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Historically, the moment people start writing manifestos about how all of crypto is a scam tends to be a great time to actually build stuff.

I ran into an investor friend who was summering in California. He ordered a glass of Santa Barbara pinot and told me: “I didn’t drink for a year. Then on New Year’s I woke up and realized how boring my life had become. So I had a few drinks that day, and suddenly life had color again.” When I asked why he quit in the first place, the answer was simple: better sleep, fewer distractions, full immersion in work. He’s the type who goes all in, which is part of what makes him world-class. So when he discovered longevity, he didn’t dabble. He installed a hyperbaric chamber, bought an infrared sauna, and swapped happy hours for tennis matches. A year later, he’d landed on a middle ground. Still disciplined, but now sipping a couple of glasses of wine. Nothing extreme. And he seemed lighter, even happier. Listening to him explain his new regimen, I realized how far we’d drifted from our twenties. Back then it was shots of top-shelf tequila. Now it’s top-shelf supplements and IV shots of NAD+. In Los Angeles, status used to mean a G-Wagon in the driveway, a Nobu reservation, a Riviera golf membership, or a Bird Streets house “next to Leo.” That game isn’t gone, but the subtler flex now looks less like Rodeo Drive and more like a medical lab. The question isn’t “What car are you driving?” It’s “What’s your protocol?” Designer closets have given way to microdosing GLP-1. Hollywood Bowl tickets have been swapped for Hyrox race entries that sell out faster than Coachella. Bryan Johnson, Andrew Huberman, and Peter Attia are the new A-listers. Nobody’s quoting movies anymore, but everyone’s comparing T levels. In tech WhatsApp groups, biomarker screenshots now circulate with the same energy Porsche waitlist confirmations once did. Even the biggest celebrities have joined in, turning their “health journeys” into content. In August, the Kardashians flew to Mexico for stem-cell therapy banned in the U.S., a ban that only made it more exclusive. Naturally, it became both an Instagram flex with a million likes and a tabloid headline. Part of it is just age. My friends are getting older, and the ones with early-adopter instincts—and money—have found a new playground in personalized medicine. The same people who once hunted obscure apps or underground music are now swapping supplement stacks and sleep hacks. COVID accelerated it. Locked indoors, people built home gyms, experimented with diets, and turned longevity from a fringe hobby into a mainstream obsession. The old signals also got boring. A Ferrari says money. A cold plunge says enlightenment. And it’s not only millennials and middle age. For younger New Yorkers, longevity isn’t about hacking DNA. It’s about escaping the chaos of city life and maybe finding a date. On Saturdays, Bathhouse in Tribeca is the new brunch table. Forget bottomless mimosas. The real weekend move is sweating with strangers and hoping your soulmate shows up somewhere between the sauna and your third cold plunge. Contrast therapy is the new Tinder. Sure, the longevity craze might look ridiculous from the outside at times. But it’s ridiculous with benefits. A Patek Philippe watch tells you the time, but an Apple Watch tells you your heart rate, sleep score, and how much stress you’re under. At some point in my thirties, I realized health is the best ROI. Lose it and you’re only half-present at home, at work, and everywhere in between. I’d take a Prenuvo scan over another luxury purchase any day. Health compounds; things depreciate. But like my friend who found a middle ground, I’ve come to see that joy matters too. Sometimes longevity means the glass of wine, the night out, the moment that keeps you human. The old adage was that money can’t buy time. These days, that may no longer be entirely true. Now excuse me, my biomarkers are waiting.

@AvailProject @radius_xyz @swellnetworkio 👀🔥

@radius_xyz @swellnetworkio Alpha Engine is heating up 👀

The future of Ethereum depends on rollups that scale profitably and drive value for users. That’s the vision behind our support for @swellnetworkio, the L2 built for restaked assets. 🧵

@0xWenHau @radius_xyz @swellnetworkio foreal

@radius_xyz @swellnetworkio @swellnetworkio & @radius_xyz shipping hard

i know exactly why ethereum is struggling with narrative it's the same problem we had at scroll: building for everyone ultimately builds for nobody arbitrum won defi optimism won public goods berachain is winning degens if you want ethereum to win, pick a lane (or several)

majority of society increasingly rewards short term games over long term games. we must reverse

