There is no question in my mind that DeFi is awesome Vitalik has a purist take, which is fine. He is not wrong for pushing for more than speculation But practically founders have to build for what's in front of you vs. something idealistic but 10 yrs away. Timing matters.

Real time mints from over 20 venues all in one place. Our EVM team killed this one LF Mint: magiceden.io/nft-mints

Position yourself appropriately for NFT season

- Global money supply is at an ATH - Historically, peak cycle btc is a year or so after halving - Rates are coming down - On chain assets are high beta assets

Really stoked on the new Magic Eden 🪄 Terminal Cuts through the noise and shows what people care about - how many mints and how much volume. It highlights a new chapter for Base mints - one focused less on floor price and more on accessible and viral content.

Since the launch of Mint Terminal 9 hours ago, we've seen 6,600+ NFTs minted and 11,500+ wallets connected. So proud of our team. Mint Terminal represents 20+ venues for EVM mints. Check it out. 🫡 Higher

I spent 2020-2021 at Coinbase 🛡️ before founding Magic Eden 🪄. My path in crypto was a bit different—I was early in DeFi, at dydxprotocol from 2018 before joining Coinbase Institutional 🛡️ as a PM. I joined Coinbase because I wanted to see what it took to operate a crypto company at scale.

At Magic Eden 🪄 we don't believe the hardship UX Bitcoin L1 can create means accept it or go to another chain We just lock in to solve the problem instead, no matter how complex🎯 There will be a lot of upcoming BTC improvements, stay tuned & locked in yourself.🔒

Why? Memecoin trading fueled by the Runes protocol

NFT supercycle will kick off on:

dog, bitcoin chickens and church of the smoking chicken fish x.com/i/spaces/1YqKD…

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Pumped to be TOKEN2049 and Solana Breakpoint ☀️ SINGAPORE Sept. 20-21, 2024 next week We're gonna be announcing some big news, and as usual, the Magic Eden 🪄 team will be rolling deep so come say hi!

“Those are stupid and will never last” is basically the story of everything in crypto. Everything does last and gets bigger. Builders and investors reap the rewards only with sufficient conviction. BTC, ETH, tokens, DeFi, NFTs - history repeats.

the best advice I ever got as a founder came from other founders. the best lessons come from those who’ve been in the trenches. that's why we're hosting a Founder-only Lounge during Token2049 SG. > no panels > just small group discussions > all off the record, everything

Every now and then people who I met in the 2018-19 defi era will randomly reach out after all these yrs. Brings back waves of nostalgia - we were just vibing then cos we thought defi was cool. Makes me super happy to know they are still in the space trying to make shit happen 🫡