Phil Kwok | EasyA
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🚀 Co-founder @EasyA_App and @EasyA_Labs 👨⚖️ Attorney 🗽 Prev. @LinklatersLLP @sullcrom 👨🎓Ranked 1st + lecturer @cambridge_uni👨💻 OS Web3 contributor
Joined June 2020
just got a ton of new followers. most of ya know me from web3. but if you’re new here. this is my story. in 54 seconds 👇
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just got off a call with the @Ripple team. prepping for $xrp community day tomorrow. and i can tell you. the stuff we’re sharing is gonna be pure gold. the world isn’t ready for what’s coming. sooo hyped.
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today is $xrp community day. a full day of @ripple’s top leaders + contributors. and a lot of you’ve asked. why am i sooo hyped?. and why do i think the world isn’t ready for what’s coming?. time for a 🧵.
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lots of hype about an $8bn $xrp etf. but as a builder, i couldn’t care less. i’ve presented on-stage with ripple cto david schwartz twice. and he sees an easy straight line to a $16 TRILLION market in tokenised assets. how?. hint: it’s not about building for etfs. a thread 🧵
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almost a year ago. @bgarlinghouse and i took this photo together. we were chatting. about the tidal wave of developers we’d brought to the xrp ledger. and flash forward to today, there’s never been a better time to build. let the golden age of @easya_app and @Ripple begin.
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today’s announcement is BIG news. that goes without saying. but as someone who’s been in blockchain for over a decade. i believe this is even bigger than people think. you see, there’s something you need to know about david sacks. it’s not about his crypto holdings or.
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how is $xrp valued at $180bn. and how much further can it run?. i’m not in the business of speculating on price. but as a builder. i need to know whether an ecosystem is sustainable. and i’ve developed a simple 3-step framework to analyse any blockchain. a thread 🧵
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the sec is dropping its case against @Ripple. this is big news. as an attorney. and one of the youngest people ever to pass the new york bar. here's why i think it's so important:. remember what the case was all about: $xrp being a security. district judge torres ruled that:.
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wow. before my tweet 2k people were going. now we’re at 13k 🤯. gonna be a big day.
just got off a call with the @Ripple team. prepping for $xrp community day tomorrow. and i can tell you. the stuff we’re sharing is gonna be pure gold. the world isn’t ready for what’s coming. sooo hyped.
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it’s been awesome getting to know @JoelKatz over the years. every time we catch up, i always ask him for a pirate joke 🏴☠️ . guess what it was this time?
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the coinbase hack is scary. personal names, numbers, even home addresses…. exposed. but i literally just remembered. the xrp ledger solves this. ripple cto @JoelKatz taught me how during our consensus fireside chat last year. the guy is so smart he could see these things
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a 16 TRILLION dollar token. even bigger than bitcoin. it’s coming. and there will be signs. i summarised them in this thread. but that’s only part of the story. so here’s my full fireside chat. with the legend. #xrp ledger co-creator david schwartz. focus on the tech 👀
lots of hype about an $8bn $xrp etf. but as a builder, i couldn’t care less. i’ve presented on-stage with ripple cto david schwartz twice. and he sees an easy straight line to a $16 TRILLION market in tokenised assets. how?. hint: it’s not about building for etfs. a thread 🧵
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epic lunch with the @Ripple team!. super excited for what we’ve got planned for the rest of the year!
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went for a run in boston. what do you think they sell in here?
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digital assets summit in nyc. showed that institutions are coming into crypto big time. and if there’s one person who gets it. it’s @dom_kwok. he studied finance at wharton (the same university as president trump). and worked at blackstone (the world’s biggest alt asset
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i just turned 28. and i’m now officially one of cambridge’s leading alumni. i’ve got to admit. i’m kinda speechless. only 5 other people in history have ever received this award. the other alumna in the photo with me is prof. denny levett. she literally invented a new way to
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just got called up. going on the @BBC in 45 mins. to talk about the digital assets stockpile, web3 superpowers, and ofc bitcoin. gonna tell the world what we’re seeing on the ground. as builders. what should i make sure the legacy media knows?.
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JUST IN at paris blockchain week:. monica long announces that @ripple is acquiring prime broker hidden road. for $1.25 BILLION. here’s why it matters for the xrp ledger, xrp and rlusd. from ripple ceo brad garlinghouse himself:. “This is the capital and activity that will.
“we’re at a tipping point for tokenisation”. - @MonicaLongSF, president @Ripple. i can confirm. this is very much the mood in the room. people tell me things are bearish rn. but honestly i hadn’t even realised. the tech is finally where it needs to be. so close now.
