Building a Payment Solution for Web3
@getpeanuds
👀
Previously ran Crypto VC / Venture Builder. 🐢
Follow me for takes on Startups in Fintech and Crypto.🤔
In my opinion, Europe will be the leading Web3 region in the next decade. Here's why: 🧵 ↓ 👀
- It is the only region that had increased total $ VC investments in 22 compared to 21.
- Europe has seen a higher number of newly incorporated Crypto Startups than any other region.
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@huntercoldcalls
Best show up at his house while he has dinner with his family.
This will show him you will go the extra mile for your clients plus he will want to close fast to get back to dinner.
@LocalBateman
Went to a Club in Amsterdam one time with my wife and friends, and unironically speculated it was a fashion/model event due to all the tall people.
My Experience with Being a Digital Nomad, Pros and Cons.🛫⤵️
I traveled a lot since 2017 with about 20-40 flights a year, mostly for Blockchain conferences, and meeting other traveling friends and work people.
This was fun and made sense since Crypto is remote by default and
You should strive to keep your Calendar as free as possible.
I used to think having a bunch of regular Catch-up Calls was productive - Most of the time it is not.
If you cancel as many as possible you will be amazed at what you can achieve in your newly found time.
Routines allow you to waste 2 hours every day while feeling productive.
If you spend half of the morning + evening journaling, taking cold showers, and meditating you are not getting things done.
While good for mental clarity you should not let your routine take over the day.
Contrary to what one might expect Seed Round valuations have not gone down in the US, while total funding numbers got decimated, Seed looks healthy.
Take this with a grain of Salt though since a reason for this might be that SAFE agreements got more popular.🤔
Solopreneurship is cool, I prefer having Cofounders though.
If you have a cofounder you might have half the equity but you can also grow 2x faster.🫡
Apart from that you can share your losses and wins which makes both better and you will be able to focus on your strengths.
@benhylak
I guess he had to write off his other investment in open ai + doesn’t have the ip yet plus needs to rebuilt.
But all in all yes, will be super exciting.
AI tools are very cool but also probably the largest Data Collectors big Tech could ever imagine.
Your phone listens to you, with your AI you literally have conversations and upload personal documents.
Great case for Self-hosted and customized AI and for decentralized Projects.
Will Blockchain Destroy Banks? Perhaps, but in ways you might not expect.
How central banks could overhaul the banking system with blockchain-based digital currencies and digital identities. 📖 ↘
👉 Right now, commercial banks earn money by issuing loans, effectively using or
Productivity 101: Achieve Inbox Zero on All Platforms - Save 4 Hours a week and Reduce Anxiety with a 20-Minute Setup. ⬇ 🧙♂️
We wouldn't leave a pile of physical documents and letters on our table for weeks. Similarly, we shouldn't let our e-mail and messenger inboxes overflow.
If you lost money in FTX you can get half of it back immediately by selling your account and legal Claim.👨🎓
Personally, I think this would be a good time to sell FTX-Claims, would you hold longer and hope for full recovery through Solana and Anthropic, or sell now? 🤔
1/ 🎨 New IBC connection 🎨
@CelestiaOrg
has officially been integrated into , meaning $TIA has entered the
@Polkadot
ecosystem via Picasso.
Picasso 🤝
@CosmosIBC
🤝 Celestia
While we are still in the Halloween Mood, the SEC pulled another trick today and subpoenaed PayPal for their newly released Stablecoin.🥳
This seems like grasping at Straws at this point, after losing the Ripple trial and now the ETFs being shortly before approval this
@elonmusk
There is a large story around this, new Vegas was actually done by a different team/ company.
Should have given them much more money and a contract for the next game as well as they made something fantastic under great pressure with very little resources.
@krishnanrohit
I mean he did do a bunch of nonprofit things however I’m not totally convinced he is not monetizing his foundation to a certain extend.
Also not quite sure if it isn’t , at least to a certain extend , a glorified tax optimization structure.
Fintech Products: Why are they all the same and how do you sell them?🤔
Starting a business usually involves two key challenges: building the product and marketing or selling it. In Fintech’s earlier days, it was all about coming up with fresh and unique solutions and building
If you are in need of an Alpha Leak take your favorite not-Cex-listed Token like $Pica in my case, type the Ticker into
@tradingview
, and see if you can find anything interesting.👀
Often Markets are listed before actual trading starts, which works for different exchanges.🧙♂️
In the last years, everyone in Blockchain has been very concerned with Scalability and Blockspace.
This is seemingly solved with L1s, L2s, Rollups, Composable, and Modular Solutions.
The Current challenge is filling this Blockspace with cool Products👀
@sherlock_hodles
If you see someone talking on their phone at a bitcoin atm talk to them because it is likely they are in the process of getting scammed.
1/ Startup Funding is down but what does that mean for VCs and Investors?
Do we go back to glorious Mega SaaS Rounds or retire to GoblinTown? 👀
My 5cts on the state of the market below ↓
Crypto Valuations are up a lot, now what?🧐
My general Long-Term Market thoughts. ⬇
After Bitcoin's glorious all-time high of 69k (we should have known this was going to be the number) it dropped significantly, resulting in many exiting or getting liquidated.
The past year we
@GergelyOrosz
For many Europeans in Finance or other Industries that require high security Microsoft 365 and Teams is the only thing they can use.
Google etc. don't follow EU Data storage standards and have their servers all over the place.
While we might try out different things we can't.
The Board of
@OpenAI
just fired its CEO to be replaced by the CTO. Pretty unexpected wild turn of events.
Wonder what that means for the company and the Industry and what
@sama
is up to next.🤔
We always have an open Position at
@getpeanuds
.👀
i loved my time at openai. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. most of all i loved working with such talented people.
will have more to say about what’s next later.
