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🚨 Member Spotlight 🚨
Meet Caitlin Szikszai @caitlin6i 👋
Caitlin spent the past 6 years at @joinrepublic, working at the forefront of capital formation and helping bring new investment opportunities to market.
Now she’s onto her next chapter!
Huge congrats to Caitlin on joining @coinbase 🚀
She’s stepping into the Capital Formation team, working on Protocol Sales and helping teams fundraise through Sonar.
Right at the intersection of capital, tokens, and the next wave of onchain markets.
This is what our network is all about.
Builders that never stop.
Let's show Caitlin some love 👇

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Today we're launching Reah.
Stablecoins are here. The financial stack still isn’t built for them. I spent the last year confirming that firsthand.
Reah@ReahPlatform
Introducing Reah. The financial stack was not built for the stablecoin economy. ↓ reah.com/blog/introduci…
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@mickeyhardy LLMs should be used to execute your direction and ideas according to you, and not overwrite your ideas completely
it's tech brainrot at this point
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Deep thinking is disappearing.
LLMs give instant answers and instant dopamine.
So we stop doing the hard part: thinking.
The friction is where ideas are forged.
Remove it, and you remove originality.
Those who can sit in long, non-consensus thought will end up shaping everyone else’s reality.
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Aptos at @blockworksDAS NYC 2026 | March 24-26
Join us next week at the epicenter of our industry, alongside some of the brightest builders and strongest institutions across the ecosystem.
See you there 🗽

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More stablecoins are now supported on RHEA Lending & Trading on Aptos 🫳
You can now move $USDC to and from Aptos or use it as collateral to earn up to 8% APY natively on Aptos.
> Supply on Aptos and borrow on any chain with RHEA Finance.
> Supply on any chain and borrow $USDC on Aptos.
At x.rhea.finance

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Creators are the focus, connection is the value, creativity is the premium.
Watch CreatorFi by @insomnia_labs' Co-Founder, Billy Huang, alongside Aptos Foundation's @aptAlix.
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Looking forward to @Dayaxyz making it seamless for Stablecoin utilization in Africa.
Just finished integrating @Aptos
Be on the lookout!
Regan Bozman@reganbozman
Really excited to share the agenda for Stablecoin Frontiers next week We have a super awesome group of builders and investors joining, register below if you'd like to get involved @chuk_xyz @andy_agant @jackchong_jc @kevinzhangTO @EtherfuseDave @AlexLWitt @rparekh
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Really excited to share the agenda for Stablecoin Frontiers next week
We have a super awesome group of builders and investors joining, register below if you'd like to get involved
@chuk_xyz @andy_agant @jackchong_jc @kevinzhangTO @EtherfuseDave @AlexLWitt @rparekh

