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One to three seconds. That's how long every voice assistant you've ever used takes to respond. But the real gap should be 200 milliseconds. That's how long it takes a human friend to start responding when you stop talking. @nvidia PersonaPlex did that.

Accounting for the risks, DeFi is cheaper for the unbanked but more expensive for those with access to TradFi. A lot more risk mitigation innovation and standards are needed to compress that risk premium.

The seductive interpretation of this market is that AI has made company-building easier. In one sense, that is true. Small teams can build functional products quickly, launch fast, automate aggressively, and reach customers with a fraction of the labor once required. But that is only half the story. AI has made building easier. It has not made winning easier.

Explore the thesis → newsweek.com/america-doesnt… Generate your murmur → murmur.gg/invite/7ZR4GQN… Join the community → discord.com/invite/6KvzDB4…

Big week for @ihearamurmur! 10,000 murmurs were generated within just over a month since their early beta launch. Murmurs are short, first-person voice moments where fictional characters speak to you by name, remember what you've told them, and hyperpersonalize their care. Their thesis, now in @Newsweek: loneliness isn't the crisis. Lovelessness is — the daily kind of love that notices, remembers, and reaches you in a form you can feel. Ten thousand murmurs is the weight of that gap — and the sound of it being answered. Congratulations 💜

Loneliness is being alone. Lovelessness is being surrounded by people and still feeling emotionally unfed. @carylyne on why the AI companions, romance games, and parasocial fandoms everyone mocks are filling a gap nobody wants to name. newsweek.com/america-doesnt…

Our VP of Strategy @charleschong_ joins the stage at @consensus_hk, exploring the Bitcoin L2 landscape and bringing next-gen scaling to the masses with @citrea_xyz, @RootstockLabs, and @MessariCrypto. 📅 Feb 12 | 10:00 AM 📍 HKCEC Convergence Stage See you there! 🇭🇰

@spenceryang weighs in on why institutional capital keeps flowing into crypto infrastructure in @dlnews dlnews.com/articles/marke…

VCs poured $1.4B into crypto companies in January - 14% more than last year.

@spenceryang's take on @cryptodotnews: The hype era is over. The business era begins. DATs must deploy capital productively: staking, running infrastructure, generating real revenue.

The buy-and-hold DAT model is breaking. Nearly 40% of crypto treasury companies now trade below net asset value, up from 15% in mid-October.

@spenceryang breaks down in @Newsweek why this phase is about consolidation and fundamentals — not hype.

Crypto looks quiet. What’s really happening underneath?

Our VP of Strategy, @charleschong_, shares his view with @dlnews on how crypto fundraising in 2025 reflects a market that’s maturing - with capital moving toward more durable, fundamentals-driven companies. dlnews.com/articles/marke…

@pudgypenguins here to report for christmas duty

Anybody who posts a Pudgy Penguins GIF is going on big bird’s nice list.