RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)The OpenClaw moment reminds me of DeFi summer:Early adopters experimenting with expensive tech and bad UX.Both have conviction that this changes everything. A community building open source stuff (smart contracts vs AI Skills now).But DeFi summer had a financial layer that let anyone capture value.Compound launched $COMP rewards. Uniswap let you LP and earn fees and a star dev Andre (vs P. Steinberger now) found ways to build on top.Every new protocol meant new tokens and new ups ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)Paid post disclosures would be healthy for crypto and CT.Until now, disclosures were voluntary, or KOLs were pressured into them out of fear of backlash.Some have experimented with labels like "partner," affiliate, or ambassador (that you disclose once and everyone is supposed to remember 4ever).Yet most KOLs still prefer not to disclose because:- clients specifically ask them not to- engagement drops the moment they do- "no one discloses anyway so why should I?"As a cofounder of ...

Also, in defi summer it paid well to be early.For Openclaw i can wait out until better ux projects launch.KOLs that depend on engagement farming give you a fake sense of fomo.No rush to automate my daily tasks tbh. Although playing with it and trying out is fun.Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas):The OpenClaw moment reminds me of DeFi summer:Early adopters experimenting with expensive tech and bad UX.Both have conviction that this changes everything. A community building open source stuff (smart contracts vs AI Skill ...

The OpenClaw moment reminds me of DeFi summer:Early adopters experimenting with expensive tech and bad UX.Both have conviction that this changes everything. A community building open source stuff (smart contracts vs AI Skills now).But DeFi summer had a financial layer that let anyone capture value.Compound launched $COMP rewards. Uniswap let you LP and earn fees and a star dev Andre (vs P. Steinberger now) found ways to build on top.Every new protocol meant new tokens and new upside for retail.Many early ad ...

Oh then nevermind lolWenMoon 闻月 💚 (@0xWenMoon):@DefiIgnas This doesn’t work since crypto paid posts are banned on the platform ...

Paid post disclosures would be healthy for crypto and CT.Until now, disclosures were voluntary, or KOLs were pressured into them out of fear of backlash.Some have experimented with labels like "partner," affiliate, or ambassador (that you disclose once and everyone is supposed to remember 4ever).Yet most KOLs still prefer not to disclose because:- clients specifically ask them not to- engagement drops the moment they do- "no one discloses anyway so why should I?"As a cofounder of an agency, we let the statu ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)CEO of Sonic steps down with THIS?He doesn't even try. Doesn't care.Can't believe I once spend time researching and depositing capital on S. https://t.co/2BpJt26moy ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)BGD Labs are rage quitting Aave DAO after 4 years.They built Aave v3, governance infra, Umbrella, and most core systems.Why they're leaving:- Aave Labs pivoted from independent company to central contributor pushing v4- Aave Labs controls the brand, comms, and has voting power to influence major votes- v4 promotion came with criticism of v3, the system that dominates DeFi lending- Zero collaboration on v4. Aave Labs built it alone, expects others to advise unpaid- Proposed v3 dep ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)$OP dumped by 32% since Base's announcement of leaving Op Stack- Superchain.I was excited for Base being part of the Superchain and they worked together on a single interoperability solution which would improve crypto UX.But since Vitalik's post on L2s and plans to scale Ethereum L1, it's perhaps less relevant as I hope most activity will focus on the L1 anyway. ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)Upbit is da best crypto CEX in da world.Binance listings used to pump token prices. Not anymore.Only listings on Upbit have the pump-on-da-news effect. https://t.co/spWJjFQdAG ...