My 4th halving

introducing world chain

a blockchain for humans

If you're a crypto analyst looking to work with a top-tier investment team, I can't imagine a better opportunity than working with Wilson Withiam, Ryan Watkins and the entire Syncracy Capital team.

New tools in the toolkit (2024)

- cheap/custom blockspace (e.g. base, sol, zora, degenchain)
- wallet abstractions (Privy, Turnkey 🔑)
- user safety (@blockaid_)
- cross-chain abstraction (e.g. @relayprotocol, @hyperlane_xyz )
- social wallets (@farcaster_xyz, Lens.com,

Who bundles the unbundlers?

to clarify: this is not a joke. we're actually doing this.

What bridges should I use? Mainnet ➡️ L2s as well as L2s ➡️ L2s
Any ecosystem

Spending tomorrow testing em all out 👀

Even though this graphic is wildly outdated, I still think the value accrual for social tokens is directionally correct.

The modern version:
Socialfi platform: Social platforms/exchanges
Community tokens: Memes, Platform channels, TG bots
Personal tokens: access keys,

SocialFi apps often take one of two approaches:

1) Exchange-first approach: Built an exchange (e.g. Robinhood for memes) and back into becoming a social/discovery platform
2) Social/Discovery-first approach: Build a social platform to own discovery and then layer in financial

We did something really fun at @relayprotocol today - We claimed >$3M USD for users that forgot about funds on L1 bridges. And there's A LOT more waiting.

Free money in your wallet today? you might have us to thank.

Why we did it 👇

It’s a great day to check the chain

📍 NFT NYC round three

nuanced take on meme coins (ive said all these things in the past but consolidating into one post):

their primary function is gambling. secondary function is entertainment. no more no less.

corollary: they are not entirely a zero sum game. there’s a positive value that is

We’re hosting a Farcaster developer meetup + brunch this Saturday, April 6 in NYC, which you can apply to here: lu.ma/p43szrum

Check out our RFS post ideas we hope to see getting built - we hope you’ll reach out / come on Saturday! variant.fund/articles/reque…

What does TT stand for?

A) Taco Tuesday
B) Taco Time
C) Tacos Tomorrow
D) All of the above

Register at the link in next post

The people have spoken, L3 spring is coming.

*ೃ༄*ೃ༄ Welcome SC07: Consumer Crypto *ೃ༄*ೃ༄

Many still don’t believe that consumer crypto presents big investable opportunities. We obviously disagree.

We’ve long held the belief that owning the relationship with and the attention of consumers will be an even greater point of

My career was kickstarted by the Messari analyst program. It's a great starting point for hungry, crypto obsesses degens who want to break into the industry.

Every cycle the Messari analyst program brings future legends into our industry: Ryan Watkins , Phil Bonello ,