Chainlink becoming the official oracle infrastructure for Ondo Finance isn’t just another integration, it’s the blueprint for how global capital markets go onchain. Secure, composable tokenized assets now meet institutional-grade data and interoperability standards. The

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Whenever I hear a crypto founder say that their technology is "patent pending", I cringe You don't need to open source your tech right out of the gate but to protect it with a patent misses the entire point of crypto and blockchain - decentralized, open, verifiable Am I wrong?

Startups (including fundraising) is a momentum game. Even when things look slow and bleak, you can create momentum. Experiment more often. Try more things. Talk to more people. Attend more events. A lot of things won't work and it may feel like wasted effort. But it's better

My take on pre-seed vs. seed investing: Pre-seed ➡️ A founding team that has identified a problem + formed a hypothesis for how to solve it, ideally informed by unique insight or experience. Diligence: Founder reference checks + validation of the problem or pain point with

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The more time you spend in Web3, the more you realize that the hype is loud, but the fundamentals are silent. While evaluating deals, it’s clear the next wave is all infra, interoperability is quietly emerging as the strongest moat.

During the week of Nov 9-15, 11 crypto startups raised $122.4M in funding. This was led by Lighter's big $68M round. Higher

Microsoft and Nvidia are investing up to $15 billion in Anthropic. In this deal, Anthropic commits to purchasing $30 billion in Microsoft Azure compute credits and up to 1 gigawatt of compute capacity powered by Nvidia chips. But Amazon, which has invested $8 billion into

Let's discuss being a solo founder vs having a founding team Pros of being a solo founder: 1) You'll have full control and 100% ownership. 2) All decisions are yours to make with no debate. 3) You are solely responsible for your success or failure. But your wins will be

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⬡ Chainlink Adoption Update ⬡ This week, there were 12 integrations of the Chainlink standard across 4 services and 10 different chains: BNB Chain, HyperEVM, Jovay, Lighter, Monad, Morph, Polygon, Solana, Stable, and Tempo. New integrations include aPriori ⌘, CMTA,

Narratives scale faster than businesses. That’s why timing matters more than traction in early hype cycles.

Being frugal is table stakes. Knowing what matters is the edge for founders.

Most early traction is informational. Very little of it is durable.

Timing buys attention. Fundamentals buy survival!

Most early traction is informational. Very little of it is durable. Early numbers mostly tell you who noticed, not who will stay. Durable traction shows up when users change behavior without reminders, incentives, or narratives. Confusing the two, leads to premature scaling.

What really drives growth in digital economies? It’s more than hype; it’s structure, community, and smart systems. Join us at the TDN Growth Session as we break down how community, money, and payments come together to create scalable digital economies.

NOW: Institutional-focused blockchain FinChain has adopted Chainlink to accelerate the distribution of its tokenized assets across Asia. Chainlink is enabling financial markets in Asia to modernize onchain, expanding global access to tokenized value. Read the full announcement