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building @stablecoin | https://t.co/iEHmaiE7oB Bridge is an entirely new payments platform, built with stablecoins, to simplify global money movement
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Joined March 2009
Bridge is joining forces with Stripe!. I’m incredibly excited. We started 2.5 years ago and we’ve done a lot since then :) We’re going to do a whole lot more in the years ahead. This is an important milestone, but we’re still at the very beginning of the Bridge journey. We.
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In 2011, I left my job in finance to start a company. I didn’t have any experience in tech, didn’t know ppl in the industry, and in fact didn’t even really know what engineering, product and design were. If I can make it thru this startup journey, anyone can. A thread 👇.
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~half of this yc batch is working on (1) ai for sales teams, (2) support ai, or (3) ai analytics. the next great computing platform is here and our best minds are building sales tools. quite uninspiring. not a single company using ai to push forward education, creatives, etc.
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incredible to see all the support. now back to work. we have even more to build now.
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new office w the whole team. such a good feeling. reminds me of SF 10y ago.
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We've been building Bridge for 2.5 years. Very excited to finally share more about what we do and why we're doing it. Sean and I also spent time with @leomschwartz to tell our story. Our blog is below. And article is here -->
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starting a company is getting 99 pieces of bad news and 1 piece of good news and calling that an exceptional day.
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1/ life update: I left Brex a few months ago and am now building something new (™️).
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another big launch with the coinbase wallet team. consumers across the global can now use @Stablecoin to create a virtual US bank account number. all payments land in coinbase wallet as USDC on base. millions of ppl now have a bit more economic choice.
BREAKING: @CoinbaseWallet implements FREE US Bank accounts directly into Wallet app through partnership with Bridge. Users can open a Bank account which will automatically be linked to their noncustodial wallets. Tradfi -> Onchain seamlessly
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So if you're starting or thinking about starting a co, your odds of success are likely 10000x better than ours - you'll do fine. We did *everything* wrong and it was still okay. And if you need any help along the way, let me know - im SO happy helping others navigate this journey.
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We believe stablecoins will be core financial infrastructure. today's PayPal USD launch is one more data point indicating that tokenized dollars could be a primary means through which dollars move. very excited for more stables to come to market.
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one of hundreds of use cases we’re supporting at Bridge. so incredibly proud of all we’ve done over the last 2.5 yrs. And we’re just getting started. stabelcoins becoming core, financial infrastructure will be a decades-long journey.
🚨CHAMATH: "SpaceX uses Stablecoins. They collect payments from Starlink customers and when they aggregate them in long-tail countries, they don't want to take the FX risk or deal with sending wires, so they'll swap into stablecoins, send it to the US, and then swap back to USD."
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If you're interested in Bridge and our APIs . we're hosting a hackathon with Ribbit - use the @Stablecoin APIs to build agentic payment experiences .
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im building in crypto bc I love financial services - and believe this new platform can be used to create better products. that’s really it. im not trying to free the world from centralization or build a libertarian utopia.
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It wasn’t that long ago that ppl thought only criminals would want encrypted / private messaging . .
New: Washington Post reporter just said that Bezos’ investigator suspects that “a government agency” intercepted Bezos’ text messages.
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Stablecoins are enabling faster, cheaper contractor, creator and gig payouts. Bridge + AirTM + Stellar support Scale and others with global payouts. Case study below. Every company making global payouts should start experimenting with stables.
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Thrilled to launch with Coinbase. The stablecoin market is increasingly fragmenting. And applications will increasingly favor one stablecoin. APIs make it effortless to ensure your customers can bring whatever assets they own to your app.
You can now transfer USDT on Tron to Coinbase Wallet. When you do, it'll convert to USDC on @base for free. Open your wallet, click Receive, and select Tron to start. Check for availability in your region. ↓
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Bridge has a new website --> We'd love feedback. Send me a DM. *a lot* has changed since we launched 18 mos ago . we hope this version does a much better job telling our story and highlighting the problems we can solve.
