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President @avalabs , empowering the decentralized generation @avax . @cornell @harvard alum. Views are of my own. Not financial advice.
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AI should be community owned and governed.
I recently spoke about it at
@MIT
.
@medialab
,
#ImaginationInAction
.
Tune in!
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is teaming up with Ava Labs to bring blockchain to the masses.
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Every day I have the good fortune to work with such a group of talented and diverse brilliant minds, who have the amazing
#Avalanche
community in their hearts in everything they do.
No one beats the
@avalabsofficial
team and the
#Avalanche
Community !!
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1/
#AVAX
is now available on
@Coinbase
, a leading platform for the U.S. crypto ecosystem. This is a moment I’ve been looking forward to since my first days of building with the
#Avalanche
community.
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1/ The
@avalancheavax
ecosystem receiving $230M in funding is a huge step forward for the
#Avalanche
blockchain to accelerate the rapid growth of
#DeFi
and act as the entry point for TradFi and DeFi convergence.
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The
@Deloitte
@avalancheavax
partnership is a turning point in enterprise adoption of public blockchains. I'm very excited to see what's to come!
Watch the full segment on Bloomberg
@business
here:
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Happy New Year! I shared my 2022 predictions with
@CNBC
this morning, discussing how I believe this asset class will double its value over the next year.
I'm excited for growth in many Web3 sectors, including gaming, DAOs and institutional DeFi.
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I get asked, "What is Web3?" all the time. Here's my quick take:
Web3 is the Internet of Value. It's when you tokenize an asset and encode the rights and rules of ownership of that asset into a transparent yet secure system on the blockchain ⬇️
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Congratulations on your new headquarters!
Looking forward to having you in the city and continuing to build the space together.
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Building trusted news sources within the crypto community is vital to the healthy growth of Web3. We
@avalabsofficial
, along with
@SBF_FTX
and
@megan_kaspar
, are excited to help bring trusted content to the industry with our support of
@trustless_media
🤝
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Here we are. When nobody believed in this technology, we, as a group of Cornellians, were in a small office in Brooklyn, knowing that this new way of issuing, owning, and transferring assets would ultimately prove to be critical, not just for individuals, but also for
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#AvalancheSummit
II is in the books!
Thank you to everyone who made this a special few days, and to our amazing team at
@avalabsofficial
that put it all together.
All I saw in Barcelona were reasons to be bullish on the future of real utility on the blockchain.
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Enterprise adoption of blockchain technology is not happening in the 'future', it's 'now'.
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It was an incredible honor to meet with
@FrancisSuarez
for a
#CafecitoTalk
to discuss all of the exciting things going on with
@AvalancheAVAX
.
I gave a limited edition, on-chain gift to the Mayor as well.
The full recording (and gift details) will be out in a few weeks!
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1/ .
@Securitize
is tokenizing an interest in
@KKR_Co
’s Health Care Strategic Growth Fund on Avalanche
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Thanks
@cherylcasone
for a great interview on
@FoxBusiness
, where we discussed the real-world adoption of crypto.
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What a weekend at
#AvalancheHouse
Brooklyn. Had an amazing time speaking to the projects building the future of this space, and going behind the scenes of the race with
@AVAXAndrettiFE
and
@michaelandretti
! There’s nothing like the
#Avalanche
community.
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Such an honor to speak at my alma mater, and see the community building around
#crypto
and
#Avalanche
.
Thank you!
@hbc_2022
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You heard it right. A Project Guardian (
@MAS_sg
) initiative, a collaboration between
@jpmorgan
,
@apolloglobal
,
@WisdomTreeFunds
and
@LayerZero_Labs
will be trialing blockchain technology on Avalanche.
The goal will be to showcase the capabilities of
Onyx by
@jpmorgan
and
@apolloglobal
have announced a collaboration under Project Guardian, leveraging
@LayerZero_Labs
to connect Onyx with a permissioned Avalanche Evergreen Subnet, which facilitated subscriptions and redemptions for funds offered by
@WisdomTreePrime
.
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#AVAX
is top 10 in the
@BitwiseInvest
Large Cap Index.