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this man. is the unsung hero of web3. literally the only name on the ethereum yellow paper. the project that made the most millionaires. in history. this is the story of how a little boy from lancaster. who grew up the child of a single mother. ended up inventing web3 👇
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“we’re at a tipping point for tokenisation”. - @MonicaLongSF, president @Ripple. i can confirm. this is very much the mood in the room. people tell me things are bearish rn. but honestly i hadn’t even realised. the tech is finally where it needs to be. so close now.
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just arrived. at royal bank of canada headquarters. BIG meeting. they have $2 trillion in assets. but they wanna know what’s hot rn in web3. where the builders are. and what @dom_kwok and i are seeing. will report back shortly. so make sure you’re following.
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epic week in paris! 🇫🇷 . congrats @MonicaLongSF on the incredible announcements. so much more to come!. @EasyA_App 🤝 @Ripple
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people seem to have forgotten about blockchain for payments. they're excited about gamefi, socialfi, memecoins. that’s fine. but blockchain’s proven pmf is payments. it’s not just big. it's massive. today, the #XRP Ledger mainnet launches on EasyA. and our 1m+ builders are.
Today, we’re thrilled to announce what we’ve been working on with @Ripple. #XRP Ledger mainnet is now live on EasyA. Our 1 million+ developers are coming to build on the #XRPL. They’ve been backed by a16z, YC and many more top VCs. And they have one task:. Build on the XRP
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Celebrating 134,000 devs building on the #XRP Ledger in the @EasyA_App. With @bgarlinghouse at @Consensus2024 - see you in Amsterdam at APEX! 🇳🇱. #60DaysOfXRPL
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royal bank of canada just sent us this email. needless to say. the meeting went well. kinda confidential. but i love everyone who follows me. so here’s a sneak peek. literally so much more i’m dying to share with you. but i’ll have to restrain myself for now.
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institutions can build. developers can build. and because it’s all composable. we’re going to have a cambrian explosion of activity. there’s so much more we’re working on. foundations that will tie it all together seamlessly. more to come on all those soon. but for now.
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i’ve looked at a ton of tokenomics designs. and there’s one that’s made a huge comeback recently: the fixed supply tokenomics. like xrp. all the xrp tokens that can and will ever exist. are already in existence. 100 billion of them. fixed supply tokenomics were taken for.
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i kinda have this feeling. that the universe is trying to tell me something. i’m in the supermarket now and i see this. any ideas?
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at our meeting with royal bank of canada. i asked this exact question. so here’s the inside scoop. right now there are 2 factions in the bank:. anti crypto. and pro crypto. right now, the anti crypto outnumber the pro crypto. by a lot. they oppose anything to do with.
@kwok_phil Rbc currently restricts their clients from buying crypto. 😆 maybe start there.
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it’s official!. i’ll be running the new york marathon. raising money for autism. something that’s very dear to our hearts. here in the blockchain community. i’m autistic. most of us here are. and it’s a gift. hopefully they never find a cure for us lol
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when i saw this. it made my day. the ‘ripple blend’. the magic ingredient for any xrpresso. brewed only at ripple hq. fuels the team for the mission. so cool.
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just got this email from apple. finally allowing crypto for in-app purchases. this is big. i can’t tell you the number of times our app’s been flagged for compliance. simply because we mention crypto. this will pave the way for a flood of blockchain adoption.
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yep. i follow back!. not one of those guys who keeps his following count at 0 lol. i appreciate people who support. and i wanna keep in touch with people doing cool stuff. whether you’re a builder or just love blockchain. if ya follow me. i’ll probably follow back!.
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how crypto reaches $100 trillion. right now we’re sitting at under $3 trillion. when i first got into blockchain. bitcoin was $100. but this is still just the beginning. i’ve realised there’s a straight line to this going 100x. and i’ve also realised what needs to change.
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exactly as i predicted last weekend. in today’s crypto summit. david sacks could not stop talking about it. LEGAL FAIRNESS. this man gets it. we were taught at law school. all people equal before the law. finally this will apply to us in web3 too.
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the most bullish thing about this. is that the king of crypto ETFs. understands blockchain will completely take over payments. shops won’t need to pay 3% of their revenues to card companies. it’s all going on-chain. jon ledecky was here too. he’s a multi-millionaire.
backstage with Jan van Eck. king of crypto ETFs and CEO of @vaneck_us. at the Van Eck Digital Assets Conference in LA!
