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investing @fortitude_vc . previously @samsungnext , @flexintl , @moodysratings | @cornell hotelie
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Update-I'm starting a new chapter!
I'm incredibly excited to share that I'm joining
@josungjoon
at
@fortitude_vc
! We believe that we are at the precipice of a new AI-driven axial age, and are committed to supporting the boldest and most courageous founders building across the
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I know we've only just left Denver, but calling for friends to join me at
#EthTokyo
!
I'll be judging at the
@ETHGlobal
Tokyo hackathon April 14-16. If you want to experiment with the possibilities of Web3 and win from their $150,000 prize
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Thank you frens for coming to lunch and celebrating with me!
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This year's EthDenver showed that we're really in a BUIDL and not bear market. Despite facing regulatory headwinds and fallout from 2022, the sheer increase YoY in # of new devs and types of projects is exciting and inspiring
Sharing some of the hottest takes🌶️ overheard below!
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🙈
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Quitting my job and joining
@YouAreMatrix
after meeting
@jzlegion
@TrainerLuisCR
@iwatatheplants
@mlegls
bye
@davidlee
Just kidding—-
@SamsungNext
is excited to support Matrix!
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Over 250 projects submitted— impressed with the number and quality of hackers here at EthTokyo!
🏆 As judging is underway, a big shoutout to the judges at ETHGlobal Tokyo 2023 for their instrumental role ensuring the finalists get the recognition they deserve.
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Spotted 👀
@EchoicPro
and the elusive
@metaplex
Black Box Kit. Thank you for the awesome swag!
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HNY Everyone!
This is the year to “Build small habits. Make big plans.
1) Keep your daily actions small. Strive to get 1% better every day.
2) Keep your daily mindset big. Think about how you can play a bigger game.
Start small, but never dream small!”
Quote from
@JamesClear
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Welcome
@metaplex
and
@EchoicProponent
to our
@SamsungNext
family! Thank you for letting us support!
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The 2023 merch game is so strong. Best airdrop s/o to
@Daryllautk
@Darrenlautf
@zacharylau
@Not3Lau_Capital
and
@eden_tww
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Especially thankful this crazy year for my family, friends, and health
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Circa 2005, Satoshi sent me some homework.
Does this make me crypto “OG”?
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SF not yet dead. Inaugural LunchDAO meetup for office-less web3 people thanks Jeff,
@davidlee
, and
@SamsungNext
!
Ping
@AlexMasmej
to join us next time🤝
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🤝🤝
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With
@Melt_Dem
@SamsungNext
NFTIRL
Come through and meet with some of our amazing panelists
@dapperlabs
@seth
@atomicform
@danhwang88
@HanDAO_org
@stakefish
And I guess our 📷 intern
@AlexShin
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For women in crypto - a little story and alpha:
My friend,
@iam_preethi
left
@a16z
to learn programming at 25. By 26, she was one of the first engineers for
@coinbase
.
Proud to share she’s partnered with
@ChorusOne
to offer female developers a full scholarship for her DappCamp!
We are offering 𝟏𝟎 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 who want to become Web 3 engineers (thanks to
@ChorusOne
)!
Apply here:
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Sharing why we
@SamsungNext
@davidlee
are proud to support and partner with
@FTX_Official
@SBF_FTX
@ramnikarora
With over one million users and an average of $15 billion in daily trading volume,
@FTX_Official
is a
#crypto
market unicorn. 🔥
More on why we invested via
@joanofdao
:
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First Solana NFTs thanks to
@EchoicProponent
!
Two of my favorites from the beautiful collection by
@sdcafe_nyc
.
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Repping
@metaplex
@WestPoint_USMA
@HanDAO_org
🙇♀️
@EchoicPro
—
@Luciaz1k
is waiting for her own set
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💙🧡Congratulations to the
@OffchainLabs
team!!!
For the first time ever, Arbitrum One processed more transactions than Ethereum today.
We’re witnessing history as Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap becomes a reality.
Congrats, Arbinauts. You did this 💙🧡
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Sharing why we are proud to back
@AleoHQ
as they bring ZKPs to a wider audience of developers and end users!
