Tom Schmidt ＞|＜

Tom Schmidt ＞|＜

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Investing @dragonfly_xyz. Previously product @0xproject, ads product @facebook and @instagram. Vos debes periculum pro buccellatum.

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Canton: enterprise blockchain or just TradFi LARPing? Meanwhile, open source drama keeps spiraling, AI is winning, humans are coping, and Ethereum is having their typical existential crisis. And yes, @EvgenyGaevoy is absolutely cheering Ethereum on. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:07 ZKsync vs. Canton: What Counts as a Real Blockchain? 04:44 Evgeny’s Canton Critique: DRW, Privacy, and ZK Skepticism 09:37 Gating, Auditability, and Whether Canton Is Just a Ledger 14:38 Openness, Verifiability, and the Return of Enterprise Blockchain 23:01 Ethereum’s Cypherpunk Crossroads 31:04 Stablecoins, Fork Governance, and the Linux Analogy 41:09 Drift Hack, AI Security, and the Future of Open Source 🔥Stay updated with all the latest hot takes by following and subscribing to @_ChoppingBlock and @unchained_pod! 🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/IYistO1kE0g 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/3wiIOyy 🍎 Apple: bit.ly/3w9HQ7J 🎙 Podcast Home: http:/choppingblock.xyz

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First $1B took 8 months Second $1B took under 4 months I know casinos & sportsbooks aren’t everyones cup of tea but this is one of the most successful businesses built by CT this cycle

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YEET just had its biggest volume day ever and will hit $2 billion in volume before it turns a year old. Best part is we haven’t even scratched the surface of the roadmap yet. Insane things on the horizon, stay tuned and sign up.

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is this something you would do if you thought AGI was 9 months away?

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OpenAI puts erotic chatbot plans on hold ‘indefinitely’ https://ft.trib.al/4Q2hLpT

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at long last, it’s the Network State’s time to shine twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status...

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it’s actually being priced better on @Lighter_xyz 😇 twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status...

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“there’s simply a mismatch between velocity of our vision and the velocity of regulation … we want to be USD natives” twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status...

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ok how about this: alex can call himself co-founder of hack and haseeb can call himself co-founder of dragonfly and we move on to more interesting topics 🌞

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AI labs following crypto in speedrunning the shift from fat protocol thesis to app layer capturing all the value twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status...

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2026. America's 250th Anniversary. The Year of the Fire Horse. The year that we officially announce that we've raised $650M for Dragonfly Fund IV! I could write a lot about what a pleasure it's been to work with @hosseeb, @HadickM, and Bo to back some of the best entrepreneurs building generational companies, but I'll keep it brief so you can see our nice couch pic and profile by @leomschwartz. In all my time in the industry, things have never felt more like they're ripe for a reset than they do right now. Old players, knowledge and ways of doing things are fading away, and I'm excited to help shape the direction of what comes next, at a time when what is being built in this space feels more essential than ever. The disconnect between what you read in the headlines and the growth of what you see on the ground has never been greater. If you're an entrepreneur who's building something new or if you're considering getting into the space, @ me or DM me. Let's get this tokenized bread.

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We are introducing cross margin for RWAs, starting today with Gold and Silver markets. In the next week, we will roll this out for the rest of the RWA markets. This means that RWAs can share collateral with the crypto native markets, increasing capital efficiency!

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