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Co-founder @hiFramework - prev @hashletes , @snap and @dropbox . Tweets are my personal views and not investment advice. May have positions in assets discussed.
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want to know how bearish and noisy crypto is right now?
eth 2.0 merge was effectively confirmed on tuesday for sept and not one peep.
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What if the market is 1000x larger than we originally estimated?
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Ultimately, DeFi will shift the job of financial regulators from oversight to code review.
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Coinbase $COIN offering marks the starts of the institutionalization of crypto. It’ll be the dominant narrative over then next 2-3 years.
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Latest $YFI improvement proposal, YIP 33, is a vote to add $LINK to yVaults for staking... Let ‘er rip!
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Put together some ideas on a $YFI token model that takes some of the best aspects of the $SNX and $LEND models.
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really enjoy the fact that we're back in the "I'm embarrassed to say I work in crypto" part of the cycle
p.s. im not
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For anyone following the
#DeFi
, oracles or
@chainlink
ecosystems, the
@coinbase
oracle announcement is the equivalent of
@IBMBlockchain
going after
@ethereum
for smart contracts.
Both market validating and completely missing the point.
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Another chapter for
@hiFramework
!
Thank you to the communities, founders and partners we’ve worked with over the last 3 years.
Could not be more excited about the entire Framework team and the future of web3.
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1/ Last week I proposed a new token economic model for $YFI called “buy and pool” that combines some of the best parts of $SNX and $LEND. Here are a few thoughts on why I think it's a powerful way to distribute cash flows to token holders.
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Revisiting Chainlink and the Future of Smart Contracts
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Sometimes you have to remind yourself that you’re at the top of the information food chain
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Framework supports all the hard work that Coin Center does! We think you should too
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It’s days like today where I’m reminded why we focus on the future of
#defi
.
Lately it seems to be happening more and more often...
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ah yes, the pre-taxday selloff. every year but always unexpected.
have a good weekend!
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@rleshner
, I think it’s time to give
@SergeyNazarov
a call...
Should Compound use $LINK as our oracle system? Answers should include an awareness of what the Compound protocol is, and how it works.
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We have the concept of a tent at Framework. As more getting added to it, the returns from collaboration begin to compound.
Couldn't be more excited to see the visions for
@chainlink
and
@graphprotocol
begin to align. Its a behemoth duo in the making.
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once the early stage market comes back, remember the “venture” investors vocally going short right now.
will be tough to get into the best deals with that track record.
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In a world where blockchain is eating finance, we couldn’t be more excited to back
@StaniKulechov
and the whole
@AaveAave
team, who’re building crucial pieces of the DeFi puzzel.
JUST IN: DeFi lending protocol Aave raised $3 million from Framework Ventures and Three Arrows Capital (via
@celiawan2
)
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Web2 is to data as Web3 is to liquidity $TOKE (☢️,☢️)
Five Token Reactors have been discovered by the Alpha Tokemech. The C.o.R.E. will determine which assets will power them.
Tribes of DeFi, we call on you to band together. Ignite the Reactors. Liquidity independence is within reach.
Go now, pilots…vote:
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some personal news to share:
I am officially transitioning to a new project full-time, . I will be sowing seeds and tending to my crop in hopes that it one day can be a large and bountiful harvest. 🧑🌾
yield farming (v): to engage in DeFi in an active way to generate superior financial yields
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nice to have the
@chainlink
balance sheet to smooth out the single data point bumps along their path to becoming a world-class software organization
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Excited to see this get off the ground. More to come!
.
@hiFramework
launches their own
#Chainlink
node live on mainnet. Framework's node will service the Chainlink Price Feeds, as well as empower Framework to monetize premium API infrastructure they have access to. This leads to more data on-chain for devs.
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Since day one, we’ve purpose-built Framework to be something different because we believe blockchain assets need a new model.
We call it Network Capital and it’s combination of investment, development and participation. Excited to share more soon!
