it might sound crazy, but the Binance hack crashed Bolivia's exchange rate with USD
why? the real / blue market exchange rate is pretty much determined by Binance P2P
why? the real / blue market exchange rate is pretty much determined by Binance P2P
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Ethereum Institutional just gave Ethereum renewed BDE (note the "view 107 deployments"), and ETH is nuking?
generational opportunity imo
generational opportunity imo
1/ Ethereum Institutional has a refreshed brand and a new website.
Three months on from launch, we've rebuilt both around the work: helping institutions deploy on Ethereum.
→ A new wordmark, mark and visual system
→ A rebuilt website
→ Deployments: a searchable record of ts on Ethereum and its L2s
→ A dedicated identity for the Ethereum Institutional Forum
Our goal is unchanged: to make @ethereum the foundational layer for institutional finance.
This is an important next milestone for us in building out the institutional interface for Ethereum. More to come on that soon..
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have you heard of "bolivianita"? any thoughts on that? seems very scarce and it's quite beautiful + the myth says it was born from the deep love of an indian princess and a spanish conquistador (gud lore for engagement ring stuff)
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yeea, no…
Did you get an email from @Revolut mentioning that your data has been leaked?
If so my condolences and ... well the trove of data in this case seems quite very bad.
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this is me saying bye to my brother after many hours of exploring and doing puzzles together
(yes i bumped into the wall in the most emotional moment)
Big Walk GOTY
(yes i bumped into the wall in the most emotional moment)
Big Walk GOTY
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Stablecoin Cards and Digital Asset-Fiat Rails with @gastonirigoyen, @mbeaudroit, @raincards, @Fiserv and @PabloWende
QR payments dominate in many countries that have introduced it and have become even bigger than cards, so competition in this field has become very strong. fer both if they want to survive in those markets.
Three years ago it was unthinkable to have an international bank account, let alone an international credit card—now virtually every fintech offers them. However, it comes with some of the issues mentioned above in this thread.
QR payments dominate in many countries that have introduced it and have become even bigger than cards, so competition in this field has become very strong. fer both if they want to survive in those markets.
Three years ago it was unthinkable to have an international bank account, let alone an international credit card—now virtually every fintech offers them. However, it comes with some of the issues mentioned above in this thread.
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Cross-Border Money with @julian_colombo, @reapglobal, @InterlaceMoney and @ArtuGrande.
Despite the mature market, banking partners still ask for a lot of requirements, mainly because they still don’t understand many of the processes. Primarily when the sender or recipient is in ive adoption and competition are making everything a lot cheaper, so users will seek those offering better services—such as adding a card or yield features. This is mainly how the Neo-banks and new FinTechs are shaping up.
However, it's still mostly based on US stablecoins. For local stablecoins to start picking up, the liquidity market needs to wake up.
Despite the mature market, banking partners still ask for a lot of requirements, mainly because they still don’t understand many of the processes. Primarily when the sender or recipient is in ive adoption and competition are making everything a lot cheaper, so users will seek those offering better services—such as adding a card or yield features. This is mainly how the Neo-banks and new FinTechs are shaping up.
However, it's still mostly based on US stablecoins. For local stablecoins to start picking up, the liquidity market needs to wake up.
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AI, Autonomous Agents and the Future of Money with @0xpili_, @bebepuey and @candufaz.
The main AI use cases taking shape are in lending and trading.
Regulation remains the central challenge, which is why standards like x402 are becoming so important.
Legacy rails have nothing infrastructure needs to be built on blockchain.
The main AI use cases taking shape are in lending and trading.
Regulation remains the central challenge, which is why standards like x402 are becoming so important.
Legacy rails have nothing infrastructure needs to be built on blockchain.
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Banking meets Digital Assets with @Dragustinpesce, @adebaargentina and @Andentech.
In Argentina, banks are increasingly adopting this tech, unlocking an insane and permanent cost reduction in financial infrastructure.
What's interesting about e.g. stablecoins is that T-bills ave traditionally been institutional vehicles, which are now being opened up in new ways.
People in the region are already accustomed to immediate transfers around the clock, in contrast to the US or Europe where they remain limited to business hours. So, this is not necessarily a disruption that was brought by crypto. It was the 24/7 access to foreign currencies what was interesting for such unstable economies and banking systems.
In Argentina, banks are increasingly adopting this tech, unlocking an insane and permanent cost reduction in financial infrastructure.
