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DC, THIS is a room worth being in. 🔥
Builders, professors, legal minds, and talent leaders coming together at GROUNDWORK to explore digital finance, challenge ideas, and help you find your place in it.
Six roundtable topics running alongside the main stage:
💳 CRYPTO 101: WALLETS, TRANSACTIONS & YOUR FIRST SWAP
@gilbert787 — Founder, Web3DC / Maryland Chapter President, @standwithcrypto
Tanner Moore— Developer Relations, @1inch
🕐 1 PM, 3 PM & 5 PM
🔮 BEYOND BETTING: THE CASE FOR PREDICTION MARKETS
Robin Hanson — Associate Professor of Economics, @GeorgeMasonU
Harry Crane — Professor, @RutgersU
🕐 1–1:45 PM
RSVP through my link 👇
Builders, professors, legal minds, and talent leaders coming together at GROUNDWORK to explore digital finance, challenge ideas, and help you find your place in it.
Six roundtable topics running alongside the main stage:
💳 CRYPTO 101: WALLETS, TRANSACTIONS & YOUR FIRST SWAP
@gilbert787 — Founder, Web3DC / Maryland Chapter President, @standwithcrypto
Tanner Moore— Developer Relations, @1inch
🕐 1 PM, 3 PM & 5 PM
🔮 BEYOND BETTING: THE CASE FOR PREDICTION MARKETS
Robin Hanson — Associate Professor of Economics, @GeorgeMasonU
Harry Crane — Professor, @RutgersU
🕐 1–1:45 PM
RSVP through my link 👇
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W3DC 🛡️ retweeted
This #VeteransDay, we are proud to recognize and honor @paulbrigner, PGPZ’s Founder and Chairman of the Board, who served in the U.S. Army.
Paul wears many hats, though most feature the @zodl_co logo. He's the Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer at @zodl_co, an Adjunct Professor at @msbgu, and a devoted father and husband.
Paul, thank you for serving our country and for your leadership at PGPZ.
To all who have served, thank you.
Paul wears many hats, though most feature the @zodl_co logo. He's the Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer at @zodl_co, an Adjunct Professor at @msbgu, and a devoted father and husband.
Paul, thank you for serving our country and for your leadership at PGPZ.
To all who have served, thank you.
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📍 DC to NYC , Call to action.
Looking to connect with AI & digital asset founders, family offices, and law firms exploring opportunities in DC, Baltimore & Northern Virginia.
Through Web3DC, we’re building bridges across capital, technology, policy & partnerships.
DM me.
Looking to connect with AI & digital asset founders, family offices, and law firms exploring opportunities in DC, Baltimore & Northern Virginia.
Through Web3DC, we’re building bridges across capital, technology, policy & partnerships.
DM me.
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W3DC 🛡️ retweeted
It’s Election Day. Your voice matters. Use it. 🗳️
I’m standing with crypto and innovation. Before you head to the polls, check out @standwithcrypto and see where candidates stand.
Your vote is your choice. Make it count.
#StandWithCrypto #GOTV #ElectionDay2026
I’m standing with crypto and innovation. Before you head to the polls, check out @standwithcrypto and see where candidates stand.
Your vote is your choice. Make it count.
#StandWithCrypto #GOTV #ElectionDay2026
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Tomorrow we are watching the Midterms livestream tomorrow with @Polymarket and @theallinpod right at the heart of democracy.
Join us. @shayne_coplan
RSVP here:
rumor-studio-therumor.vercel.app/live/785945
Join us. @shayne_coplan
RSVP here:
rumor-studio-therumor.vercel.app/live/785945
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Join us for "Get out the Vote | Make Change" event today from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Let’s talk Midterms 🗳️
Learn about @Zcash and privacy 🛡️
Discuss the @binance hack! 🥷
Hope to see you there!
Powered by @standwithcrypto and @Web3DC
RSVP below 👇
luma.com/mdiz454y
Let’s talk Midterms 🗳️
Learn about @Zcash and privacy 🛡️
Discuss the @binance hack! 🥷
Hope to see you there!
Powered by @standwithcrypto and @Web3DC
RSVP below 👇
luma.com/mdiz454y
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Join us for a special Frontier Tech: Get Out the Vote edition! 🗳️
Bringing together founders, developers, investors, and tech enthusiasts for an evening of networking, innovation, and civic engagement ahead of November 3 Midterms .
👉 RSVP: luma.com/mdiz454y
Bringing together founders, developers, investors, and tech enthusiasts for an evening of networking, innovation, and civic engagement ahead of November 3 Midterms .
👉 RSVP: luma.com/mdiz454y
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W3DC 🛡️ retweeted
🔥Future of Ownership: Real-World Asset Tokenization
What a strong conversation at DC Startup & Tech Week on October 20.
Moderating this panel reinforced something important: real-world asset tokenization only creates real value when the data, the legal structure, and the instp to the technology.
Grateful to the panelists who brought clarity and practical insight:
Matthew Schneider (CEO, Building Inc.) focused on the infrastructure gap. Tokenization doesn’t create trust or liquidity, it exposes the lack of durable, verifiable data underneath the asset. For physical assets like real estate or infrastructure, digital twins, lifecycle records, and clear data standards have to exist before a token can represent enforceable ownership and reliable value. The biggest practical gaps today are still in that data layer.