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stablecoins represent 60%+ of all crypto activity across the major latam markets. in the us, we think of crypto as a means of speculation . outside the us, it's a means of gaining stability. expect this 60% to become 90%+ over the next decade
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1/ in fintech, b2b is out-innovating the consumer space. businesses now have better financial products across the board, and they're getting better every month. there's so much opportunity for founders to close this gap 🧵.
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in the last week I’ve heard that a ~dozen developers building w bridge are raising rounds / have term sheets. makes me so incredibly happy. we’re entirely focused on empowering these builders. supprting their success is all that matters.
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so excited to see this launch. we made a bet 2 years ago that stablecoins would be a core, global payment rail. adoption and support from companies like stripe help pull this future forward. we're still early - many trillions in volume will move over in the years ahead.
Crypto is back. @Stripe will start supporting global stablecoin payments this summer. Transactions instantly settle on-chain and automatically convert to fiat. Join the waitlist and watch the demo (h/t @Solana) from Sessions.
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we’re on the verge of seeing a whole new class of global-first applications . polymarke aggregates global liquidity by using stablecoins. they have a single market for every consumer in every market. Global on day 1. Fiat forces applications to pick countries. Scaling is.
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when we started bridge, there were ~5 people in world that wanted to learn about stablecoins. incredible that a few years later, thousands are attending this conference. excited to participate and help more teams learn what can be built with stablecoins.
📢 We're excited today to officially launch @thestablecon, the largest global conference for the stablecoin ecosystem. 🔥1,500+ attendees.🔥100+ speakers.🔥1 full day. When: May 29th. Where: New York City. Register at
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thrilled to partner with the @fusewallet team. with this launch, global consumers can now easily save and spend in dollars. And your Fuse wallet will keep getting better. We've got a lot more in the works, excited for all the Bridge + Fuse teams will ship in the months ahead.
Introducing virtual US bank accounts on Fuse. Powered by @Stablecoin, your virtual bank account converts USD payments directly to USDC in your Fuse wallet. • Accept regular bank transfers.• Skip multiple platforms & transfers.• No expensive on-ramp fees
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you don't need to make big leaps to believe that blockchains, crypto, and stablecoins become a core part of our global financial infrastructure . you just have to believe the compounding will continue . individuals and teams have continued to improve and expand what's possible.
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last week we crossed $1m in transactions. we onboarded our first developer 3 weeks ago. still small, but a meaningful milestone 📈. so exciting to see builders creating new money experiences. if you want to build w stablecoins, reach out -
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what a year … supremely thankful for all of the teams that trusted bridge and are building with us. I feel incredibly lucky to be pioneering the stablecoin space together w these amazing founders. stablecoins will be core global infrastructure. But it won’t just happen. We.
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i used the think there was some point at which a company “makes it” and success becomes inevitable. it felt like square or brex had hit that point when I joined. 2 years into bridge I now realize “making it” is a mirage. success will never be inevitable. I only felt that way at.
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historically most developers building w bridge have been outside the US. In 2023, we had exactly 1 SF-based team using our APIs. Recently, over half of the teams signing up for Bridge have been in SF . Love that more US founders are seeing what stablecoins make possible and.
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Underrated competitive differentiators: . 1. Strong product and design culture .2. Focus on long term outcomes . A competitor can’t snap their fingers and start doing either. Both require complete organizational change.
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bridge ( is now helping companies in Africa and LATAM pay suppliers with US bank accounts. Local currency converted into stables, stables moved through Bridge, USD lands in supplier's account. Stables are being used to effectively replace SWIFT.
we’re now helping large international companies rebalance their treasuries across borders. For instance, a company has $ Xm in a foreign country and wants to move funds to the US and vice versa. Stablecoins are proving to be one of the most efficient transmission methods.
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more economic choice for more people in more countries. so excited to play a small role in enabling Onboard.
It’s no longer a rumor 😉 You can now go from USD or EUR to USDC and back — directly from your Onboard Wallet!. Introducing Onboard Pay — a dead-simple, affordable way to move between USD, EUR and crypto.