🫡
Hello Twitter Friends,
I will be at the
@AIBC_World
Conference in Malta next week, let's connect. 👋
We as
@getpeanuds
will co-host a Web 3 Side Event on the evening of the 14.
Looking forward to meeting a bunch of people and exploring Malta, Event-Link is in the comments.
EthCC Paris 2023 Recap ✨🚀
Last week, we had an incredible experience at EthCC in Paris and at the surrounding events.
Our co-founders
@ulriklykke
and
@FlorianReike
represented Peanuds at numerous gatherings, starting with the Stablecoin Summit and ending with the Nebular
Had an amazing time at
@bitsandpretzels
this year!🥨🍺
Feels like every Tech Startup in Germany was there and everyone else that did not come for that came for Oktoberfest.
Did I mention it was during Oktoberfest?!
Very cool people and a great conference 10/10.🤝
If you lost money in FTX you might get a good amount back from their AI Investments. 👀
In yesterday's FTX hearings, attention was drawn to their 500m investment in AI firm
@AnthropicAI
, which is now raising at a $20-30 Billion valuation.
If they succeed, FTX's stake might
If someone wants free money please arbitrage this.
Couple hundred/ thousand $ to be made here every day over the last days on $Pica.
Would be nice to get more volume and can probably be done in like 45 minutes per day of manually sending things around.
Sam Altman joins Microsoft, OpenAI does whatever.
The least expected outcome and probably the one in which the largest possible impact and innovation can be created.👀
Crazy to pull this off over the weekend.
We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett
Happy 15th Anniversary to the Bitcoin Whitepaper! 🎉👻
Released on Halloween 15 years ago, it was a delightful treat for everyone who values Freedom.
It also posed a spooky 'trick' against the world's central banks. 👀
How a single tweet 2 hours ago led to a loss of 100 Million USD. 👀
From Cointelegraph reports, alleged fabricated news, leaked messages, and a series of Bitcoin liquidations.💸
The Bitcoin ETF has been eagerly awaited by many. As recently as last Friday, the SEC advanced the
@jacobhelberg
@PalantirTech
@nytimes
Regarding the conflict in Palestine/ Israel, I have a relatively straightforward opinion.
It is terrible what happens with people on both sides.
Politically as states, I think both sides are terrible.
Most crypto-focused Banks do the basics, an IBAN / Fiat Account and a Card so the User can Offramp and send the money to his actual Account to run the business.
We want this to be your actual account as well so we are implementing the features required for you to scale with us.
This is addressing a long-lasting Problem of mine and one of the main motivations to build
@getpeanuds
🚀
Most exchanges allow Fiat withdrawals and there are now numerous Offramps seamlessly integrated into all kinds of products however finding an IBAN Account to actually
The lines between Fintech and Crypto are rapidly disappearing.
While offramps are getting more efficient and integrated into all Products the User still requires a Crypto friendly IBAN to send those funds to.
This is what we are building for at
@getpeanuds
👀🛠️
When Onlyfans meets NFT - Ever wanted to trade shares of your tokenized Friends?🤔
Now you can through SocialFi - If you missed NFTs don't miss your SocialFi-Airdrops.👀
Are we still early or is Friend Tech the new Myspace?
People have been talking about the Creator Economy
Uniswap's New Frontend Fee Model: A Blueprint for DeFi Protocols? 🧙♂️
Token Holders arguing for Dividends vs. Governance arguing for compliance.
Yesterday,
@Uniswap
, currently the second-largest decentralized exchange after dYdX, introduced a 0.15% trading fee through its front
Bitcoin does not need any functions other than transfers; it's doing great as a rock/Digital Gold.
What I would focus on as a Bitcoin Maximalist is becoming a decentralization Maxi instead. Bitcoin will go cross-chain anyway and become part of DeFi in other ecosystems. The big
The
@vaneck_us
intern going wild about the ETH-ETF.
Or is it the Cointelegraph intern who found a new home?🧐
Overall excellent content restoring hope in institutions.👀
Amazing Stuff by SpaceX!
While we may not be conquering the Universe, I am excited about the upcoming Launch of
@getpeanuds
.
Stay tuned for some stellar developments. 🚀🌟
Fundraising 101: What are Liquidation preferences and why are they the most important commercial thing after the Valuation?👀
Read this article I wrote in the comments to learn how to structure your raise.
This gets a lot of focus from Investors in times of declining returns.
@DegenSpartan
I had this problem as well, we are currently building a Neobank to solve this with
@getpeanuds
.
You have an account for SEPA and SWIFT Wire transfers, Cards, and Crypto Spot Exchange where you can deposit and withdraw.
Will go live in about 4-6 weeks for personal + corporate.🤝
Never in my wildest dreams had I expected to see btc fees dwarf eth.
Great longterm worry I had regarding btc was that fees won’t be enough to incentivize miners when transfers happen offchain/ with bridged btc.
Gives hope in sustainability of current inflation model.
@DefiIgnas
We are working on this with
@getpeanuds
which is a neobank I cofounded.
Will go live in a month and have Ibans for wire transfers, cards and integrated crypto spot exchange allowing deposit withdraw buy sell and stake.🧙♂️
@DegenSpartan
I think you can not invest in China unless you are Chinese.
There is this documentary the China hustle which shows that a lot of Public listed Chinese companies on foreign markets are basically scams.
The father of a friend of mine has a private equity company.
Invested in
@BitcoinMagazine
Nice, generally I am a fan of direct adoption however I also feel like it is often easier to use a Crypto Card directly, the end result for the user and Store is the same.
I cofounded
@getpeanuds
with that idea in mind.
It is a Card, IBAN for Wire transfers and Crypto Spot