backend engineer at fomo, previously dYdX, Google, Snap

NYC
Joined January 2018
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Excited to share I’ve joined @fomo to work on community and socials I’ve been trading for nearly a decade (unc), and fomo has become a product I've enjoyed using every day Grateful to be joining an incredibly talented, high-integrity team to build the social graph of finance
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Replying to @vonzz6
this round was in feb 2025 before we had a single line of code
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Every good Product video starts with a storyboard
Introducing dev tags. Teams recieve a tag, update holders, and build their community all within fomo. fomo is for builders too.
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Instagram straight up copied Stories from Snapchat and it became the most used feature on the platform Google was the 18th search engine. Zoom launched into a market Skype had owned for a decade. Shopify didn't invent ecommerce. I grew a hearing aid brand 8x in a market that had existed for literally 100 years. Bought media properties that were already profitable. Never invented a single thing. Originality is overrated. The money is in executing better on something people already want.
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God was the first vibe coder. “Let there be light.” No design doc. No tests. No staging environment. Just shipped the universe directly to production.
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Fomo has onboarded almost 400K new active traders to its platform in a month. We have a new insane marketing case study.
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Why @fomo is the best trading app in the world for normies: I was literally nobody before I started trading on @fomo. Even I hit few 100x in the trenches before, no one recognized me. (I rode Cashcat from 3M to 150M with size before joining fomo but nothing changed) The reason for this is because i found it really hard to build something about my trade identity on other platforms. Even i had good thesis on some coins, i had to move over to X.com or TG groups to let ppl know, and nothing is archived when I change wallet address. This basically made the whole process (from buying, building a thesis, shilling, proving etc.) fragmented and I was too lazy to do all of them. Everything takes time to build properly. And building your social reach in the trenches are basically the same as other things, it takes much time and you need to hit good trade histories, also need to select a right way to promote it, which is really challenging for normal traders. Onchain trading have grown a lot for the past few years, and it made so many heros thru various platforms. (we call them KOLs, callers, influencers, etc.) and it's lowkey really hard to stand out when you especially start from 0. I joined @fomo few weeks ago to try out the app and luckily i was able to hit few good trades (Cashcat, Marscoin, GME, etc.). I literally tried to leverage all my past experience losing money in the trenches for the past few years. Only thing i did was just buy and write some short thesis about my trade. And I realized after a short term period of time, ppl started to follow me and i became famous, which has been literally a life changing experience for me. It feels truly blessed and much appreciated, I still feel like I am dreaming. If I have to say something here, I would say @fomo app is the best place where heroes can actually be born and recognized. I would strongly recommend to ppl out there who have been struggling in the wild, come join @fomo and spread your wings. Few reasons why: 1. @fomo basically integrates and covers every process of an onchain trading cycle, from finding alphas, buy/sell, posting a thesis. It's different from others because it has strong social features. 2. You don't need to leave the app. For now i use other apps to find early alphas but if you are not a hardcore trader, everything is there. 3. Leaderboard features will make you grind harder, and making to the top of leaderboard will pay off, even one or two 10x, 100x trades will make u up there. The notional hurdle to the leaderboard is not that too high. 4. Here is where the snowball effect comes in, the numbers will compound in a very fast speed if you're able to somehow keep that momentum. I still think there's a long way to go for myself to become a good/successful trader. I make a lot of stupid trades, top blasting, waving in my conviction and cutting losses (or being rugged). I was born in the trenches, aping in 10k mc coins hoping them to hit millies. This is regardless of my balance or net worth, I just love to play around in the trenches, finding the next Pepe, Fartcoin, Brett, Moodeng, Wif. I'd love to see many random names out there suddenly popping up and become a hero, and I'm sure you'll gonna make it on @fomo. One last thing, wanna give a s/o to the goated team @seyong @KrutzkyTrades @paulerlanger + others for building this amazing app, and truly wish your continued success. WAGMI and all the best to everyone.
Congrats to @loganlim_x for claiming the top spot on the fomo leaderboard last week. A new name is made every day on fomo.
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I wish others could experience the electric energy in the fomo office everyday Killers, locked in, fighting for our users, obsessed with building the best product possible This is the arena
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The growth at @fomo is breathtaking. They are now one of the fastest growing companies in the history of consumer fintech. The remarkable team is executing exceptionally well with a simple mission to democratize access to financial instruments by abstracting away complexity.
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Fomo’s user breakout is now showing up in revenue. @fomo generated $6.45M of app revenue in July, a new monthly high and 55% above its prior record. Distribution becomes much more valuable once it converts into durable monetization.
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PSA - scammer going around. This is a drainer link. The team does not suggest anyone connect their keys to external sites that you do not personally know and trust.
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Only 16 more apps to flip…🚀
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100K daily active users on fomo. Just getting started.
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When we conceived Pascal, @yenwod_ and I had the same basic vision: A prediction market that respected its traders and held the right standard for reliability, performance and UX. I think Pascal lives up to this vision and we’re excited to see what traders think. There have been years of lessons in DeFi venue design and we’ve tried to apply as many of them as we can. Pascal is a love letter to the craft of building a trading venue.
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drop the "try" just @fomo it's cleaner
introducing our new X handle @fomo 👀
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Yesterday the House debated my Iran War Powers Resolution for two hours. The VOTE IS TODAY, but we’ve already won by forcing a debate and a vote. Our troops deserve a clear mission, so when it’s done they can come home. No more forever wars. Your Rep: house.gov/representatives/fi…
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Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.  Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace. I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution. Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.
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This Valentine’s Day, use fomo to send your friends and loved ones some of your coins, along with a note and a card 💌 Update your app to view our special V-day flow 👀 Follow fomo on Instagram (@tryfomo) to view our giveaway for a romantic dinner for two on us 💕
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