EXCLUSIVE: Public blockchain investors behind Chainlink and Synthetix raise $8 million for startup crypto technology laboratory to power decentralized development.
Via
@ForbesCrypto
H/T
@im_manderson
and
@iam__vance
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The waiting is the hardest part
Starting today, inbound transfers for AAVE, BNT and SNX are now available in the regions where trading is supported. Traders cannot place orders and no orders will be filled. Trading will begin on or after 9AM PT on Tuesday December 15, if liquidity conditions are met.
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Last year's "Netscape moment" was the $COMP token launch. This year's moment will be $COIN. I can really get used to these annual celebratory events for crypto..
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A heuristic I use for early-stage investing: 50% founding team, 30% market, 20% product.
No product or progress? Auto B-
Decent but not great market? B/B+
Sub par founding team? C-…
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$250 feels low on first glance. But keep in mind this is a direct listing so the incentive is to price low and expect a pop vs maximizing $ raised from a public offering.
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Layer 2 summer
Just published a small update, some of you may have been waiting for…
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A reminder to founders, we in this together
10/ We were born and raised in crypto.
This is not just some new and trendy coverage area for us.
Whatever happens to this industry over the coming years, we'll still be there, working alongside our founders.
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Excited to help grow the pie for defi!
4/ We established a DeFi Advisory Council to consult (no control) the Index Committee.
Advisors:
1. Ben Forman
2.
@im_manderson
3.
@scott_lew_is
4.
@avichal
5.
@_alekslarsen
All are experts in DeFi. And all care about stewarding the category for the long term.
Ok, last things—
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Metaverse gaming will be one part server, one part blockchain. Gameplay runs via the server and the economy via the blockchain.
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It's so hard to take bold new steps in the face of everything working "just fine". Not for this team... Congrats
@StaniKulechov
@JordanLzG
@lemiscate
and
@AaveAave
!
Today Aave takes a leap towards decentralisation with our tokenomics upgrade: the Aavenomics Proposal.
Read our latest blog post for a synthesis of the Aavenomics Proposal here:
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Couldn’t have said it better
Crypto is a technological wave that will touch almost every aspect of people's lives in the coming decades
Blessed to be chasing the dream of a more inclusive and innovative financial system with my best friend, an incredible team, and incredible backers
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DeFi 🤝 TradFi
1/ Breaking major news from US Treasury OCC, the largest US banking regulator (
@USOCC
), with new guidance allowing US banks to use public blockchains and dollar stablecoins as a settlement infrastructure in the US financial system.
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and needing to pull it over on I-5 to take a call bc the truck was so loud
the day we pulled up in a uhaul to move into michael's parents house during the bear market
even tho down badly it was just time to do it. framework was gonna happen. 401ks had been sold off that spring. time to make shit happen. no plan b
still have that mentality
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changes of strategy in reaction to competition show a lack of confidence
study incoming
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really excited to finally share this. 2024 is going to be the year of web3 gaming.
1/ We're pleased to announce that Framework Ventures has made a strategic investment in the Immutable ecosystem, a purpose-built platform for crypto gaming that we think has both the momentum and the technology to service a real consumer adoption wave.
A brief 🧵👇👇👇
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“Metaverse” term coined in Snow Crash to describe the dystopian virtual world where humans interact via 3D avatars controlled by overlord corporations.
$FB changing to $MVRS is least surprising thing I’ve seen all week
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@kaiynne
and the
@synthetix_io
team are living in 2030
OK, this one has been building for a while so strap in. I talk to at least 2-3 seed stage founders/teams every week. Without fail every single one of them is fucking up some aspect of capital formation for crypto protocols. Every. Single. One.
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Already been a ton of fun with
@JasonYanowitz
and
@MikeIppolito_
, excited to partner with
@Blockworks_
LET’S GO
Thrilled to announce Blockworks' fundraise.
