Max Torres

Just published a deep dive on @solana's token economics - inflation, unlocks, staking, burn, float - all modeled in a reusable spreadsheet. For crypto founders and operators: 🔗 @mytwotacos/note/p-167107656" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@mytwotacos/no…

My takeaways from the 2025 Stablecoin Conference in Mexico City: > B2B international remittances are HOT, and possibly overcrowded. Everyone is doing stablecoin borderless payments. Those who win will be those who realize they need to specialize in particular corridors and niches. > People still misunderstand LATAM as a market, but they're learning. The smart ones know that you can't just "conquer LATAM." Every country is different in its culture and regulatory environment. Yeah, they all speak Spanish, but that doesn't make the US/UK the same market. > The major international companies want in, and mostly through M&A. After Stripe bought Bridge and Privy there's a general frenzy for crypto-native companies with a solid foundation and polished founders. They want founders who fit in with their current work culture. Companies that are too immature or degenerate will never be acquired for this reason. They're not just buying the tech, but the founders and their expertise. The older generation of these larger fintech and payment companies still don't understand crypto fundamentally. > To reiterate, they still don't understand the fundamentals of crypto. Last night I explained to a large provider the security and resilience of Ethereum. Many of them don't even understand what a block is or what it means to validate them. They're just riding the hot hand of the stablecoin narrative and the cost savings it brings to their clients. > Many aren't even telling their clients they use stablecoins. They are luring them in with fast settlement and low fees. > Non-crypto VCs are becoming more interested in investing in crypto companies, stablecoins, and neobanks. However, they are still quite risk off and much more interested in the Series A+ stages to minimize their risk. > Cards and Ramps. Both are improving month over month, and card offerings are becoming more competitive as ramping rates head to zero. Within the next 5 years I expect nearly all fiat on/off ramping to be 0% commissions. Moving money around the globe will be fast and efficient. > They still don't understand DeFi. There is massive opportunity for DeFi companies that can make earning yield easy for these institutions and also for custodial companies. Bridging the gap for easy DeFi is a massive opportunity, and I don't just say this as somebody who is very well positioned to capitalize on it. > Crypto is maturing. The adults are finally coming to the table. This doesn't mean they're coming to buy your memecoin bags. The only networks I heard mentioned this week were Bitcoin, Ethereum (including L2s), Solana (once), and Stellar (once). > The networks with presence at the conference were Arbitrum and Scroll, that's it. Solana was technically a sponsor but had zero presence. > Investors seem heavily interested in B2B stablecoin banking; where clients can be given access to high quality DeFi yield. Everyone wants access to onchain yield but they're not fully informed of how to get it. Big money also wants security guarantees before investing liquidity. They're not just yeeting millions into unproven protocols.

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DeFi will win big in emerging markets - it’s simply a matter of building the right regulatory frameworks, unlocking critical financial players, and creating seamless access points. Great to have @odisealabs’ work cited in Vitalik’s latest piece on DeFi 🫡

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@zorkary Wow. Incredible insights. Thanks, Zack, and Dragonfly team for publishing!

1/ H1 crypto hiring was wild. Macro rocked the market, record jobs were pulled, and companies reacted faster & harder than at any point in 3 years. 👇 From market data + 1000s of convos: what candidates want & what downturns teach us (...because it ain’t always a bull market).

I've been in crypto for over 10 years and I’ve Never been hacked. Perfect OpSec record. Yesterday, my wallet was drained by a malicious @cursor_ai extension for the first time. If it can happen to me, it can happen to you. Here’s a full breakdown. 🧵👇

Tired of “successful” crypto companies that are only good at raising money? I'm starting a new content series on the ones that actually make money 💰 Two interviews in and one thing’s clear: Revenue-first founders & marketers think very differently If you're doing $1M+/mo, I want to tell your story The revenue meta starts now

@mrbernard_ @slashapp Congrats amigo!

Career Update: I’ve joined the @slashapp team as head of crypto. For the past few weeks, the team has been working tirelessly to ship our global USD accounts, and we’re happy to announce that they’re now live!! Slash is making stablecoin payments accessible to every CFO and treasury team out there. Money movement, treasury optimization, US market access — stablecoins need no introduction. We're redefining the modern treasury stack. Excited for what's ahead.

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Safary generated more revenue in the past 24 hours than Movement, Ronin, and Eclipse combined according to DefiLlama Crypto VCs are cooked

@JacobKerr17 Lol, that was me 10 years ago

I've entered my Rooster & Rice era

@cryptovcdylan @conduct_xyz 🫶

@3MaxTorres @conduct_xyz Love you bro !

If I forgot to invite you to our ~private~ testnet I am SORRY and you can ping me for the link ❤️ cc @conduct_xyz

The State of Crypto VC Some insights for founders into the current state of crypto fundraising and some of my personal prediction on the future of crypto venture capital 👇

@rparekh Congrats Raj!

Super excited to announce that Portal has been acquired by the Monad Foundation! This represents a massive step for Portal and for stablecoin payments around the world.

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Sharing this extensive token economics spreadsheet in case folks find it useful, using $SOL as a case study. Props to @3MaxTorres for the in-depth work! #gid=403599085" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… If that's your area of interest/expertise, don't forget to subscribe substack.com/home/post/p-16…

@bsmokes 🛳️ 🚢

not attending ethcc or any travel in coming months, fully heads down. this is a very important year. people should not forget that the #1 priority is shipping, and shipping, and shipping more.

@solana 4/ Would love your feedback. If you're building a token project, happy to jam on: - Modeling your token supply - Emission planning - Treasury budgeting - Map it all to your financial statements

Just published a deep dive on @solana's token economics - inflation, unlocks, staking, burn, float - all modeled in a reusable spreadsheet. For crypto founders and operators: 🔗 @mytwotacos/note/p-167107656" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@mytwotacos/no…