Rules of the bull:
- Don’t flaunt your wealth.
- Don’t use leverage.
- Don’t tell normies; let them find out on their own.
- Diamond hands.
- But sell if it will change your life.
- Prioritize decentralization.
- Cute NFTs only.
- Ape responsibly.
- Have fun.
I have 8 years worth of 401K savings at
@Vanguard_Group
from my time as an employee at Google.
I will be rolling over these funds to
@Fidelity
.
Vanguard's paternalistic blocking of Bitcoin ETFs does not fit in with my investment philosophy.
🚨NEW:
@Vanguard_Group
, the world’s second largest asset manager behind
@BlackRock
, is reportedly blocking its customers from buying into the new $BTC Spot ETFs, saying the products “don’t fit with Vanguard’s investment philosophy.”
Now we’ll start to see how institutional…
With respect, I found
@ErikVoorhees
' keynote to be jejune, anti-democratic, and disingenuous. It may be effective as a rallying cry for libertarians, but as a strategic framework for the global adoption of crypto, it is so divorced from reality as to be worthy of ignoring.
The…
I am half-Jewish by blood. To this point, I had refrained from opining on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of deference for its historical complexity, saturated discourse, and impacted individuals.
However, the calculus changed for me this week.
Hamas' attack on Israel and…
We’re going to pass sensible crypto legislation
We’re going to build fast crypto payment apps
We’re going to use DeFi in capital markets
We’re going to leverage NFTs for consumer brands
We’re going to create an open financial system to improve the world
We’re going onchain.
A project I've been helping to build at
@coinbase
for ~2 years was announced today: Wallet-as-a-Service, affectionately called WaaS.
My career conviction is that WaaS will on-board the next wave of Web2 and large enterprise companies on to crypto. (1/5)
Today,
@coinbase
announced the repurchase of $64.5 million of our Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 at a 29% discount to par value, reducing the company's total outstanding debt.
Our CFO is a wizard!
FEEDBACK FOR THE BESTIES
@TheAllInPod
’s rise to the top of the charts has recently been met with backlash from its listeners directed at the four hosts. Opinions are as diverse as the show's audience, spanning from partisan political disagreement to criticisms of perceived lack…
I will continue to build at
@coinbase
-
In a bear market, against bad faith regulatory pressure, with the press against us, and even when there are easier jobs out there -
Because I believe in increasing economic freedom in the world through secure, decentralized systems. 🛡️
I’m proud to say I was recently promoted to Senior Staff Software Engineer at
@coinbase
(L7) 🎉
This my 4th promotion in 10 years. Through success and failure, I've learned a lot about the process. Here are 7 practical tips for getting promoted in the tech industry:
The reason these
@coinbase
ads are so powerful is that they unearth a set of deep societal problems that are rarely publicly discussed, and suggest a positive path to addressing them.
It’s no secret that the so-called American dream of a college education and a stable job…
Casting “non-custodial wallets” as illegitimate technology is not just misleading, it is a gross denial of the human right to property.
Self-custody is guaranteed by Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
As the SEC engages in a draconican campaign of regulation-by-enforcement against crypto in the United States, America is falling behind its peers in real-time, risking losing its position as a global hub of financial innovation:
1. Japan's largest bank,
@mufgbk_official
,…
I grew up in Massachusetts. Public high school, Harvard College. Center left political views. Worked at Google for 8 years.
Not exactly anti-establishment.
And I am proud to help
@coinbase
fight for economic freedom against the SEC’s overreach because the truth is on our side.
The hottest new app on Base is
@friendtech
.
It's done over 2000 ETH and 100,000 transactions in volume in just a single day, eclipsing even OpenSea.
It's being used by the biggest CT influencers, like
@cobie
and
@HsakaTrades
.
And the app barely even works.
So what is it? 🧵
My thesis for working at
@coinbase
is simple. It is the most legit crypto company. So if crypto does well, then Coinbase will do well, and vice versa. I also believe in crypto and enjoy working on crypto. So work is fun and meaningful. That's all there is to it.
A few weeks ago,
@CoinbaseWallet
launched gasless USDC sends on Polygon 🎉
Interestingly, this feature did not require smart contracts or EIP-4337 account abstraction.
Instead, it relied on a different standard called "meta-transactions."
What are these "meta-transactions"? 🧵
The contrast between Prime Minister Sunak’s and President Biden’s position on crypto is mind-boggling. The decision of this administration to alienate crypto in the US will be remembered as a generational policy blunder, costing billions of dollars in lost economic output.