Details below 🧵
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It begins
☢️ 𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐊 𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐒 ☢️
Introducing: $TOKE тσкєηιzє∂ ℓιqυι∂ιту
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Security is a requisite in web3 and we still have so far to go. Excited to partner with the Spearbit team
1/ We just led a $7M round in Spearbit, a security firm that wants to completely overhaul code audits in web3.
Spearbit plans to launch
@cantinaxyz
, an open, reputation-based audit marketplace that empowers freelance whitehat talent.
🧵 +
@TechCrunch
👇
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Excited to finally share more about something we’ve been working on for the last year with
@LiquidityWizard
and the team. A new primitive for DeFi - the
@TokenReactor
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Everyone should read this
1/14 The rise of crypto has brought policy and regulatory issues to the forefront and are going to become massively important very quickly. The departing administration and the incoming Democratic forces are both eager to leave their mark.
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Excited to extend our relationship with
@maplefinance
.
@sidbpowell
and
@joeflanagan91
will be in the next wave of world-class defi founders - there’s insatiable demand for what they’re building.
The funding round, led by
@hiFramework
and
@polychaincap
, will help to further develop and launch
@maplefinance
’s asset pools.
By
@wsfoxley
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i’m bearish long term reliance on third-party smart contract audit firms.
eventually DAOs will get so big they will have to in-house most of their security work.
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“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
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My 50/50 $ETH / $LINK strategy just passed back into the black. Also pulled ahead of
@VitalikButerin
.
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Big things here, bigger things coming
Proof of SQL is here.
We’re thrilled to release Proof of SQL, Space and Time’s novel zk-proof. Space and Time customers can now compose data-driven dapps and business processes with verifiable data and compute.
This is a game-changer not only for Web3, but for any enterprise,…
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Deniers in disbelief that good token economics can make yield farming reflexive
There is now $1 Billion supplied to the Compound protocol.
Excited for $COMP holders to expand & upgrade Compound, taking it past the next major milestone 📈
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Congrats to
@RobbieHeeger
on all the hard work and for pushing our industry forward!
Our team at Framework Labs is proud to announce our first incubated project
@endaomentdotorg
! Check out this great piece by
@therorymurray
as he speaks with CEO of Endaoment
@RobbieHeeger
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On-boarding in DeFi sucks. Excited to back
@Flynnjamm
and to help solve this.
1/ Exciting news today for
@rabbithole_gg
!
We’ve raised $3.6M to build the on-chain resume for the future of work.
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One more go around before the Senate vote tomorrow. Give them a call to make sure they know that crypto/defi knows how to put up a fight. 🤝
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Excited to continue the partnership. 2024 is going to be the year of web3 gaming and AI Arena is going to be a major feature of that!
ArenaX Labs, creator of AI Arena, is thrilled to announce a $6M funding round led by
@hiFramework
!
To celebrate,
@pythianism
&
@im_manderson
agreed to go head-to-head in the Arena.
Who do you think will come out on top?
Leave your predictions in the comments below!
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Excited to have you aboard!
Thrilled to announce I've joined
@hiFramework
as a quant developer. Looking forward to driving activity in DeFi markets!
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LFG j hobby
Today I am excited to announce that I will be stepping up as CEO of Compound Labs.
The future of programmable finance is bright and there's no better team than the bright minds at Compound Labs.
📈💪
@compoundfinance
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Community is the strongest moat, and the bears @ 🐻⛓️get it. Excited to co-lead this round as they blast off.
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Token economics and monetary policy for open blockchain networks is the equivalent to a business model and GTM strategy for a company
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And the journey continues!
Excited to announce
@SlingshotCrypto
's $15M Series A fundraise led by the legendary
@RibbitCapital
!
Also stoked to have
@hiFramework
, K5 Global,
@ShrugCap
,
@TheChainsmokers
,
@ElectricCapital
,
@austin_rief
and others participate in the round 🔥
1/
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Damn, that was fast..
