Timccopeland

Had a great chat with Upexi's CEO and CSO on The Crypto Beat about their Solana accumulation strategy

I grilled them hard on the prospect of systemic risk of these leveraged crypto treasury plays. They fought back admirably

Watch the full thing here:

kinda funny to think saylor's leveraged approach to bitcoin could undermine the very coin that he thinks is so precious

https://www.theblock.co/post/357781/strategys-rising-holdings-risk-making-bitcoin-inappropriate-for-central-bank-reserves-sygnum-warns

Biggest unspoken concern seems to be that the bitcoin treasury trade somehow blows up in maybe 6-12 months

Definitely more people worried about it than I thought

looking to understand the latest techniques of phishing attacks on crypto people — as part of a prevention plan

who would be best to speak to?

I for one am glad that we've achieved satoshis vision

This was it, right?

"That could cause issues and potentially a death spiral," said Jed Breed, founder and general partner of Breed VC 😲

https://www.theblock.co/post/356489/why-vcs-backing-bitcoin-altcoin-crypto-treasury-companies

I love how in the last mission impossible film he asks her for her *banking details* to send $100 mil in cryptocurrency.

She enters a few digits by memory and then it says "decrypting blockchain" while making the transfer 🙃

trying to send a specific crypto amount to a certain wallet on web app is fun bc the app resets when you click off it to paste the second thing

just perfect

one cool thing about crypto wallets is they're country agnostic

like if you want to try some app built by some dude in the middle of nowhere, you can — you don't need to have a local bank account and local currency

sounds obvious but never really thought about it

Companies buying crypto with their own money is good

Companies borrowing money to buy crypto is bad

built an AI version of onecryptofeed

summarises all articles that have come through every N hours

but would anyone want it

before crypto // after crypto

Coinbase joining the s&p 500?

Guess everyone's gonna have crypto exposure now

Who are the best people in crypto that I should talk to to understand how companies are approaching their marketing strategies right now?

I've been checking ETH charts all this time, avoiding noise from Twitter. The way the upward movement is happening, the way htf resistances are being tested... it clearly looks manipulated, no real demand. Once again, the biggest bull trap I've ever seen. But they won't trap me

Reminder - you can see RWA growth on our dashboard here:

https://www.theblock.co/data/decentralized-finance/real-world-assets

anyone else having issue with symbiotic? on firefox it won't connect to my MM and on chrome the 'connect wallet' button just doesn't exist

this is the same for me across two laptops

Some personal news: I'm changing role at The Block to Head of Growth.

Yes, after seven years of non-stop, 24/7, mind-destroying crypto journalism, I'm moving outside of Editorial.

Why? Ultimately I feel like I've given everything to the newsroom that I had to offer, from ETF scoops to investigative features and breaking news. Now it's time for something new.

Replacing me is the talented @XBT002 who will manage a brilliant team of writers who work tirelessly to get you fast, accurate crypto news.

My new role will be to help increase The Block's evergreen traffic, boost our partnerships in the space, grow our revenue and shill our new platform Campus (which you should totally check out if you're hiring in crypto btw btw).

We have some great sponsorship opportunities and I'm working on some engagement-focused ideas so please get in touch if those appeal to you.

I'll also continue doing my live-streaming podcast The Crypto Beat. Had PayPal on recently and got a great guest next week, so stay tuned.

As part of the change, I'll be deprecating my current email address. I will also no longer be involved in the news process, so do send pitches to the Editorial team instead.

Just a final note: Journalism in crypto is really, really challenging. Plus, you have to sacrifice a lot of opportunities. So please respect those that put in the effort, even when they make mistakes. It's easy to criticize but the wrath that gets placed on them can be very damaging over the long run. Often it's the model that's broken, not the intention of the journalist.

And if you read this far (sorry i ain't reading that, i'm happy for u tho), please reply with a pig emoji — reflecting my new role as a hog — to let me know.

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If chatgpt had been around in 2017:

"Write me a whitepaper for a project that uses blockchain to solve a real world problem. No idea is too ridiculous. Don't admit to any crimes. Add some fake advisors"