An important benchmark for institutions looking at crypto assets.
As part of the December month-end index reconstitution process,
@Avalancheavax
( $AVAX ) entered the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index.
Methodology here:
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It was a pleasure to be on
@RealVision
with
@RaoulGMI
, discussing
@avalabsofficial
mission to make finance frictionless for everyone, creating fast and efficient systems on
#Avalanche
.
Watch FREE on their platform ➡️
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The launch of
@Chainlink
Price Feeds on
@avalancheavax
is another major milestone for the community, and will empower developers to continue to build advanced and decentralized financial tools to digitize the world’s assets.
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What do I think of
#Avalanche
's role in both institutional and decentralized finance going forward?
I was recently on
@BloombergTV
with
@emilychangtv
, expressing my thoughts! It's exciting times ahead..
Tune in! 👀
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That's right.
.
@BankofAmerica
says the
@avalancheavax
smart-contract platform could become a viable alternative to
@ethereum
.
By
@willcanny99
.
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2022 is going to be another big year for mainstream crypto adoption, and I believe we'll see this explosion of growth come from blockchain gaming, major media partnerships, content creators, and sports leagues.
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Millions of Web3 users have been looking for an operating system that makes their crypto journey easier and more enjoyable.
Until now, portfolio apps and wallets have been too complex. That changes today with Core web built by the
@AvaLabsOfficial
team.
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When I was younger, I spent hours playing video games.
Decades later I'm working on bringing the best games to the most exciting platform in web 3.0.
You should be thrilled about the future of gaming:
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In order to make stablecoin payments more accessible at scale, we need to make the underlying tech easier to understand and apply it to broader use cases.
@avalabsofficial
is proud to be partnering with
@circlepay
to spearhead these efforts on
#Avalanche
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I'm incredibly proud of all that's happening on Avalanche.
Ava Labs has made it easier than ever for institutions to use public blockchain infrastructure on their own terms--fueling massive growth and important use cases blooming in the ecosystem.
Some highlights👇
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For years, I've been fascinated with tokenization as a revolution in how we own and transfer value, unlocking capital and making it move quickly and effectively.
Avalanche provides the platform--and Vista formalizes the commitment to this next stage in finance.
Today, the Avalanche Foundation introduces Avalanche Vista, a $50M initiative to pioneer tokenization on
#Avalanche
Tokenization is poised to be one of the most impactful blockchain innovations of the next decade, and Avalanche is uniquely equipped to power these systems.
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#AvalancheSummit
II is officially underway! What an electric atmosphere, welcoming the incredible
@avax
community to Barcelona!
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A monumental day for
#DeFi
and
#Avalanche
. Some of the most innovative and well known dapps will be available on
@avalancheavax
for $AVAX holders to explore and leverage liquidity mining opportunities with over $180M in rewards.
#AvalancheRush
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Excited to be joining
@SquawkCNBC
momentarily to talk about all of the growth across the
#Avalanche
ecosystem and the future of
#DeFi
.
Tune-in live here:
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There’s been a lot of talk about what institutions want, so let's do a simplified break down.
First, it's important to define what we mean by 'institutions.' There are three kinds:
🔺 Financial services
🔺 Consumer brands
🔺 B2B enterprises
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Another Wall Street Institution,
@Citi
trialing blockchain technology on Avalanche.
Why?
The narrative has been consistent for all these years. Tokenization and smart contracts allow for end-to-end efficient trade execution.
Innovation across many areas:
One immutable
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For all the music producers out there 🎹 🎤🎧...
I'll be one of the judges 👀 at
@ReefDeFi
's song competition alongside
@KSI
and
@justinsuntron
👇
1/ Introducing the Reef Song Competition!🎉
🎙️Create a musical piece & share it with us
🎼Theme: Reef Finance
💰Reward Pool: $1000 in $REEF
🥁Judges 🎇
@KSI
@justinsuntron
|
@Tronfoundation
@John1wu
|
@avalabsofficial
@denkomancheski
|
@ReefDeFi
⏰Last Date: Feb 19, 12PM UTC
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The Avalanche network keeps growing with prominent institutions.
