ryonnixon

ryonnixon

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Blockchain & Startup Lawyer - I’ve worked with the best projects in the space. Founder Horizons Law; GP at Marin Digital VC; $PDT; Ex Solana GC, SNX, MyCrypto

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Wonder how big the Tether IPO will be. $93M in profit / employee if you didn't know.

Right now is the best time to build. With AI everything is becoming increasingly cheap/fast. Everything becomes a game of creativity and speed.

Been very bullish on Solana due to all major advances in the RWA space. But I'm also very bullish on Ethereum for a very different reason: Ethereum is built for when governments *don't* want crypto. I think more and more we're living in a world where the state and people are in an adversarial relationship, or at the least there is less trust in the world order as it stands. Ethereum will thrive in the coming world.

Perps on Solana is still unsolved. Who's building this?

by end of 2026 solana will be the chain where you can: - raise AuM for your fund - borrow USD at size against your crypto and tradfi assets - trade stocks rates fx perps options etc - get distribution just use solana

Crypto isn't 1000x's, memecoins, and 100000% APRs It's the cypherpunk manifesto. Byzantine generals problem. Crypto isn't dead. The tech we've built is being adopted by the biggest financial infrastructure in the world. Time to be bullish and contrarian.

Not sure its this simple. It matter deeply what the token is for. Most people have lost focus of this.

Genuinely curious what happens to Polymarket if they do a token.

If you're fundraising focus on your edge. Don't do a 45 page pitch deck just cause. I've invested in many people just after a conversation (some of my best bets). If you read what the best VCs say, it all revolves around people and what makes them unique.

Centralized chains are going to have to watch out when tokenized equities start to proliferate. Decentralize or be regulated as a securities brokerage. I don't think most are ready. I think a lot of the hacks that certain chains have prevented will come back to bite them.

Decentralization matters *in some cases.* It's not universally bad or good.

The line "decentralization doesn't matter" is getting repeated more and more these days. I recently broke out into debate on-stage with @masonnystrom about why decentralization was essential to prediction markets existing at all. It got heated. Worth the 5 minutes:

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