is adopting stablecoin rails. that should tell you everything you need to know. at this rate, stablecoins as a rail will inevitably flip ACH and Wires in the next 5 years as the superior way to move money around the world. stablecoins are faster cheaper and more efficient than any legacy payment system

AMMs are ground zero for MEV → Sandwich attacks, front-running, and the hidden tax on every DeFi trade, all enabled by how transactions get ordered. But what if ordering itself could be fair by default? Join us THIS WEDNESDAY for a deep technical dive into CLVR, a mechanism that rethinks AMM transaction sequencing and eliminates sandwich attacks by design with @NChemaya of @BenGurionUni. What we're breaking down: • CLVR ordering vs. first-come-first-served • The anatomy of sandwich attacks and why AMMs are structurally vulnerable 🥪 • The math: batch auctions, uniform clearing prices, fairness/latency/throughput tradeoffs • How CLVR stacks up against commit-reveal, encrypted mempools, and SUAVE • Design implications if you're building an AMM, aggregator, or intent-based system 📅 Wednesday, May 13th 🕐 10:00 EDT | 16:00 CET | 17:00 IDT If you're building or auditing DeFi protocols, this one goes straight to the core. Register: luma.com/prhwjekn

1/ A new piece on how we validate blockchain data at SQD, and it’s mostly about the mechanics: trie roots, bloom filters, parent hashes, with a big deal of details. What it doesn’t really get into is why we ended up building this the way we did, which is worth saying out loud

Want to see the new SQD Pipes-SDK in action? SQD engineer @iankguimaraes built a real-time stablecoin tracker for EVM - fully embedded in a TypeScript project (works in Node and in the browser). No separate indexer service. Just plug Pipes into your app and ship faster.

making space like a safe deposit box… the future of ensuring safe computing 👏

SQD Portal: The Movie 🌀 Data as a public utility!

Space TEE = SpaceTEE ∴ SpaceTEE Cubesat = ultra-secure computation in low earth orbit (LEO) SpaceTEEs run on CPUs that are small, energy-efficient, and built to withstand radiation. SpaceTEEs can securely: 🔑 Generate Keys 🏆 Certificate signing 🛰️ Maintain a cryptographic accumulator Catch the breakdown with @rezabfil 👇

The Ultimate Offshore Bank is No Longer on Earth. I used to think my money was safe just because I could see the bank down the street. Then I realized how fragile "safe" really is on Earth. We all have that moment where we realize the systems we trust like banks, governments, data centers are just buildings. They can be raided, censored, or shut down by a single signature or a power outage. It scares me to think that everything I’ve worked for relies on someone else’s permission. That’s why I’ve been obsessing over @SpaceComputerIO . They aren’t just building another crypto project; they are launching the financial system into orbit literally. They are putting blockchain nodes on satellites. Think about it. → Physical Isolation: You can’t raid a server floating in the vacuum of space at 17,000 mph. → True Sovereignty: It’s an economy that doesn’t care about borders or local politics. → Cosmic Security: They use actual space radiation to create unbreakable encryption keys. This is the offshore bank for the Interplanetary Space Age. It’s for the pioneers and the misfits who want true freedom. Are you ready to leave the jurisdiction of Earth?

The Ultimate Offshore Bank is No Longer on Earth. I used to think my money was safe just because I could see the bank down the street. Then I realized how fragile "safe" really is on Earth. We all have that moment where we realize the systems we trust like banks, governments, data centers are just buildings. They can be raided, censored, or shut down by a single signature or a power outage. It scares me to think that everything I’ve worked for relies on someone else’s permission. That’s why I’ve been obsessing over @SpaceComputerIO . They aren’t just building another crypto project; they are launching the financial system into orbit literally. They are putting blockchain nodes on satellites. Think about it. → Physical Isolation: You can’t raid a server floating in the vacuum of space at 17,000 mph. → True Sovereignty: It’s an economy that doesn’t care about borders or local politics. → Cosmic Security: They use actual space radiation to create unbreakable encryption keys. This is the offshore bank for the Interplanetary Space Age. It’s for the pioneers and the misfits who want true freedom. Are you ready to leave the jurisdiction of Earth?

Do terrorists deserve privacy? In the 2nd episode of the Frontier Pod, @ameensol joins @ideacasino and @semicondurian for a privacy-focused discussion on the applications, controversies, pragmatism, and philosophy behind privacy in web3. 0:00 - Intro 02:10 - Privacy & Zcash 08:50 - The Frontier of Sex Work 13:40 - Fraud Proofs, Cam Sites & Optimism 14:45 - What Does ‘Cypherpunk’ Mean in 2025? 23:00 - Pragmatic Answer to Privacy 26:35 - Philosophical Answer to Privacy 31:00 - Iran Unchained 36:45 - Iranian Tech Talent 38:00 - Zionism & The Network State 44:10 - Anti-Semitism 49:45 - Crypto: Left Wing vs Right Wing Politics 54:50 - Credible Neutrality & The ‘Church Of Vitalik’