Jake Kerr (jakerr.eth)

The talent pool in crypto feels perpetually thin. There are only ~50-100 top people on the market at any given time -- and everyone is fighting for the same people. In parallel, some of the best talent with experience in crypto has either (1) retired or (2) started their own company. Meanwhile, the influx of new talent into the space is relatively low. We're starting to see it from payments/TradFi world, but these folks are learning crypto from 0 to 1 and it'll take a few months to ramp. The net result: a very thin, competitive talent pool. Max pain. Has been this way for 2-3 years and will continue unless we find a way to expand the pool and/or attract more folks from web2 tech.

Paradigm co-founder @matthuang says allocating capital to Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2018 is a lot like investing in the AI sector today: "When we launched Paradigm in 2018, a lot of our thesis was that we knew crypto would expand massively. And then there was this open question — should you invest in the core protocols like Bitcoin and Ethereum, or invest in startups?" "Obviously in hindsight, the answer was both." "I think it's a lot like the AI landscape now, with this question of — do you own the model companies, or do you own the application layer on top? In 2018, Bitcoin and Ethereum were like OpenAI and Anthropic, and those are the things to own."

The beginning of a new era

@z0age @NadavAHollander 👀

so @NadavAHollander and I have been cooking on a new project if you’re regularly trawling your feed on the hunt for fresh information but are drowning in a firehose of unrelated slop… then you should reach out! we still have room for a few more curious minds in the first wave

Tempo has joined the @Mastercard Crypto Partner Program, working to connect stablecoin payments with global commerce infrastructure.

@sandeepnailwal 👀

Who’s testnet it is doing 800m gas per second!! 👀👀

@danrobinson @Optimism 👀

Someone's testnet @Optimism rollup is pushing 800+ Mgas right now

Just realized why I’m so addicted to Claude Code. It’s literally a video game for adults. You get stuck on a level, try everything you can to beat it, and eventually break through. And every level you stack skills and get stronger.

@jhugh86 with the golden goal for @usahockey !! 🇺🇸🥇

Connor McDavid is the best player on the planet, and yet cannot win.

USA USA USA 🇺🇸🥇

Sometimes you gotta just nuke the chrome tabs and start over

I'm joining @tempo to work on stablecoins Tempo is working on the most important problem in finance: building a global payments network that is fast, inexpensive and transparent. Excited to be working with @matthuang, @gakonst, @liamihorne and the rest of the team!

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining @tempo! Stablecoins are a generational opportunity and I'm excited to work with @matthuang, @gakonst and the rest of the team to make them mainstream.

Just watched a man face and conquer death, live-streamed for 2 hours. Insane.

the new "technical" interview: - build: a feature with your AI agent of choice on your own time - submit: a PR, a loom of your feature, and the record of your agents sessions - talk: get on the phone and talk through the decisions you made WITH ai, show us how you chat with it / how you answer questions etc, as if we werent looking. "cheating" encouraged

@joeblau FlappyPerp!

Day by day, I get more excited about Bloxwap's future.

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@Rodairos @charliekerr I would agree - @charliekerr is the guy

@charliekerr @JacobKerr17 not ask.com?

Has opus 4.5 completely replaced chatgpt for you?

🚨 BREAKING: Gusto just added stablecoin payouts for international contractors via ZeroHash - 400,000+ SMBs. - Tens of billions in annual payroll. - Now gets Settlement in minutes, not days. Stablecoins as an instant payouts feature for international contracts is becoming table stakes. And that's a big market. --- This is labor market math, not crypto hype. Full-time independent contractors doubled in 4 years. 13.6M in 2020 → 27.7M in 2024. 11% of US small businesses now employ international contractors. Traditional cross-border payroll takes 3-7 days. That's a week of "payment in transit" while your contractor in Argentina waits to pay rent. --- Zerohash powers this integration. Same infrastructure behind Stripe's stablecoin flows, BlackRock's tokenized fund rails, and Morgan Stanley's upcoming E-Trade crypto trading. Mastercard is reportedly circling them at $1.5-2B. --- Tempo's docs nail why this matters for payroll: "Businesses must either rely on slow, expensive, unpredictable cross-border transfers to pay employees directly, or first move liquidity to local subsidiaries to access domestic payment rails. Each domestic rail comes with its own rules, banking holidays, cutoff times, formats, and fees." That's the patchwork stablecoins replace. One ledger. Sub-cent fees. Seconds to settle. --- Gusto serves mainstream small business America. When your accountant's payroll software starts settling on blockchain rails, the infrastructure debate is over. Stablecoins aren't replacing payroll. They're replacing the 3-7 day settlement window that banks built for a workforce that no longer exists. --- #Fintech #Stablecoins #Payments #FutureOfWork #GigEconomy