watch the gents build out live. Must watch for all Tech startups @EspressioAI
join me and @shannholmberg live on Friday building marketing funnels
we will build out some live on the stream
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Love this new brush of gold xitter.gq/goldfishggbr/status/21…
Same gold. New look.
We've refreshed the brand and rebuilt the website around it.
It's the start of the next chapter for Goldfish.
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21 big financial firms just put roughly $270M behind one stablecoin
goldman, citi, santander, deutsche bank, wells fargo, UBS and friends are funding Project Faro, a US issuer for a dollar token. bloomberg says the money covers five years of operations. launch target is the first half of 2027 with a euro version after
no CEO yet. no final name yet. but a budget, so thats progress
heres the bit i keep coming back to. $270M over five years is about $54M a year. circle booked $658M in reserve income in Q3 alone on $73.3B of average USDC, per its Q3 results
thats why banks want in. every dollar parked in a stablecoin earns T bill yield for whoever issues it, and right now that yield mostly goes to tether and circle
and they hold most of the pie. defillama has total stablecoin supply at $288.9B this morning, USDT at $175.7B and USDC at $70.1B. thats about 85% between two issuers
the banks real edge isnt tech, its distribution. they already have the customers, the accounts, and the payment rails. what they dont have yet is a token, a CEO, or a name you can type into a wallet
$54M a year to maybe one day earn what circle booked in a quiet quarter. thats a very bank way to enter a market that already moves in days
if those bank clients actually park dollars in a faro token, the yield follows the balances. otherwise this is just another settlement tool with a codename
If those bank clients actually park dollars in a faro token, the yield follows the balances. otherwise this is just another settlement tool with a codename, per its Q3 results. launch target is the first half of 2027 with a euro version after
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Becoming my favourite livestream
Livestream: Insured L2s & Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries with @sirsamjenks and @DrVinMenon xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/2onzdMRQn…
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Greggo retweeted
creator wire season ahead
been exploring @creator_wire lately and the UI is pretty clean and easy to navigate.
one thing worth highlighting is that it's affiliated with @LunarStrategy
they've also recently added a few new campaigns to the platform giving creators more opportunities to explore and participate in.
having everything in one place makes it much easier to discover opportunities and connect with brands.
definitely worth checking out.
app.creatorwire.xyz/
Clipping is here, quick and easy! @EspressioAI
Clipping is here 🎬
Grab your favorite moment from any video, add your take, and post it without leaving X.
Creators: every clip credits your original video and links back to it, so new viewers can find your work and keep watching.
Clippers: you now have an easy, native way to share moments from your favorite creators directly on X.
The best part? Both the original creator and the clipper can earn from views on the clip through Original Content Rewards.
Everyone wins when great moments travel. Clipping is one more step toward making X the best place to create, grow and earn.
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Greggo retweeted
Clipping is here 🎬
Grab your favorite moment from any video, add your take, and post it without leaving X.
Creators: every clip credits your original video and links back to it, so new viewers can find your work and keep watching.
Clippers: you now have an easy, native way to share moments from your favorite creators directly on X.
The best part? Both the original creator and the clipper can earn from views on the clip through Original Content Rewards.
Everyone wins when great moments travel. Clipping is one more step toward making X the best place to create, grow and earn.
my takeaway is less about the trading app and more about the institutions on the other side of a transfer. an exchange can keep its screens running while the routes for moving money change around it. The deposit button does not explain all of that.
fincen has issued an order barring covered us financial institutions from sending or receiving funds involving mexc, including crypto. it takes effect 30 days after publication in the federal register. this is an issued order, not a proposal, but the cutoff is not immediate.
treasury alleges mexc moved at least $16b connected to sanctions evasion, cybercrime and other illicit activity between may 2021 and may 2026. those are the authorities allegations, not a criminal conviction. the underlying order puts the figure at $16.7b.
this is not an automatic freeze of customer funds or an order shutting mexc down worldwide. it is a restriction on access through covered us financial institutions. that distinction matters if you are reading headlines and trying to understand what actually changes.
my takeaway is less about the trading app and more about the institutions on the other side of a transfer. an exchange can keep its screens running while the routes for moving money change around it. the deposit button does not explain all of that.
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fireblocks says stablecoins averaged over $300b a month on its platform over the past year. Not the whole crypto market.
Turns out moving dollars is a fairly popular use for digital assets.
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Greggo retweeted
Ever wondered where your staking rewards come from?
With us, it's lending backed by gold. Borrowers pay interest on loans secured by gold, and that interest goes into your rewards.
No new tokens printed to pay you. Just real interest, paid in gold.
And every payment is on-chain.
We are the best in the industry, we have been for awhile now. We give out information because we have so much to give. @LunarStrategy. If you have a project you can’t afford not to have the absolute best working on it.
after 600+ creatives on the library it was time for another data dump
some interesting insights:
> light colors tend to do better, compared to darker themes
> links on the post hurts engagement not reach, likely because followers that click the link don't do the rest of the engagement on X
> motion is still better across the board
any other data point that would be interesting to look into?
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Greggo retweeted
We're building an ecosystem that runs on DeFi.
The OLY token was the first phase of our economic flywheel, built to distribute value.
OLY puts ETH to work in vaults and pools. Since October, OLY’s pools on Robinhood Chain pay rewards that holders can claim.
The OLY Guild is the next phase.
ETH that enters the Bank becomes liquidity that furthers our mission to become one of the largest liquidity providers on Robinhood Chain.
Charter owners gain a seat at the table through Branches that earn daily OLY rewards generated from putting DeFi liquidity to work.
Only 1,000 OLY Charters will exist.
Apply for a whitelist to secure your spot.
south korea wants to push its crypto gains tax from january 2027 to 2029. again.
the proposal still needs national assembly approval. until the law changes, january 2027 remains the start date. its a proposed delay, not a done deal.
the levy is 22% on annual crypto profits above 2.5m won. it has already been postponed three times. officials say tax data sharing, the digital asset law and rules for carrying losses forward still need work.
my take is that getting the rules right matters more than rushing them. but after three delays, investors deserve something firmer than another date pencilled in. a tax plan shouldnt need its own roadmap.
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Stake ETH and get stuck waiting to unstake? @LidoFinance hands you stETH instead — still earns, still usable in DeFi.
~$21.7B sitting in it per DefiLlama. liquid staking in 30s. NFA
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It’s been absolutely incredible working within the Turtle group. The culture is based on excellence. The good people I get to interact with daily is just an added bonus. This group is on its way to massive things and it’s been a privilege to be along for the ride.
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dtcc just opened tokenization for $30T of securities with morgan stanley, jpm, citi and bofa signed on. 24/7 transfers for russell 1000 stocks, etfs and treasuries. the fad crowd is now running the rails. who ends up owning the fees? ???xitter.gq/i/trending/21179181316…
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tron now holds $92.35B of USDT vs ethereums $86.69B and settled $2.21T in stablecoins last quarter. the chain everyone loves to dunk on is quietly running the worlds dollar plumbing. still pretending fees dont matter? xitter.gq/i/trending/21172417454…
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