With this short time I've beem in the web3 space, it's been enough to see the same pain points pop up again and again: bridges breaking, wrapped tokens everywhere, fragmented liquidity across chains. Feels like we’re always patching things together instead of actually building

The results so far have been inspiring: Echo recently powered a 30B Sokoban model that held its own against much larger systems like DeepSeek-R1 and GPT-OSS-120B. Seeing a leaner setup perform at that level has us thinking deeply about what efficiency and accessibility in AI

We’ve all seen hype waves come and go, but when the tech + design actually make sense together, that’s when things stick. Linea.eth feels like a fresh chapter in how we interact with crypto. Here’s what stood out for me: 🔹 Earning - Toss some USDC into Aave’s liquidity pool

Checking out the new @UsualMoney incentives powered by Brevis’ Incentra 👀 Been stacking USD0++ → vaulting on TAC → adding Curve liquidity. Simple flow, steady rewards, and feels like the pieces actually connect. Worth a look if you’re exploring practical DeFi loops.

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