Franklin Templeton's expansion of its money market fund to users on the Avalanche network is a testament not only to the technology but also to the strength of the community.
Global investment firm with $1.6T AUM expands its L1 blockchain footprint to Avalanche.
The Franklin Templeton OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) is the first and only U.S.-registered mutual fund to leverage a public blockchain as the system of record to process
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Even in a volatile market, we're seeing a lot of excitement around the launch of more gaming projects, particularly on
#Avalanche
Subnets.
I shared with
@forbes
why this breakthrough in blockchain tech is going to lead to more innovation in Web3 gaming.
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A great example of tokenizing real-world assets.
A note that creates access to private investments and paves the way for secondary markets!
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Institutions want in--and crypto natives are set to benefit.
Watch my full appearance on Bloomberg
@technology
:
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The
@AllianceBlock
team really knows institutional finance, and the best ways to merge these capabilities with the innovation in
#DeFi
.
Looking forward to collaborating & bringing Avalanche to more of our shared colleagues from our Wall Street days.
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Enclave just released the next wave of users off of its beta test whitelist. Enclave Cross is the industry’s first and only full encrypted exchange (FEX), protecting large asset trades from front running and information leaks.
Here’s why I think this is a game changer:
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The next phase of growth for
@avalancheavax
is going to be tremendous, with key developments and upgrades to the platform, the user experience, and the ecosystem. Check out the new Avalanche 2021 Roadmap.
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From its inception, Avalanche was built to power the world's blockchain needs.
AvaCloud is the one-click solution that makes this come to life!
Now, businesses can launch their own fully-managed custom blockchains--without writing a line of code.
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Avalanche 9000: biggest upgrade to the network since Mainnet.
It's all falling into place, and it's by far the most exciting time to be part of the Avalanche community since September 2020.
Let's build together.
Avalanche9000 🔺
The catalyst that unlocks an expansive world of purpose-built blockchains that all feel like one, giving builders a suite of out-of-the-box tools with complete customization controls.
Build with no compromises.
Let’s dig in 👇
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Big release coming next week where German
#football
meets
#NFTs
. Powered by Avalanche
@avalancheavax
!!
The next wave of digital collectibles is coming to Avalanche! 🏆
@avalabsofficial
and
@ToppsNFTs
are launching the
@Bundesliga_EN
2020-2021 Season Celebration
#NFT
Collection.
The NFT pack will be on sale Tues., Aug 10 at .
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1/ Incoming and current
#DeFi
users are looking at a few different things when selecting a home for their funds: a) yields b) tech c) user experience. Looking beyond incentives - tech advances and UX create a long-term opportunity for layer-1 protocols.
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Shared my thoughts on
@BloombergTV
.
Bitcoin slumped amid the recovery of Colonial Pipeline's ransom.
"The fact that the FBI can actually trace and recover a lot of that ransomware only shows you how transparent this technology and this network really is," says John Wu, president of Ava Labs
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Incredible progress from the
@Securitize
team.
Excited to continue to work with the team to push innovation within digital securities.
Congrats
@carlosdomingo
,
@finnstr
!
A huge congrats to
@Securitize
for the launch of its secondary markets for private placements.
The future of digital securities is bright on
#Avalanche
.
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GREE and Ava Labs are teaming up for a long-term, strategic partnership that will help accelerate the growth of Web3 gaming.
As one of the largest global gaming and media companies, the team brings many years of experience and knowledge to blockchain.
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It's always a pleasure to talk with one of the biggest minds in our space!
We discussed a lot in this interview, everything from macro market forces, to our vision of tokenizing the world's assets on Avalanche.
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"Ethereum also faces stiff competition from networks such as Ava Labs' Avalanche. [...] users have transferred more than $170 million to Avalanche from Ethereum since February [2021]." -
@Reuters
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1/ It’s great to see hedge fund interest in
@avalancheavax
Avalanche. However, the capabilities of the platform are second to none with endless use cases on the consumer as well as enterprise side. The word needs to be spread.
