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Most Web3 communities disappear when the hype fades. One didn’t. We often say it starts with 1:1 conversations, your first 100 or 1,000 real members, or a few early believers. All of that’s true. But @NeoTokyoCode is one of the rare projects with an actual answer to the harder part: How do you build a community that lasts? The original focus was gaming. That’s not the meta right now. But the community? Still here. Still active. Still valuable. Especially for founders and early-stage teams. That tells you something. This isn’t just another Discord with a founder pulling strings. It’s community-led. Value creation isn’t tied to a seasonal airdrop or hype loop. It’s built on infrastructure: Real people. Real relationships. Shared skin in the game. A great example is the NT Accelerator. An initiative that connects ambitious builders with proven, vetted talent from the Citadel. It’s not theory. It’s real support for teams who are actually building. Bring a challenge: dev need, GTM plan, merch, you name it. The Accelerator matches you with trusted professionals, not random DMs. No budget gambling. No wasted time. Serious projects. Serious contributors. Growing together. @Pindora_HQ finds its origin inside the walls of the Citadel. If you’re building with a long view, study Neo Tokyo. They’re playing a different game. No cheap campaigns. No flash-in-the-pan growth hacks. Just durable infrastructure. Just long-term value. In my opinion, the crown for lasting Web3 community still sits with Neo Tokyo. Respect to those who build slow and stay strong. Grand rising.

Life hack: work 5-9 (AM) instead of 9-5. Not to hustle extra, but to make time for your health and family!

🚨 YOUR MONEY IS STUCK: BLACKROCK BLOCKS HALF THE WITHDRAWALS IN $26B FUND – AND LARRY FINK? CRICKETS. BlackRock’s $26B HLEND private credit fund (the one they hyped as “accessible high-yield” after gobbling up HPS) just gated hard. Investors tried to yank $1.2B (9.3% of the fund) in Q1 2026. BlackRock said: 5% max only. Paid $620M. The other ~$580M? Locked. Trapped until next quarters — maybe longer if the stampede continues. Half the exit requests? Denied. Zero this round. For regular folks (retail chasers of those 10%+ yields via advisors or retirement wrappers): Your cash isn’t liquid like the sales pitch promised. Need it now? Tough — quarterly drip-feed only. Held <1 year? 2% fee slapped on your tiny slice. This “feature” is baked in to protect the fund from dumping illiquid loans… but it protects BlackRock more than you when panic hits. Corporate line (from HPS/BlackRock’s March 6, 2026 shareholder letter): “This is a foundational feature of the fund.” “Without it, there would be a structural mismatch between investor capital and the expected duration of the private credit loans.” No apology. No mea culpa. Just “that’s how it’s designed” — cold, clinical, fiduciary-speak for “deal with it.” Larry Fink? The CEO, Chairman, WEF regular, Davos kingpin — not one public word on this mess. Zero quotes, zero interviews, zero tweets, zero damage-control spin as of March 6, 2026. Fink’s recent noise? Bullish on private credit (Jan 2026 earnings: “stable conditions,” pushing HPS to wirehouses). 2025 letter: “Unlock private markets for the masses.” But when the masses try to unlock their own money? Silence. Deafening. He’s the face of “democratizing” alts — sold HLEND/HPS as the bridge to juicy yields for everyday investors. Now half can’t get out? He ghosts. Brutal truth: This is Fink’s legacy play — $12B HPS buy to make BlackRock private-credit king. First big retail stress test? Gate slams, stock tanks (BLK -5-7%), and the boss stays mum while the machine churns excuses. If you’re in these funds: Your money’s not “yours” when the herd runs. It’s BlackRock’s call. Wake-up call delivered. No fluff. No Fink quote because there isn’t one. #blackrock #larryfink #wef #hlend #fintech #funds #sec #banking

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@nevaaron 100% agreed.

Prediction markets are a gambling rebrand Just like vapes were a tobacco rebrand It's fine, but pretending you aren't and not acknowledging the risks associated, hell even fighting that it's not the case, will backfire - not just from a legislation standpoint, but a cultural one. I used to work in tobacco advertising, I could see vapes from a mile away, still got hooked and hit the vapes HARD. My friends were doing it, was fun, gave you a cheeky headspin at a party, was social, time away to yourself. Funny, all the reasons people often smoke. Culturally, if you vape you are very uncool now.. there was a period me and all my friends were switching to 'acoustics' because the 'electrics' were headnoise, and the path to 'quit vapes' was to 'start smoking again' because it was SO nasty and addictive for different reasons - it was branded... differently. Now this prediction markets angle? Quit your job? I remember an old housemate came home one day, he was a cop ironically, 'bro i have figured out how to arbitrage the gambling companies and i make this % no mater what'. Literally this is the same thing man. My friend soon realised he was gambling and wasn't actually winning all that much, the slippery slope led to more poor choices from being in that environment. Now as someone in the blockchain industry, I see prediction markets being branded 'truth', and some of that could be true but the core of it, is gambling. Especially as it leans more into sports, and other places with traditional gambling. Yeah, you can create edge just like in any market, but my guess is, statistics will come out where it will show how many people are actually losing (most of them). Part of the uptick of this culturally is the ease in legislation in the US a couple of years back, which has seeped into the culture of America more than those there probably realise, but as someone not living there looking n, it's so blaringly obvoius It's fine to have a gambling or tobacco company, just don't pretend you aren't it for a product positioning pitch🕊️

