Carl Aspeling
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Carl Aspeling
@DorkFi
VP of BD @forteprotocol | Ex-Head of BD @0xSequence | Web3 UX & GTM
Katılım Aralık 2017
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@EricLDaugh No free rides? Rich coming from someone sitting on the other side of the world to where this war is actually taking place.
I bet your views would be less idiotic if missiles were being shot down over your home
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🚨 BREAKING: The United Arab Emirates is now planning to open the Strait of Hormuz BY FORCE with OTHER allies, after President Trump said "fend for yourselves!" — WSJ
GOOD! No free rides.
The whole world should be enforcing this. Trump's plan is going to work! 🇺🇸
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People there cannot be one blockchain network there must be more than one to keep redundancy - as a computer scientist this is critical - once 1m tokenized financial vehicles are public we need at least 2-3 networks to carry the supply so there is never a single point of failure.
Tribalism is nonsense - the best software, teams and architectures will win and thrive. High speed, scalable, low cost, permissionless with privacy options, you know which ones these are by now.
Accumulate stake in them. You are very very early. They start with S.
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@martypartymusic Don’t forget about the oil the US has illegal seized from Venezuela
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People - oil independence US vs China - stick to facts before spreading fear.
The United States is largely oil independent in a practical sense as of March 2026. The U.S. is the world’s top crude oil producer, with output averaging around 13.6 million barrels per day (b/d). This production level significantly exceeds domestic crude oil consumption needs when considering refining and exports.
• The U.S. remains a net importer of crude oil, with net crude imports around 2.2 million b/d in 2025. This means the country still imports more crude than it exports, primarily heavier grades suited to U.S. refineries, while exporting lighter crude and refined products.
• However, when including refined petroleum products (e.g., gasoline, diesel), the U.S. is a net exporter overall for petroleum. This has been the case consistently since around 2019–2020, with net exports of total crude and products often in the negative range (meaning exports exceed imports on a net basis).
• Broader energy independence (including natural gas, renewables, etc.) has been achieved since 2019, with the U.S. a net total energy exporter. Politically and rhetorically, this is often described as “energy dominance” or independence, especially under policies promoting domestic production.
• Nuances and edge cases: Global oil markets remain integrated, so U.S. prices are influenced by international events (e.g., disruptions in the Middle East). Reducing domestic production wouldn’t isolate the U.S. from global price volatility, and imports persist for refining optimization.
China, in contrast, is not oil or natural gas independent and remains heavily reliant on imports. As the world’s largest crude oil importer, China depends on foreign supplies for the majority of its consumption.
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@DSirenite @KarpoKeijo @RealKeithWeiner I doubt a unified currency is ever in the cards for Gulf countries, the size of their economies are too diverse and so long as oil is still primarily priced in USD it doesn’t make much sense
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@DorkFi @KarpoKeijo @RealKeithWeiner True, but it's still going to be a while. I think 30 years is fair.
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I took a taxi in Oman. Driver didn't accept credit cards. I said I did not have any rials. Offered him dirhams from neighboring UAE.
"Dollars," he said.
Folks, at the same time that everybody on X is saying "dedollarization", every cabbie in the world is saying "dollars".
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@DorkFi @KarpoKeijo @RealKeithWeiner They tolerate each other. They are still at least 30 years of cooling tensions away from seriously attempting a euro style currency unification.
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@DSirenite @KarpoKeijo @RealKeithWeiner Very misinformed to think they don’t get along with each other
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@KarpoKeijo @DorkFi @RealKeithWeiner They don't get along with each other so can't share 1 currency pegged to the dollar (they'd ruin it for each other) but they also can't just use dollars because they can't influence the supply of dollars in their country without selling things to America or getting invaded.
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@TravelGov So you wage war, wait for the airports to ground all flights, and then tell your citizens to leave.
Idiots.
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United Arab Emirates (UAE): The State Department updated the Travel Advisory for the UAE to reflect the ordered departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of government personnel. Read the full advisory: ae.usembassy.gov/travel-advisor…
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Gold and Silver trading like meme coins. What even is this simulation
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CT no longer stands for Crypto Twitter
It’s now Commodities Twitter 🫠
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Carl Aspeling retweetledi
We just published the most accurate onchain estimate of stablecoin payments ever.
Everyone keeps quoting $10T–$30T “stablecoin payments.”
That number is wrong. By a lot.
Built with @McKinsey payments team, we used a bottom-up approach to isolate real payments.
This report previews our new stablecoin payments dashboard, launching soon.
The real number will surprise you 👇🧵
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@HiltnerJim This is also why building on EVM chains following the same standards makes sense for tokenization projects
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The great thing about tokenization is that platforms like exchanges, wallets and protocols can list new asset classes easily when everything comes packaged in a standard format
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@j_austincain Are the peptides or prediction markets yielding better returns for you?
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The best way to sum up the stage of life I’m in right now: Peptides and prediction markets.
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Carl Aspeling retweetledi
Unveiling the Ultimate Stablecoin Landscape Map! 🌍
Planning updates with new entrants and working on V2. Want your stablecoin project featured? Reach out via DM or leave your suggestions in the comments below on who we should add. 👇
cc: @artemis @HadickM @chuk_xyz @ElBarto_Crypto @anthonyyim @zcabrams
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Feels like I am the only person on earth that’s not in Argentina at Devconnect
I don’t have fomo you have fomo
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@FabianoSolana Coinbase isn’t available in UAE though🙃 even though the screenshot says it is…
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Wifi passwords should disappear everywhere (hotels, homes, airports, restaurants/coffee shops).
We probably waste over 100m person hours a year collectively typing in wifi passwords. Your phone should just auto-connect wherever you are, like cell towers.
And no, none of those dumb captive portals either (ads) - businesses should be shamed for using these.
Hotels don't charge you for electricity when you charge your phone - it's too cheap the meter. Wifi is now the same.
Stop treating wifi like some scarce resource that needs to be rationed. If people are treating your coffee shop like an office, and not buying anything, there must be some other solution.
Ryan Petersen@typesfast
Shooting my shot cold texting the CEO of Starbucks (never met him) to convince him to remove the password on the WiFi in their stores. If this works I’m gonna run for President.
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