Bringing Crypto to Minnesota 🏗️ President @UMNBlockchain | Stand With Crypto AI × Crypto Minneapolis
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Officially addicted to Muse and Grok Bot 🤯
Both have quietly taken over my workflow. Can't go a day without them now.
Which one's better? Vote below 👇
0%Muse
0%Grok Bot
0 votes • 11 hoursIn Austin this week for Tech Week 🤠
Building at the intersection of Web3 + AI, running @umnblockchain and repping @akashnet as a Student Ambassador.
Down for coffee chats ☕ DMs open 👇
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MEET OUR COHORT 3 @akashnet STUDENT AMBASSADORS!! 🚀
Get to know the students representing Akash at universities around the world 🌎
Huge shoutout to @rachelt313 for putting together this incredible video!! 👏
Decentralized compute 101 at @umnblockchain on Oct 16 ⚡
As an @akashnet Student Ambassador, I was excited to bring Akash to our campus. Huge thanks to @kaylem_d for zooming in to walk our members through how anyone can rent GPU compute on an open, permissionless marketplace instead of relying on a few big clouds.
Special thanks to the Akash team for supporting us 🙏
Great questions, great energy, and lots of students curious about building on Akash 🚀
#Akash #DePIN #Web3 #UMN
Spent last Thursday at #CultureConvergence2026 at Baja Haus in Wayzata with MN founders, builders & artists 🔥
3 panels that stood out:
🔹 Decentralized data & compute. As AI demand explodes, who owns the infra matters. DePIN isn't just a crypto talking point anymore
🔹 EV infra & self-driving. Future tech is very physical: charging networks, grids, real-world deployment
🔹 Tokenized assets & policy. Regulation now shapes what gets built and where
Biggest takeaway as President of @umnblockchain: MN's Web3 + AI scene is way more active than people think. Students should be in these rooms 🚀
Huge thanks to @LocalTiesMedia, Chris Pederson & Josiah Wilson for putting it together, and great meeting @brandonferdig @tonymargarit @ColinHirdman Marcus Taplin & Alejandro Falabella
#Web3 #AI #DePIN #Minnesota
AI assistant showdown 👀
Grok Bot, Muse, ChatGPT Dot, or Claude Duet: which one actually gets stuff done for you?
Drop your pick and why 👇
20%Grok Bot
40%Muse
20%Dot
20%Duet
5 votes • 2 days zhen zhuang retweeted
Cohort III has entered the chat.
Meet the Fall ’26 Akash Student Ambassadors 🎓
New faces and returning ambassadors, ready to build on Akash, bring decentralized compute to their campuses, and make their mark on the ecosystem.
Let’s go, Cohort III ❤️🔥
@akashnet
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🚨JPMORGAN, CITI, BOFA AND WELLS FARGO TO LAUNCH TOKENIZED DEPOSIT NETWORK BY 2027
The four largest U.S. banks are building blockchain payment rails through The Clearing House to keep deposits from migrating to stablecoins, per WSJ.
Proud to represent @umnblockchain as part of this coalition.
The Clarity Act is a win for every student building in Web3. Let's get it done 🛡️
Stand With Crypto and over 200 organizations sent a simple message to Senate leadership: it's time for the Clarity Act.
The community is unified — large companies, startups, associations, and grassroots groups across the country are counting on their lawmakers to deliver rules of the road for crypto in America.
The Clarity Act passed the Senate Banking Committee with bipartisan support.
Now it needs to cross the finish line. Tell your Senators you want Clarity 👇
HF 3709 just got signed into law.
As someone building crypto in Minneapolis — running UMNBlockchain, repping StandWithCrypto at UMN — this one hits different.
For years the narrative was: crypto is a coastal thing.
Minnesota just quietly changed that.
Aug 1 is going to be an interesting date. 👀
Just getting started.
President of @UMNBlockchain.
@standwithcrypto rep at the University of Minnesota.
Most people think crypto happens in NYC, SF, Miami.
I'm building it in Minnesota.
Watch this space. 🏗️
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$XRP holders be like now: portfolio checked, still calm, still holding.