Crypto Founders Warned: Vanity Fair's Mocking Photo Shoot
Did Vanity Fair intend to mock crypto? @kaiynne, @LucaNetz & @tayvano_ discuss: 👀 Why the Vanity Fair photo shoot is so controversial 🫠 How Luca nearly got roped in 😅 A similar experience Kain had with the NYT 🏃 How other crypto founders can avoid falling victim https://t.co/wcAEmSCgh9
DeFi Frontends Should Block High‑slippage Swaps to Protect Users
Should DeFi frontends block high slippage swaps? In this episode of Uneasy Money, hosts @kaiynne , @tayvano_ & @LucaNetz unpack: 💥 The significance of having official S&P 500 perps on Hyperliquid 🛡️ How DeFi protocols can better protect users 🫠 Why the Vanity Fair...
Trust, Not DAO Debate, Is the Real Issue
Is the DAO debate a distraction? @YI_LON argues the real question is simpler: can token holders actually trust these teams? https://t.co/Pal3sWTREH
DeFi Must Adopt Stronger User Protections and Execution Standards
Crypto users deserve better protections. Jessi Brooks, @kkirkbos & Jane Khodarkovsky unpack: 💩 The conflicting post-mortems for the $50 million Aave swap gone wrong 🤨 Why incidents like this conflict with DeFi's desire to stay unregulated 🥇 How DeFi can introduce best execution practices https://t.co/PZDruB8tYH
Binance's Defamation Suit Unlikely
Is Binance fighting a losing battle? In this episode of DEX in the City, hosts @kkirkbos & Jessi Brooks are joined by Jane Khodarkovsky to unpack: 🫧 The sanctions implications of the WSJ report alleging Binance is allowing money to flow to...
Token-to-Equity Swaps Manipulate Prices for Premium Buyouts
😱 Companies converting tokens to equity can drop their token price before announcing — hide financials, roll in costs, seed doubt about the token's validity — then announce a "premium" buyout based on the suppressed price, says @theiaresearch. “A perverse incentive.”...
Management May Depress Token Price Before Conversion Premium
I asked @YI_LON and @TheiaResearch about the @AcrossProtocol token-to-equity conversion, and Felipe flagged something worth watching: management teams have every incentive to suppress token price before announcing a conversion deal. They profit from the premium. 👀 https://t.co/jI2CFyd8TN
Dual Token/Equity Models Incentivize Pre‑Announcement Shorting
Teams converting tokens to equity have a built-in incentive to short their own token before the announcement. That's just one of the structural problems Ryan Yi and Felipe Montealegre laid out in my latest episode. 🏦 Why dual token/equity structures...
Bitcoin Dip Under $70k Hinges on STRC
1/ Bitcoin fell below $70,000 today. We analyzed three scenarios for where it goes from here. All three come down to one instrument: STRC, the preferred stock that now funds 75% of Strategy's bitcoin purchases. 🧵👇 https://t.co/Mn98YwAhXR
Hashi Risks for Bitcoin Holders Explained on Unchained
What are the risks for Bitcoin holders who want to use Hashi? @EmanAbio answers on Unchained https://t.co/oU2EeDw6Mf
Hashi: Sui’s Composable Primitive for Builders
"Hashi is a primitive on Sui. It's meant to be composable. Builders can build on top of it." https://t.co/p42dec59kS
Wave Digital to Launch First Bitcoin‑Collateralized Rated Bond
"Wave digital is going to issue the first rated bond COLLATERALIZED by Bitcoin," says @EmanAbio https://t.co/oU2EeDw6Mf
Institutions with Billions in BTC Back Sui’s Hashi
"We partnered with institutions that hold billions of dollars worth of $BTC." @EmanAbio on Sui's new product, Hashi https://t.co/oU2EeDwEBN
Native Bitcoin On‑Chain Finance Faces Scaling Hurdles
Everyone wants to put Bitcoin to work. Few systems have actually succeeded. On Unchained, @EmanAbio explains a new attempt to bring native BTC into onchain finance — and what needs to go right for it to scale. https://t.co/oU2EeDw6Mf
Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential for Lending and Yield
Bitcoin is a $1T+ asset — but barely used in finance. Can that change? On Unchained, @EmanAbio joins me to discuss a new approach to using BTC for lending, credit, and yield — and why previous attempts haven’t worked. https://t.co/oU2EeDw6Mf
Kraken Pauses IPO After $20B Valuation Surge
Kraken raised at a $20 billion valuation in November. Four months later, it's shelving its IPO plans. 📋 Read More: https://lnkd.in/ekYqtFtm
Tempo Mainnet Launches with AI and Finance Giants
Tempo mainnet is live. Anthropic, OpenAI, Shopify, Mastercard, and Visa are already on it. 🏦 https://lnkd.in/eiRhP6rS
Perkins Confirms Crypto Upswing: BTC Returns, ETH Steady
Chris Perkins called a decent crypto setup last week. He was right. Now he's doubling down — BTC bid returning, ETH fundamentals holding. #bitcoin #ethereum #gold
S&P 500 Perpetual Launches Officially on Hyperliquid
The S&P 500 just got an officially licensed perpetual contract… on Hyperliquid. Meanwhile: • A $50M DeFi trade turned into $36K • Ethereum publishes a new ideological mandate • Nvidia pushes AI agents toward DeFi rails • Prediction markets threaten...
