Diogo Patão
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Diogo Patão
@PataoPT
General Manager @ @RektHQ and @StakeCapital
Lisbon Katılım Aralık 2017
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Two panels. Two days.
Our founder @stablecoin_p covered what matters the most: stablecoins, yields, risks, and RWAs at @stable_summit and @RektHQ.



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Boss said, "My team is burned out, but they're not even working that much."
The real problem was invisible.
"They're exhausted," the boss told me. "But most leave by 6 PM."
I'd seen this before.
"Tell me about their typical day," I said.
"Normal stuff. Meetings, projects, the usual."
"How many tools do they switch between?"
He started counting on his fingers.
Stopped at ten.
"How often do priorities change?"
"We're agile," he said. "We adapt quickly."
"How quickly?"
"Daily. Sometimes hourly."
"Show me one person's calendar," I said.
He pulled up his marketing director's schedule.
Seventeen meetings in three days.
Eight different projects discussed.
Zero focused work time.
"She's drowning," I said.
"But she's only here 45 hours a week."
"Hours aren't the problem. Decisions are."
He looked puzzled.
I explained.
"Research shows that every context switch can take over 20 minutes to recover mentally.
She switches contexts more than 15 times a day.
That's 5 hours of mental recovery time, every day.
It's only an 8-hour workday."
His face changed.
"Your team isn't tired from working.
They're tired from switching.
From deciding what's actually important.
From never finishing anything."
"What do I do?"
"Three changes:
First: One main priority per week.
Not seven. One.
Written down. Shared with everyone.
Second: Batch meetings.
All meetings on Tuesday/Thursday.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday for deep work.
Third: Pick three tools. Kill the rest."
They were using Slack, Teams, email, Asana, Monday, Notion, and four others.
Now they use three. Total.
Six weeks later:
"How's the team?" I asked.
"Same hours. Completely different energy."
"What changed?"
"Maria finished a project last week.
The whole thing. Start to finish.
First time in two years."
He paused.
"She actually smiled in our one-on-one.
Said she forgot what it felt like to complete something."
The truth about burnout:
It's not always about the hours you put in.
It's about where your attention is pulled.
You can work 40 hours and feel destroyed.
Or 55 hours and feel energized.
The difference?
Whether those hours are spent starting things.
Or finishing them.
Most leaders count hours.
The smart ones protect focus.
Because burnout doesn't come from hard work.
It comes from work that never ends.
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LOGAN PAUL PULLED 2 BIG SCAMS WITHIN 48 HOURS 🚨
And this is something you all should be aware of.
This goes much deeper than just selling a Pokémon card.
First, he sold the "Pikachu Illustrator" card for $16,492,000.
This is the same card he fractionalized back in 2022 through Liquid Marketplace, raising around $2.6M from the community by selling 51% ownership.
Retail investors were told they would share upside if the asset was ever sold.
But when the sale actually happened... shareholders got nothing.
No payout. No clarity on where the money went.
So effectively:
• Community funded the asset
• He kept control
• He pocketed the exit
But that’s just Part 1.
Part 2 gets even more questionable.
Nearly a week before the sale, a brand new wallet appeared on Polymarket betting the card would sell above $10M, $12M, and $15M.
Total size on those bullish bets: $190,000.
To make it look less suspicious, the same wallet placed very small bets on $18M+ and $20M outcomes, only $1,380 combined.
When the sale closed at $16.49M...
That wallet reportedly made over $300,000 in profit.
So:
• $2.6M raised from fractional buyers
• $16.49M card sale executed
• $300K made on prediction bets
All tied to the same asset.. and the same insider knowledge window.
And this comes after previous controversies like CryptoZoo, where investors also accused him of mismanagement and broken promises.


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🚀 MAJOR UPDATE: @KakarotZkEvm has been acquired by @zama
A major milestone for open and confidential blockchain infrastructure. As the only board member of Kakarot, having led one of the early investment rounds in a project that @VitalikButerin and other incredible supporters believed in from the very beginning, I couldn’t be prouder to share this milestone.
At @StakeCapital , we engage in a few M&A operations each year, but this one is truly special. After months of personally and through Stake Capital structuring the deal, I’m thrilled to see the outstanding Kakarot team join Zama, a global leader in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE).
Having been a long-time supporter and advisor to Zama, and a close friend of its CEO, this acquisition represents the perfect alignment of vision and purpose. It brings together two pioneering forces that have each pushed the limits of what’s possible in decentralized computation.
The Kakarot team has achieved something remarkable: proving the full Ethereum protocol inside a zkVM and advancing the frontier of on-device proof generation. Their journey from vision to execution has been nothing short of inspiring.
🔹 Kakarot advanced the frontier of scalability by proving the full Ethereum protocol inside a zkVM.
🔹 Zama is redefining privacy with FHE, enabling encrypted computation on public blockchains.
Together, they unite ZK and FHE, scalability and confidentiality, to build the foundation for a new generation of trustless, privacy-preserving systems.
This convergence is not just the future of blockchain.
It defines the next era of privacy-preserving AI and confidential computing.
In a world increasingly driven by data and machine intelligence, the ability to compute, train, and reason on encrypted data without ever exposing it is the cornerstone of digital trust.
We are entering the HTTPZ era, where the web, blockchain, and AI infrastructures converge around confidentiality, composability, and user sovereignty.
Huge congratulations to @ClementWalter , @ETazou , and the entire @KakarotZkEvm team, and to @randhindi and the @zama team, for pushing the boundaries of cryptography, blockchain, and AI.
This is a defining moment for the ecosystem and one that reinforces our long-term conviction: the future of blockchain lies where cryptography, privacy, and computation converge. 🙏🏻
Kakarot (Acquired by Zama)@KakarotZkEvm
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excited to share that @RektHQ is now fully on-chain via Lens chain @LC — you can now collect, comment, and like articles directly on-chain. dashboard and profile features are on the way, letting you track points for future rewards and perks. don’t forget to engage (it’s capped) with articles, the terminal, and the upcoming AI tool 🐸