Rio Ferdinand says Arsenal are fortunate to still be where they are 👀

@AlexHormozi Think you nailed it. Making 100k people the first 100k. Mine is (i think) help realise their bad situation is no unique, they just have to find a way. I think i can do that by showing them examples of entrepreneurship in bad conditions.

What are YOU really made for?

@TonyRobbins @AlexHormozi Very good one to hear. Therapy for grinders and people who suffer to do great things.

Had a great time sitting down with @AlexHormozi. We go deep on several topics, and there are so many great, real moments in this one. Podcast episode out now on The Game with Alex Hormozi.

This one is for the grinders and positive thinkers. One does not go without the other. Great episode.

@UTDKara 😂😂😂

Former Liverpool player Fabinho tried to sub himself off after fouling an opponent so the referee wouldn’t give him a second yellow… but it was too late 😭😂 Al-Ittihad down to 10 men

@Sire_Gift Legend!

Mourinho’s interview after Chelsea won the 2005 League Cup is just too legendary with his epic responses. You can never him man. 😂

Pro tip for dealing with men: If you see one do something that you think is admirable don’t tell them “I’m proud of you.” Unless you are clearly their superior, it comes off weird. Instead, say “thank you for inspiring me” or “thank you for setting the standard.” It’ll go way further.

This is scary! They ll sign defender soon too.

Legal is something I see being disrupted by AI. For now we live in our own bubble where tools are forming. An example is the legal and compliance tool by @Chain_GPT. I often say I would be a lawyer in a different life. For now I have other things that I like more.

@leonabboud Would do so much if you did this even in good times. But the message is clear as day.

A message for founders: During good times, it’s okay to have lazy marketing. It’s easy to sell to people when everyone is euphoric. But here’s the thing, the easy times are behind us. And now, lazy no longer works. The teams who will survive today are those who will obsess over their marketing. They will do the things that need to be done, not the things they’d rather or would rather not do. “Oh, I don’t want to be the face of my brand.” This lazy thinking works in good times. But in bad times, you have no choice if you want to stay alive and relevant.

Points are the same as free money here. I'm not going to say more. If one thing has a PMF, then it must be a DEX. We don't need more middlemen. My Nova Points: 1.26K points, Rank #1,442 on @SupernovaDEX. blackhole.xyz/dashboard

WOW this hit hard! Enjoy every minute! It goes in a blink 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@Chain_GPT @jabranthelawyer through some legal questions in here. See what it does and if its helpfull.

At some point, every crypto holder asks the same question: what actually happens when you cash out? Now imagine this: you’re moving from the UK to Hong Kong. You hold crypto. You might cash out. And suddenly one question matters more than anything else: when and where does tax apply? This is the kind of scenario the Crypto Compliance Assistant inside AI Hub V2 is built for. Instead of dumping regulations on you, it breaks the situation down clearly: • It explains how timing affects tax exposure when changing tax residency • It distinguishes between capital gains and activity that could be treated as income • It compares jurisdictions side by side, so you’re not guessing • It highlights reporting, compliance, and platform level risks you might not even be thinking about In this case, the system makes one thing very clear: selling while you’re still UK tax resident is treated very differently from selling after you’ve left, and while Hong Kong doesn’t tax capital gains in most private investor cases, activity that looks like trading or business income is another story entirely. It also flags the practical realities people overlook: stronger KYC checks, regulated vs unregulated platforms, growing data sharing between tax authorities, and why record keeping matters more than ever. No hype. No one size fits all answers. Just structured, jurisdiction aware guidance that helps you understand the landscape and know what questions to ask next. That’s what compliance intelligence should feel like.

@ktrap Real quality there, its becoming less year on year though.

May the memes never end 😂

Seedify launched this. Lets see how it plays out. The problem is imo that huge projects wont go with this and small project cant deliver fast enough. Maybe thats a feature and not a bug.

Is everyone launching projects now? What's the play here? Coinbase, Kraken, Echo, and what not? @SeedifyFund, @Chain_GPT etc seem to be looking at restructuring the model as launches are just -ev for projects.