really tired of these silly rugs and meme coins painting a bad picture for our space making the real builders look bad if you’re not serious about advancing blockchain tech, please gtfo

yes unfortunately crypto is its own worst enemy

spending a few days in sf vs spending a few months in miami I’ve been introduced to more interesting miami people while being in sf go figure

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How stablecoins impact the future of banking Short term: Banks use blockchain rails for faster/cheaper payments. - Starting with internal transfers (e.g., JPM Coin) - Expanding to cross-border where speed/cost matters Long term: A full transition from fiat rails first requires

We won 1st place! 🏆🎉 @shieldpay_co is proud to take 1st in Silicon Valley Bank + StartupOS BHM Pitch Competition! Huge thanks to SVB, StartupOS and judges for recognizing our vision to revolutionize banking and payments for export businesses 🚀

Congrats @shieldpay_co + eman.eth! 🎉

🚨 MASSIVE NEWS 🚨 Kraken is acquiring NinjaTrader for $1.5B, locking in the largest TradFi + crypto deal ever. Another huge milestone on our road to becoming the world’s go-to platform for trading anything, anytime, anywhere. More details 👇 blog.kraken.com/news/kraken-to…

Just wrapped a great few days at #Reconnect Expo in Mykonos 🇬🇷 We met tons of wholesalers and exporters, many of whom are learning to use stablecoins for payments With the GENIUS bill gaining steam in the Senate, the timing couldn’t be better We are right where we need to be

✅ Business trip to Mykonos

we've been getting overwhelmed with customer transactions lately scaling challenges are real 😵‍💫

we've started a robust scaling of our compliance program and operations if we wait for $50m monthly volume, it'll be too late it is key to be proactive in this market - that's how we will stand the test of time

some weeks you plan. other weeks you hang on 📈 biggest volume week ever (again) 🇬🇷 flight delays coming back from Greece ✨ new compliance policies, lots to review 🤝 new hires onboarding this is the life we live as founders, on to the next one

We did about $5m in volume last week We could barely do $5m in a month just earlier this year So this is what growth looks like

the best deals are in motion long before the pitch deck because words talk but numbers scream so when you have traction, the narrative builds itself

How are stablecoins used for payments? Alongside Castle Island Ventures and Dragonfly ＞|＜, we sourced data from 20 leading stablecoin companies (with public data from 11 more) to answer the question. A 🧵 on the incredible growth of stablecoin payments

I attribute our recent growth to one thing: Trust. When you prioritize doing things the right way - Compliantly - Transparently You will find deep alignment with your customers