Nick V 🪩 worldli.eth

I'm a former restaurant owner. In 2013, I started taking $BTC as payments to fight back against credit card fees. All savings from fees goes straight to the bottom line - and has major impact for a restaurant with thin margins. Now, over 10 years later, we finally have a scalable solution for restaurants to improve profitability not only from lower fees but also better loyalty. Congrats @blackbird! This is a long time coming.

@max_spero_ Or perhaps PR/marketing folks just write too much like robots?

Obviously when letters like this go out, it’s not the CEO who actually writes it. But what’s crazy here is the marketing folks also didn’t write it? At the very least, they relied heavily on AI for prose and final content. It smells of AI through and through.

The agentic economy is taking off. Payments. Cards. Commerce. Frameworks. Wallets. Analytics. Agentic finance will be the reigning theme going forward. I've compiled and made a market map of the names and players you should be aware of. The future belongs to our AI overlords.

Visa and Stripe's Bridge are launching stablecoin-backed cards in 100+ countries. This is SO different from how cards used to work. You used to have to launch country-by-country. Now its possible via one single API. How? 👇 --- Bridge (which Stripe acquired in 2025) is the connector. Wallet companies like Phantom come to Bridge, get branded debit cards, and their users spend stablecoin balances anywhere Visa is accepted. Users who live anywhere in the world can get paid in stablecoins instantly. And attach a card to that wallet to spend. --- There's been a massive rise in companies launching "stablecoin-linked" cards. Growing from $1bn TPV to $5bn TPV in two quarters. Why? --- @cuysheffield, my cohost on @TokenizedPod and Visa's head of crypto, nailed it "If you're building a stablecoin wallet and want people to spend in the real world, you need a card." That pesky real world is so true. Cards work. It's settlement that doesn't. --- Bridge is also joining Visa's pilot to settle charges on-chain — replacing traditional bank transfers with stablecoin settlement on blockchains. That's the actual long-term story. The spending side uses existing Visa rails. The settlement side replaces the slow, expensive correspondent banking network. --- The battle moved. It's no longer crypto vs. cards. It's who controls the wallet layer — and what happens when settlement moves on-chain at scale.

@0xcoolgirl @EthereumDenver @botanix did anyone mention AI agents? asking for a friend

My 4th @EthereumDenver in the books! This time, representing Bitcoin with @botanix 😎 Some key learnings: - AI Agents, AI Agents, AI Agents - Pay attention to your calendar invite details for your panels and be punctual :) - Suits care about what's happening in the trenches - People crave human interaction - Yield generating chains will win - General purpose rollups are trash See you all next year!

@LizKNapolitano What a year you've had. Congrats!

Closing out 2025 on a high note. 🌟 Can't wait to share these next few on-camera interviews with you all! Stay tuned...

@LizKNapolitano @CNBC @Ripple Seems like just yesterday we were filming a video during TOKEN for Decrypt 🔥

Dreams do come true 🌟 I filmed my first two on-camera interviews for @CNBC today at @Ripple Swell 2025 in New York City. I can't wait to share the clips with you all. Stay tuned.

@chuk_xyz What happens if any of the underlying currencies get debased? For instance, if the dollar loses its global status as reserve currency, does this undermine the entire stablecoin thesis?

Why non-USD stablecoins won’t take off (anytime soon) Everyone asks: why are almost all stablecoins in U.S. dollars? After all, the dollar isn’t 99% of global trade or money supply. But that comparison misses the point. Stablecoins don’t mirror the world’s GDP, they mirror global demand for permissionless money. Even before crypto, most of the world already thought in dollars. In Nigeria, Argentina, or Turkey, people price goods and save in USD (often cash). 50% of US cash is held abroad. It's the world's biggest "2nd currency". So while stablecoins started as a trading tool to avoid crypto volatility, it was a short leap to use them to avoid economic volatility. A simple way to get money out of unstable systems (like China). Meanwhile, local payments already work fine. PIX, UPI, and mobile money solved that problem. A BRL or INR stablecoin doesn’t add much value there. Sure, we’ll see more MXN, BRL, and EUR tokens for FX corridors. But they’ll stay small, use-case specific. You only need enough float for liquidity. The rest off-ramps to fiat. Non-USD stablecoins can be better money (programmable, open, composable) leading to new innovation and competition: think BaaS 2.0. But that future takes time. Meanwhile USD stables will keep scaling across trading, DeFi, cross-border, and capital markets: By 2030, maybe $30B in non-USD stables But still <1% of a $3T stablecoin market. What would shift this in favor of non USD?