This era of Coinbase will be remembered similarly to Apple from 2007-2010 or Google from 1998-2001: relentless innovation that laid the foundation for a generation of subsequent technological progress, and propelled the company to its next level of societal relevance.
This is not merely an economic or legal battle. It is an ethical one.
A federal government agency *refuses* to provide guidelines for the industry it purports to regulate, and uses that lack of clarity to accuse wrongdoing.
It is wrong and shameful. A national embarrassment.
Coinbase received a Wells notice from the SEC. After years of asking for reasonable crypto rules, we're disappointed that the SEC is considering courts over constructive dialogue. But if courts are required, so be it. We'll defend the rule of law. 1/15
I don't know if you realize this, but
@coinbase
just launched liquid ETH staking. You can now convert your staked ETH to cbETH and do literally whatever you want with it throughout the DeFi ecosystem.
With The Merge approaching, this is incredibly bullish.
Coinbase will add support for Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (cbETH) on the Ethereum network (ERC-20 token). Do not send this asset over other networks or your funds will be lost.
What is cbETH? Let’s dive in 🧵👇
The next crypto bull run will bring wealth to many, altering the distribution of capital in society.
Those who benefit from this sea change should think carefully about how they will wield their newly found power. (1/5)
Last week, I transitioned from an Individual Contributor to a Senior Engineering Manager role at
@coinbase
. Our team's focus remains crypto & wallet API development.
It's a great honor to support such talented engineers, and I am excited to see what the future holds for us.
No doubt that this year was extremely tough for crypto, but I truly believe 2023 is going to be a big year for
@coinbase
. The many seeds that we’ve been planting to gain mainstream adoption will start to bear fruit. 🫡🛡️
@SenWarren
@FTC
@SUBWAY
@jimmyjohns
@McAlistersDeli
Senator, as one of your constituents, I want to thank you for your tough stance on sandwich shops. These crumb jugglers have been wreaking havoc in our communities for too long. The election will be decided by issues of bread-and-fill, and I’m happy to see you understand that.
Introducing Base64 - a smart contract framework for onchain power-of-2 tournament prediction markets.
Imagine onchain March Madness:
- Competitors are NFTs or
@friendtech
accounts
- Participants are ENS holders
- Results are oracle or voting based
Coinbase's Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS) APIs are now available for Public Preview!
No need for complicated cryptography or blockchain-specific knowledge. Now, building a crypto wallet into your app is as simple as calling our endpoints!
But how does it work? 🧵
I'm excited to share that I've been chosen as a Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission, a global body that convenes senior business & political leaders to address the world's toughest problems.
I believe I am the first Fellow to represent the crypto industry. (1/4)
In the most recent episode of Odd Lots with
@TheStalwart
and
@tracyalloway
, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam made clear just how stark the differences in approach to crypto regulation are between his agency and Gary Gensler's SEC.
Here are the five takeaways:
Rebuilding trust in governments through cryptocurrencies: the USA, Iran, and Israel
In early August, the US and Iran conducted a prisoner swap in which five imprisoned Americans were returned for several jailed Iranians and $6 billion of frozen Iranian assets.
Given the…
Today is a significant milestone for our team at
@coinbase
, as we launch Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS) on Ethereum Mainnet. We believe this product will be pivotal in the next wave of enterprises becoming "onchain by default."
A quick tour of 5 key features WaaS has to offer:
I love The Wall Street Journal. It is the only newspaper I subscribe to. I pay $40/month for it because I value its impartiality.
So, it is immensely disappointing to see its inaccurate reporting on the amount of crypto donations made available to terrorist organizations. Given…
@JohnReedStark
Hi John. In the past you have been outspoken that the likelihood of the SEC approving a spot Bitcoin ETF was very low, and expressed your support for this position. Today the SEC approved 11 different spot Bitcoin ETFs. Why do you think your outlook was so wrong?
Let the
@coinbase
Wallet-as-a-Service team cook.
For 2 years, some of our strongest devs have been building our Prime Web3 Wallet used by billion dollar institutions.
The same underlying tech will now be made available to everyone via our embedded wallet SDK.
Big things 🔜
I would love to do this! I’d prefer it to be a conversation over a debate, though. Public debates can breed perverse incentives, as we know very well from the US political system. I’m also open to changing my mind, and wouldn’t consider that a loss.
I didn't know I needed a debate between
@yugacohler
and
@ErikVoorhees
on Bankless but now i do.
How about we turn this wonderfully civil back and forth into a long-form conversation?
My team at
@coinbase
is working on the next generation of embedded wallet solutions.
If you are building a crypto / web3 app and interested in getting early access to our APIs, drop us a line!