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just went on the bbc. educating the legacy media on web3. and our mission. the other guest claimed crypto is a scam. I THOUGHT WE WERE PAST THIS. tbh, i didn’t know people like this even still existed. i’ve been in blockchain since 2013. i came top of my year at.
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this is big. there’s so much people don’t know about the xrp ledger. auto-bridging from #xrp to make trading efficient between otherwise illiquid token pairs is one of them. all in the native dex. oh, and did you know it’s been running for over 10 years? . all on EasyA 👇
Just one week since XRP Ledger Mainnet launched on EasyA and we’ve already seen record numbers of developers starting to build 🔥. So this week, we’re going one level deeper. Into fungible tokens, NFTS, auto-bridging with #XRP and even the world’s longest-running DEX 📊. Start
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another @EasyA_App gigabrain absolutely crushing it!. building on the xrp ledger. using $RLUSD. to take on the trillion-dollar payments industry. their team already has merchants on the wait list. ready to integrate. crypto’s about to go mainstream.
ZERO % merchant fees coming to XRP Ledger🔥💸 w/@0xRowbo @Xeno_Finance_ 👀. WATCH HERE👉 @easya_app @JoelKatz @Ripple @RippleXDev @RippleXrpie @xpmarket @XamanWallet @UpholdInc $XRP #XRParmy
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first of all, programmability is coming. this means people will be able to build anything they want. all on the xrpl. jp morgan on the blockchain? . or a whole airline with blockchain-powered ticketing, air miles, payments?. all possible. but tech is just part of the story:.
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brad garlinghouse today shared he’s speaking directly with trump. ondo finance are bringing tokenised treasuries to xrpl. and the us gov is pushing for legal clarity. this means we’re finally getting a chain institutions are comfortable with. but there’s still a missing piece:.
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oh and also thanks to everyone who reminded me to link the full vid. i just rewatched it - truly golden wisdom from david. plus one of his famous pirate jokes at the end - make sure you get to that bit! 🔥.
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if you hadn't already noticed, the time to build is now. yesterday: @Ripple's $1.25 billion acquisition of a prime broker. the day before: bcg's prediction that tokenised assets will soon reach $19 trillion. and now today: the @EasyA_App x Ripple hackathon. the stage is set.
Kickstart your Apex 2025 journey with the @easya_app x @Ripple APEX Hackathon, June 7-8 in Singapore 🇸🇬. Build on the XRPL. Meet other top devs. Get noticed before the main event 🔥. ➡️
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This #EthDenver was eye-opening. Last year, EasyA was an app a niche of people used to learn Web3 and new blockchains. This year, everyone already either had the EasyA app or knew about it. And they’re launching the next killer dApps. Wild what can happen in just one year.
Big thank you to everyone who PACKED OUT our EasyA x @StellarOrg Closing Party tonight 🎉 . What a way to cap off #ETHDenver! Needless to say, it was a Stellar event 😉
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fascinating to see this now start to play out on the #xrp ledger. big announcement coming today with @ripple x @easya_app 🤝.
Join me and @kwok_phil, where I'll be unveiling Ripple's vision and roadmap for institutional DeFi on the XRP Ledger #XRPL.
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so it’s time for the reveal. here’s david’s dad joke this time:. > why is it dangerous to go to the desert at night?. (answer in the comments).
it’s been awesome getting to know @JoelKatz over the years. every time we catch up, i always ask him for a pirate joke 🏴☠️ . guess what it was this time?
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these ripplers are some of the most genuine and kind people you’ll meet. the kinda people you’re proud to sit shoulder to shoulder with. and work day and night to build the future.
awesome dinner with the @ripple team! . big congrats on everything this team’s managed to achieve the past few years 🙌
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the ability to build anything on the #xrp ledger. institutions. legal clarity. builders. i could go on and on about rwa, amm, defi, interop etc…. all i need to say is. this is why it feels like overall we’re at version 2.0. and why it feels this is all pure gold:.
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“what’s it like building a startup with your brother?”. @dom_kwok and i get asked this a lot. so i tried to explain it here :)
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the other part is regulation. there’s no way big institutions are coming. unless there are clear operating rules. and during the bear market. ripple hoovered up licenses all around the world. some quick stats:.
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imagine if your cofounder had worked at goldman sachs, morgan stanley, and blackstone. imagine they'd aced scholarships at wharton (the same university trump, musk, buffett all went to). now imagine they had biceps the size of thighs. just imagine what you could build.
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we just wrapped up consensus 2025. the most influential crypto conference in the world. we were on the ground for 3 days, speaking on stage, watching speakers on stage, and talking with the most powerful people in crypto. here’s what everyone’s most excited about:. 1/.
