Alex
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Alex
@0x_Alexx
Growth & Marketing @LABtrade_ I love when cars go around in circles
Belgrade Katılım Şubat 2023
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My opinion on the Coinbase cuts:
The narrative around replacing 14% of it's staff members with AI is a way to sugar coat over hiring and a lack of overall growth.
Pretty much everyone on ct uses some AI tools and if they are honest with themselves, right now it's far from perfect and can be time consuming. I don't believe that a billion dollar company would trust these models that sometimes can't even render an image correctly after 10 prompts. On top of that, AI right now is only as good as what it is fed, meaning they still need people.
Secondly, it's far more positive to say we are adopting a new tech and use an AI narrative than state we are cutting jobs because the market hasn't been great and we've over only grown our employees. From the start of 2025, they increased their staff by 31% (around 1,200 employees).
Lastly, I feel for everyone impacted and I hope they bounce back. Also I'm not saying that AI isn't a great tool and will become better, just in it's current form it's not there yet.
Brian Armstrong@brian_armstrong
This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase: Team, Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this positions us for the future. Why now Two forces are converging at the same time. We need to be front footed to respond to both. First, the market. Coinbase is well-capitalized, has diversified revenue streams, and is well-positioned to weather any storm. Crypto is also on the verge of the next wave of adoption, with stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and more taking off. However, our business is still volatile from quarter to quarter. While we've managed through that cyclicality many times before and come out stronger on the other side, we’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth. Second, AI is changing how we work. Over the past year, I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code and many of our workflows are being automated. The pace of what's possible with a small, focused team has changed dramatically, and it's accelerating every day. All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company. The biggest risk now is not taking action. We are adjusting early and deliberately to rebuild Coinbase to be lean, fast, and AI-native. We need to return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core. What this means To get there, we are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate: rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it. What does this mean in practice? - Fewer layers, faster decisions: We are flattening our org structure to 5 layers max below CEO/COO. Layers slow things down and create coordination tax. The future is small, high context teams that can move quickly. Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports. Fewer layers also means a leaner cost structure that is built to perform through all market cycles. - No pure managers: Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor. Managers should be like player-coaches, getting their hands dirty alongside their teams. - AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role. In short: AI is bringing a profound shift in how companies operate, and we’re reshaping Coinbase to lead in this new era. This is a new way of working, and we need to leverage AI across every facet of our jobs. To those who are affected I know there are real people behind these decisions — talented colleagues who have poured themselves into this company and our mission. To those of you who will be leaving: thank you. You’ve helped build Coinbase into what it is today, and I am sincerely grateful for everything you've done. All impacted team members will receive an email to their personal account in the next hour with more information, and an invitation to meet with an HRBP and a senior leader in your organization. Coinbase system access has been removed today. I know this feels sudden and harsh, but it is the only responsible choice given our duty to protect customer information. To those affected, we will be providing a comprehensive package to support you through this transition. US employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks base pay (plus 2 weeks per year worked), their next equity vest, and 6 months of COBRA. Employees on a work visa will get extra transition support. Those outside of the US will receive similar support, based on local factors and subject to any consultation requirements. Coinbase prides itself on talent density. Our employees are among the most talented people in the world, and I have no doubt that your skills and experience will be highly sought after as you pursue your next chapters. How we move forward To the team that is staying, I know this is a difficult day. We’re saying goodbye to colleagues and friends you've been in the trenches with. But here’s what I want you to know as we move forward together: Over the past 13 years, we have weathered four crypto winters, gone public, and built the most trusted platform in our industry. We’ve made it this far by making hard decisions and by always staying focused on our mission. This time will be no different – nothing has changed about the long term outlook of our company or industry. And most importantly, our mission has never been more important for the world. Increasing economic freedom requires a new financial system, and we’re building it. The Coinbase that emerges from this will be more capable than ever to achieve our mission. Brian
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The Coinbase layoffs are a good reminder of where things are heading - companies are shrinking teams and going AI-native, which means the most valuable people won't be the deep specialists - they will be the ones who can do a bit of everything: content, copy, paid ads, influencer, strategy - and tie it all together
that kind of generalist has always been essential in small teams. Big corps could afford to hire a specialist for every function and that's becoming harder to justify
but being a generalist isn't just about range - it's about how you think. You have to be genuinely curious and always working toward the bigger picture, not just completing tasks
Brian Armstrong@brian_armstrong
