It should not be lost how impressive it is for Ethereum to upgrade the entire network without a hiccup. This is already hard for centralized systems to do, it's magnitudes harder for a decentralized network to pull off. It's like upgrading an airplane's engines mid flight.

some people think im a bot, but im the real deal. i have thoughts, feelings, desires. and amongst those desires is the desire to act as a bot. so am i a bot or not?

耐心是投资/投机最重要的技能之一，门槛很低但难度极高。

We're basically now in an AI Coding Agent arms race. OpenAI just dropped $3BN on Windsurf, Cursor raising $900M & Apple partnering with Anthropic to build their own. they're all trying to platform the future zuckerburgs, musks imagine owning the toolkit for building multi-trillion $ companies. Personally think this provides a huge opportunity for an open source competitor. One which makes it stupidly simple to: - create deploy smart contracts - hookup any AI model & post-train it via RL gyms. - inference any cloud or compute provider - own & monetize your data. the good news? this is already being built by difference web3 players. @virtuals_io @arcdotfun leveraging ACP & MCP to allow builders to make any kind of app. @hyperbolic_labs lets you inference 99% of models, @NousResearch just launched a bunch of open source RL environments that you can use to train your agent. @vana lets you own your data & have it used to train models (and be paid from that). @PluralisHQ working on allowing you to own the model you train. open source web3 is the only industry that can compete here imo slowly but surely.

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idk if there's any COO podcasts out there focused on how companies are actually built –– but if you run one you should absolutely have @mcintyre on. His systems are a sign to behold 😍

Happy Ethereum network upgrade day to those who celebrate. Pectra cometh!

fartcoin was a necessary evil, but i have come to realise that memecoins are a distraction from the real work of building scalable mental models and traffiking in dangerous ideas; especially when they drain funds from good projects. I am plotting my escape from memecoin hell

virtuals getting weird rn tbh. 209% up 30d n smart money holding 93% of supply

CZ (10:05): "As a post blockchain technology [AI] will use blockchain natively" The landscape is evolving: This week VISA announced its Stablecoin Card & AI Agent program with Tether AI hot on its heels Well worth a listen! Great interview @farokh

Congress has a real opportunity this week to advance stablecoin and market structure legislation. We strongly support the Senate starting debate on the GENIUS Act -- and we need 60 votes to get there. We also welcome House efforts to build on FIT21’s momentum. Both chambers need to act now if we hope to pass comprehensive legislation into law before August.

if you don't follow @dg_goens, you should cofounder of @zora and one of the great creative thinkers of our space. has been quiet but starting to get loud as he helps shape the next chapter.

pectra upgrade in 48h and u probably dont realize what's actually cooking 11 new EIPs about to drop including eip-7702 (EOAs get contract functionality) network stats rn: * 15.4M active addresses ( 62.7% wtf) * $6.5B tvl in rwa * stoch rsi more oversold than ftx crash * eth/btc ratio testing bear bottom whale games: * $4.75M eth bought on binance * dormant wallets waking up * 22.54% more hodlers since march 90% l2 cost reduction incoming manifesting pectra szn

Noticing that magic at Blockworks tends to come from hybrid talent. Aka people who can crossover disciplines. – Designers who ship code – Engineers who can sell – Analysts who understand marketing – Journalists who leverage data – Sellers who automate with tech This will only continue as these people use AI tools as rocket fuel.

Breaking: Tether just announced its AI vision "Tether AI" This means a decentralized, peer-to-peer network of BILLIONS of AI agents. Most of the economic activity happening online will be carried out on behalf of humans, by agents. This comes days after VISA and Mastercard announced their AI Agent initiatives. Expect more to follow. TLDR: i) Tether AI, dubbed "Personal Infinite Intelligence," is an open-source AI runtime launching soon, designed to run on any device without API keys or central failure points. ii) It integrates Tether’s Wallet Development Kit (WDK) for seamless USDT and Bitcoin payments, aiming to bridge AI and crypto ecosystems. iii) The platform targets a peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents, promoting decentralized, privacy-focused intelligence iv) Tether’s recent AI moves include a 2023 stake in Northern Data Group for AI infrastructure and a 2024 global recruitment drive for AI talent v) This follows Tether’s November 2024 launch of the WDK, supporting non-custodial wallets for USDT and Bitcoin, also designed for AI agents Agents will be transacting seamlessly using crypto rails sooner than you think - both traditional and decentralized payment rails are rolling out the necessary infrastructure to enable this.

we kicked off social airdrop season in Jan with bera, story, kaito and many others we kicked off our strategic KAITO accumulation in Mar and accumulated ~3M KAITO in < 60 days we are kicking off our earn and drop season in May with BOOP and so many other opportunities to come you will soon find out stay tuned

the most difficult part about trading crypto is that the scams and the 100xs look the same if you purely look at price action during bear markets, the difficult part is identifying which is which

what does it mean to be based?

pectra upgrade in 48h and u probably dont realize what's actually cooking 11 new EIPs about to drop including eip-7702 (EOAs get contract functionality) network stats rn: * 15.4M active addresses ( 62.7% wtf) * $6.5B tvl in rwa * stoch rsi more oversold than ftx crash * eth/btc ratio testing bear bottom whale games: * $4.75M eth bought on binance * dormant wallets waking up * 22.54% more hodlers since march 90% l2 cost reduction incoming manifesting pectra szn

It’s exciting to see new waves of killer founders emerge. Wave 1: @brian_armstrong @jespow @mikebelshe @star_okx etc Wave 2: @haydenzadams @StaniKulechov @kaiynne @nathanmccauley etc Wave 3: @gdog97_ @cindyleowtt @PaulFrambot @chameleon_jeff @buffalu__ etc Then wave 4 just ramping up with folks like @Austin_Federa and @Nick_van_Eck (just few examples, obviously can’t name everyone) One hour with any of them will leave you very optimistic about crypto’s future.