Just a few minutes ago, President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The Reserve will be capitalized with Bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. This means it will not cost taxpayers a dime. It is estimated that the U.S. government owns about 200,000 bitcoin; however, there has never been a complete audit. The E.O. directs a full accounting of the federal government’s digital asset holdings. The U.S. will not sell any bitcoin deposited into the Reserve. It will be kept as a store of value. The Reserve is like a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency often called “digital gold.” Premature sales of bitcoin have already cost U.S. taxpayers over $17 billion in lost value. Now the federal government will have a strategy to maximize the value of its holdings. The Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin, provided that those strategies have no incremental costs on American taxpayers. IN ADDITION, the Executive Order establishes a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, consisting of digital assets other than bitcoin forfeited in criminal or civil proceedings. The government will not acquire additional assets for the Stockpile beyond those obtained through forfeiture proceedings. The purpose of the Stockpile is responsible stewardship of the government’s digital assets under the Treasury Department. PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT President Trump promised to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. Those promises have been kept. This Executive Order underscores President Trump’s commitment to making the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.” I want to thank the President for his leadership and vision in supporting this cutting-edge technology and for his rapid execution in supporting the digital asset industry. His administration is truly moving at “tech speed.” I also want to thank the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets — especially Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — for their help and support in getting this done. Finally Bo Hines played a critical role as Executive Director of our Working Group.

@emilylai Obsessed with this face mask

My ETHDenver choice of weapons for mass hydration

@jon_charb It’s about the order of priorities. Healthier approach would be: build an amazing product first, prove real usage and value, then the monetary value follows Unfortunately the reality is most projects chase moneyness rather than building products that people actually want

if ethereum is going to have a bright future, it needs to stop focusing on moneyness nonsense today the focus needs to be 100% on shipping the best tech product that people want to use

@jackbutcher I actually like this one But love the versatility of the original design while keeping it so simple and clean

adds a lot of complexity but also communicates what's great about the ecosystem money lego, internet lego, art lego etc

founder-led marketing tip reframe how you think about posting content do not think "creating" — instead think "making an observation" as you build your product and your company, you will make many observations about your market, product, customers, data, legal, VCs, conferences, mgmt style, hiring, and so on you don't have to "create" content, you can simply do your job and then share these observations as they happen if you then don't psyops yourself into sounding like a corporate robot and you share these observations by just using your own natural voice (like how you speak in a convo with friends) — that's basically all you need a writer is basically just a professional observer

Pantera Capital leads $7 million seed round for rollup platform Radius theblock.co/post/336866/pa…

@lurb__ @ZeroKnight_eth Thank you Lucian! Collaborating with you and OV team was an incredible experience for us

Congratulations to @ZeroKnight_eth, @mintymintnina, and the team on their successful raise! Witnessing your dedication and vision during our collaboration made it clear this day would come. This is a prime example of "success is built during the bear market."

We’re excited to lead the $7 million seed round for @radius_xyz. panteracapital.com/blog-investing…

Rollups need a path to profitability, and we're building that path. We believe MEV is the missing piece that can bring this together. Today, we're happy to announce we've raised $7M led by @PanteraCapital to bring this vision to life. Let's build towards this success and make Ethereum win. Here's our story👇

Ethereum’s strength is also its weakness It’s ambitious vision means it’s competing with everyone a little bit It needs to lean into its unique and defensible moat - accumulated L1 state Make L1 Great Again

This is all about PBS. @radius_xyz help rollups capture good MEV to boost their economic growth. Part of our protocol development involved studying Ethereum’s PBS, and we’re sharing what we’ve learned. Big thanks to all the Ethereum researchers who put their effort into PBS research. @VitalikButerin @mikeneuder @barnabemonnot Robust Incentives Group @ephemalabs mirror.xyz/0x957084A1F20A…

@nufflelabs @altantutar "Look, instead of wasting millions & spending years trying to build a high-performance L1 with fast finality, just use [REDACTED] and deploy a rollup with NFFL and NEAR DA underneath, sequenced by @radius_xyz (incl. composability) in seconds bro. It's literally not that hard."

TEE vs. ZK? ZK offers stronger security guarantees. TEEs rely on trust in the hardware manufacturer (like Intel), while ZK relies on math. More transparency and verifiability with ZK.