Oil Risks Spark Inflation, Reviving Short‑Gold, Long‑Bitcoin Play
War, oil, and crypto collide with Ram Ahluwalia, Austin Campbell, Chris Perkins 🛢️ Why elevated oil risks flipping markets into an inflationary regime 📉 Deleveraging everywhere ₿ "Short gold, long Bitcoin" trade is back on the desk 🎲 Prediction markets...
Tokenization Built on Spec Chases Nonexistent Demand
.@baehr says that tokenization is being built "on spec," chasing demand that doesn't exist yet, like trading on a Saturday night in Europe. https://t.co/R6b65MEHmp
Accountability From Day One Prevents Internet Money Theft
"You need accountability from day #1 If not, when you give people internet money, it will lead to theft" @TheiaResearch https://t.co/QpeiTvzyBx
Market Will Force $PUMP to Choose Token or Equity
"$PUMP would trade much better if it only had a token (or equity) The market is going to push them into one direction or the other." https://t.co/QpeiTvzyBx
Align Token Value with Business Growth, Like AcrossProtocol
"If you promised people that your token would benefit from business growth, then you should do what @AcrossProtocol did," @TheiaResearch https://t.co/sigF6mfZGm
Derive Team Reaffirms Commitment to $DRV Token
"The Derive team has published a piece about their commitment to the token $drv. And we're gonna see a lot more of that." @TheiaResearch https://t.co/sigF6mfZGm
Aave Shifts Focus to Core Product, Reconsiders DAO
"The Aave team realized that it should focus on its main product after they started feeling competition, and they realized they couldn't do it with the current state with the DAO." https://t.co/sigF6mfZGm
Teams Exploit Token Holders for Self‑enrichment, Industry Trend
"A team that has the capacity to enrich themselves at the expense of the tokenholder will do it. That's the story of this industry in the past few years." @TheiaResearch https://t.co/QpeiTvzyBx
DAOs Lag; Private Firms Thrive on Decisive Leadership
"DAOs are not good at moving quickly. Private companies are steered by leaders who take the company forward." https://t.co/sigF6mfZGm
Valuing Tokens After They Convert to Equity
If a token converts to equity, how do you think about the new valuation? https://t.co/sigF6mfZGm
Choose DAO for Community Control, Company for Scalability
When should a crypto project be governed by a DAO, and when should it operate as a company? https://t.co/QpeiTvzyBx
Investors Back Stocks Before Trusting New Product Launches
"Amazon and Apple make the most of their money with business lines launched years or decades after their IPO. People invest in stocks before they believe in management's ability to launch new products." @TheiaResearch https://t.co/sigF6mfZGm
DAOs May Abandon Tokens for Equity, Says Across
Across Protocol is considering retiring its token and offering equity instead. What does that say about the DAO model? https://t.co/QpeiTvzyBx
Token-for-Equity Deal Highlights DAO Governance Limits
One of the biggest structural questions in crypto right now: Should protocols be run by DAOs or companies? Ryan Yi and Felipe Montealegre join me to discuss the proposal from Across Protocol to exchange tokens for equity — and what...
Crypto Tokens Thrive Amid Private Credit Crisis
Private credit is having its worst crisis in a decade. Blue Owl gated a $1.6B fund. Blackstone hit redemption caps. Meanwhile, crypto builders are constructing the parallel infrastructure. In this article, we break down three tokens positioned at the center...
