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One week at IC3 changed how I think about technology. I came in as an economics person and spent my time on understanding market structure, liquidity, ETFs, narratives, and how information gets priced into an asset. Mostly, I think about "why" things happen. Then I spent a week surrounded by some of the sharpest researchers in blockchain, cryptography, distributed systems, law, and economics, and realized there was a whole layer of this industry I thought I understood but really didn't. It's the "how" you actually build the business vision from a technical foundation. In crypto, it's easy to fall in love with narratives. A narrative tells you what the future could look like: 24/7 settlement, global access and liquidity, and privacy through ZK. But behind every compelling narrative sits a stack of hard technical problems that have to be solved before that future can exist. At IC3, I watched researchers spend their days presenting on problems they are untangling: protecting privacy, scaling systems, verifying computation, and coordinating people who don't trust each other. The more I learned, the clearer it became: technology and adoption are solving different parts of the same puzzle. - Business turns complexity into a vision (it compresses the hard parts into something people can believe in). - Technology turns that vision into reality (it actually solves them). I'm still far from being a cryptographer. But I'm leaving with much deeper respect for the people building the foundations beneath the narratives we talk about every day. And maybe more importantly, I found where I feel most alive: at the intersection of technology, markets, and human behavior, trying to be a translator between what gets built and what gets adopted. I'm going to keep learning the hard technology behind the narrative. Grateful to everyone at @initc3org for an unforgettable week of learning, curiosity, and conversation.

🥉 3rd Place at the IC3 Blockchain Camp Hackathon!!! Our project focused on rethinking DAO governance from a UI/UX and governance perspective, combining insights from shareholder voting systems with cryptographic tools to create a healthier decision-making process. We often assume that more transparency leads to better governance. But when every vote, wallet, and discussion is public forever, incentives change. People may follow whales, vote defensively, or stay silent altogether. That led us to a simple question: Can DAOs learn from shareholder governance without sacrificing the openness that makes them valuable? Our solution combined a privacy-preserving and publicly verifiable voting system (DRE-ip) with a governance-aware discussion forum, designed to improve both voter privacy and communication. Personally, while I'm still learning cryptography, what fascinated me most was the human side of governance: incentives, communication, coordination, and the stories that shape collective decisions. Huge thanks to my incredible teammates and @initc3org for an unforgettable week of building, learning, and debating the future of decentralized governance.

Twenty-five experts from academia and industry put together this (monster, 150+-page) survey on the bidirectional impact of crypto and AI. Visit AIC3.io to read it, peruse the executive summary—or chat with a chatbot about it.

@realrexclub 🤩

@Ukaverse22 🥳

One of the most rewarding weeks I've had this year was at the IC3 Blockchain Camp at Princeton University. A week full of learning, building, presenting, and making new friends. Grateful for every conversation, every challenge, and every late-night brainstorming session. I had the opportunity to learn from world-class researchers, present my research on Bitcoin halving cycles, build alongside an incredible team, and somehow come home with a 🥉 hackathon finish. Most importantly, thank you, @initc3org and all the organizers, for creating such a special experience. Hope to see everyone again soon!!!

Why did Bitcoin's 4th halving feel so different? Last week, I had the opportunity to present our Bitcoin market structure research at Princeton through @initc3org, a moment I'll carry with me for a long time. Many point to spot Bitcoin ETFs as the explanation. Our findings suggest the story may be bigger. Across four halving cycles, we found evidence that Bitcoin's market response has evolved from a delayed reaction to anticipation and correction and increasingly toward pre-event absorption. A few findings stood out: → Structural breaks move progressively closer to halving events over time. The 4th halving is the first cycle where the structural break appears before the halving itself. → Post-Halving Event Drift (PHED) appears clearly only in the first cycle. → Liquidity regime shifts observed in earlier cycles largely disappear by 2024. Taken together, these patterns suggest that Bitcoin may be transitioning from an event-driven market to an expectation-driven market. The 4th halving may not simply be an ETF-era anomaly. It may be the visible outcome of a decade-long market-learning process. As markets mature, information gets absorbed earlier, narratives get priced in faster, and historical patterns become harder to repeat. The challenge is no longer just anticipating the event itself but understanding how market participants will anticipate and price in that event. Grateful to @initc3org and all organizers for an unforgettable week of learning, discussion, and new ideas.

3rd Place: Revamping Governance The Revamping Governance team set out to rethink how DAOs and decentralized governance operate. Their first step was a deep dive into real-world corporate governance and shareholder voting. Surprisingly, they discovered that traditional shareholder voting is more private than DAOs, thanks to how brokers aggregate votes. Furthermore, nearly all top US companies fail to facilitate shareholder-to-shareholder communication (i.e., they have no online forums). With this in mind, the team sought to bring private voting to DAOs without sacrificing their inherent openness. They implemented a variant of DRE-ip for weighted voting, enabling broker-like vote aggregation while allowing anyone to verify the count by summing the ballots. For communication, they built a Reddit-style forum that leverages governance token weights to signal which prominent members are worth listening to.

