Travis Bloom🛡️
@TravisBloom
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Eng @coinbase. Doing my part to help create more economic freedom.
New York, NY
Joined February 2009
When I read this NYT article on the SEC's approach to crypto yesterday, I was outraged and submitted a comment on the article that has not been approved. I suspect it may not ever be approved. I happened to save the text since I was on my phone and paranoid about losing the
i really want to believe that NYT is trustworthy but that has become nearly impossible the whole framing of this new crypto story (yet again) relies on the (false) premise that the prior admin’s attack on crypto totally normal it wasn’t the attack was widely rebuked for years
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i really want to believe that NYT is trustworthy but that has become nearly impossible the whole framing of this new crypto story (yet again) relies on the (false) premise that the prior admin’s attack on crypto totally normal it wasn’t the attack was widely rebuked for years
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These are the people who need market structure legislation, Senators. These are your voters. They’re watching.
Love this pic -- SWC State Chapter Presidents from Nevada, Ohio, Louisiana, California, Georgia, and Delaware meeting some of the @coinbase exec team at their holiday party last night in DC.
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My biggest concern with the current state of crypto policymaking debates is the skeptics still haven’t taken the time to actually learn about crypto that isn’t the very basics of Bitcoin, especially stablecoins and DeFi.
While the banking industry and their allies plant stories in liberal media outlets about why stablecoins (crypto) = bad, @HaunVentures has been planting stories in the banking outlets about why stablecoins = good actually 😂 FIRST: One NYT piece over the weekend focused on the
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You can criticize stablecoin issuers for not paying yield to holders. You can work to prevent them from paying yield to holders. You cannot in good faith do both.
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this from the NYT is the most bad-faith anti-stablecoin argument I've ever seen: - most "high yield" accounts pay piteously little. Chase pays 0.01%. the national average savings rate is 0.60% - GENIUS banned stablecoin issuers paying interest directly thanks to the bank lobby
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Banks: deposits are better than stablecoins because they pay 0.1% interest Stablecoins: we can pay more than that Banks: no you can't Stablecoins: why not Banks: because we banned you from doing that
Putting aside the gross misrepresentation here of the regulatory requirement to hold cash and cashlike assets (short-term US govt debt, among the safest and most liquid assets out there) as "invest[ing] the money in financial markets, often by buying bonds" -- I find it the
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We made huge progress on regulatory clarity for crypto in 2025 with stablecoin legislation, and this is already driving growth in the U.S. If we can land market structure legislation next (CLARITY, or the like), it will be a strong foundation to build the future of financial
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This is exactly why people are abandoning mainstream media: cheap insults instead of actual reporting You don’t have to agree with @DavidSacks on everything, but pretending he “sucks” while ignoring his actual track record is unserious. A few reminders: -Co-founded PayPal, one
Silicon Valley is rallying behind a guy who sucks
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They get a lot done at Coinbase.
Here’s what happened in November @Coinbase: • Introduced ETH-backed loans in the U.S. (ex-NY), allowing users to borrow USDC against their Ethereum while retaining ownership. • Acquired @VECTORDOTFUN, an onchain trading platform built on @Solana, to strengthen Coinbase’s
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Deeply strange @nytimes article about @DavidSacks Leading in AI is good for America. And there is no way for America to lead in AI without American investors in AI doing well. Irrespective of whether those investors are David’s friends or his enemies. And like everyone who has
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I agree the “crazy trade” that was crypto over the last 8 years is mostly gone - just like the .com mania ended in 2000. But after that mania, a disproportionate share of global wealth accumulated in that same sector in a more methodical and deliberate way as it institutionalised
The crypto trade is mostly over. Value accrual will primarily go to stablecoins and tradfi companies using their own blockchains (Stripe, Coinbase, Robinhood), not 95% of this dogshit Opportunities will mainly be in BTC, Privacy, Hype/DEX. Maybe AI/robotics x Blockchain in 2027+
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It’s an intelligent robot that happens to be on wheels and can take you places safely.
Buy FSD. It comes with a car.
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🚨🗞️NEW: Stand With Crypto Gears Up for 2026 Midterms with Candidate Survey Plus, @SenWarren finds rare common ground with the crypto industry, and what to watch this week. 👀⬇️ https://t.co/E4tN7YC3fA
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Global crypto rules for banks need reworking, says Basel chair https://t.co/LwsYg8lbE9 via @ft
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"Bitcoin stands as a foundational pillar of the crypto economy at Coinbase."
#Bitcoin is thriving at Coinbase. Behind our new products like Bitcoin backed loans, we've optimized our protocol integration with better fee estimations and ⚡usage continues to grow. And I'm still stacking sats with my Coinbase One Card. More details on our eng blog here:
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