
Jake
@jakeantifaev
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Building @thrustdotcom 🚀 | Previously co-founded @mood_cannabis
Joined May 2025
There is no celebrity if there are no fans. Culture coins give fans their first shot at a share in the success they build.
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Too many theories flying around about the wipeout. I just can’t help but feel a bit nostalgic about 2017. The simpler days when most of it was spot. We didn’t know how good we had it.
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Bonding curves are good for one thing - to pull liquidity in. But this liquidity is mercenary. People aren’t there for the project, they’re there for the next buyer. Presales and vesting don’t slow things down - they filter out the noise. They give real believers a chance to
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Fairness is not a nice-to have. It’s the foundation of trust in the ecosystem. Fairness scales. Extraction expires. You see that every time.
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"Betting will be the biggest cultural tech subsector of 2026. And it’s not even close." Couldn't agree more. I do think that "betting" is even broader than sports, prediction markets, and gaming. Memecoins, creator coins, culture coins - everything is a form of a bet. "betting
A few years ago I built the global marketing function for a $7B data provider in the original prediction market: sports gambling. The next 12–18 months will be the second coming of betting entertainment. Most people overlook that placing a bet isn't black or white, only
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Your fans are not your exit liquidity. If you’re even considering any token, you gotta really internalize this. The problem with most existing platforms is that dumping on fans is the only way to make money. It doesn’t have to be that way. It shouldn’t, really. And it will
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Crypto is all about democratizing finance, but loves a secret alpha group. All about access, but don’t you dare ask to join that cabal. The space has some real soul-searching to do. Do you actually even want to grow the pie, or are you here to just dump your bag? Be honest.
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What's the next meta? We went through a bunch in the last couple of years - ETFs. Memecoins. Stables. DATs. But the megameta is that we’re finally getting closer to mainstream, and that is not just a narrative - we see regulation, we see the Wall St reacting. It's happening.
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People confuse fairness with idealism. When it comes to tokens, fairness isn’t a nice-to-have. It creates trust and builds long-term value. If you think about it this way, you can see that fairness is pragmatic.
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🔥 Your full batch of new speakers this week 🔥 🔹 @IGGYAZALEA 🔹 @jakeantifaev - @thrustdotcom 🔹 @websterbarnaby - @myflhouse 🔹 Abhay Mavalankar - @moonpay 🔹 @andrebeganski - @DecryptMedia 🔹 @AnewbiZ007 - @SecretNetwork 🔹 Jan Pachner - @OneOceanFound 🔹 Lauren Dutton
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Now imagine a chart that's based on Taylor Swift's career trajectory. Is the #TSTheLifeofaShowgirl a buy or a sell moment?
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Moderately hot take: if you are serious about onboarding mainstream, you gotta be doxxed.
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Everybody loves to talk about speed. And we still don’t talk enough about it. Two thoughts on speed: First, speed is about money. People usually talk about it in terms of keeping up with the market and the changes, but really, most founders underestimate how easy it is to burn
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Once you’ve established an idea of who you are in the market, it’s very difficult to change that. That's called a brand for a reason.
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"Crypto's problem is the UX" Sure, it is a problem. TBH I can’t believe the number of hoops that in the year 2025 the user still has to jump through to do some of the most basic things. But what good is that smooth and shiny UX if it brings people straight to a bunch of pump
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This does nothing to move the industry forward and is an immature way to capture mindshare Unsurprisingly, this coincides with massive outflows from the memecoin space.
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@thattallguy There is an opportunity for a whole new generation of launchpads. That don't only provide infra and liquidity, but act as true launch partners. Maximizing exposure, ensuring quality/vetting, and committing their own resources to push marketing and capture mindshare.
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