Ani Popiashvili (Global Leader on Tokenization, World Bank) shared what institutions and development banks are actually looking for before they scale tokenized assets. Drawing from work on tokenized bonds, Project Promissa, and digital public infrastructure, she highlighted the real potential for better market efficiency and access to capital, especially in emerging markets, while also naming what’s still holding adoption back (standards, regulatory clarity, and operational readiness).
And our Track Leader: Gilberto “Gil” Nazario (Founder, Web3DC) who supports everyday people and local ecosystems who can actually participate in this shift.
The through-line from the room: the next 24 months will separate projects that simply put assets on-chain from those that make ownership clearer, more liquid, and more trustworthy for businesses, investors, and regular people.
Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation. This is the work that matters.
Connect with everyone and expand your network.
@DCstartupweek @Web3DC @ani_popiashvili @mattschneid3r @ongeniusroom
What a strong conversation at DC Startup & Tech Week on October 20.
Moderating this panel reinforced something important: real-world asset tokenization only creates real value when the data, the legal structure, and the instp to the technology.
Grateful to the panelists who brought clarity and practical insight:
Matthew Schneider (CEO, Building Inc.) focused on the infrastructure gap. Tokenization doesn’t create trust or liquidity, it exposes the lack of durable, verifiable data underneath the asset. For physical assets like real estate or infrastructure, digital twins, lifecycle records, and clear data standards have to exist before a token can represent enforceable ownership and reliable value. The biggest practical gaps today are still in that data layer.
Ani Popiashvili (Global Leader on Tokenization, World Bank) shared what institutions and development banks are actually looking for before they scale tokenized assets. Drawing from work on tokenized bonds, Project Promissa, and digital public infrastructure, she highlighted the real potential for better market efficiency and access to capital, especially in emerging markets, while also naming what’s still holding adoption back (standards, regulatory clarity, and operational readiness).
And our Track Leader: Gilberto “Gil” Nazario (Founder, Web3DC) who supports everyday people and local ecosystems who can actually participate in this shift.
The through-line from the room: the next 24 months will separate projects that simply put assets on-chain from those that make ownership clearer, more liquid, and more trustworthy for businesses, investors, and regular people.
Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation. This is the work that matters.
Connect with everyone and expand your network.
@DCstartupweek @Web3DC @ani_popiashvili @mattschneid3r @ongeniusroom
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The first Cardano PRIME cohort is here.
Nine teams, funded to close the biggest gaps in @Cardano DeFi: DEXs, lending, bridges, vaults, real-world assets, and the audits that keep all of it safe.
Here’s who’s building what ↓
(Builder livestream next week. Details in the end of the thread)
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W3DC 🛡️ retweeted
67 million Americans hold crypto, and their voices matter in the conversation about where crypto goes next.
I'm joining @masonlynaugh, @lindsayfraser0, @Rashan and @ZuneraMazhar today at 3 PM ET. See you there 👇
I'm joining @masonlynaugh, @lindsayfraser0, @Rashan and @ZuneraMazhar today at 3 PM ET. See you there 👇
TOMORROW: Why the Crypto Voter Matters
Crypto policy leaders from @BlockchainAssn, @crypto_council, @DigitalChamber, and @NatCryptoAssoc join @masonlynaugh to talk about what's at stake for crypto voters this cycle.
Featuring @lindsayfraser0, @Rashan, @ZuneraMazhar and @OnChainAli.
x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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W3DC 🛡️ retweeted
I'm excited to launch Relational Capital, a $50m solo GP fund.
I spent the last 8 years as a founder, building @usekojo into the largest US construction procurement platform.
Now I'm backing founders at the earliest stages with $1m-$5m checks.
An abundant future lies ahead 🇺🇸
I spent the last 8 years as a founder, building @usekojo into the largest US construction procurement platform.
Now I'm backing founders at the earliest stages with $1m-$5m checks.
An abundant future lies ahead 🇺🇸
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W3DC 🛡️ retweeted
DeFi must be protected.
Today, @BlockchainAssn and @1inch came together to host Groundwork during DC Fintech Week. Students, academics, industry, and policy pro’s all at the table.
A durable regulatory framework that protects #DeFi will come, and we must engage the next gen who hape its future.
#DCFintechWeek
Today, @BlockchainAssn and @1inch came together to host Groundwork during DC Fintech Week. Students, academics, industry, and policy pro’s all at the table.
A durable regulatory framework that protects #DeFi will come, and we must engage the next gen who hape its future.
#DCFintechWeek
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Two of DMV’s finest 🙏💕
Had the pleasure of sitting next to @HesterPeirce at last night’s Cypherpunk Policy Dinner.
There are few people in public service I’ve come to appreciate more. I’ll always remember her support for our industry, her thoughtfulness toward me, and the kindness she showed eir time together at the SEC.
For all of that, I remain deeply grateful.
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W3DC 🛡️ retweeted
What do we talk about when we talk about privacy? Thrilled to have a full house for @chainlink's @kkirkbos, @0xPredicate's @pumpernikhil, and Julie Lascar from @CantonNetwork's panel!
#DCPrivacySummit
#DCPrivacySummit
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