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Ava Labs is working to democratize the world of finance, to become the blockchain protocol of choice for traditional financial assets to come on-chain.
@IntainFT
Markets addresses a $2 trillion / year issuance market opportunity.
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Grayscale launching an Avalanche trust is a huge milestone for the ecosystem.
The network's ability to support diverse Avalanche L1s has enabled it to serve a wide range of industries, use cases and businesses.
We are proud to announce the creation of a new single-asset crypto investment fund, available through private placement: Grayscale Avalanche Trust $AVAX.
Available to eligible accredited investors.
Read the press release:
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OnFi has begun. The process of on-chain finance with top asset managers has started with the Spruce Subnet.
Watch my full appearance on Bloomberg
@technology
TV:
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#Avalanche
is now # 3 with the highest TVL. A testament to the incredible growth so far.
Very proud of all of the builders, creators and users of this flourishing ecosystem.
Let's not forget that Avalanche is only a 1 year old platform with so much more to come.
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Psyched to be featured in this new
@HarvardHBS
case study on
@avalabsofficial
--really encapsulates what it's like as an operator in the blockchain space and charts the
#Avalanche
journey.
Always a pleasure collaborating with my alma maters!
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Blockchain has found a product-market fit in Asia with loyalty reward programs.
Why Asia, specifically?
The difference lies in how the original, non-blockchain versions of these programs are constructed👇
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1/ The
@USOCC
issued an official statement permitting U.S. banks to use public blockchains and stablecoins for settlement infrastructure. This regulatory clarity opens the doors for great innovation, so long as the tech can keep pushing the boundaries. A thread.
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In my next
#Openfi
series, I covered how
@CurveFinance
is currently tackling multi-chain expansion, responding to new competitors, deploying liquidity mining programs, and much more.
Let me know what you think!
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It's been 3 years today since the
#Avalanche
mainnet launched!
Working to push adoption of this groundbreaking tech has been the adventure of a lifetime so far. Proud of all that's been accomplished--and we're just getting started.
Per Consensum Ad Astra. 🔺
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We’re on a mission to bridge the gap between traditional financial systems and the DeFi world, and bringing Forex trading to
@avalancheavax
is the next step to that goal. Looking forward to the integration of
@OnomyProtocol
into the Avalanche ecosystem.
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Morning. 🔺
Will be going live on Twitter Spaces with the amazing
@AWSstartups
team and
@jacqmelinek
to discuss everything web 3.0 and our newly formed partnership.
Today, 1pm ET. Tune in!
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Fast forward, we're in a future world where all assets are tokenized whether digitally native or physical.
Your wallet contains:
a) equities
b) currency
c) tickets
d) art
e) real estate
f) commodities
All in one place, self-custodied and transferable under a second.
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To strategically align the
@Terra_money
and
#Avalanche
ecosystems, the Luna Foundation Guard (
@LFG_org
) announced it will acquire $100M of $AVAX from the Avalanche Foundation to bolster its UST Decentralized Forex Reserve.
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Why tokenize on a blockchain?
Reduce 3,000+ operational steps to a few clicks
Reduce costs by 20%
from
@jpmorgan
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Really excited about the work the team accomplished building the
@ToppsNFTs
marketplace. This is a new approach to NFTs, blending a Web2 interface with a Web3 backend on the blockchain, making
#Avalanche
the new home for digital collectibles.
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.
@playSHRAPNEL
is a great example of how a Web3 game can leverage the Avalanche blockchain via one-click node deployment through AWS. Expect to see many more of these as AWS and Avalanche streamline accessibility to Web3.
Full interview w/
@paulbarrontv
:
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The Avalanche-Ethereum Bridge will unlock a new wave of liquidity for Avalanche and enable today’s DeFi apps to do more.
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I'm proud to welcome
@TRowePrice
,
@WisdomTreeFunds
,
@Wellington_Mgmt
,
@CumberlandSays
, and more to the Evergreen Testnet, Spruce.
Spruce gives them a low-risk way to test public blockchain use cases. Tailored to their compliance needs.
A crucial step for institutional adoption.
