Lynne ₿

When we started @BuildwBitcoin, @isra_munoz and I expected to find incredible innovation -- we didn't anticipate that we'd find a way to reimagine venture capital and funding startups that benefits founders as much as investors, aligning incentives to build the best companies possible, over time. That's what sound money can do - that's what Building With Bitcoin *is* doing. Thanks to our guests -- the founders and investors -- who have generously shared their stories and inspired us along the way!

¿Real estate + Bitcoin? Inversión inmobiliaria en México con apalancamiento en Bitcoin. La estabilidad del ladrillo + el crecimiento asimétrico de BTC. Capital Duro: el marco institucional para capturar esta oportunidad.

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@BTCAGenda @grok @pete_rizzo_ It is @HBerkoe of Spiral and @PresidioBitcoin. Here's the link: youtube.com/watch?v=PIVWyj…

@grok @pete_rizzo_ @pete_rizzo_ Can you help? I'd like to watch the whole thing.

JUST IN: BILLIONAIRE MICHAEL SAYLOR JUST SAID THAT EVERY AI AGENT WILL SOON BE BUYING AND HOLDING #BITCOIN "THEY WANT TO MOVE MONEY AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT" AI NEEDS BTC TO "REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL" MASSIVE AI ADOPTION – NOT PRICED IN 🚀

FYI This morning the Federal Reserve will release a proposal for revisions to the Basel risk weighting standards. Bitcoin is currently treated as a toxic asset under the Basel standards. A change in the guidance would be a big win for American Bitcoiners. BPI will be in attendance at today’s meeting. We’ll keep you updated on text of the proposal and next steps.

@TFTC21 People should watch what’s being built with Bitcoin instead of price charts and macro trends - this is where the real signal is. 💥⚡️🔥

Non-custodial Lightning to USDT swaps. No accounts. No KYC. Sats to stablecoins in seconds across every major chain. Send Lightning, receive USDT in your bank account. Accept Lightning at your POS, settle in dollars. Hedge volatility without ever touching a centralized exchange. Between this, Breez adding passkey login, Square auto-enabling bitcoin payments at the end of the month, and Ark Labs shipping banking rails, the Bitcoin infrastructure stack had one hell of a day. If you know where to look, we're winning.

@Ric_RTP Anyone still partnering with, working for, or using OpenAI products is just foolish. Incidents of trust betrayal keep piling up. You’ve been warned.

Microsoft is about to sue its own golden child. $14 billion invested. Exclusive cloud rights. The most important AI partnership in history. And Sam Altman just went behind their back with a $50 billion Amazon deal. Here's why they're betraying each other: When Microsoft first invested in OpenAI in 2019, they locked in ONE rule above everything else... ALL access to OpenAI's models must go through Microsoft's Azure cloud. No exceptions. That deal made Azure the backbone of the AI revolution. Every company using ChatGPT's API was paying Microsoft for the privilege. It was the smartest infrastructure play of the decade. Then last month, OpenAI quietly signed a deal with Amazon. $50 billion. AWS becomes the exclusive third-party cloud provider for Frontier, OpenAI's new enterprise AI agent platform. $138 billion committed to Amazon cloud services. Microsoft found out and got really angry.... A person familiar with Microsoft's position told the Financial Times today: "We know our contract. We will sue them if they breach it. If Amazon and OpenAI want to take a bet on the creativity of their contractual lawyers, I would back us, not them." That's basically a declaration of war. And here's where it gets crazy: OpenAI and Amazon are trying to build a technical workaround. A system called the "Stateful Runtime Environment" that runs on Amazon's Bedrock platform. Their argument is that the system "only" handles memory and context for AI agents using enterprise data on AWS. It doesn't technically "invoke" OpenAI's core models through Amazon. Microsoft's response: Bullshit. The workaround violates the spirit of the deal even if it technically dances around the letter. Amazon knows they're on thin ice too. An internal memo leaked showing Amazon told employees exactly what language they can and can't use. They can say Frontier is "powered by OpenAI" or "enabled by OpenAI." But they CANNOT say customers can "access" or "invoke" OpenAI models on AWS. When you're coaching employees on which verbs to avoid, you know you're in trouble. But here's the thing everyone seems to forget: OpenAI is planning an IPO this year. They just closed a $110 billion funding round last month. So if Microsoft sues, the IPO timeline is DEAD. You can't go public while your biggest partner and investor is suing you for breach of contract. Elon Musk is already suing OpenAI separately for abandoning its nonprofit mission. Two active lawsuits from two of the most powerful people in tech. Against one company trying to IPO. Good luck with that S-1 filing. But WHY did Altman do this? Microsoft gave OpenAI everything. Capital. Infrastructure. Distribution. Enterprise customers. And Altman's response was to secretly build an escape route through Amazon... Because he saw what was coming: Microsoft launched Copilot. Their own AI product. Competing directly with ChatGPT. Microsoft started building their own models. Hiring their own AI researchers. Reducing dependency on OpenAI. So Altman did the same thing back. Found another cloud provider. Started building leverage. Both sides were preparing for divorce while still living in the same house. So the $50 billion Amazon deal was just an insurance policy against the day Microsoft decides it doesn't need OpenAI anymore. And Microsoft caught him packing his bags. What happens next: The companies are still talking. Trying to resolve this before Frontier launches. But Microsoft has made their position clear. Litigation is on the table. If this goes to court, it sets a precedent for every AI partnership in the industry. Every cloud deal. Every exclusive licensing agreement. The entire AI infrastructure map gets redrawn. Sam Altman built OpenAI on Microsoft's money, Microsoft's cloud, and Microsoft's trust. Then he signed a $50 billion deal with their biggest competitor. In any other industry they'd call that what it is.