Ultimately, DeFi will shift the job of financial regulators from oversight to code review.
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The next big thing.
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We’re excited to finally share this!
@rberk17
and
@ivanprz04
have some really innovative ideas on how to do undercollateralization and credit risk scoring. Stay tuned for more from
@useteller
!
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Legendary
Cross-asset swap volume with
@synthetix_io
for February: $234M - more than 2x of January.
In additional to normal Curve swap fees, Synthetix shares 25% of fee revenue with veCRV holders:
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Really excited to welcome
@dgmason
to the team. The framework tent is growing larger!
I’m thrilled to announce I’m joining
@hiframework
as Ops Partner / Head of Platform, where I’ll be investing in and supporting the best founders in web3.
Thanks to
@pythianism
,
@im_manderson
,
@roylearner
, and the rest of the team for this opportunity.
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Finally get a chance to see the draft bill. Long way to go but great to see the ball is being moved forward.
The chairmen of the House Financial Services and Agriculture committees teamed up to draft a new crypto market structure bill:
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Prediction: by 2025 we see a bunch of companies on
@HowIBuiltThis
who have the same line in the interview - “and then we decided to put over half our treasury into BTC”
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Such a sad day...
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Couldn’t be more excited for The Graph, everyone working on it, but mostly all of its customers. Huge win for everyone!
@yanivgraph
@graphprotocol
Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve raised $5M and we have the funding we need to build and launch the decentralized network! 🚀🚀
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ICYMI, the
@UpshotHQ
team just announced the "Upshot Machine Intelligence Network" (MIN), which crowdsources insight via ML models.
This move marks a significant expansion beyond their original NFT market product towards the wider convergence of AI and DeFi.
Announcing the Upshot Machine Intelligence Network.
This is a first step in merging AI with DeFi.
The network uses a new “Proof of Alpha” mechanism which rewards users for the alpha they contribute.
The result is a scalable, self-improving AI network optimized for DeFi.
🧵
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yield farming (v): to engage in DeFi in an active way to generate superior financial yields
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13/ $YFI is a phenomenal experiment in decentralized governance, new token models and community vs. institutional growth. It’s gonna be a fun ride.
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I had a great time speaking at the
@SCB10X_OFFICIAL
DeFi summit last month! Here’s a quick run down:
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It’s time to get rid of these archaic rules and open up private capital markets in the US.
@Nasdaq
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Is it Groundhog Day?
According to sources, this week the
@NFL
,
@NFLPA
and
@dapperlabs
will announce a deal to launch a digital collectibles marketplace resembling the hit NBA Top Shot.
➡️
@BenFischerSBJ
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Restaking for everyone.
@raoufbenhar
and
@Dewpey
have been grinding on this for the last few years, amazing to see it out in the wild
Salam
We recently announced our $48M Series A at $1B+ to accelerate universal security for
@Ethereum
and beyond
Today we're excited to provide a peek into the Karak endgame
The universal restaking layer powered by the entire cryptoeconomy across every asset and every chain 🍊
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Could not be more excited about what’s brewing for this team and their customers
Space and Time is an AI-enabled, verifiable, data platform to build & automate faster, cheaper and more accessible applications for any business across any industry.
@SpaceandTimeDB
🧵for a verify-everything World 👇
(1/12)
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Game time!
🚨 IT'S TIME TO CALL YOUR SENATORS 🚨
Tell them you support the Wyden-Lummis-Toomey amendment to fix the unacceptable crypto surveillance provision in the infrastructure bill.
Everyone. NOW.
Here are instructions with the number to call & what to say:
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Excited to partner with
@nick_emmons
and
@UpshotHQ
! Get ready to start appraising NFTs.
Thrilled to announce we've just raised $7.5 million in a round led by
@hiFramework
,
@coinfund_io
, and
@blockchaincap
🎉
This catalyzes our journey to real-time NFT price feeds powered by crowdsourced appraisals.
Stay tuned.
👉
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