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made it to London. mostly moved in. have internet. kids no longer jet lagged. excited to meet a bunch of teams building w bridge in the city. if you’re in / around the city, let me know.
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2 years ago we talked to every consumer cross border company. all emphatically told me they saw no value in stablecoins. couldn’t be happier for the @SlingMoney team - they’re showing the world what’s possible.
Well, this is fun. We're having a few service issues while we adjust to our new pace of growth. Apologies for any inconvenience. We're working to scale everything up as fast as we can. Updates on
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thrilled to support Shift4 with their Pay with Crypto launch. Inch by inch we’re seeing stablecoins become core payments infrastructure .
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stablecoins will soon be seen as a core, regulated, global payment platform. if you squint you can see pieces coming together.
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller says crypto stablecoins may be doing the U.S. dollar a favor. @jesseahamilton reports.
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visa and swift both announced digital asset initiatives today .
Excited to introduce the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform, a new Visa product to help bring banks onchain, and our partnership with @bbva to power their first stablecoin.
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bridge started moving funds this week. took us many months to get here. along the way, we saw terra/luna collapse, ftx implode, silvergate melt and most US banks run away from the industry. was a lot harder to get here than I thought 9m ago. an amazing early milestone.
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using stablecoins, dakota built a global business banking platform. near-instant payments, rewards on balances, and self-custodial. Very excited for @Stablecoin to support their launch. Together, we're providing more economic choice to businesses everywhere.
After nearly 2 years of building, we’re excited to share that Dakota is now available to businesses worldwide. While in limited access, hundreds of companies have joined Dakota to send USD globally, manage their treasury, or ensure they stay in control of their assets.
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thrilled to chat with @laurashin. unchained was the first crypto podcast I subscribed to back in 2017 when i started at Coinbase. i learned an enormous amount listening to her interviews - hopefully someone learns a bit from this one.
How New Stablecoin Startup Bridge Got Acquired by Stripe for $1.1 Billion. 🚀 From a small stablecoin startup to a $1.1B Stripe acquisition, Bridge’s journey is nothing short of incredible. On this episode of Unchained, co-founder @zcabrams talks about:. 💪 How Bridge survived
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7/ I’m now building a new company, Bridge, with my longtime friend and former cofounder, Sean. I’ll share a lot more in the near future. Onwards.
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thrilled to expand our partnership with the @utopialabs_ team. first we enabled ppl to cash out directly to bank acts . and last week, we enabled fiat pymnts directly from wallets. APIs make fiat / stables wholly interoperable .
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here to help.
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til there is not a single $100b+ fintech company . 25 years in, PayPal, one of the first, is the largest at ~80b .
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yc also seems like it’s becoming a saas specialist. would love to see saas as a % of yc batch over time. due to networks and timelines, seems like every company gets naturally pushed to build here.
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every morning I wake up to dozens of slack messages from teams building on bridge. at times its stressful (XX unreads at 530a). but it's really such a gift. customers are building with our infrastructure and care enough to write me with feedback, asks, questions, etc. with all.
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bridge just turned one. when we started, crypto was still cool. banks were a safe place to put money. and .xyz > .ai domain names. feels like a different era. one year in, we're serving customers, moving money and very close to issuing stablecoins. 1/.
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there is a strong inverse correlation between the amount of time spent negotiating with our sales team and the success of a bridge integration. the best teams optimize for the partnership. if you pick the right partner, they'll also want you to have great economics.
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the stablecoin market is so incredibly early. the best and most exciting use case will continually be ‘the next one’. building a company in the space is hard. this framework resonated. we can optimize for the direct inputs, like closed sales … but more important to focus on.
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swift handles $150T in pymnts per yr. forex txns cost ~4%. stablecoins are already being used as a replacement. faster + 1/10 the cost. 3m into bridge ( we’re seeing huge demand in LATAM and Africa. Thrilled to bring faster + cheaper payments to the world.
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woke up to this slack message -> "just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know how happy we are with bridge overall and how [much of a] game changer it is. it's allowed us to build something which a few years back would have been unthinkable with a team of 2 people." . we.