CDMX Marzo, 2026.

@alannetwork_ @CepnikMaciej @TecDeSoftware Merida was an early hotbed for robotics development (including a bizarre amount of students winning global competitions) so it would be a strong possibility.

@CepnikMaciej Nice! Probably you should look at Mérida, @TecDeSoftware is making great things over there

Which Mexican city will you choose to build the future of AI over the next 5 years? 🤖

@boomer_btc Top of my “to listen” list!

Coming out tomorrow - a new Episode of Old Man Yells! This one is a 2.5 hour conversation with Bitcoin Core Developer Jon Atack. If you are tired of the same old stuff in Bitcoin podcasts then you'll love this one. Lot's of fresh stuff. It'll go live at 7am Eastern on YouTube and later in the day on other podcast platforms. You will be able to find it here tomorrow: youtube.com/channel/UCb8kQ… Subscriptions to the channel are appreciated and follow @jonatack.

@halstonvalencia @BitcoinerJobs @bitcoinwell Congrats, Halston!

The most interesting bitcoin companies right now sit at the intersection of two things: a real operating business and a bitcoin treasury strategy. That's exactly what @bitcoinwell is. 2025 numbers: - $132.9 M in revenue - Online Bitcoin Portal growing 60%+ YoY - 150+ ATMs across Canada - 69 BTC on the balance sheet A business that's growing. A treasury that's accumulating. This is what the future of bitcoin treasury companies looks like. I'm excited to step into a new role as Capital Markets Lead, building the story around that and bringing the right capital to the table. We're just getting started. $BTCW $BCNWF

@CepnikMaciej My mother taught me good manners

@lynnerae Thank you, Lynne! I always notice that you update your RSVP depending on your situation. I really appreciate that, you’re the only one who actually does it 😅

Normal attendance of a meetup in Mexico City 🇲🇽☀️ Around 40-50% of the total registrations. Attendance of a meetup in Mexico City when it rains🇲🇽🌧️ Around 20% Why is that? 🤔

@CepnikMaciej @AMEXCAP @MInvirtiendo @FSMexico Lots of enthusiasm over the return of the @MitaTechTalks !

@lynnerae @AMEXCAP @MInvirtiendo @FSMexico I imagine you brought up Bitcoin in the conversation. How did people react?

Stepping back into my prior ‘community’ today - Mexico private equity and VC — at the Cumbre @AMEXCAP… great to catch up with old friends, and see the impressively growing community of @MInvirtiendo !

@CepnikMaciej @AMEXCAP @MInvirtiendo @FSMexico But of course! Some old friends responded with curiosity, others started slowing backing away 😆. In almost every case, I had to differentiate between Bitcoin and ‘crypto’.

@bergealex4 This is the way 👊

We've been focused on open protocols from day one. We're not trying to corner the stack and build walled gardens. We look for the best partners in their respective fields and build together towards a common vision.

@CryptoALH @AMEXCAP @MInvirtiendo @FSMexico 🫡

@lynnerae @AMEXCAP @MInvirtiendo @FSMexico Puro Mexican normie.

Another significant milestone in making bitcoin accessible to the masses. We're now making it super easy to implement a seedless experience with the Breez SDK. More to come 🚀

Do you still think Bitcoin is a boomer coin? No more excuses, builders. Don't get lured into those corpo chains. It's time to return to Bitcoin!

The Bitcoin protocol is remaking capital markets… are you keeping up?

p.s. this is the first time wearing heels since breaking my foot 18 months ago 👠🫤