Excited to work with this talented team:
@1HowardWu
@apruden08
@SinaKian1
Aleo’s permission-less, open-source network promises to provide a secure foundation for the next generation of decentralized applications that are both private and scalable. More on why we invested in
@AleoHQ
via
@joanofdao
👏:
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Leaning into the meme…a (not so) contrarian prediction: Generative AI will be web3’s best use case, starting w/ games
Content creation is expensive. If costs are reduced w/o sacrificing quality, we’ll see a new generation of game makers not beholden to traditional mega studios
Generative AI is the biggest thing to happen to the game industry since 3D. If you're in games, and you're not experimenting with it, then you're already behind.
Some observations and predictions on just how revolutionary it's going to be. 👇
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Come get your NFT tattoo at
@dsrvlabs
in Seoul! Thank you
@dsrvlabs_jiyun
@degenapeo
@emma_yeoeun
@AdamBombSquad
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You can call me JoanofSui! Come drop by the
@mysten_labs
@SuiNetwork
#SuiBuilderHouse
to meet with cool people and pick up the best tie-dye swag
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Sharing this awesome online resource consolidating consumer facing apps across AI on a rolling basis. h/t
@olivehues
@SamsungNext
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If you love tech, love people, and love kbbq this is the place for you :)
We are looking for folks to join our VC team at
@SamsungNext
. Here's who we're looking for:
1/n
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Double the joy, double the cuteness! Breaking from my normal tech/SF content to celebrate South Korea's first natural born twin pandas🐼🐼. Wishing these adorable little ones a life filled with love, care, and abundant bamboo munching! 🌿❤️🌿
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While tradfi products have been slowly emerging in web3, credit risk infrastructure has remained mostly off-chain. Until now.
Finally up on
@SamsungNext
blog: Why we invested and think
@SpectralFi
's platform will accelerate the growth of DeFi lending.
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Finally up on the blog - why we are excited to support
@skymavishq
,
@jihoz_axie
,
@trungfinity
and
@psycheout86
as they continue their journey to build a community that will “redefine the nature of work.” Special thanks to
@AlexShin
for the intro!
Gaming 3.0 has arrived, powered by a
#blockchain
engine that gives gamers the opportunity to “play to earn.”
@AxieInfinity
is facilitating real-world value in a fun blockchain environment. More by
@joan_decentrl
on why we invested:
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Merry Christmas everyone!
An excerpt from Korean author Jung Hee Jae that mother read for me today.
"I pray that your best, shining✨ moment is yet to come"
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Excited to announce a little project we’ve been working on…📚
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Without
@PCDispersion
,
@SamsungNext
would not have the strong crypto portfolio and relationships we are lucky to have today. Patrick was crucial in our crypto start in 2017 - leading early investments in projects such as
@AlchemyPlatform
,
@dapperlabs
and beyond. Excited to see
1/5 I'm thrilled to announce the launch of
@DispersionVC
's $40M pre-seed/seed fund for foundational web3 infrastructure. Grateful for the support from our partners and the community that made this possible. Thank you,
@jacqmelinek
, for covering our story for
@TechCrunch
!
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Excited to share our support of
@sesame_labs
and their mission to "enable people and dApps to engage with trust".
@vinayjain404
&
@ajain
are exceptional founders with over a decade spent building ads and messaging products at Meta, Whatsapp, and Twitter
More on why we invested:
One of the key challenges in scaling
#web3
adoption is the lack of a native marketing stack.
@Sesame_Labs
is solving this problem by building a reliable engagement layer connecting developers, dApps, and consumers. -
@joanofdao
on why we invested:
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🙈🙇♀️🙏
Free alpha:
@joan_decentrl
is so cool absolutely a queen must follow 👑
future of crypto right here
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Excited to explore and share together on Web3 Communities with three of our pride and joy portcos at
@StartupGrind
!
@Mysten_Labs
@metaplex
@Niftys
@meta_hess
@kohkim
@SamsungNext
Join us at
@StartupGrind
where our own
@joanofdao
will be leading a conversation today with our portcos
@Mysten_Labs
,
@Niftys
, and
@metaplex
. They're talking about
#Web3
Communities: How to Embrace Your Decentralized Audience.