What's interesting about e.g. stablecoins is that T-bills ave traditionally been institutional vehicles, which are now being opened up in new ways.
People in the region are already accustomed to immediate transfers around the clock, in contrast to the US or Europe where they remain limited to business hours. So, this is not necessarily a disruption that was brought by crypto. It was the 24/7 access to foreign currencies what was interesting for such unstable economies and banking systems.
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Stablecoin Adoption with @yellowcard_app, @stablecoing and @lucasexequiel.
Stablecoin issuers understood the path to success: partnering with legacy incumbents and making themselves invisible for retail users.
In places like Bolivia there was a big shift where previously all went via US rails. Now that's no longer the case, but we're still dependent on USD stablecoins so it's time to move beyond the US treasury backed ones.
This market is now very mature in Latam, and there's a wide range of companies covering the whole value chain, now becoming more verticalised.
Stablecoin issuers understood the path to success: partnering with legacy incumbents and making themselves invisible for retail users.
In places like Bolivia there was a big shift where previously all went via US rails. Now that's no longer the case, but we're still dependent on USD stablecoins so it's time to move beyond the US treasury backed ones.
This market is now very mature in Latam, and there's a wide range of companies covering the whole value chain, now becoming more verticalised.
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First day of @crecimientoar's Latam Digital Asset Conference was heavily focused on the adoption of DAs and stablecoins for both retail and businesses.
Feels like a mature yet fresh industry in Latam, ready for more growth. Panels covered the whole value chain: from local ard providers.
A few personal takeaways 👇
Feels like a mature yet fresh industry in Latam, ready for more growth. Panels covered the whole value chain: from local ard providers.
A few personal takeaways 👇
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gm from Latam Digital Assets Conf by @crecimientoar
will share my thoughts and takeaways in this thread
will share my thoughts and takeaways in this thread
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Last year for Ethereum's 10 year anniversary I put this picture in the @ethtimecapsule
1000 cool points for anyone who can find the Merge and Devcon stickers + 1000 cool points if you can name all the Ethereum mascots in there
Happy 11th, Ethereum!
1000 cool points for anyone who can find the Merge and Devcon stickers + 1000 cool points if you can name all the Ethereum mascots in there
Happy 11th, Ethereum!
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maybe a bit for teenagers but my favourite series is The Secrets of Immortal Nicholas Flamel, which incorporates mythological creatures and gives historical figures a magical spin
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I want YOU 🫵
to co-host Octant Livestreams with me
During Epoch 12, I'll be hosting livestreams with some of the coolest teams in Ethereum and open-source, to chat with them about what they're building.
If you're interested in co-hosting with me, DM me!
We have hundreds of reams, so it's a great opportunity to build your personal brand while meeting some of the best founders in our industry. Plus, we always have deep but fun convos :)
to co-host Octant Livestreams with me
During Epoch 12, I'll be hosting livestreams with some of the coolest teams in Ethereum and open-source, to chat with them about what they're building.
If you're interested in co-hosting with me, DM me!
We have hundreds of reams, so it's a great opportunity to build your personal brand while meeting some of the best founders in our industry. Plus, we always have deep but fun convos :)
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quick intro to the @synthesis_md hackathon.
@OctantApp has a few bounties, so make sure to check it out!
@OctantApp has a few bounties, so make sure to check it out!
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I'll be chatting about @OctantApp v2 at the Regen Hub @ethereumboulder at 14:10 MST - see you there!
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just moved to CDMX for a few months, and first stop is Casa Frutero
@troopdegen live now talking about creating an agent for hackathons (en español!)
@troopdegen live now talking about creating an agent for hackathons (en español!)
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woah today i rediscovered the @ethereum enterprise / institutional website and it's really all you need to showcase Ethereum to the traditional world
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the ethereum community to @jessepollak rn
NEW: SOLANA'S @toly DEMANDS THAT BASE'S @jessepollak "MIGRATE BASE APPS TO SOLANA SO THEY EXECUTE ON SOLANA AND THE TRANSACTIONS ARE LINEARIZED BY SOLANA STAKED BLOCK PRODUCERS" - "THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOLANA DEVELOPERS. OTHERWISE IT’S ALIGNMENT BULLSHIT"
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.@joinpeanut should do a competition of onboarding uber drivers for tips in Buenos Aires
and give “tip-back” to everyone who spots and tips ubers with a peanut QR code sticker
and give “tip-back” to everyone who spots and tips ubers with a peanut QR code sticker
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yooo pls save me one mafalda rotki one 🙏 🙏
the 2 other rotkis here are getting buried, so i need a fresh one 😇
the 2 other rotkis here are getting buried, so i need a fresh one 😇
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second day, second free coffee
thx @joinpeanut for powering me through the DeFi Summit and DeFi Devs Day!
thx @joinpeanut for powering me through the DeFi Summit and DeFi Devs Day!
