based

sounds like a bumbling high school econ student.

pretty frightening once you realize who he is and his role in the White House.

ah yes, the pre-taxday selloff. every year but always unexpected.

have a good weekend!

Community is the strongest moat, and the bears @ 🐻⛓️get it. Excited to co-lead this round as they blast off.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

changes of strategy in reaction to competition show a lack of confidence

study incoming

Restaking for everyone. Raouf Ben-Har and Druv have been grinding on this for the last few years, amazing to see it out in the wild

Good news for Bell Curve stans.

Vance Spencer , Michael Anderson and I are hosting a meetup after DAS London today.

It's 6pm at the Sun & 13 Cantons.

See you all there 🫡

Today's episode features Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov

We unpack:
- Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP)
- Bridging traditional finance & DeFi
- Banks, tokenization & 'Securitization 2.0'
- The internet of contracts vision

Full episode below ↓

INTRODUCING: Permissionless III

The event for crypto natives.

October 9-11 | Salt Lake City, Utah 🏜️🌵

New Bell Curve is LIVE.

In today's episode with Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson we covered:

- Eth Denver review
- AI x Crypto hype
- Bitcoin ETF flows
- The new bull market
- Liz Warren walking back crypto rhetoric

Full ep below, enjoy!

1/ Autopilot Guarded Launch

Autopilot is now live on mainnet in its guarded launch phase. At this stage, Tokemak is the only depositor into Autopilot. The goal is to test Autopilot's rebalancing mechanisms across LST pools before the open launch for external depositors.

Salam

Karak XP Early Access Program FAQ

If you haven't bridged already, you probably should
docs.karak.network/karak/general/…

1) $48M at $1B+
We're thrilled to welcome @LightspeedVP and Mubadala Capital, the asset management subsidiary of @Mubadala, a $280B sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi

And huge shoutout Joey Krug Vance Spencer Michael Anderson Santiago R Santos | #9159 for their unwavering support

This week's roundup unpacks:

- Bitcoin ETF buyer dynamics
- The case for a 2024 ETH ETF
- Startup funding vs token distribution
- Impact of Ethereum Dencun upgrade
- Gauntlet terminating contract with Aave

Links below ↓

A must watch: Immutable's Robbie Ferguson 🅧 | Immutable Vance Spencer Michael Anderson Mippo 🟪 on the future of web3 gaming.

- Origins of web3 gaming
- Immutable's approach
- Wen mainstream? Why 2024 will be an inflection point

youtube.com/watch?v=mJTGAq…

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We're live on @Blockworks discussing the implications of the approved bitcoin ETF with Mark W. Yusko #TwoPointOneQuadrillion, Mippo 🟪, and Michael Anderson.

Tune in below👇

youtube.com/watch?v=qNnU3f…

1/VentureBeat: Framework has led a $6M raise for ArenaX Labs (@aiarena_), an AI tech company that educates people with AI games!

Funds will be used to launch AI Arena, new game where players can train, collect, and battle intelligent AI fighters 👇🧵tinyurl.com/madjkyck

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!

Our co-founder Michael Anderson provided comment to Bloomberg about the state of the market ahead of a possible bitcoin ETF being approved 👇

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

How did crypto VC change in 2023?

And where is it going in 2024?

We sat down with Jacquelyn Melinek of TechCrunch to discuss 👇👇👇

techcrunch.com/2023/12/20/cry…