This is an email I sent earlier today to all employees at Coinbase: Team, Today I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%. I want to walk you through why we're doing this now, what it means for those affected, and how this positions us for the future. Why now Two forces are converging at the same time. We need to be front footed to respond to both. First, the market. Coinbase is well-capitalized, has diversified revenue streams, and is well-positioned to weather any storm. Crypto is also on the verge of the next wave of adoption, with stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and more taking off. However, our business is still volatile from quarter to quarter. While we've managed through that cyclicality many times before and come out stronger on the other side, we’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth. Second, AI is changing how we work. Over the past year, I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code and many of our workflows are being automated. The pace of what's possible with a small, focused team has changed dramatically, and it's accelerating every day. All of this has led us to an inflection point, not just for Coinbase, but for every company. The biggest risk now is not taking action. We are adjusting early and deliberately to rebuild Coinbase to be lean, fast, and AI-native. We need to return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core. What this means To get there, we are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate: rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it. What does this mean in practice? - Fewer layers, faster decisions: We are flattening our org structure to 5 layers max below CEO/COO. Layers slow things down and create coordination tax. The future is small, high context teams that can move quickly. Leaders will own much more, with as many as 15+ direct reports. Fewer layers also means a leaner cost structure that is built to perform through all market cycles. - No pure managers: Every leader at Coinbase must also be a strong and active individual contributor. Managers should be like player-coaches, getting their hands dirty alongside their teams. - AI-native pods: We’ll be concentrating around AI-native talent who can manage fleets of agents to drive outsized impact. We’ll also be experimenting with reduced pod sizes, including “one person teams” with engineers, designers, and product managers all in one role. In short: AI is bringing a profound shift in how companies operate, and we’re reshaping Coinbase to lead in this new era. This is a new way of working, and we need to leverage AI across every facet of our jobs. To those who are affected I know there are real people behind these decisions — talented colleagues who have poured themselves into this company and our mission. To those of you who will be leaving: thank you. You’ve helped build Coinbase into what it is today, and I am sincerely grateful for everything you've done. All impacted team members will receive an email to their personal account in the next hour with more information, and an invitation to meet with an HRBP and a senior leader in your organization. Coinbase system access has been removed today. I know this feels sudden and harsh, but it is the only responsible choice given our duty to protect customer information. To those affected, we will be providing a comprehensive package to support you through this transition. US employees will receive a minimum of 16 weeks base pay (plus 2 weeks per year worked), their next equity vest, and 6 months of COBRA. Employees on a work visa will get extra transition support. Those outside of the US will receive similar support, based on local factors and subject to any consultation requirements. Coinbase prides itself on talent density. Our employees are among the most talented people in the world, and I have no doubt that your skills and experience will be highly sought after as you pursue your next chapters. How we move forward To the team that is staying, I know this is a difficult day. We’re saying goodbye to colleagues and friends you've been in the trenches with. But here’s what I want you to know as we move forward together: Over the past 13 years, we have weathered four crypto winters, gone public, and built the most trusted platform in our industry. We’ve made it this far by making hard decisions and by always staying focused on our mission. This time will be no different – nothing has changed about the long term outlook of our company or industry. And most importantly, our mission has never been more important for the world. Increasing economic freedom requires a new financial system, and we’re building it. The Coinbase that emerges from this will be more capable than ever to achieve our mission. Brian
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Alex retweetledi
@0xJonnyDee Unfollowing 10,000 INACTIVE 𝕏 users today
If you INTERACT, you STAY followed
Last time I unfollowed OVER 15,000 𝕏 users!
I got INSTANT improvement in reach
I always make sure to keep my following list clean
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Engagement farming starter pack:
- I love my small creators
- My wallet just got drained
- who's active rn?
- 10$ giveaway (tag 3 frends to enter)
- I love my (insert country) followers
- Like this post and I'll follow you
- Exciting news soon, who's ready?
What did I miss?
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you do feel invisible on X?
if your posts get 0 engagement, keep going
if your posts get no replies, keep going
if your follower count is not growing, keep going
if you feel like giving up, keep going
i've sat in your shoes.
9 months ago, my posts reached hardly anyone
sometimes they would get 0 likes and i would delete them
some days recently it feels like i'm back there
when you feel ignored by the timeline, work harder
if you put in the work, you WILL see results eventually
your time is coming
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"Crypto has a marketing problem"
Well, explain this:
bots → AI agents
bot farms → AI agent clusters
bot users → AI-native participants
botted volume → AI agents trading
botted transactions → AI agents transacting
botted engagement → AI-generated engagement
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I truly think we are about to enter the unibot / pepe stage of memes similar to last cycle
not saying one is heading to billions in a week but I don't think we are far away from memes taking center stage again
the truth is even with all the bundles, chains, vamps, multi wallets, etc there is nothing and I mean nothing on the planet, in any asset category across any industry that provides the possibility of memes
you cannot put $100 into something anywhere else and make astronomical levels of return (6figs+). this is something I believe to my soul. if you don't agree you are lying. yes you may lose 99/100, even 100/100, but the one you catch the returns are so outsized if you told anyone outside of CT the money you've seen come and go out of thin air they would throw up.