That’s a wrap! Over 100 computer scientists, researchers, and students attended the 2026 IC3 Blockchain Camp for a full week of learning and hacking. Congrats to the winning hackathon teams:

@1inch @ETHGlobal As a student transitioning into the Web3 industry, ETHConf would be an incredible opportunity to learn directly from founders, researchers, and builders shaping DeFi’s future. Would love to continue learning from the builders shaping the next chapter of DeFi at ETHConf.

DeFi’s next builders should be in the room where it happens. We’re giving away 10 student tickets to ETHConf by @ETHGlobal in NYC next week. To enter: like, share and comment why you want to go. Winners notified within 24h. Must have student email to redeem. #1inchForward

DeFi changed the way I think about finance. As a recent NYU Economics graduate, NYU Blockchain Lab leader, and researcher studying Bitcoin market structure, I want to help bridge the gap between academia and the builders creating the future of on-chain finance. ETHConf is exactly where those conversations happen. I’d love to learn, contribute, and meet the people pushing DeFi forward. #1inchForward

JPMorgan. Mastercard. Ripple. Ondo. They just settled a cross-border tokenized treasury in under 5 seconds. Next Monday, we're talking to the Ondo Smart Contracts Lead @thomassb1625 at @BlockchainNYU 5.11 | 12:45–3PM | NYU Leslie eLab 👉 luma.com/9py4y8d2

@realrexclub 一次真正意义上的 TradFi 与 DeFi “握手”🤝

$Ondo暴涨 Ondo Finance 宣布他们与 J.P. Morgan 的 Kinexys、Mastercard 和 Ripple 成功完成了一笔里程碑式的试点交易： • 把 XRP Ledger（XRPL） 与银行间结算轨道（interbank settlement rails）直接打通。 • 这是历史上第一次：代币化美国国债（tokenized U.S. Treasuries）实现跨境、跨银行、近实时结算，而且完全跳出传统银行营业时间窗口（outside traditional banking windows）。 具体流程三步： 1. Ondo 在 XRP Ledger 上处理了 Ripple 的 OUSG（代币化国债基金）赎回； 2. Mastercard 的 Multi-Token Network 把指令路由给 J.P. Morgan 的 Kinexys； 3. J.P. Morgan 把美元直接打到 Ripple 新加坡银行账户。 这是公共区块链 + 全球银行基础设施，第一次真正“手拉手”实时完成跨境代币化基金结算。 再次总结一下，这件事情意义重大之处： 1. 真正打通了“链上”和“链下”
实打实的跨系统实时结算：XRPL（公共区块链） + JPM 银行轨道 + Mastercard 路由，三方在同一笔交易里跑通。 2. 打破了传统金融的时间和国界限制
“近实时 + 跨时区 + 银行非营业时间”，把 Treasuries 从“只能工作日 9-5 结算”变成了 24/7 全球流动。 3. 顶级机构背书
Ondo+JPM+ Mastercard+Ripple 4. 为未来 24/7 全球市场铺路
 终于把 RWA 从“讲故事”阶段推到了“可规模化落地”阶段。

This Monday, we hosted @robin_linus at NYU Blockchain Lab for a conversation on what Bitcoin actually needs to sustain itself long-term. With everything happening around ETFs, stablecoins, and institutional adoption, we took a step back to focus on a more fundamental question: what actually keeps Bitcoin running over time? His answer felt both urgent and grounded. A store of value still needs to be used. And real payment adoption depends on three things working together: usability, scalability, and privacy. He even brought it down to something as simple as units. Asking people to transact in 0.00000100 BTC already makes payments feel unintuitive. Simplicity builds trust. Complexity creates hesitation. One idea that stood out throughout the discussion: this is ultimately a human problem. And those tend to get solved. Grateful for a conversation that was hard to stop thinking about. 🙏 #Bitcoin #BitVM #NYU #Web3 #Crypto

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@Ukaverse22 Keep going！

Attended a creator event in New York today, and it suddenly dawned on me: The reason I’ve been stuck with Web3 creation is that I’ve always been waiting until I "understand it well enough." But Web3 is constantly evolving; no one ever fully masters it. Maybe I don't need to be the one who knows it best. I just need to be the one who can translate the blockchain world into plain language. Still figuring it out. Starting anyway.

@yangyuzhi2002 🥰🥰🥰 Let us do it

@Ukaverse22 Just do it😎

@Ledger @BlockchainNYU @1inch 🙌🙌

@BlockchainNYU @1inch 🙌

NYU Blockchain Lab hosted DeFi Office Hours with @1inch x @Ledger @1inch walked us through DeFi and what's happening under the hood. @Ledger broke down why signing matters and how hardware signers keep your assets secure on-chain. #NYUBlockchainLab #DeFi #Web3 #Ledger #1inch

Thank you, @Ledger! Proof of luck 🍀 Absolutely made my day 💚 Loving this matcha green wallet!!!

Institutional Crypto is coming to NYU. 🗽💼 We’re excited to host @emceecoy_ and @austincampbell for an exclusive fireside chat on April 27th! Learn how institutional capital is navigating the digital asset space from leaders across industry and academia. We’ll be covering stablecoins, regulation, hacks and security, and institutional adoption in crypto markets. 🔗 RSVP: luma.com/bghbkdar #NYU #Crypto #InstitutionalCrypto #Web3 #NYUBlockchain