Crypto Perps Behave Like Options, Not Futures, Beware Leverage
More and more traders are looking to express a view on the weekends — with crypto. But perps function more like options than futures for retail traders, and that distinction matters more than most realize when leverage is on the...
DAO Founders Clash: Delegation vs Immutable Protocols
I put the same question on DAO governance to two protocol founders and got two different answers. Maple's Sid Powell: delegation is the fix. "Imagine if Steve Jobs had to get approval from hundreds of people for every product decision."...
BlockFills Files for Chapter 11 After Allegations of Commingled Client Assets
BlockFills, a Chicago crypto brokerage that processed over $60 billion in 2023, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. The petition lists up to $500 million in liabilities against roughly $100 million in assets. The filing follows a February freeze on withdrawals and a...
Bastian Aue’s Site Vanishes After EF Co‑ED Appointment
The website of “Bastian Aue,” the name of the new co-ED of the Ethereum Foundation, which was taken offline when Bastian was named to the board of the EF last year — hearing that he and Vitalik were introduced by...
Institutional Crypto Lending: Hybrid Models Overcome DAO Slowdowns
I spoke with Maple's Sid Powell (@syrupsid ) and @PaulFrambot of Morpho about where institutional crypto lending is heading, why DAOs struggle to move fast, and what the DeFi mullet model really requires to work. Don’t miss it! Timestamps: 🏦 0:58 What makes...
Crypto Can Self‑Fix Token Economics, Says Kaiynne
.@kaiynne says the crypto industry does not need regulators to fix token economics even as the industry continues to wait on Clarity What do you think? 👇 https://t.co/lwRrZPQCg6
Hyperliquid Surge Could Drive Significant HYPE Upside
Hyperliquid's growing popularity could come with significant upside for HYPE, according to @LucaNetz I definitely think it is one of the more interesting projects around What do you think? 👇 https://t.co/0RVtFTx1VL
ACX to Equity Exposes Crypto’s Flawed Tokenomics
Across Protocol is converting ACX to equity. Kain, Luca Netz & Tay discuss: ⚖️ The trade-offs that come with the move 💔 How it highlights crypto's broken tokenomics 💡 What the crypto industry can do to fix it https://lnkd.in/ebpuGyq7
Hyperliquid Thrives by Defying Crypto Ideology Norms
Is Hyperliquid unassailable? In this episode of Uneasy Money, hosts Kain, Tay & Luca Netz unpack: 💡 Why going against crypto's ideology first approach is behind Hyperliquid's success 🎮 What Pudgy Penguins’ Pudgy World game brings to the table ⚠️...
Kraken’s Historic Fed Master Account Shifts Crypto Banking Landscape
Is the Fed’s “skinny” master account an unfair shortcut for crypto companies? Jessi Brooks, KK Bos & Vy Le dive deep into: 💥 Why Kraken's skinny master account is so historic 🤔 Whether Custodia's previous lawsuit against the Fed greased...
Rising USDC Borrow Rates Signal Bullish DeFi Market
Andy Baher: Higher interest DeFi rates, such as the borrow rate of USDC on Aave, are indicative of the markets turning bullish. https://t.co/KrlOhykve7
Index Derivatives Essential; Token‑by‑token Hampers Market Evolution
"You absolutely need index derivatives. Doing things token by token is not a good way for markets to evolve." @baehr https://t.co/KrlOhykve7
Perpetual Contracts Excel but Clash with US Trading Habits
"Perps are a brilliant innovation and they've proven themselves successful, but not extremely compatible with how Americans tend to trade." https://t.co/KrlOhykve7
Lack of Clarity Fuels Legal Risks and Security Threats
‘What happens if we don't get Clarity?’ In this episode of DEX in the City, hosts Vy Le, KK Bos & Jessi Brooks dig into: 🤔 Whether regulatory guidance could suffice in the place of the Clarity Act 💀 How...
Iran’s Weakened IRGC Won’t Spark Revolt, Source Says
The IRGC is weakened. The regime is fractured. So why won't Iranians revolt? Gen. Spider Marks — with a source inside Iran — explains what the optimists are getting wrong. https://t.co/vORJuPJysT
Aave Aims to Be Crypto JPMorgan; Morpho Powers It
"Aave is aspiring to become the JPMorgan of the world while Morpho is aspires to become infrastructure for JPMorgan" @PaulFrambot https://t.co/iSjFuEDUZe