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@JacobyBrandon @signulll This is THE role for designers now, IMO.

@signulll totally agree. i think the best designers of the last era are flexing into this role at the moment.

the most underrated hire right now is a great product person. when i say product person i'm def not talking about a product manager. perhaps i think there has to be somewhat of a new role. i don't have a good name for it yet but maybe something like "product thinker".. someone with an intuitive grasp of the product as it exists, where it's soft, where it sings, & how to iterate it toward something even sharper. in some sense, this person has to cohesively hold in their head where this product should be 2 years from now & work backwards from that. i say this cuz when building was hard, engineering was the bottleneck & the status hierarchy often reflected that. building is no longer hard. which means the variance in outcomes has shifted almost entirely to judgment on what to build, how to sequence it, & how to talk about it. & the story matters as much as the thing. internally, it organizes the team around a shared model of why. externally, it shapes the interpretive frame users bring to their first experience. you can't retrofit narrative onto a product & expect it to land, it has to be load bearing from the start. the rarest version of this person sits at the intersection of culture & deep technology. someone genuinely bilingual. they know what's technically possible & they know which cultural currents are real vs. ephemeral. that combo is what separates products that feel inevitable from products that feel assembled. before ppl clap back with this person has always been valuable, i know.. i am just saying now they might be the most *important* person in the room. their value compounds like never before.

@restofworld Accepting crypto payments and “Bitcoin as legal tender” are separate discussions. Paying in cEUR or USDT is a crypto payment. Why are these concepts being conflated? Local businesses having access to crypto payments infra, even if under-utilized, seems net-positive…

Nearly a year after Bhutan launched a nationwide crypto payment system for tourists, merchants say hardly anyone is using it — raising questions about who the experiment really serves restofworld.org/2026/bhutan-bi…

@michaeldaigler @garysheng Thank you so much for building and sharing publicly! I hope you have a reviewer agent (or a human) to help you with those taco recommendations.

@zain_hoda @threadreaderapp Testing existing tools to get articles into speechify before building my own. Thanks for the words!

@serota @threadreaderapp It’s not a thread, it’s an article

@DexFi_ @mert @textileprotocol is also working on this.

@mert Lowkey as bad as it may sound we need an onchain credit reputation

would like to start building defi products for the past ~6 months, I've gradually eased into being a defi power user instead of pure dev work I did this to understand the pov of our biggest users what do you hate about defi today? what annoys you? what do you wish existed?

I want to address some changes to our fund structure at Asymmetric and misinformation circulating from a handful of people here yesterday. Asymmetric’s Liquid Alpha Fund was built for markets defined by high volatility. For years, we stuck by our guns and our strategy delivered - however, that strategy clearly is no longer serving our LPs. We have become Asymmetric by distinguishing ourselves with a relentless commitment to our LPs and our accountability, and our job is to adapt with discipline and build for what’s next. I’ve notified our LPs that we are shifting away from liquid trading strategies. Investors in our liquid funds have been given the choice to exit (irrespective of any customary lock-up periods) or to roll over available capital into a specific illiquid investment. And I want to stress, since inception, every valid redemption request from Asymmetric’s liquid funds has been honored. Asymmetric Financial is comprised of multiple investment vehicles, and while the Liquid Alpha Fund struggled this year, our other vehicles have performed. Our venture strategy remains unchanged and unwavering in its commitment to source and support the future of blockchain. We aren’t going anywhere. Throughout my career in finance, and especially in crypto, there have been plenty of ups and downs to test one's resolve. No investor looks forward to sharing results that aren’t what you’d hoped they would be. But the only way forward is through. It's a remarkable time to back the builders of crypto and invest with a long term view. It takes fortitude to adapt when the market shifts, and we’re deeply grateful to our LPs who remain steadfast partners as we continue to evolve together. No further comment will be given at this time. Back to building.

Match Point: Tennis and DeFi 🎾 An afternoon in Cannes with builders, backhands, and real conversations. 100 guests 7 courts Fresh food. No badge scans. Just the good stuff. 📍 June 29, 4–8PM, Montfleury, Cannes lu.ma/pin9kjvi

cursed crypto narratives we repeat every cycle - automated portfolio management -> robo advisors -> agentic trading - tokenized social clubs / affinity groups - tracking and trading carbon credits onchain - angellist for x, "democratizing access" to a niche asset class

🍾 Cork has launched its beta on Ethereum Mainnet! We’re introducing a new DeFi primitive that tokenizes the risk of depeg events. With our key launch partners @lidofinance, @ether_fi, @ethena, and @skyecosystem, Cork is initiating a new phase of DeFi defined by more opportunity, protection, and stability. Tokenized risk for DeFi is here 🧵

The GoodDollar Ecosystem Fund is here! ⭐️ The Good Labs Foundation is launching the $250,000 USD GoodDollar Ecosystem Fund to drive innovation and expand the GoodDollar ecosystem on @Celo 🙌 First up: The GoodBuilders Program! 🎉 ubi.gd/program2025

So, where the money that was budgeted for USAID going now?

Hey @athenahealth - there's no way to report a bug or share feedback in your EMR software, so sharing it here. Your software indicates that I have 2 unread messages, however no unread messages appear or are accessible in the "Messages" page. Seems your alert logic is off. Oops?

Congratulations @gooddollarorg on this significant milestone - bringing a privacy-preserving, global, demographic-based Universal Basic Income platform to life.

@DeanKD_ We @cradl_org wrote a report about this (and calling for the same thing)… in 2022. cradl.org/looking-ahead-…

Devcon needs less Devs More marketers More BDs More Growth “AI agent” “Autonomous” “ Data modularity compute verification validator” How bloody boring

In world facing economic and social challenges, direct cash payments have proven to be the most effective aid 💙Blockchain infrastructure is critical to an efficient, transparent, payment system - where assets can reach the right communities and individuals who need them the most! That’s why we are introducing GoodOffers👇 ubi.gd/3NOM1LY

Has anyone used Moneygram to withdraw a cryptocurrency payment or know someone who has? I'd like to have a (confidential) casual conversation about the experience.

¿Alguien ha utilizado Moneygram para retirar un pago en criptomonedas o conoce a alguien que lo haya hecho? Me gustaría tener una conversación confidencial informal sobre la experiencia. [English in thread]

You can’t just convert a non-profit into a for-profit. That is illegal.