Introducing our next Wallet-as-a-Service solution for onchain builders: Coinbase Embedded Wallets. Apply for our Early Access Program today and learn more about launch partner benefits.
Availability is limited.
It should go without saying, that this is FUD. Coinbase:
• Does not co-mingle customer funds with other funds
• Has strong security practices for moving funds from cold => hot wallets
• Has $5 billion of *cash* on the balance sheet, made transparent from our SEC filings
Today is my 2-year anniversary at
@coinbase
🎉
Deeply thankful to have a job in which my interests, competencies and philosophy all align with what's needed by the company
Looking forward to more years of enabling economic freedom through crypto!
Just to be very explicit - this is my current crypto portfolio composition
Not selling, not chasing, not rotating
Likely won’t rebalance significantly either
Just letting it ride
9% inflation, Terra dying, 3AC collapsing, Japanese bond yields up 80% on the day, etc.
And I’ll still bid spot ETH without blinking an eye
Because I believe in the promise of a secure and decentralized financial system
UNPOPULAR OPINION: obsessing over scalability in system design was a zero interest rate phenomenon. It is a practice that has continued due to the habits of FAANG engineers, but has relatively little utility in many settings, including start-ups.
Receiving excessive amounts of…
THE BULL CASE FOR MOCHI
In my opinion (not financial advice):
• Mochi is undervalued relative to other cat coins
• Mochi is best thought of as Pudgy Penguins with a token
• Mochi could experience hypergrowth when it removes its 3% tax in the coming week
🧵
It is in America’s national interest to foster the domestic development of cryptocurrencies, web3, and blockchain, because these technologies will form the foundations of a new international monetary and financial order that the USA should have a say in.
Last week, our head of Cryptography
@LindellYehuda
released an illuminating whitepaper on how
@coinbase
Wallet-as-a-Service leverages Multiparty Computation to achieve best-in-class usability and security amongst non-custodial web3 wallet APIs...
🧵
Some scams are meme coins, but not all meme coins are scams.
Here, I argue that meme coins are good because:
• They gauge society's commitment to property rights
• They are cultural, not financial, phenomena
• They are similar to Social Security
One of the biggest things I think needs to be solved in crypto is a way of connecting Bitcoin and Ethereum at a fundamental level beyond custodial BTC like wBTC. A joint BIP / EIP that carves out in both protocols a way for BTC to bridge natively in/out of Ethereum.
“If you have a steak meant for two, and cut it into three pieces, it’s still the same amount of steak.” - The Chairperson of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, protecting investors.
Coinbase will continue to innovate, build, and ship new products, no matter the regulatory climate. We will do so here in the U.S., and we will also do so globally.
Today Coinbase launched Coinbase International Exchange
@CoinbaseIntExch
and will begin by offering BTC & ETH perpetual futures settled in USDC with up to 5x leverage to institutional clients in eligible jurisdictions outside of the U.S.
The 15 Steps I Had To Take To Sell My $DYM Airdrop, a.k.a. "We Are Still So Early," a.k.a. "Devs Please Fix"
1. Visit Dymension Portal
2. Doesn't support Coinbase Wallet, so install Metamask
3. Add Dymension RPC information
4. Try to connect Metamask; get "Metamask not…
The thesis for crypto as the basis of the future financial system remains utterly unchanged:
- Unsustainable levels of sovereign debt erodes trust in national currencies
- Geopolitical multipolarity demands a credibly neutral medium for international settlement
- The…
It's becoming clear that 2024 will be the year of consumer crypto - not simply because "number goes up" (although that helps), but because the infrastructure now exists to deliver superior experiences onchain:
- Paymasters, gasless transactions
- Embedded wallets, account…
The notion that "crypto has no use case" is being quietly dismantled right now by hundreds of teams building popular applications onchain. We are starting to see the results in apps like Farcaster and FriendTech, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. (1/5)
Just left curve it. Cute cats. Orange coin good. Internet money. Penguins. Airdrops. Hodl. Number go up. Sound money. Stake it. Up only. 4. Bull market. Vibes are good. ETF approved. I’m not selling. Return to ZIRP. Future of Finance.
Just. Left. Curve. It.
Today,
@buildonbase
went live on mainnet, ushering in a new era for crypto.
As more of the world moves onchain, we will have more opportunities to participate in the the open financial system.
Here are some things you can do today on Base:
I’m very proud of everyone at Coinbase for improving efficiency, driving regulatory clarity, and innovating constantly despite an uncertain environment. Operating expenses decreased 13% while cash reserves increased 3% QOQ, and Base mainnet launches imminently.
LFG 🛡️