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been studying tokenomics a lot lately. will be sharing my learnings.
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$70bn+ payments volume. 90+ markets. 60+ licenses globally. but that’s not all:.
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as a kid i was taught never to brag. keep your head down. work hard. let your actions speak for themselves. i’ve never grown out of that. so i’ll let cambridge do the speaking for me. about why they chose to recognise me with the leading alumni award. i first heard via email
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the best things in life take time to build. at the start of this year @JoelKatz and i discussed the future of building on the #xrp ledger. many were wondering how the #XRPL was going to attract the next wave of builders. we talked about programmability, defi, interoperability.
Moments ago during the XRPL Zone fireside chat, @kwok_phil and @JoelKatz discussed the future of building on the #XRPL. 🔥🔥🔥 #ETHDenver2024
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every so often in history. there comes a time. a window of opportunity. to redefine a whole section of society. with finance and payments, that moment has arrived. out with the old. in with the new. this will be unlike anything you've ever seen before. led by @EasyA_App.
announcing our next @ripple hackathon! 🇸🇬 . taking place right before @xrplapex in Singapore, our EasyA x Ripple hackathon is your chance to launch your company on the XRP Ledger 🚀 . there’s never been a better time to join the ecosystem.
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gm LA. hardest hill run i’ve done in a while. but the view from the top was insane. it reminds me. nothing worth doing is easy. and i’m taking that energy into this week. let’s go crush it, frens!
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who’s going to build this all?. the answer is developers. and they’re coming. in mass. we’re driving developer adoption with @easya_app. getting them building on the #xrp ledger. launching at our @ripple x EasyA hackathons. but the real fun is when all this comes together:.
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literally so cool to see $RLUSD go from something we were just talking about together on stage. to going live on mainnet. all in a matter of months.
Since the idea of $RLUSD many months ago to launch in a matter of hours, I’ve been looking forward to more use cases realized on the XRPL and more liquidity on-chain with a trusted stablecoin like RLUSD. Countless opportunities are here for devs and users who want the benefits of.
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straight outta meetings in hk. mad dash to the airport. no time to waste. sprint to catch the plane. to get to the next meeting on time. time to ACCELERATE.
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No better way to celebrate crossing 92,000 builders learning about @Polkadot in the @EasyA_App! 🎉. With the legend himself @gavofyork 🧠. A big cheers from us to all you gigabrains! 🍻
Just walked into the Polkadot party at #TOKEN2049 and see Phil partying on stage with @afrojack and @gavofyork. Dubai, we have officially arrived!! 🕺
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$8 billion is nothing. this is a much bigger game. how come?. the answer is rwas. real world tokenised assets. when i went on stage with david. in the depths of the crypto winter. he described it as a MASSIVE opportunity. here’s why ⏭️
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real estate is a $200 TRILLION market. and there are huge problems across the board. in real estate itself. mortgages. fractional ownership. liquidity. bonds. huge issues with all of these. but where things really get exciting is in the solutions ⏭️
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yep. in case you didn’t already know. the xrp ledger now supports amms. natively built into the chain. bringing more utility to $xrp. spent the past week reviewing its inner workings. saw some pretty cool opportunities. continuing the deep dive. will share insights soon.
In about a week we'll see the XRP / RLUSD Automated Market Maker Pool being created. I want you to be careful if you race to provide liquidity. Impermanent loss is a factor you need to count in!!. Anyone using the pool to swap assets instead is ok 👍.
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just got this email. absolutely made my day. this gigabrain came to our @easya_app x @Ripple hackathon. got inspired. has now won the xrpl commons demo day. and is heading to fundraise. epic. get ready for a new wave of apps and businesses. all coming to the #xrp ledger.
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“How do we bring a billion developers to Web3?”. That’s the title of my talk. It sounds like a massive number. It’s even more devs than in Web2. But Web3 changes everything we thought we knew about developers. The game’s changed. A billion is just the start. Come find out how.
🎤 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT . 🟣 We are THRILLED to welcome @kwok_phil from @EasyA_App as an #ETHDenver2024 speaker!
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Ripple builds financial infrastructure for the 21st century. But updating global financial infrastructure is a gargantuan effort. And Ripple can’t do it alone. That’s why we @EasyA_App partnered up with @Ripple to open up a brand new technology to the world: the XRP Ledger.
This partnership aims to educate and empower the next generation of developers, fostering their ability to build on the upcoming #XRPL integration with #EVM programmability. Learn more about #60DaysofXRPL and start your journey with @easya_app.