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how I’m building @fractlnetwork for a $10M exit in 6 months, so I can produce my dream musical 🎤🎬
I don't know how 🤷🏼♀️ That's what the show is about ha. Figuring it out, in real time.
Wish me luck lol
fractl's new docu-series ‘‘The Crypto Hustle’ launches feb 26. Final-fucking-ly.
thank you @SuperteamCAN & @solana for the funding and for making Episode 1 possible 🥰
For those of you who are new here, hiiii 🙋🏼♀️ my name is Rime Salmi, I'm an artist who accidentally built the biggest investor network in web3.
And now we're producing a 12 episode documentary about how I'm working my way back to being an artist, with funding.
the origin story.
when I crashed with the last crypto cycle, back to zero (plus tax) at my grown age, I had to ask myself what the hell I was gonna do with my life. I always just wanted be an artist. With agency. So i worked and paid for everything, studio, music videos, started a record label, all that to keep my artistic freedom, for my entire career. Had some success, lots of failed experiments, lots of tears, and lots of fun.
After I lost everything to the terra luna crash (mistakes were made 🥲), I had to figure out how I would fund the dream next. I needed a break from the emotional roller coaster of trading crypto, so I went back to school for the grant money (thank you government of Canada). I relocated to madrid for a change, and started making tiktoks. Skits that I thought were funny. Skits that i thought were risky but honest and necessary. I’ve always loved saying out loud what others are ashamed to even think 🤓 if you follow me on ig or tt you know ha
I was having a blast. Creating all day. Some tiktoks took off. Ones that felt very personal. I felt seen. I was at my happiest, filming, editing, singing and pretending to listen in class, for the grant money. Then it hit me. That's what i want. I wanna be telling stories. I dont wanna be just a singer, just a songwriter, just an actress waiting for auditions to come my way. I wanna do it all, tell more stories, write and produce them.
so…A musical?
But I hate musicals 😭 why do they start singing in the middle of a conversation?!? whyyyyy
A musical for people who don't like musicals??!!! 🥹 That’s it!! A MUSICAL FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT LIKE MUSICALS 🤩
DONE.
So from the lowest of my finances, in the middle of career confusion, with a bruised ego from failing so miserably at my first crypto cycle, I found something great to get excited about for the rest of my life.
I needed to validate the feasibility… because I know I’m a dreamer who gets shit done, but I’m very much a idealist. so I asked my good friend of mine and the producer of my first 2 albums Benny Adam (now a rising star, this is me clout chasing) for advice. I asked him:
‘is this too much? For me to wanna produce a whole as* Netflix series, music and all??
He’s the most talented, ambitious yet realistic guy I know. And I knew he would tell it to me like it is, but kindly. Because he’s also a nice human 🫶🏽
‘So?? Is it too big of a project??’
He paused…
I looked at him, hopeful 🥹
‘Ya. It’s a reeeally big project 😕’, he said.
Fuck.
and then he paused, again.
Just tell me, I thought. Tell me aaaall the reasons this is a bad idea… 😞
beat.
‘But if anyone can do it, it’s you’
cue inspiring battle field music
Reeeallyyyyy? 🥹 I teared up.
I’m tearing up now writing this. Because at that low point in my life, that’s what I needed. Just one person who really knew me, to remind me, despite my circumstances, of who I am and what I’m capable of. That I’m crazy, yes, but in a good way 👉🏽👈🏽
Shokran Benny. I don’t think you know how much that meant to me (I’m gonna tell him again because he’s on episode 4 of the Crypto Hustle ha)
Ok. So. Musical it is. When I ran out of back-to-school government money, and needed to be an adult again, I reintegrated the crypto space, with a purpose. I called my friend and mentor Armando Pantoja and asked him what he thought I should go for in terms of job (I needed a break from entrepreneurship). He said ‘I’ve seen you at conferences, you’re really good with people, you know marketing, and you actually understand crypto. He said go to conferences, you’ll figure it out. Just show up’
I did. I showed up to eth denver 2022 and I started the first iteration of what became fractl as an influencer marketing agency, because I saw a good skill-market fit and because I couldn't find a job lol
but I hated it. I dont wanna manage influencers, I don't wanna manage artists. I’m an artist, I would never manage me, that's crazy 😂 One thing led to the other I became a fractional CMO. An opinionated one 🤓 I found myself always trying to lead founders towards personal storytelling… suggesting they put themselves out there more. I really believed that it would help them build trust in a space that so desperately needs it.
Then, I started hosting our investor events (to get leads for the agency), and saw the struggle of founders building and fundraising at the same time and the original idea for this show started to form. We need bolder marketing in this space. What if we followed these founders around the world at all these conferences and followed their journey, building a company, raising, launching a token, failing. In these ruthless markets, with the drama of personal sacrifices… I could see it so clearly 😃 So I started pitching it. THE BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN EVER GUYS!! WHO'S IN??
No one. I couldn't convince a single founder of the vision.🥲 Maybe I wasn’t qualified enough in their eyes to carry out such a big vision, following multiple founders on a 6 month production around the world. They were probably right lol But I’m also a little crazy. And really really stubborn. That's something right??
A few months later, inspiration still strong, I told @pabloerminy who's worked on multiple Netflix shows about it and he said: ‘why dont you just tell YOUR story? You have a great story, people will wanna watch you build in public to fund your artist dream. As a first reality tv production, one story is more than enough to handle.’
Wise man.
Maybe i did underestimate how complex a multi-lead, international, real-time, film production would be 😬
Done. because I know great advice when I hear it.
PIVOT! 🛋️
So that’s how ’The Crypto Hustle’ was born. This journey I was trying to sell to other founders, I would do it for myself. show not tell.
Now the funding. I tried selling the project to sponsors on and off for over a year, between the normal fractl operations, hiring, training, firing, messing up, learning. And only ended up spreading myself so thin, that I neglected the core business. Company became a mess (for others reasons too, that I will come up on the show, hint: boys)
Bottom line is, we lost more money than we made, trying to sell a show. I should've known. Film fundraising is a producer’s full time job lol
Fast forward 1 year, 2 pilots and a near bankruptcy later, I’m now launching Episode 1 from Korea and just wrapping episode 2 from Hong Kong. No funding. (except for Episode 1, thank you again Superteam Canada 🥰)
Fuck it.
Might not be the big production I had envisioned, but all the core principles and the emotions, and team talent is there..
An MVP.
Now.
because waiting for things to align would just delay this indefinitely. And because I have more conviction than ever. not only in authentic storytelling as the best marketing, but also because my soul needs this.
I need creativity to keep going. If i stay too long in business mode without publishing art, stories, songs, dances, funny skits, I find no reason to wake up in the morning. Not to be dramatic, but I really only wanna be an artist 😂
Also, the timing IS ideal. because in my mess, I got lucky 🥰 I found a production team that felt right instantly. Love at first meeting. not only are they aligned with the docu-series concept, but with the end vision too. The cultural impact I wanna have with the musical. @bigvegetablebro Badr, Momo, @JuicySocialAgency, you're my favorite part of 2026 🫶🏽
So here we are. About to launch episode 1. Documenting the process of building fractl for a $10M exit in 6 MONTHS, so i can produce my dream musical 🥰
It’s about to be epic. Or a massive failure, in public.
can girl with the pink hair make this happen?
👀
let the adventure begin 💚☺️
full episodes will be on my youtube channel. go subscribe ok? youtube.com/rimesalmi
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Cheers to a cinematic @consensus_hk experience.
Thanks for joining Aptos and @introductioncom for a night of meaningful conversation and good company to kick things off, and to all those who joined us on-site last week.
We'll see you again soon, Hong Kong 🥂
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Important updates from aptos foundation. As a project going into its fourth year since mainnet, Aptos is only accelerating its ambitions. The Aptos token is at the center of it all - community feedback is welcome , pls read
Aptos@Aptos
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@DeCryptDisciple @introductioncom @ton_blockchain @AbstractChain @diamante_io @SiliconVlyBank Don’t fomo too hard haha , we have a bunchhhh cooking…👨🍳
Up and to the right 🚀
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Dinner with @ton_blockchain last night was one for the books
Next up: @AbstractChain , @diamante_io , and @SiliconVlyBank
See you there?

