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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Apr 17
An update from Buck: We're gracefully winding down the Buck protocol and token to make room for what's next. The most important thing up front — every holder is getting 100% of their capital back. The STRC & USDC backing is intact and over-collateralized, redemptions are open, and there is no rush. We'll keep the window open until everyone redeems. We're proud of what the team shipped with Buck and grateful to the holders and partners who showed up for it. Huge thanks to everyone who supported us. The team is heads down on something new. More soon. Please reach out to support@buck.io with any questions. Investors and/or strategic partners can reach out to investors@buck.io. Thank you. The Buck Team
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Mar 31
Current $BUCK incentives end April 6th⌛️
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Hal Finney said in 2010 that Bitcoin would NOT solely scale as money. He was right. STRC is what he meant. @YChoueifaty says tokenized STRC is perfect for billions of people who have nothing but dollars in a mattress. @apyx_fi, @bucktoken & others are already building it. 👇
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Mar 16
35% APR — the highest Buck yield available right now. Campaign 2 live now through April 6th. Provide liquidity to the BUCK/USDC pool on @CurveFinance BUCK rewards Buck Points for LPs. Early pool = outsized rewards for early depositors. This is the ground floor. Mint via Buck: app.buck.io Claim via Merkl: app.merkl.xyz/opportunities/…

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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Feb 24
Thanks for the shoutout @saylor, let's do this!
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
In our brand new sit-down, I handed @saylor every anti-Bitcoin argument the internet has and he responded to ALL of them. I dare any Bitcoin critic to watch this interview and not reconsider at least one of their arguments. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Michael Saylor address Bitcoin bear market and negative sentiment 8:37 Big Tech was once doubted but ultimately won 10:22 Why Bitcoin didn’t hit higher price predictions 16:57 Long-term return expectations 23:12 Why retail didn't participate in last bull market 33:55 How is $STRC performing? 56:49 Handling the critics and volatility cycles 1:13:54 Is quantum computing a threat to Bitcoin? 1:33:47 What's the strongest argument against Bitcoin? 1:35:53 Does Strategy's Bitcoin cost basis matter? 1:43:30 Bitcoin mentioned in the Epstein files
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Feb 12
It’s official. $BUCK is now 10% yield. 🚀🦌🤘
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Replying to @lopp @Croesus_BTC
We buy real bitcoin. We don’t rehypothecate.
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Jan 28
2026 is the year we stop settling for idle dollars. If your stablecoin isn't earning you 7% minute-by-minute, it’s not an asset—it’s a liability to your purchasing power. Move smarter. Move to $BUCK 🦌🤘
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Sorry to interrupt the love fest over this NYSE announcement, but this reads like vaporware and yet another corporate fantasy masquerading as innovation. I am happy to be proven wrong, but everything they've put out so far leaves out all the crucial details: - Which chain? - What programming language or VM? - Which stablecoins? - What jurisdictions? Will it be domestic or global? - Will the tokens be permissioned, permissionless, or some hybrid? - What will be the fees and economics be - ICE is a for profit entity - Why do we even need this when we have DeFi? The fact that they are seeking regulatory clarity makes the lack of details even more suspect - regulators would need all of these questions answered for approval. The NYSE is a centuries old institution that owes its entire existence to laws and regulations that guarantee its profits and success. The success of every person who works there, and every cent of its profits, stems directly from this highly centralized and oligopolistic architecture, one built around core principles like delayed settlement that don't exist in crypto. Tokenization represents a radically different architecture. It requires different skills and business models to be useful. It changes things. It is highly unlikely that a TradFi firm like the ICE succeeds at both. It would be great for society if they did, but that's usually not how things work. Those of who have been in crypto for more than a cycle have heard this story before. It always ends the same way. The suit simps will be disappointed yet again.