Following last week’s Avalanche Evergreen announcement, today marks the launch of the Spruce Subnet!
Institutional partners including
@TRowePrice
,
@WisdomTreeFunds
,
@Wellington_Mgmt
&
@CumberlandSays
will use Spruce to test public blockchain applications.
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It’s clear that there’s great demand for enterprise-grade blockchains for B2B and B2C companies in finance, consumer, gaming, and more.
Their major blocker is the technical prowess it takes to get it set up--and
@avalabsofficial
is here to help with
@avacloud
, a no-code portal.
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Whenever we talk about "the metaverse," we're using a term coined by writer
@nealstephenson
back in 1992.
It's only fitting that this visionary and his team,
@vessenes
,
@rebeccabarkin
, & others, would create a blockchain-based, open platform for digital worlds.
We've been
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Thank you
@kaileyleinz
and
@mattmiller1973
for having me on the show!
Great questions and I especially enjoyed talking about tokenization of real world assets.
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Great to join my friend
@el33th4xor
on All Access. We got into how we came to work together at Ava Labs, my reasons for jumping into the blockchain space, and what the future holds for Avalanche.
Catch up on the episode here:
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My interview with
@FTX_Official
's
@jackshaftoes
is out! In this episode, I dive into my past experience with blockchain as a professional, investor, and user and also, highlight key areas of growth within today's blockchain ecosystem and
@AvalancheAVAX
.
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I am very optimistic that New York will be a
#crypto
hub in the U.S ! Can't wait,
@ericadamsfornyc
.
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My outlook for 2022 is that the Golden Cross will come to the Crypto asset class.
Ultimately, smart money will follow the innovation, and the most talent and development is happening in Web3.
@business
@emilychangtv
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Having met Mayor
@FrancisSuarez
last week in person, I’m convinced that Miami will become a leading
#blockchain
innovation center of the US going forward.
Ava Labs is also looking to have a presence in the city where a new hub is developing for crypto!
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What's my thesis for 2022? Smart money will keep investing in Web 3.0. $30bn was raised last year by V.Cs
The short-term price swings will not affect user or builder adoption and the blockchain ecosystem is going to continue to grow.
@PowerLunch
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On
@CNBC
Cryptoworld, I broke down four necessary steps for the crypto space to continue to grow.
1️⃣ better audited smart contracts
2️⃣ removal of bad actors
3️⃣ token issuance standards
4️⃣ education for retail
Watch the full segment here:
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The push to tokenize assets has been a constant driver of mine: starting from the later stages of my TradFi career, and now as an operator in web 3.0.
HSBC and Northern Trust estimate that tokenized illiquid assets will be worth over $19 trillion by 2030.
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The $USDC ecosystem on Avalanche continues to strengthen.
Traders on
@Coinbase
now have a fast, direct path from fiat to stablecoin, and vice versa.
This will greatly improve the workflow for sophisticated finance traders.
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Excited to join
@TheBestBizzShow
live today to talk about the current state of crypto, building in a bear market and what’s coming up for
@avalabsofficial
and
@avalancheavax
🔺
Watch live at 11:20am ET 👀
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In times of hyper-growth, sometimes we forget to stop and celebrate. Yesterday
#Avalanche
hit the 2 year mark being live to the public on Mainnet.
I’m grateful to be working with such a talented group of innovators and leaders, building the future of Web3.
🎉🔺 Happy 2 Year Anniversary 🔺🎉
On Sept. 21, 2020, the first genesis code was made available to the public on Mainnet. Since then, it’s been 2 years full of growth, innovation, resilience and community.
Let's keep pushing the boundaries of what's possible on
#Avalanche
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Happy bday Avalanche! 🔺
Today marks the 4th year in the journey towards building an unparalleled ecosystem that encompasses consumer and institutional applications, assets, identities, intellectual property, and beyond.
Proud of the Avalanche community. Onwards.
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"
#DeFi
is a giant petri dish of genius, of things that will give them more power and more access to products that they can't get in the traditional finance world ...It's a wonderful thing."
@BusinessInsider
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