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a few weeks ago, we helped some large DAOs pay taxes. USDC moved through converted into USD, wires sent to the irs. our APIs give stablecoins all of the same functionality as dollars. would not have guessed taxes would be an early use case . .
last week we started helping a LaLiga affiliated nft platform move funds from USDC to local currency. fun seeing how all sorts of companies across the globe are using stablecoins. and amazing that bridge is already playing a small role in building these businesses.
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lots of ppl (Inc all in pod) arguing for why vc is bad. the “If you don’t have to raise, don’t do it” advice is dumb . the urgency and leverage vc creates has proven to be exceptionally powerful. Coinbase vs Gemini being one great example ….
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thrilled about this partnership . we believe more and more teams will build their own L2s. Bridge (@bridgeapis) will be increasingly important infrastructure enabling the seamless movement of stablecoins across chains.
New: @bridgeapis is integrating with World Chain, enabling users to seamlessly bring USDT or USDC on any blockchain to World Chain & vice versa.
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I worked in private equity. My dream was to be an operating partner at a distressed PE firm. We were buying auto cos in 2010. The epitome of 'distressed'. After 2 yrs, I realized the job was *really* depressing 😥 You improve margins by firing lots and lots of ppl.
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the hardest thing about going from head of product to founder is realizing im now on the other side of linkedin. im now the person I loathed - 3x following up on an unanswered linkedin msg.
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it's easy to naysay and bring up local conversions, etc. but if you look ahead 5 years, it's much more likely than not that all of these last mile problems will be solved. stablecoins are 6-7y old. improvements are compounding. 5 years will bring a lot of change.
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being from the us, when i think of digital assets . i think btc, eth, nfts, etc . mostly assets that ppl speculate on . across latam and africa, digital assets == digital us dollars. stablecoins are *the* dominant use case
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the avg cost to remit money between the US and MX is 4%. Using stablecoins you can move from bank account to bank account for sub 1%. Stablecoins remove all the taxes in the middle. you just pay for access to rails.
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if you're interested in stablecoins or payments or maybe just bored . .
Ep. 5. of Tokenized Podcast!. State of Play in 2024: Stablecoin Payments. @sytaylor & @cuysheffield are joined by @zcabrams to discuss:. ⛓️ The current state of Stablecoins. 🥊 Competitive landscape of stablecoins. 🌐 Cross border payments. 🥪 The Stablecoin sandwich. 🔮 What
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we had a developer sign up for on wednesday and move money on friday. this milestone is amazing considering all other tools literally take 6+ months (and many thousands of $) to use. our goal is instant access. still room for improvement.
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this week I learned - technically regulated stablecoins are safer than bank deposits. all excess assets held in short term (3m or less) treasuries. the weakest point is the actual cash at banks.
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this program is now powered by Bridge. The global impact of stables and Bridge continues to amaze me.
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~24 mos in - we start at SQ. My first day is when I learned "product manager" is a real job . and apparently my job 🤷♂️. 7 years later, 1/2 Evenly team is still at SQ. I make a career in the product thing. @seansu4you87 helps scale eng at SQ, Doordash and Airbnb.
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I’ve talked to dozens of wallet teams. all complain about ux, esp. fiat/digital asset conversion. theres *absolutely no reason* wallet deposits / withdrawals cannot match neo bank ux . the barrier is that it’s really f-ing hard. most wallet teams don’t want to do the work.
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Excited to be a part of the conduit marketplace. we strongly believe more teams will build and manage their own chain. with bridge, you can - .1. natively issue fiat-backed stables and .2. seamlessly bridge to/from fiat + any other stablecoin on any other blockchain.
We’re excited to introduce Conduit Marketplace!. Conduit chains can now get best-in-class tooling from 48 providers directly from the Conduit platform. Apps listed on Marketplace get instant distribution to every chain deployed with Conduit. Learn how it works below ⬇️
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most ppl in the US struggle to understand crypto bc the US is their entire world.
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pretty much every financial institution will be experimenting w stablecoins within the next 2 years. from brazil to visa and paypal, you can see the momentum building.