#SGGlobal
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Jet lag thoughts: I should join
@CathieDWood
’s fund so I can be Joan of ARK
(Just kidding
@davidlee
)
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Are Twitter groups going to be the new telegram groups? Ux wise it’s a lot easier to checkout members you don’t know / thinking about connecting with.
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Hey builders! We’re cohosting an AI SF happy hour on Thursday evening at 6pm! Come find me and chat :)
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2022 will be the year for web3 social. As individuals build personal brand based on on-chain ownership , users will need a simple way to validate what they say is actually what they do.
Congratulations to
@yourhileeness
and the
@noox_world
team! So proud and excited to support!
1/ We're proud to announce our $2M Seed financing to build ‘On-Chain Reputation with Soulbound NFTs’.
Round was led by
@Collab_Currency
with strong participation from
@ElectricCapital
,
@Sfermion_
,
@SamsungNext
,
@poapxyz
,
@alphanonce
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“33% of Americans said they would be more likely to go on a date with someone who mentioned crypto in their online dating profile…” Be my crypto bae? 💜
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“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
What times are we in?
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New soulbound NFT kid on block
@noox_world
👀
Dune Digest
#31
is in your inbox 👀
Data and analysis on:
-
@orca_so
-
@noox_world
-
@optimismPBC
-
@aimoonbirds
-
@viamirror
By Wizards 🧙♂️🧙♂️🧙♂️
-
@RZinovyev
-
@marcov_91
-
@andrewhong5297
-
@CryptusChrist
+ Many more
Check it out 👇🔥
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Worst thing to forget to pack on a cross country flight: airpods…Wish me luck everyone! See you all in Miami :)
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Mobile is the distribution channel that will onboard crypto's first billion users.
Really excited for the Dialect team in leading the mobile-first charge!
🔥🟣The Dialect mobile app is NOW LIVE🟣🔥
To kick things off, we're introducing NFT CHAT STICKERS, a new way to own your voice in web3
Download Dialect to join the in-app waitlist & claim our GENESIS Sticker Pack by pixelmaestro
@marculinopng
Web3 mobile messaging is here LFG
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Please help me win 2eth.
@bigwhalelabs
is looking for a founding designer to join their superstar team
@jasonkimvc
.
100-200K USD base + big equity. Remote but US/Canada preferred - some travel for offsites, team meetups, etc.
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😱🍺
Things are getting very serious:
Pending price hikes in soju deepen inflation woes in Korea
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took a breather from crypto to watch
@ycombinator
's summer '22 demo day the past two days - 4 quick takeaways:
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👀Here for the tea🫖
Finally, a safe space to share what you really think about "that founder", "that vc", and all the hard things startup-related.
wtf do yc founders, vc partners, lawyers, etc actually think??
introducing
@ketlxyz
- a new zk / decentralized social app for the workplace - starting with startups.
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4/ Earning eth, not buying eth should be the first onboarding experience for crypto to scale to a billion users
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I used to volunteer full time at the local animal shelter but I find trading with
@dankbankhq
to be far more morally fulfilling.
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"eight billion united states dollars"
We are proud to support
@FTX_Official
's global business and even more excited to now support
@ftx_us
Team is on fire
@ramnikarora
@SBF_FTX
@Brett_FTXUS
FTX US raises $400 million from SoftBank, Paradigm and others in a deal valuing the crypto exchange at $8 billion
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Seedlings of a shift from centralization to decentralization
-Energy: fossil fuel vs renewable
-Manufacturing: global vs reshore
-AI: closed vs open
-Talent: bigtech vs startup
-Science: gov't funded vs decentralized
-Media: substack vs journalism
-Education: factory vs personal
DeCeNtRaLiZaTiOn
One way to look at the history of the world is as a sine wave oscillating between centralization and decentralization, with upward sloping quality.
Back and forth, better each time.
I think we're entering an era of decentralization.