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lifehack for this "alt season"
change your wallet's default currency to ETH
you'll see how much your alts are actually bleeding against it (despite growing in USD terms)
change your wallet's default currency to ETH
you'll see how much your alts are actually bleeding against it (despite growing in USD terms)
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.@zerion being annoying, caused by 2 tokens (one spam airdropped, the other bought)
is there a way to hide specific tokens like in MM?
is there a way to hide specific tokens like in MM?
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nobody:
Justin Drake:
Justin Drake:
Yesterday Ethereum turned 10. Today, lean Ethereum is unveiled as a vision—and personal mission—for the next 10 years.
We stand at the dawn of a new era. Millions of TPS. Quantum adversaries. How does Ethereum marry extreme performance with uncompromising security and decentralization?
TLDR: next-generation cryptography is central to winning both offense and defense.
Disclaimer: This is a Drake take™ aimed at a broad audience. A technical deep dive into hash-based post-quantum signatures and SNARKs will follow. A healthy diversity of views across Protocol, the EF, and the broader Ethereum community is expected and welcome. It strengthens us.
defense—fort mode
Ethereum is special. 100% uptime since genesis. Unrivaled client diversity. $130B in economic security (35.7M ETH staked × $3.7K)—maybe soon $1T.
Ethereum is poised to become the bedrock of the internet of value, securing hundreds of trillions over decades, even centuries.
Ethereum must survive anything: nation states, quantum computers. Whatever comes. Call it fort mode. If the internet is up, Ethereum is up. If the world is online, the world is onchain.
offense—beast mode
Ethereum is hungry. “Scale L1, scale blobs” is a strategic urgency inside the EF’s Protocol cluster. Expect low-hanging performance gains over the next 6–12 months.
Longer term? Think gigagas L1, teragas L2. Call it beast mode.
→ 1 gigagas/sec on L1: 10K TPS, ambitious vertical scale
→ 1 teragas/sec on L2: 1M TPS, sprawling horizontal scale
Scale vs decentralization? Why not both. The moon math we need is now tamed:
→ real-time zkVMs for lean execution
→ data availability sampling (DAS) for lean data
A delicious cherry on top: full chain verification across every browser, wallet, phone.
lean upgrades
Lean Ethereum proposes bold upgrades across all three L1 sublayers:
→ lean consensus is beacon chain 2.0: hardened for ultimate security and decentralization, plus finality in seconds; formerly branded as “beam chain”
→ lean data is blobs 2.0: post-quantum blobs, plus granular blob sizing for a calldata-like developer experience
→ lean execution is EVM 2.0: a minimal, SNARK-friendly instruction set (possibly RISC-V; pronounced “risk five”), boosting performance while preserving EVM compatibility and its network effects
The consensus layer (CL), data layer (DL), execution layer (EL) have each been reimagined from first principles. Together, they unlock fort mode and beast mode.
The goal: performance abundance under the constraint of non-negotiable continuity, maximum hardness, and refreshing simplicity.
lean cryptography
Hash-based cryptography is emerging as the ideal foundation for lean Ethereum. It offers a compelling, unified answer to two megatrends reshaping the ecosystem:
→ the explosive rise of SNARKs
→ the looming quantum threat
Imagine the leanest cryptographic brick—the hash function—singlehandedly powering L1:
→ CL: hash-based aggregate signatures upgrade BLS signatures
→ DL: hash-based DAS commitments upgrade KZG commitments
→ EL: hash-based real-time zkVMs upgrade EVM re-execution
A cryptographic jewel in each of lean CL, lean DL, lean EL.
lean craft
Lean Ethereum is more than a blueprint for hardening and scaling Ethereum. More than just doubling down on security, decentralisation, and cutting-edge cryptography. It is an aesthetic. An art form. A craft. Think Jiro in Dreams of Sushi. When we can go the extra mile, we do.
