Pantera Capital
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Pantera Capital
@PanteraCapital
First U.S. institutional asset manager focused exclusively on blockchain technology. Subscribe to our monthly letter: https://t.co/Gy0Apw7uUG…

Pantera Capital's @0xfishylosopher and @cosmo_jiang sat down with us to separate the real thesis from the noise on agentic finance. - Three things most people get wrong about agentic payments. - Why 'agent banking' is the actual category. - And the specific infrastructure stack that needs to exist before agents can handle money autonomously. Here's the breakdown.

Pantera Capital's @0xfishylosopher and @cosmo_jiang sat down with us to separate the real thesis from the noise on agentic finance. - Three things most people get wrong about agentic payments. - Why 'agent banking' is the actual category. - And the specific infrastructure stack that needs to exist before agents can handle money autonomously. Here's the breakdown.

Sports books take 10% of every bet and ban winners. @Novig founder and CEO @j__fort joins our Stateful podcast, hosted by @masonstrom. In this episode, they discuss why prediction markets may replace the casino model in sports: - Sports books kick out profitable users. - 5% better odds on average vs. traditional platforms - CFTC shift: sports event contracts regulated as financial products nationwide - Be your own house: set your own odds, collect the spread - $2T global sports market with zero dominant exchange 00:17 The $75M Bet on Sports Prediction Markets 01:08 From StubHub Algorithms to Prediction Markets 02:21 Replacing the House: Peer-to-Peer Sports Betting 03:59 Do Sportsbooks Survive? 06:14 Be Your Own House: The Market Maker Model 08:35 How Novig Makes Money Without a Vig 10:23 Why Now? The Regulatory Shift Changing Everything 11:51 The Modern Sports Bettor: More Trader Than Fan 14:58 Prediction Market Regulation: Lawsuits, CFTC & Congress 17:45 Novig vs. DraftKings, Polymarket & Robinhood 20:18 Where Prediction Markets Go From Here 22:48 Quickfire: Favorite Sport to Bet On 24:37 Founder Advice: Stay Alive & Don't Chase Trends 26:22 Hiring for Culture Over Raw Talent



The line "decentralization doesn't matter" is getting repeated more and more these days. I recently broke out into debate on-stage with @masonnystrom about why decentralization was essential to prediction markets existing at all. It got heated. Worth the 5 minutes:


Why token launches fail: extractive pricing, poor liquidity, delayed price discovery. @aadams of @dopplerprotocol joins our Stateful podcast, hosted by @masonnystrom. In this episode, they discuss onchain capital markets and fixing token launches and IPOs: - 20% of 2025 token launches traded below issue price - Custom onchain markets: bundle price discovery and liquidity, launch in minutes - Coding moat is over. AI writes Solidity/Rust - Solo unicorns, micro-companies, permissionless experimentation 01:42 Custom Capital Markets Onchain 04:18 One Size Fits None: Why Token Launches Fail 07:26 Best Practices for TGEs 08:34 Deep Liquidity Pools vs. ICO Fundraising 10:23 Price Discovery: The Circle IPO Case Study 13:21 IPOs in the 70s vs. Today: What Changed? 16:57 On Chain Capital Formation: The Future of IPOs 20:29 Ethereum vs. Solana: Go Where Users Are 24:25 Context Is the New Moat: AI & Coding 27:59 What Asset Do You Wish Was Tokenized? 29:45 Founder Advice: One Good Thought a Month 31:21 Rethinking L2s & the Revenue Debate






We’re witnessing a convergence of AI and crypto. AI agents can't walk into a bank, open an account, or transact in paper money. Crypto provides the financial rails for AI agents to exchange value online. As AI adoption grows exponentially, we believe crypto demand will follow naturally. @dan_pantera @bloomberg @crypto