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I'm helping test
@friendtech
, the marketplace for your friends on Base 🐰
Get the app and search for my Twitter username to be an early holder of my shares 🤗
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"Being a creator shifts from being a cult leader (top down) to being a core contributor to a community (flatter hierarchy with accountability)"
These core contributors will be everything - where accountability in communities falls on everybody but also on nobody
What’s next for the creator economy & its intersection with web3? 🧵
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Great summary of themes present at this year’s EthDenver
(Lookout for my overheard at dinners and hot takes coming Monday)
ETH Denver, besides being occasionally a great advert for deodorant, was an amazing event!
Here are my high level takeaways:
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.
@friendtech
onboarding ux is terrible, but my fomo and
@_samcampbell_
kept me going.
Some codes for those who aren’t on it yet!
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Huge congrats to the team!
And just when you thought it couldn’t get better… Nitro will massively increase network capacity and reduce transaction cost more than ever for users
🚀 The Arbitrum Nitro Devnet is now live! 🚀
Users: faster & cheaper txs are coming. 💸
Devs: WASM & Geth are coming. 🧑💻
Brief yourselves below.
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I got a Chad follow. Someone told me it’s a compliment but wanted to check with you guys.
9)
@52kskew
x 2:
CryptoDonAlt, 0xminion
10)
@OasisProtocol
x 2:
Cryptoyieldinfo, 0xminion
11)
@futurealisha
x 2:
StaniKulechov, Fiskantes
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@joanofdao
x 2:
Rewkang, 0xminion
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@MasksNFT_
x 2:
icebergy_, inversebrah
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@stockmart_
x 2:
zachxbt, Rewkang
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Long SF
The Bay Area has almost 7x as much VC investment as the second biggest US startup hub, NYC.
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자승자강
#33
(translated):
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing thyself is enlightenment.
Overcoming others takes strength, overcoming thyself takes greatness.
Contentment is wealth, yet pushing forward takes will.
Staying is enduring, and those who die yet do not perish, live.
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Gaming Queen 👸
1/ We at
@FTX_Official
are excited to launch our gaming division, offering FTX-as-a-Service (FaaS) to gaming companies across the world who are innovating in web3.
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Back to usual programming…soju crisis solved 😂
Leadership.
Liquor firms freeze alcohol prices due to Korean gov't pressure
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We’re thrilled to announce the completion of our seed round this past December, with participation from
@SinoGlobalCap
,
@SamsungNext
,
@wave_financial
,
@MechanismCap
,
@Fcslabs
,
@animocabrands
, and some of the most incredible artists and builders in Web3.
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"AI and Web3 are two sides of the same coin. As machines increasingly do the work that humans used to do, we will need tools to manage our identity and our humanity."
@fredwilson
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PSA: 🎄Christmas gift recc for the person who has everything.
Initial thoughts: it’s light, it’s cute, it’s not a new screen (not yet anyway) - but better replaces existing devices for audio / voice control (e.g. airpods), photos, and messaging. If it only had access to more
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Nation of miracles!
I was sure it's gonna be a draw... But that extra time Son was moving sooo fast ... And I felt no use because it's just extra time but... He ate that ... Team Korea
#FIFAWorldCup
#KOR
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How do we get to the next billion users when it’s this easy to get rekt… 😰
Must read 👇
1/ Okay so I factory’d my iPad, turned ON all the backups on my iPhone, had my mom pretend to be a hacker to determine that maybe, theoretically, if you had the right toggles on AND a hacker finds a way to obtain 4 separate factors of auth, 2 of which are time based…then maybe..
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“Today, we’re on the precipice of another set of breakout apps — crypto as the backbone for novel consumer experiences — powered by an emerging infrastructure stack.”
Consumer crypto is poised for a major breakout this cycle.
What have recent infra advancements unlocked, and what apps should you look out for in 2024? My new article for
@Collab_Currency
.
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Pay it forward!
Steve Jobs explains the culture and obligation of helping others in startups and tech - "pie is always growing" mentality versus zero-sum.
Also points out something profound -- most people don't ask.
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From one of the best champions herself
@amytongwu
💪💪💪
1/ Gm. Have been thinking how to bring more people (eg women) into crypto, to trade, grow the industry, and more diverse founders. I think the hardest part is to start. DeFi products are daunting to use the first time. Communities / gatekeepers feel daunting to approach
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Who said SF is dead
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