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🚨BASS Speaker Announcement🚨
@chriskim_dev Head of Developer Relations at @AptosLabs

Stanford Blockchain Accelerator (SBA)@StanfordSBA
BASS is Back! Blockchain Application Stanford Summit will be on Feb 17th during ETHDenver, brought to you by @stanfordsba and @theBBFund Register here: luma.com/bass
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2026 Miami Venture Capital Market:
Founders Fund
a16z
Atomic
Khosla
Layer Global
Magnet Capital
Formation
Bling Capital
776
SoftBank
Blumberg Capital
Boldstart
Form Capital
Casimir Holdings
Fin Capital
SaaS Ventures
Protagonist
Newtopia VC
Avila VC
Conscience
OneSixOne Ventures
Arrowroot Capital
Las Olas VC
FT Partners
Cedar Capital Group
Affinity Partners
Bowery Capital
Crew Capital
Harlem Capital
Thoma Bravo
Ascendo Venture Capital
Clerisy
Medina Ventures
Bicycle Capital
Alpaca VC
PayPal Ventures
NEA
Telora
Roo Capital
Indicator Ventures
Animo Ventures
Finback Investment Partners
Zenda
Focal VC
Banter Capital
M1C
Pidilite Ventures
Human Capital
Resolute Ventures
Connexa Capital
Adapt Ventures
Starlight Ventures
Dhuna Ventures
Reverence Capital Partners
GLC Capital Management
Valhalla Ventures
Ocean Azul
Coinbase Ventures
Halogen Ventures
Outline Ventures
Susa Ventures
Reformation Partners
Quiet Capital
True Ventures
Weekend Fund
Plus 8 Equity Partners
Vitruvian
Castle Island
Palm Tree Crew
Lasagna
Dunbar Capital
New Voices Fund
Coinfund
Blocktower
Borderless
Exceptional Capital
305 Ventures
Arrington Capital
Soma Capital
The Cannon Project
Krillion Ventures
Fuel Venture Capital
Florida Funders
TheVentureCity
IDC Ventures
I Squared Capital
Alpha Wave Global
LAB Miami
Ventures Guild Capital
Anti Fund
Valyrian
Post Exit Founders
Bullhound Capital
D1 Capital
Lightship
M13
Niya Partners
Original Capital
Backwards Capital
Palumni VC
NevCaut Ventures
Blockchain Capital
Brainstorm Ventures
Umami Capital
OneSixOne Ventures
Edin Capital
Hypersphere Ventures
Big Sky Capital
Miami Angels
Embarc Collective
G Squared
Glade Brook Capital
Dragon Global
H20 Capital
Quona Capital
Outlaw
Endeavor
Mark Cuban Companies
Emerson Collective
Outside the Box Ventures
RedBird Capital Partners
Frictionless Capital
Communitas Capital
Stellation VC
JAWS
GTM Capital
West Quad Ventures
NextEquity Partners
HighPost Capital
Delphi Ventures
Miami Cane Angel Network
Not exhaustive, who am I missing????
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What if @DecibelTrade airdrop is bigger than @Aptos itself?
If you're a perp dex farmer you should pay attention
Why?
– Its a product by @AptosLabs
– Zero VC Dollar raised (@HyperliquidX playbook)
– ~$350M war chest backing it
I’ll drop a step-by-step Decibel points farming guide once it goes live this month.
🔖 Bookmark this

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