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.@Stablecoin + @Strike enabling millions to more easily access BTC via stablecoins. So thrilled about this partnership and all that's ahead 📈.
Announcing USDT Ramps. Strike now supports USDT deposits and withdrawals for eligible customers in Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Togo, and Vietnam. Our goal is to build the dream #Bitcoin wallet for billions of people in the Global South.
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Excited to support @OnChainDen . If you're building with stablecoins, reach out -
Introducing: crypto-to-fiat payments for @safe 🎉. You send crypto. They get fiat. Here's how it works 👇
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we recently launched with Bitwage (, supporting their thousands of global workers with USD and stablecoin payroll payments. many consumers have never had economic choice. stablecoins, for the first time, enable global workers to choose how they get paid.
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llms are a new tool. ppl are figuring out how to use them. and new use cases are being discovered seemingly daily. as more use cases are discovered, we all get excited about how they can reshape the world. stablecoins are in a similar position. they're a new tool. ppl are.
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At Bridge, we're giving global consumers and businesses true economic choice. Thrilled about this launch - Grey is now supporting global payments via stablecoins. Remote, gig, freelance, etc. workers can effortlessly get paid in USD stablecoins.
GREAT NEWS!!! .You can now send money instantly and securely with USDC to over 40 countries with Grey!🚀🌏.Whether you’re a freelancer, digital nomad, or remote worker, managing your finances globally just got easier! . Visit to find out more. #GoWithGrey
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first consensus advice was 18 mos, then 2 yrs, then late 2024, and now mid 2026. vc advice will soon be to never raise a venture round again.
Get default alive. If you can’t, then create a cash runway (minimize burn) to get to mid 2026. This is going to be bumpy.
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we’re going to have “some kind of digital currency” == stablecoins.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is "cautiously pessimistic" about the economy, and opens up about helping low-income Americans, calling Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme, and his recent near-death experience.
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genuine question - why do people want trump to pardon ross ulbricht? he started a very large drug marketplace and tried to murder multiple people. What don't I understand about the situation?.
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Increasingly using this decision tree - does this give us a chance to get lucky? If yes, do. predicting the future is hard. I’d rather stack many “get lucky” decisions vs try to pick 1-2 perfect opportunities.
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Velo is live! Very excited to see the team launch in Brazil. Together we're giving millions of consumers in Brazil access to greater economic choice. They're using Virtual Accounts to enable consumers across Brazil to save and get paid in US dollars.
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6 mos in - After finishing codeschool, I was able to build a landing page 😶 I started selling schools and emailing anyone I knew who coded. I was a staple on the NYC co-founder match matching circuit trying desperately to find anyone crazy enough to work w me.
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👋 if you’re in the city during the week let me know. Would love to catch up.
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our goal is to make Cash the fastest bank alternative on the market 🏃♂️🏃🏾🏃♀️ Some examples - . Sending a payment used to take 5s, now 250ms. Most competitors take 10s+. And below is erp integrations performance after recent changes -
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I decided to leave. I got great advice to try something dramatically different . not a little different . but wildly different. Starting a tech company felt like the opposite of managing finance for an auto parts marker :) . So that's what I did.
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Sales has the be the most undervalued skill in tech. Knowing how to pitch an idea and compel others to act is critical across pretty much every function within a company.
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we've loved building with the sphere team. shipped just in time for consensus ->.
💡 What if you could do it *ALL* in one place?. 💸 On-ramp directly from your bank account to your wallet, and then off-ramp wins without ever leaving Telegram for a 0.1% fee. Meet your new best friend, SphereBot. 🤝
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incredibly excited to partner with multis. multis is building much needed banking infrastructure for crypto-native businesses. bridge ( is powering fiat + stablecoin money movement, enabling these customers to quickly move between dollars and stables.
Exciting news! 🔥. Multis has partnered with to give our users the ability to offramp funds from their @Safe wallets to ANY bank account! 🚀.
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cards are to fintech as mobile is to software. just like mobile, over the last 15 years, most great fintech businesses have been built around this one platform. 1/.
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