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Yesterday, one of our EasyA gigabrains launched. Today, everyone on Twitter's seen them. 20M views in <24 hours. $21m raised from @patrickc @collision @foundersfund and other industry leaders. When EasyA gigabrains launch, the world watches. Way to go, Walden and team! 👏.
By now you’ve all heard of Devin from @cognition_labs. They just raised $21m. But did you know its co-founder @walden_yan is also a serial EasyA hackathon winner?. He built AI x Blockchain before it became a thing. The talent in the EasyA community is insane 🔥.
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it all kicks off tomorrow morning. millions in prize money and funding. at the @EasyA_App @consensus2025 hackathon. this is the beginning. of the next phase. in crypto. (best bit’s at the end of the vid btw 😎)
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crazy how fast we’ve grown. blows my mind every time. absolutely wild.
the EasyA ecosystem is valued at over $3.5 billion. our co-founder @dom_kwok showcases some of the leading companies. 📸 The Crypto Brand Summit @consensus2025 🎤
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THIS is why we need crypto. just sent $10 to someone. they paid $15 in fees. crazy. and this isn’t in some developing country. or across the world. this is in the usa. THE united states of america. how is this even possible…
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so that’s why. as a builder i’m not excited about etfs. building for etfs was never the goal of blockchains. there’s still so much to build. and that’s where we’ll actually unlock unfathomable value.
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i’m judging @solana Radar hackathon. and i’ll be giving my scores in 24 hrs. but it’s v tight atm. and one thing i’m trying to figure out is: what is each team’s edge?. so if ur building for the hackathon, comment it here: ‘what do u know about web3 that nobody else knows?’
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We just hit half a million monthly active users on @EasyA_App. That’s the number of developers now learning Web3 every month with us. Wild. Absolutely. Wild.
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imagine if you could get mortgages on any asset. not just homes. ANY asset. this would be an insanely big market. and it’s easy to see how…
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this building in new york is a special place. last time i set foot inside i was 22. and i was here with one mission: to pass the new york bar. you see, 6 weeks before the exam i bought a book. it said it could teach me everything i needed to know to pass the bar. one of the
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When I was an undergrad at Cambridge University, I remember pitching my startup idea for £2,000. This weekend, we’re giving away $100,000. I can’t quite believe it myself. So I’ll say it again: ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Right at Harvard University. Wild. All at the EasyA x
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expecting more statements like these to come soon. the sec is finally starting to give solid guidance. i’m an engineer. but i’m also an attorney. and had the privilege of working with the best lawyers in the world. it was an open secret that memecoins are not securities.
The SEC has released guidance that memecoins are not securities and are akin to collectibles.
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let the bull run begin!. literally.
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tbt this summer. chatting with @JoelKatz. about the future of the #xrp ledger. about defi, mpts, stablecoins. and so much more. what struck me is how big david’s vision is. i realise now. he’s not just going after payments. he’s going after the whole of finance.
On stage at @consensus2024 just now! . @Ripple CTO @JoelKatz and our co-founder @kwok_phil chat all things blockchain and what lies ahead for the #XRPL ⛓️
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lots of you’ve been asking if there’s a recording of the award ceremony. so here’s the video of lord chris smith himself. former secretary of state. presenting the award to me. (if you like english accents, then make sure you turn sound on 😉)
i just turned 28. and i’m now officially one of cambridge’s leading alumni. i’ve got to admit. i’m kinda speechless. only 5 other people in history have ever received this award. the other alumna in the photo with me is prof. denny levett. she literally invented a new way to
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this team is creating a new internet based on action. it literally doesn't get bigger than this. a NEW INTERNET. and to think it all started at an @EasyA_App hackathon. wild.
As we're gearing up to go live with real trading on Autopilot, we are pausing to reflect on the partners who made Axal what it is today. Enter the ballers at @easya_app , @kwok_phil and @dom_kwok . It was at an Easy A hackathon in Harvard where our founder @ashlan_ahmed
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tomorrow morning, @dom_kwok and I will be leading one of the opening talks at the world’s most influential web3 conference: @consensus2025. not only that, but this week we’ll actually be on stage not just once, not just twice, but a full three times. from wednesday to
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got some new kicks this weekend. marathon training has officially begun.
it’s official!. i’ll be running the new york marathon. raising money for autism. something that’s very dear to our hearts. here in the blockchain community. i’m autistic. most of us here are. and it’s a gift. hopefully they never find a cure for us lol
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