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First Robinhood became Coinbase by allowing crypto trading Now Coinbase is becoming Robinhood. As these two companies merge into very similar products, would it not make sense to combine forces??

What is @coinbase worth if they own the payment rails for agentic behavior? 🧐

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Sauna is one of the most effective health protocols I've done. Here is everything I've learned; it's the most robust characterization ever produced. Results: 1) Fifteen sessions of sauna dramatically reduced environmental toxins in my body: + 65% drop in 2,4-D + 100% drop in MEP + 15% drop in MBP + 100% drop in MEHP (undetectable post sauna) + 56% drop in NAPR + 56% drop in HEMA + 100% drop in Perchlorate (undetectable post sauna) 2. Sauna eliminated 85% of microplastics from my ejaculate. Nov 2024: 165 particles/mL July 2025: 20 particles/mL Nearly identical drop in my blood same time period: Oct 2024: 70 particles/mL May 2025: 10 particles/mL 3. Sauna, without ice on the boys, devastated my fertility markers. Total Motile Count: –56% Concentration: –30% Motility: –50% Morphology: –48% Count: –9% 4. Sauna coincided with my fertility markers being at an all-time high. I have more total and motile sperm than 99.6% of men of any age, including men under 25. + total count: 600 M + concentration: 162 M + motility: 55% + total motile count: 330M + morphology (normal): 10% We do not know what to make of these improvements. Was it the sauna? Sauna + ice? Ice only? We don't know but we did not identify any other protocols or lifestyle changes during this interval that would plausibly account for the change. 5. My vascular function improved by a ten year reduction in age. Now I have the vascular age of an elite 18-early 20s. + Central Systolic Blood Pressure: 96 mmHg + Central Pulse Pressure: 20 mmHg + Pulse Pressure Amplification: 160% + SEVR: 227% + Augmentation Pressure: 1 mmHg + Augmentation Index Wave: 3% + Traditional blood pressure: 107/75 mmHg 6. What type of sauna? Use a dry sauna with high temperatures between 80-100°C (176 to 212°F) and 5-20% relative air humidity. Aim for the lower end of this spectrum, especially as a beginner. Higher temperatures closer to the boiling point can cause side effects like headaches and severely dried nose and eyes. Note: Steam baths, hot tubs, and infrared saunas fail to replicate the same effects because they do not allow you to safely reach the required high temperatures and do not induce the same level of sweating, the necessary inverted (skin-to-core) temperature gradient, and the massive re-direction of blood to the skin with resulting vasodilation. Dry sauna is unique, and very likely superior to wet (steam bath) and infrared saunas. By heating up your skin way faster than your core, dry hot sauna flips your core skin temperature gradient, eliciting the following hormetic benefits: + enhanced blood flow: the heart pumps up to 70% more blood, similar to intense aerobic exercise (zone 2-+ increased sweating for detoxification: to maintain a stable core temperature, the skin produces 0.6-1 liter of sweat per hour, facilitating significant detoxification. + improved heat tolerance: the body becomes better at handling heat, leading to a lower core body temperature (offering metabolic advantages) + safe activation of heat shock proteins: the skin experiences substantial heat shock protein activation, while a modest 1°C increase in core temperature is sufficient to activate these proteins without the risk of hyperthermia. + extended Exposure at higher temperatures: dry saunas are more tolerable for longer durations and at higher temperatures, maximizing the benefits. 7. Sauna protocol and frequency Type: hot dry sauna Temperature: 176–212°F ( I do 200°F) Relative air humidity: very low, 5-20% Duration: 20 min Frequency: 4–7x a week 8. Heat Protection If you'd like, you can protect your head from the heat by wearing a sauna hat or wrapping it with a towel (use only cotton or other 100% natural material). You can breathe through a towel or cloth if needed to protect your nose. I am personally fine not doing this. Most importantly, ice the balls. Icing the testicles is absolutely required to prevent heat from damaging fertility markers. + Ice the testes during the sauna session. + Use a non-toxic, reusable ice pack material. + Wear cotton boxers and shorts. + Place ice packs in between the boxers and shorts. + Keep them in place for the entire session. Men should care about preserving fertility markers even when they are not trying to conceive. Sperm quality is tightly coupled to testicular function, which governs testosterone production, metabolic health, and long term endocrine stability. When fertility parameters decline, the same upstream dysfunction often drives lower testosterone, higher inflammation, and increased cardiometabolic risk. 9. Hydration Dry sauna induces sweating as part of its beneficial mechanism. Be sure to hydrate properly. In general, you might need to rehydrate with up to 16–32 oz (0.5–1 L) of fluid after a sauna session. Be sure to add electrolytes. If you want to be precise, measure your sweat amount and electrolytes (saltiness) using a patch (e.g., from Gatorade) to quantify your liquid and electrolyte loss, and rehydrate accordingly. Some people have saltier sweat than others and must ensure they replenish electrolytes as well as water. My results: my body sweats 18 oz during a 20 min sauna at 200 °F, with a sodium concentration of 25-39 mg/oz. A single sauna session flushes 450–700 mg of sodium out of my body. # I wish you all the best in life my friend. A new era or being human is here. One where existence is the highest virtue. Prioritize sleep, daily exercise and eat well and you'll be in a strong position. Try to avoid the bad stuff. Anything that takes away your agency. Be a warrior and caretaker of existence. Don't Die.