🚨 BREAKING: NYSE announces new tokenization platform. Here's what they're building: A completely new trading venue with: • 24/7 operations (no market hours) • Instant settlement (not T 1) • Stablecoin-based funding (not bank wires) • "Tokens natively issued as digital securities" Not retrofitting the existing exchange. Not adding blockchain to the back office. An entirely new venue. --- Think about what this means: NYSE will run two exchanges. The old one: 9:30-4:00 EST, T 1 settlement, bank wires. The new one: 24/7, instant settlement, stablecoin rails. They're not choosing between traditional and digital. They're operating both in parallel. --- How does this compare to others? Everyone else is building infrastructure to tokenize existing assets: • DTCC tokenizes existing custodied securities • State Street tokenizes MMFs and ETFs • Nasdaq amends rules for tokenized trading alongside traditional NYSE is building a new way to bring equities on-chain AND the venue to trade them. This puts them in competition with Figure's OPEN and Superstate. Native digital issuance. Native digital trading. --- Tokenized stocks enable a world where: • Settlement happens on-chain • Custody lives in wallets, not DTCC • Trading never stops • Capital formation happens in stablecoins The question for every institution: Are you digitizing your existing business or building the business that replaces it? NYSE just answered: both. --- #fintech #tokenization #infrastructure #digitalassets #stablecoins
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
🇺🇸 COINBASE CEO JUST EXPOSED BANKS SCAM LIVE ON CNBC IN DAVOS: “BANKS ARE LENDING CUSTOMERS' DEPOSITS WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION” THIS IS WILD
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This is not a scam. It is legal to operate in this manner, and even insured by the FDIC. All banks offering interest on deposit operate as fractional reserve banks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractiona… investopedia.com/terms/f/fracti…
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Gold is eternal. It’s the largest store of value in human history—over $21 trillion—and physically indestructible. But after 8 years running a physical gold fund, I realized something shocking: Bitcoin is better. Here’s why 🧵
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
A different approach to crypto savings is taking shape through indirect BTC backing via Strategy’s STRC. Founder @travisv explains how @BuckToken structure shapes the Bitcoin Dollar and what that means for yield, governance, and long-term capital design. dlnews.com/research/internal…
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Welcome back to The Bitcoin Treasuries Podcast. Today's guest is Travis VanderZanden, Founder of @BuckToken. We discuss his background, what caused Travis to pivot to Bitcoin from AI, the origin of Buck - The Bitcoin Dollar, and more. Here's my conversation with @travisv. 0:00 - Intro 0:22 - Travis’ background 2:44 - What caused Travis’ pivot to Bitcoin from AI 4:00 - Building on AI 6:44 - All about Buck - The Bitcoin Dollar 7:47 - Where to buy Buck 8:29 - Potential additional products 11:15 - Where to reach Travis online
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Excited to have @cornbrother from Binance Eng join us @BuckToken!
Jan 15
We’re excited to welcome Brett Potter (aka @cornbrother) as VP of Engineering at BUCK. Brett brings 15 years of experience across consumer technology and crypto infrastructure. Prior to BUCK, he was a Senior Blockchain Engineer at Binance US, a Smart Contract Engineer at CoinFlip, and Executive Director of Technology at Launch Code Capital, where he audited 45 venture-backed crypto projects. Earlier in his career, he held engineering and leadership roles at Facebook and Uber. He’ll be leading BUCK’s engineering with a focus on security, reliability, and long-term protocol design🦌🤘
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
This is what makes Bitcoin treasury companies so important. @Saylor didn’t try to compete with banks on deposits. He bypassed them entirely. Preferred stock like $STRC is the perfect wrapper. Investors get an 11% yield without fractional reserve risk, and the company raises long-term capital without deposit flight. Banks can’t offer that without breaking their own model. That’s why Bitcoin credit is inevitable. $MSTR $MTPLF
Bank of America CEO on why stablecoins shouldn't pay interest: (TLDR: consumers shouldn't earn yield so banks can) Quick summary: Interest on stables -> mass deposit flight Fully reserved money -> no fractional leverage Banks lose free funding -> profits go bye bye!
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Thanks for coming by @TimKotzman
Replying to @travisv
@travisv joins The Bitcoin Treasuries Podcast from his office in Miami. 🌴
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Bitcoin under $100k is the modern equivalent of boomers buying houses under $100k. It will feel obvious in hindsight, and most people will wish they took it more seriously while it was still there.
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Travis VanderZanden retweeted
Jan 14
2 Goats (@saylor 🐐 and @cryptohayes 🐐) coming together for 1 glorious 2026?
My essay "Frowny Cloud" will drop tomorrow. My key degen trade for this first quarter is LONG: $MSTR and $3350 (Metaplanet) as levered plays on $BTC getting its groove back.
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