@macrozack love this, Bittensor sorely needed a launch pad 🚀

'But how would you even build that??' ...Like this 👌

@annatonger @Forbes Amazing! Congrats :)

I've joined @Forbes!! I'll be covering AI for their website / magazine, and assisting with lists like AI 50. I'm excited tell deeper stories about the people behind the AI revolution. If you are a founder or investor in AI or robotics I'd love to hear from you =)

@0xDesigner Me, I want to learn

i’m almost done building my own application app and reopening the group chat. who should i invite?

@Livepeer Livepeer is just scratching the surface of what’s possible - Sora is just one example of how media creation will exponentially increase the need for affordable compute

We’re live in Lisbon!

@0xsammy And most of the coverage overlooked how essential crypto rails (esp stablecoins) will be to enable agentic commerce

ICYMI: Google revealed its “Agent Payments Protocol” (AP2) This is an open standard that lets AI agents make payments across platforms/crypto rails. The interesting point is who’s involved from a crypto standpoint: 1) MetaMask: Redeeming moment for lack of token and poor UI/UX? Maybe they’re integrating agents into their wallet to enhance the UX? 2) @ethereum: Literally highlighted their intent to embrace AI this week. 3) @coinbase: “Works with cards, bank transfers, local methods, and crypto (via x402)” - x402 is Coinbase / Base’s baby! 4) @eigen_da: Help with validating / verification 5) @crossmint: Flexibility for agents to use fiat or crypto 6) Mysten Labs: Sui infra, could we deeper Sui AI agent rollout? 7) Mesh: Infra that connects wallets, exchanges and tokens It builds on A2A & MCP, which was hyped earlier this year for enabling more seamless communication between agents and real world data. I’ll link an article on MCP below. The future is Agentic and it’ll happen permissionlessly on crypto rails. I fully expect there to be an explosion of attention around AI again within the next 12 months.

@dseetharaman Congrats!

Some news: I’m joining Reuters as a tech correspondent covering AI & OpenAI in particular. I start today after taking a rare summer off to read novels & hang with my kids. I’m excited to dig into this dynamic area & speak to researchers, founders & others. Ping me on Signal!

Big news: Crossmint is partnering with Google to enable agentic finance for everyone. We will be using Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to let agents buy anything with either credit cards or stablecoins. This protocol ensures agent transactions are secure and seamless.

@russellbrandom @TechCrunch 🔥

Terrible news for my haters: Today is my first day as AI editor at @techcrunch! Say hello at russell.brandom@techcrunch.co or on Signal at 412-401-5489.

@BoysClubWorld @dirtyverse Daisy is 🔥 @dirtyverse

I recommend you crack a cold one (seltzer) and tuck into this

Swag summer

I've been in crypto for 8 years. There's never been anything like #bittensor. It's a self-improving, capitalistic network where only the most useful ideas survive. Build something better, or be out-built. Bittensor pioneered the concept of decentralized AI (deAI), a hive-mind of AI scientists advancing open intelligence across decentralized training, DeSci, compute, financial trading, betting markets, and more. Others may try to imitate it, but they can't replicate what Bittensor is. Its ever-evolving nature means it only gets stronger by the day. This is a new paradigm for AI innovation. It rewards utility and grit. Clean and clear. $TAO

@dr3wrogers @nook_savings @Joey_Isaacson Nookin'

1/ Short 🧵on @nook_savings TLDR; taste is a competitive moat. Unmatched vibes by @Joey_Isaacson & @nook_savings team here.

@BoysClubWorld @brian_armstrong @base it really does look like he's the new product. Is Brian a bot now

The concept of @brian_armstrong in white Adidas Originals x Fear of God sneakers taking the stage to a round of applause