David Michael

I'll take ownership of that if you want to fire someone. This is all in the rearview mirror at this point though. The Base App is focused now on being the self-custodial version of Coinbase, and trading focused. (check the app - it's totally different as of a few weeks ago) And it's critical we have a self-custody wallet; the world is moving onchain. It would be too risky not to have some pure play bet here. Rest assured the vast majority of resource allocation is in the retail app, which is also very onchain at this point. Appreciate how much you care about the company! :) You are welcome back any time.

I genuinely want crypto to proliferate on X, but applications that create incentives to spam, raid, and harass random users is not the way. It meaningfully degrades the experience for millions of people — only to enrich a few people. And yes, we are launching a number of features in a couple weeks, including Smart Cashtags that will enable you to trade stocks and crypto directly from timeline.

In a few years, most people are going to look back at 2026 and wish they took "that AI coding stuff" more seriously Most people are unconsciously incompetent and don't even realize how far behind they're getting Don't be most people

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 White House Official Patrick Witt says there are "trillions of dollars in institutional capital on the sidelines" waiting to enter the crypto market.

the biggest areas for opportunity in agent-driven coding is when you feel slightly scared about letting the agent rip it started with "dangerously skip permissions", now it's "give it an overpowered prompt w/ access to everything and go to the gym" let the agent rip