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While waiting in hospital to be induced I vibe-coded a contraction coach using AI. It helps track contractions and flags when you hit the threshold to call the midwife or head to hospital. Turns out early labour is a surprisingly productive place to ship product.

Link to full blog by @sivers : sive.rs/htl23

Creation > Consumption

@chowtato Congrats @chowtato !!

everyone getting married out here all of a sudden. top signal?

🎙️ Snippet from yesterdays Payments X Space 🎙️ "Everything is significantly larger than you think it is. You have to think several orders of magnitude in terms of scale and magnitude that is typically uncomfortable for most people because humans are really bad at understanding exponentials... The world that we're moving into in some of these things and the upside is exponentially bigger than where we are at right now." – Erik Reppel, Head of Engineering @coinbase @programmer @ruthsurges

BOOM!!! @SuiNetwork is partnering with @Google to build the payments protocol of the autonomous internet, aka AP2. This is HUGE!!!!

10 years from now open standards like x402, A2A, AP2, and MCP will be viewed similarly to HTML, CSS, and HTTP are today. The majority of people never think about them, but they fundamentally shape their lives.

1/ AI agents can search, think & decide… while payments are still human-first. It’s time for Agentic Payments. 🧵

💳⚡X Space Alert: The Future of Payments on Crypto Rails How do we make money move as easily as data? Join us for a live conversation on the next wave of payment innovation - from stablecoins & on-chain settlement to privacy-preserving tech and agentic payments. 🗓️ Tue, Sept 16, 5PM PDT 🎙️ Featuring: • @programmer - Head of Engineering @coinbase • @drahcir - Founder @zkp2p • @AdrienStern - Founder @r3vl_xyz • @bauer__w - Product Manager @Mysten_Labs Moderated by @ruthsurges @PressStartCap 🔗 Mark your calendars: x.com/i/spaces/1ypKd…

1/ BTCFi: The Sleeping Giant of DeFi Liquidity. BTC is the world’s largest cryptocurrency, yet most of that capital sits idle. Even a single-digit percentage of Bitcoin’s supply flowing into DeFi would mean billions of dollars of new liquidity. The gap is opportunity. And the first teams to bridge it for real-world adoption will win big.

1/ Announcing the BTCFi & Payments Fellowship — powered by @PressStartCap, @SuiNetwork, and @WalrusProtocol. For founders building in Bitcoin DeFi + Payments. $25k first check. World-class Mentors. Investors. Builder Community. 4 weeks. Apply now! 🧵

@50Nent @BitMartExchange @sheldonbitmart Big congrats @50Nent

Excited and humbled to announce I have joined @Bitmartexchange and been appointed its Global CEO! With BitMart’s solid foundation and strong commitment to user empowerment, I look forward to working with Founder and Group President @sheldonbitmart and the rest of the BitMart team to scale the global business together! Reflecting on 2.5 amazing years as a Partner at @AnimocaVentures, I’m forever grateful for my colleagues @jiqqyjones @jennyqcheng Connie, Trevor, Agnes, and @CheungBillson. Your passion and brilliance made every day inspiring. Thank you for shaping my Web3 journey. At @animocabrands I was exceptionally lucky to work under the visionary leadership of @ysiu along with esteemed colleagues / industry leaders / friends @alanlau999 @EvanAuyang @minhdo @Mo_Ezz14 @RichardRobinson @tylerdurden88 @viewfromhk @yusufg @0xsamt and many more. I had the pleasure of investing into and working with some of the best entrepreneurs and teams in the space including the likes of @monad_xyz @ton_blockchain @berachain @titan_content @tacbuild, and many more. After 17 years as an investment banker in New York, my transition into Web3 was the best decision I have made, and I continue to be bullish for the future of this industry. But most importantly, it’s the relationships I’ve built that I treasure most and am grateful for. BitMart’s mission to scale its AI-driven solutions, enhancing its platform to better serve both institutional and retail users, feels like the perfect next step. Together with Sheldon’s continued involvement, I am excited to help build on BitMart’s legacy while pushing forward our vision of bridging the crypto landscape across borders and driving new opportunities for users worldwide. Parting with Animoca feels bittersweet, but I am thrilled to embark on a new journey at BitMart. Let’s keep in touch - this industry is all about relationships. Here’s to shaping a brighter Web3 future together!

@Tide_web3 @absinthenetwork Congrats team 🔥

Hello everyone! We are officially announcing the acquisition of Tide Protocol by @absinthenetwork. Throughout this journey, we’ve had so many learnings and unforgettable experiences. We truly from the bottom of our hearts thank everyone who has lent us a helping hand during our company’s history.

Congratulations @ntdpsa and @NEOM on this huge partnership. We're thrilled to collaborate together and bring the first deep tech Web3 accelerator program to Saudi Arabia with our FutureSpark Base Camp. It has been a fantastic twelve weeks hosting our accelerator program to support the founders, helping drive technological advancement in the region. Through accelerating the local deep-tech Web3 landscape, we believe that the program plays a pivotal role in fostering innovation and driving the region’s leadership in cutting-edge technologies, in line with @SaudiVision2030's goals. It was a brilliant Demo Day yesterday here in Riyadh. Watching the teams showcase their hard work and innovative ideas. Congratulations again to our cohort startups on their well received presentations yesterday: @Astra__Nova @byzanlink @feed_protocol @KodexUN @LiftDataAI @OuroboroL3 @mysorbetxyz @itswaslah and @yalgamers_gg Stay tuned for a full event recap coming later this week from our team...

🎥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗕 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥: 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗻-𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘄 🌐 Here’s a sneak peek of @Jamie247 explaining why Web3 still falls short and why 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗯 is the game-changer we’ve all been waiting for. No, it’s not Web4 or Web5 — it’s where the web 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 & our relationship with it evolves 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺. 👀 You won’t want to miss this conversation with our powerhouse team: @rumimorales @_ruthgalvin_ @Jjay_dm & @jamie247 ↳ 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗻-𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱: #webinarform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">outlierventures.io/post-web-webin…

The future of stablecoin payments starts today. reveel.id

EXCLUSIVE: Crypto-AI startup Exabits reaches $150 million valuation with $15 million seed round theblock.co/post/330219/cr…

⏳ 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 ⏳ Be the first to hear from the brilliant minds behind #PostWeb in an exclusive webinar. 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, @jamie247, @rumimorales, @Jjay_dm, and @_ruthgalvin_ will reveal what’s next for the internet — and why it matters. ↳ 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄: outlierventures.io/post-web-webin…

1/5 📹 Celebrating the first cohort of the FutureSpark BaseCamp Accelerator in Riyadh 🇸🇦 Hear from our CEO & Founding Partner @StephanApel, alongside @arius_xyz (Ben Beath, @LiftDataAI) and Sadanand VGK (@OuroboroL3).