9 times out of 10, the founder being a jerk to their competitors in public is insecure and knows they’re getting their ass kicked

Pointing out where your product is better is fair game, but it’s pretty obvious to most observers when legit competition crosses into sour grapes

would have been way simpler to just run auctions and let the restaurants internalize MEV

now restaurants get less demand

Still can't get over how much friendlier people are in Miami. They are just stoked to be here. I've been chopping it up and bantering with everyone non-stop. I'm on first name terms with so many random people.

Compare to SF where you get a blank SSRI stare back if you say hi.

Are you wondering what’s popular on chain these days, here’s a quick summary:

Seems like stables transfers are number 1 use case, followed by swaps & liquidity pools, then bridges, lending/borrowing, gambling/casino (pooltogether, stake.com, Roobet), some gaming,

First AI meet up in Miami. Standing room only. Felt like Day 1 w/ my brothers Artur Meyster Timur Meyster talking about what we are building here at Career Karma 🚀

Shout out to Burhan Sebin Miami AI Hub The Hub @ Office Logic 💪🏾

Don’t ever pitch Anthos capital - pass it around

mert | helius | hSOL Helius Something I will checkout next time I have a Solana client. Appreciate devs like yourself working to better the crypto space 🫡

I did look at using a Helius RPC a while back when I was working on a project, but for some reason couldn't get it to work and had to use Quicknode.

I would be remiss not to underscore how profoundly correct Logan Jastremski is about #MiamiCrypto .

Over the last three years, we are up to at least 12 crypto funds I can name off the top of my head operating in Miami.

CoinFund monthly crypto happy hours regularly have 300+

Ok we are filled up!

Auston Bunsen You have been that person for me for a long time.

Some people are actually really good at pushing you to do your best work.

It’s hard to be one of those people, but some people are particularly talented at encouraging you to give your best work.

thomas chau 'We love to back founders on day one!'

All you need are:
- huge TAM
- growth loop figured out
- high retention
- $1M ARR
-godlike team

1/ 🚀 Staging Labs has been acquired by Merkle Science, a leader in blockchain analytics and forensics!

🥳Big news

Merkle Science has acquired Staging Labs, a leader in real-time mitigation technology for the crypto industry.

This acquisition expands our product range and strengthens our presence in the US and Canada.

🧵👇

Babe wake up, one of our portco’s just got acquired.

bitsorbricks.com/angel-investing

1/ Exciting news from El Dorado ! 🚀 We've raised a $3M seed round led by Multicoin Capital , with participation from Coinbase Ventures 🛡️ , Berkeley SkyDeck , and Awesome People . Our mission? Transforming the payment ecosystem in Latin America with our stablecoin-powered payments SuperApp.

💛 We have great news!

We are proud to announce the successful closing of our seed round, raising $3 million. Multicoin Capital led the round, which participation from Coinbase Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck, and Awesome People Ventures.

This funding will enable us to drive our