Brian Friel

@_willthompson @phantom @BChillman @fragosti 😭💜

@bfriel_ @phantom @BChillman @fragosti ok hear me out I have an idea

Today is my last day at @phantom. I joined 4 years ago when we sat in the Solana office, and leave as the #1 wallet. Phantom is the best team in crypto, leading the fight for self-custody. I’m so grateful to @BChillman, @fragosti, and CK for letting me be a part of the journey.

@jnwng @SolanaFndn @solana Legend.

after four long years, last week was my final one @SolanaFndn. along the way, i've been witness to the growth of one of the strongest ecosystems in all of technology (let alone crypto) and i'm deeply appreciative of having played a small part in where @solana is today there are too many stories to recount and too many people to thank so i won't begin to try, but i'm forever a fan of the entire Solana ecosystem and always hope to count myself as part of the family as for what's next: i seek to fulfill a decade-long vision quest to build the last company i ever work for with my friend @nkumar23. across both of our many interdisciplinary experiences throughout our careers, we've seen the value of being glue, of mixing-and-matching skillsets, and of building powerhouse teams to tackle hairy problems. this all-around mindset is embodied by the rare achievement of getting a 5x5 in basketball: at least five points, assists, rebounds, steals and blocks in a single game. only 15 players have done it, ever. we will take this approach to heart with the next step of our journey. this creative technology lab slash product studio slash members collective will have both highly experimental and entirely practical outputs, which we'll explore with software, writing, events, & art. we'd love for you to follow along as we figure it out: 5x5.studio // @5x5_collective

@ConejoCapital @solana Would love to join

if you are building agentic tooling on @solana and want to get added to a chat of *genuine* builders working towards increasing the agentic economy on the ecosystem, you should be on this chat. reply below to get added!

@naruto11eth @ConejoCapital @solana 👋 TG: brianfriel

okay redoing this but @ConejoCapital and are making the best TG chat for @solana devs building AI agents and tools in solana ecosystem drop your tg here to be added or dm us. rt for good karma👉👈

@vibhu @Pedromiranda @solana How are you monitoring agentic activity on solana?

We are playing for @Solana to win in AI: - Commerce & Payments - DevEx - Moonshots Solana facilitated 15 million agentic payments so far in 2026 - nearly 65%.

@bfriel_ you mean to tell me that nft of gensler is not an investment contract in a common enterprise, with an expectation of profit derived from the efforts of others??? *gasp*

End of an era

@SolBridgeNW @WhiteMoonDev 👋

@bfriel_ @WhiteMoonDev

If you're running AI trading agents on Solana and your current setup involves exporting a private key from Phantom into a .env file... we're building something for you. 👉DM me if you want in

@ChairmanSelig That’s my chairman! 🇺🇸

As America cements its position as the crypto capital of the world, clear rules of the road for software developers are critical. Today’s staff no-action letter delivers long overdue clarity for non-custodial digital wallet software providers.

Today @phantom received first-of-its-kind no-action relief from the @CFTC. We can now connect users to regulated derivatives markets and event contracts without registering as an introducing broker. phantom.com/learn/blog/pha…

@olly_wilson This is excellent

@intern Loved working with you. Hope you get a well deserved break and looking forward to seeing what you do next

Some personal news: I’ll be stepping down as Director of Growth at the Monad Foundation. I've been working on Monad over the last 3 years. I’ve spent the last 9 years in crypto and been full time in the industry since joining the VC team at CMS in 2020. After fielding 1,000+ startup pitches, I came across Monad and knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime. I went all in to help bring it to market. Building Monad from the ground up alongside Keone, James, Eunice, and the broader team has been the most rewarding experience of my career. We set out to build a decentralized, EVM-compatible L1 that truly scales. After years of work, it’s incredible to see that vision come to life. The tech is best-in-class and the ecosystem has 100+ teams full of builders ready for the next wave of users. I’m proud we built this with integrity, no shortcuts, and a long-term mindset. Monad is now in a position to succeed and in great hands, with exciting initiatives coming in 2026 from both the Monad Foundation and Category Labs. I’ll be transitioning into an advisor role and will remain actively involved in supporting Monad and the broader ecosystem. Excited for what's ahead - updates to come.

@BenHawkins @DPazdan @phantom @JupiterExchange Thanks @BenHawkins - for (3) is there a particular site you where experience issues the most? We'll investigate.

@DPazdan @phantom @JupiterExchange 1) battery drain is insane 2) pages are reloaded if you switch tabs (even when going back to the same tab) 3) frequent Dapp connection issues. 4) frequent issues connecting to ledger hardware (though this has improved from before)

I finally got tired of all the bugs on @phantom mobile and just started using @JupiterExchange’s mobile app. My god I’ve been missing out. If you are like me and get tired of phantom crapping out, not saving website state, not connecting to dapps well, please stop using it.

@dalpattapaniya @denverjude DM'd!

@bfriel_ @denverjude

Who are the best hackathon organizers you know? Looking to connect ASAP

@kamino @phantom

$CASH incentives are scaling again 👻 In collaboration with @phantom, another $100K in rewards are now live in the $CASH Lending Vault—pushing extra incentives to $200K. Stablecoin season continues 🧵

@FemiAw Nice place to trade some perps

gm

@KilgoreTroutKV More to come on this soon!

@bfriel_ Excited to see this in action. Will $CASH earn native yield if held on phantom?

Paycheck deposit to $CASH has been achieved internally