Minimalism. Modularity. Encapsulated complexity. Formal verification. Provable security. Provable optimality. These are subtle yet important technical considerations. Stay tuned for the post on post-quantum cryptography that will make them explicit.
lean legacy
After 10 fantastic years, lean Ethereum is a generational oath. To keep Ethereum online no matter what. To scale it without compromise. To make it worthy of those who come next.
This is about legacy. We are builders, we are missionaries. We are Ethereum. I hope you join us.
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lean ethereum is a hell of a drug
Yesterday Ethereum turned 10. Today, lean Ethereum is unveiled as a vision—and personal mission—for the next 10 years.
We stand at the dawn of a new era. Millions of TPS. Quantum adversaries. How does Ethereum marry extreme performance with uncompromising security and decentralization?
TLDR: next-generation cryptography is central to winning both offense and defense.
Disclaimer: This is a Drake take™ aimed at a broad audience. A technical deep dive into hash-based post-quantum signatures and SNARKs will follow. A healthy diversity of views across Protocol, the EF, and the broader Ethereum community is expected and welcome. It strengthens us.
defense—fort mode
Ethereum is special. 100% uptime since genesis. Unrivaled client diversity. $130B in economic security (35.7M ETH staked × $3.7K)—maybe soon $1T.
Ethereum is poised to become the bedrock of the internet of value, securing hundreds of trillions over decades, even centuries.
Ethereum must survive anything: nation states, quantum computers. Whatever comes. Call it fort mode. If the internet is up, Ethereum is up. If the world is online, the world is onchain.
offense—beast mode
Ethereum is hungry. “Scale L1, scale blobs” is a strategic urgency inside the EF’s Protocol cluster. Expect low-hanging performance gains over the next 6–12 months.
Longer term? Think gigagas L1, teragas L2. Call it beast mode.
→ 1 gigagas/sec on L1: 10K TPS, ambitious vertical scale
→ 1 teragas/sec on L2: 1M TPS, sprawling horizontal scale
Scale vs decentralization? Why not both. The moon math we need is now tamed:
→ real-time zkVMs for lean execution
→ data availability sampling (DAS) for lean data
A delicious cherry on top: full chain verification across every browser, wallet, phone.
lean upgrades
Lean Ethereum proposes bold upgrades across all three L1 sublayers:
→ lean consensus is beacon chain 2.0: hardened for ultimate security and decentralization, plus finality in seconds; formerly branded as “beam chain”
→ lean data is blobs 2.0: post-quantum blobs, plus granular blob sizing for a calldata-like developer experience
→ lean execution is EVM 2.0: a minimal, SNARK-friendly instruction set (possibly RISC-V; pronounced “risk five”), boosting performance while preserving EVM compatibility and its network effects
The consensus layer (CL), data layer (DL), execution layer (EL) have each been reimagined from first principles. Together, they unlock fort mode and beast mode.
The goal: performance abundance under the constraint of non-negotiable continuity, maximum hardness, and refreshing simplicity.
lean cryptography
Hash-based cryptography is emerging as the ideal foundation for lean Ethereum. It offers a compelling, unified answer to two megatrends reshaping the ecosystem:
→ the explosive rise of SNARKs
→ the looming quantum threat
Imagine the leanest cryptographic brick—the hash function—singlehandedly powering L1:
→ CL: hash-based aggregate signatures upgrade BLS signatures
→ DL: hash-based DAS commitments upgrade KZG commitments
→ EL: hash-based real-time zkVMs upgrade EVM re-execution
A cryptographic jewel in each of lean CL, lean DL, lean EL.
lean craft
Lean Ethereum is more than a blueprint for hardening and scaling Ethereum. More than just doubling down on security, decentralisation, and cutting-edge cryptography. It is an aesthetic. An art form. A craft. Think Jiro in Dreams of Sushi. When we can go the extra mile, we do.
Minimalism. Modularity. Encapsulated complexity. Formal verification. Provable security. Provable optimality. These are subtle yet important technical considerations. Stay tuned for the post on post-quantum cryptography that will make them explicit.
lean legacy
After 10 fantastic years, lean Ethereum is a generational oath. To keep Ethereum online no matter what. To scale it without compromise. To make it worthy of those who come next.
This is about legacy. We are builders, we are missionaries. We are Ethereum. I hope you join us.
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