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The Rekt Security Intelligence Terminal – a public good for a public threat.
Real-time tracking of exploits, proposals, wallet movements, and protocol risks — built by the team behind Rekt News.
Support Rekt's grant on Gitcoin:
explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/42161/…

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Milestone Check ✅: Stake Capital Today
Since 2016, Stake Capital has been at the forefront of blockchain innovation, investing, building, and securing the future of decentralized finance and AI.
We operate at the intersection of Venture Capital, Validation, and Venture Studio:
🔹 VC: Backed 170+ startups across Web3, AI, and deep tech.
🔹 Validation: $100M+ in assets staked across 25+ networks
🔹 Studio: Incubated flagship projects like Rekt News, Stake DAO, and Stable Summit.
We're building a more secure, transparent, and efficient decentralized ecosystem by empowering founders and networks shaping tomorrow's digital economy.
So Far,
🔹 Expanded our validator infrastructure across restaking and ZK rollups
🔹 Crossed 40k subscribers on Rekt News, uncovering the truth behind DeFi exploits
🔹 Co-hosted Stable Summit in 5 cities, growing from 350 to 550+ attendees
🔹 Continued to support visionary founders through hands-on incubation and investment
Led by @bneiluj and powered by a world-class team, we believe in creating opportunities, not chasing trends.
We’re just getting started.
Let’s build the future of digital finance, together.



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@RektHQ One image with so many stories behind. Congratulatios for the great work
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5 years of greed, hacks, and shattered illusions.
Every disaster a lesson; every loss a warning.
We document chaos, so history doesn’t repeat.
We don’t forget. Neither should you.
Julien B.@bneiluj
just scrolling through Rekt News Media x.com/RektHQ/media is like flipping through 5 years of crypto’s finest disasters. rugs, exploits, bankruptcies — the greatest hits of collective delusion. every headline a scar. every post a eulogy. we don’t forget. neither should you. 🪦🐸
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@BlackpoolHQ 🙌 Finally a project that we can touch (and drink 👀).
Can you share more about this opportunity?
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@expresso Portanto, o ponto de referência é o resultado de 8 anos de (des)governação.
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@cmjornal Como não referem a nacionalidade, seguramente não é Europeu 🤪
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Homem leva 17 pontos em roubo de 20 euros com x-ato no Parque das Nações #Echobox=1722981553" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cmjornal.pt/portugal/detal…
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@observadorpt A sério que vocês publicam isto assim?
Perderam o que sobrava da minha simpatia pelo jornal, só se aproveita mesmo o contra corrente.
Vejam a reportagem dele e façam um artigo sobre isso, em vez de posts de QI limitado.
Vergonha de post.
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Tommy Robinson, o ativista de extrema-direita que impulsiona motins no Reino Unido a partir de um resort de luxo no Chipre #Echobox=1722976064" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">observador.pt/especiais/tomm…
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@mpcabral "A irresponsabilidade da Esquerda aumentou a criminalidade e insegurança por toda a Europa, levando a um crescimento histórico (e expectável) dos partidos anti-imigração"
Que tal esta interpretação?
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@RuiPaiva5 A Zara, um hospital, um supermercado e um restaurante são coisas diferentes. Acho que concordamos que não dá para generalizar.
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@MVarandaRosa As pessoas com bons rendimentos pagam mais impostos para ter menos regalias 😂😂
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From Manila to Cyprus, MetaMax promised the moon, but delivered a wasteland of emptied wallets.
Alleged AI-generated execs & Hollywood polish orchestrated an elaborate ponzi scheme, ensnaring at least 15k users with promises of easy riches.
rekt.news/take-money-run/
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@LiberalPT Excelente trabalho!
Espero que os Portugueses vos deixem mostrar durante os proximos 4 anos que o Liberalismo funciona e faz falta a Portugal.
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🔴🔵 POR UM PORTUGAL COM FUTURO
Programa Eleitoral 2024 da Iniciativa Liberal
As ideias para pôr Portugal a crescer.
👉 iniciativaliberal.pt/portugalcomfut…
#PortugalComFuturo

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The unStable Summit is coming to Denver! 28 Feb 2024
Technical conversations about RWAs, Stablecoins and DeFi from leading minds in the industry.
Presented by Ambassador of the Year @CurveFinance, and Title Sponsors @PayPal, @centrifuge and @USDV_Money.
un.stablesummit.xyz

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