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This will go down in crowdfunding history as the ‘buying a pizza for 200 bitcoin’ Someone is actually selling 5,000 shares of StartEngine for $50. This would value StartEngine at just over $11M (StartEngine is on track to do $160M in revenue and just raked in $3.2M in Q2 profit

Cracker Barrel stock $CBRL is up 64% since i wrote this 3 months ago: thecrowdscale.com/p/how-to-profi…

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@ScottWu46 Windsurf employees tryna keep up to figure out if they can buy a mansion or not

It’s a privilege to welcome Windsurf to Cognition. Here are more details in the note I sent to our Cognition team this morning: Team, As discussed during our all-hands, we are acquiring Windsurf. We have now signed a definitive agreement and we couldn’t be more excited. Here’s a recap and, again, this information is highly confidential until 11am PT, after Windsurf’s all-hands. The Windsurf team deserves to hear this from Jeff and me in the right way, so please keep everything quiet in the interim out of respect for our new colleagues. So, what exactly is the deal? With this acquisition, Cognition will own Windsurf’s beloved product and strong business: -The Windsurf IDE, now with full access to the latest Claude models -Windsurf's IP, including their trademark and the strong brand they have built -$82M of ARR and a fast-growing business, with enterprise ARR doubling quarter-over-quarter -A user base that includes 350+ enterprise customers and hundreds of thousands of daily active users Above all, we are welcoming some of the most impressive people in our industry, including world-class GTM, engineering, and product teams. We’ve long admired the Windsurf team and what they’ve built. One of my top priorities in structuring this deal was to honor their talent, hard work, and accomplishments in making Windsurf the great business it is today. To that end, Jeff and I worked together to ensure that every single employee is treated with respect and well taken care of in this transaction. Specifically: 100% of Windsurf employees will participate financially in this deal 100% of Windsurf employees will have vesting cliffs waived for their work to date 100% of Windsurf employees will receive fully accelerated vesting for their work to date Every new employee of Cognition will be treated the same way as existing employees: with transparency, fairness, and deep respect for their abilities and value. After today, our efforts will be as a united and aligned team. There’s only one boat and we’re all in it together. What this means for Cognition is that we’ll be able to move even faster on our mission of building the future of software engineering. As you all know, we’ve had strong momentum and adoption over the last few months. For many enterprise engineering teams, Devin is already a top contributor. As our customer base continues to grow, it’s clear that combining the rapid adoption of Devin as the leading fully autonomous agent with Windsurf’s IDE product and scaled GTM machine will be a massive unlock. There’s never been a more exciting time to build. Within our lifetime, engineers will go from bricklayers to architects, focusing on the creativity of designing systems rather than the manual labor of putting them together. It’s a privilege to be in this position, and it’s your hard work that has brought us here. There’s much more to do ahead, and the work won’t be easy, but today is a huge win for all of us in the positive-sum game we’re playing. Thank you for being on this journey together. Now let’s get ready to give our new colleagues a warm welcome. Scott

90 second recap of the $2.4B Google + Windsurf deal Why Google swooped in, and the fractures that are appearing in the Microsoft x Open AI relationship

What I would add to this is that Robinhood/Republic will will likely damage their reputation with each startup they tokenize. No startup wants to have their equity traded in pseudo-markets where it's entirely out of their control - if Republic or Robinhood screw over token holders, the startup will bear some portion of the backlash Tokenization takes demand out of the system when it could instead go to the startup directly - and it carries extreme risk to the startup brand since they can't manage it In return the startup gets....nothing I can't imagine a single startup that will appreciate tokenization

Robinhood + Republic have everyone talking about tokenization of assets - get my deep dive here on why I would stay away from these! thecrowdscale.com/p/republic-jus…

@OpenAINewsroom welp thats a blow to tokenization - and one that I correctly predicted! Follow for startup investing news & ideas 🚀

These “OpenAI tokens” are not OpenAI equity. We did not partner with Robinhood, were not involved in this, and do not endorse it.  Any transfer of OpenAI equity requires our approval—we did not approve any transfer. Please be careful.

@ChrisJBakke If they did this today there’s be so many threads on ‘vibe building’

I can’t believe they built the Empire State Building in only 410 days without even using Jira.

@joinrepublic can you help me understand this part?

Republic is introducing Mirror Tokens, a new type of tokens tied to the performance of the world’s most valuable private companies. 🔓Unlock access: republic.com/mirror

Boxabl's 160+ workers are currently losing to 3 machines With just three 3D printing machines, Azure generated $5.1M in revenue in 2024, surpassing Boxabl’s $3.4M — all while operating with far fewer employees and a smaller footprint. To keep up with demand, they’re building a second factory in Denver, expected to go live in January 2026. And they’re not funding it the traditional way. Full article 👇

Ah yes, the ole 'wow we bought an ad' trick