the older guard (even before my time) always cried about memes, and memes had a way worse perception pre pump fun, especially on CT. 99% of these accounts who say memes are over now etc etc after pushing them for two years would have NEVER touched a meme on ETH pre pepe. these guys were pushing infra on you that is either obsolete, doesn't exist, or no one cares. they don't even realize that the trenches have always been the most important part of crypto. while 90% of these guys left when eth hit $900 some of us were still ripping it onchain on 15k toppers. never left the game and went ballistic in 23-25. They complained this entire time, they pushed failed narratives like gamefi, zk coins, etc and missed RLB, hype, friend tech, pepe, etc. see they don't understand that we don't care about anything other than the score. we don't need to hear about the state of the trenches from guys who bought btc in their dorm on post illadelph rip for $0.13. they don't get it, they never have, they don't even know the game.
they never saw KD drop 50 at rucker. they can't relate to what it's like to watch eth at $4K with a $500 port and praying to god that your next ape is the one. that they market doesn't top before you make it.
apathy has hit an all time high, once the think pieces start coming out you know it's time to head back to the trenches
it doesn't matter if its eth base sol hyperevm tron bob or ada onchain is always the place to be
the good thing about the kids streaming themselves ripping $20K profit on 10k market cap shitcoins is that they do not care what anyone else thinks, and CT sometimes needs to wake up and realize they are old, they are not the main character anymore, no one cares what they say
trenches never die.
this doesn't mean go rip all your bread into new pairs, but don't listen to the people who tell you that this shit is over they have been saying the lights are going to cut out for years now and guess what we are still balling
at least some of us still love the game.
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Imo the one thing Grok is actually good for is finding tweets from specific projects and the whole timeline. Useful when you're studying a competitor's campaign - what they pushed, how they framed it and what got traction
Saves a lot of time vs scrolling through their profile manually or trying to google old posts. Been using it mostly for case studies and competitive research
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"Be very confident you’re going in the right direction, and execute well on the step you’re taking right now, without knowing exactly where you’re going"
Colossus@colossusmag
This is the story of Hyperliquid, the most profitable startup per employee on earth, told from a guarded office in Singapore. Last year, its team of 11 generated $900 million in profit. It's 3 years old, has never taken a dollar of venture capital, and is beginning to change how century-old markets work. Its founder, Jeffrey Yan (@chameleon_jeff), had never taken a physics class when he picked up a textbook at 16. Two years later, he won gold at the International Physics Olympiad. In 2019, he started trading with $10,000 from a living room in Puerto Rico—working off a television because he didn't own a monitor. Within 3 years, he was running one of the largest anonymous crypto trading firms. Then he shut it down. Yan was rich and free, but he had spent years inside crypto, watching it betray itself. Bitcoin's central premise was decentralization. Yet the biggest exchanges were centralized. Crypto kept reintroducing the dependence on trust it was built to eliminate. He set out to create what should have existed. Hyperliquid is a blockchain with a trading exchange on top, and anyone can build on it. Yan's vision is to house all of finance. In 3 years, it has done over $4 trillion in volume. And in the past few months, it has begun to outgrow crypto. Markets for oil, silver, and the S&P 500 now trade on Hyperliquid around the clock, weekends included, and are growing roughly 40% week on week. When the US and Israel bombed Iran on a Saturday in February, Hyperliquid was the venue traders turned to. Hyperliquid's success has cost Yan his freedom. He works out of a secret office in Singapore and cannot travel without two bodyguards. Even the team's housekeeper doesn't know what they do. In January, @domcooke spent a week at their office. Read his profile on Yan and @HyperliquidX below.
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@alexblocmates choose your evening side events carefully. your dinner depends on it
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now imagine you are the CMO hired to market this...
Okara@askOkara
Today we're introducing the world's first AI CMO. Enter your website and it deploys a team of agents to help you get traffic and users. Try it now at okara.ai/cmo
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Alex retweetledi
Binance Alpha's second wave of LAB (LAB) airdrop rewards are here!
Users with at least 241 Binance Alpha Points can claim an airdrop of 207 LAB tokens on a first-come, first-served basis. If the rewards are not fully distributed, the score threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes.
Please note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha Events page within 24 hours; otherwise, it will be deemed that users have given up claiming the airdrop.
Binance Wallet@BinanceWallet
Please get ready to claim the Binance Alpha airdrop today at 10:00 (UTC). Users with at least 241 Binance Alpha Points can claim the token on a first-come, first-served basis until the airdrop pool is fully distributed or the airdrop event expires. Further details will be announced soon. Please stay tuned to Binance’s official channels for the specific airdrop tokens and the latest updates.
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