RT MASTR (@MastrXYZ)For the first time in my life I feel a trace of shame when I tell someone I’m involved in crypto.Not because the charts look bad at the moment or because the market cap is bleeding, but because the narrative that once carried us has thinned out into something I can no longer defend with the same conviction.It feels like we lost the moral high ground without even noticing the exact moment it slipped through our fingers.What used to be a discussion about sovereignty, censorship resistance ...

[music] [applause] [applause] Have you ever been on a date from a dating app where the person looked nothing like their profile picture. Nothing. If that sounds familiar, welcome to my life as an investors because sometimes founders are just like bad dates.They say exactly what they think you want to hear, but when you see the reality behind the story, it's not quite the same picture. Not long ago, a founder pitched me a startup. He told me with so much passion and conviction about a German investor who bel ...

As stablecoins surpass $300B in market cap, many enterprises are asking the same question: should we issue our own?As Circle CCO @KashRazzaghi explains, this isn’t a technical decision. It’s a strategic one.Operating a trusted, regulated stablecoin at scale requires continuous reserve management, global regulatory oversight, deep banking relationships, and operational controls proven through market cycles.At the system level, every new proprietary stablecoin fragments liquidity and trust.By contrast, integr ...

I saw no evidence. I saw a man that was retreating. I mean, he went to the middle of the street.He didn't even obstruct traffic. He let a car go through. As the agents advanced on him, he retreated to the side of the street.A woman is violently pushed to the ground and he turns to help her, and that's when he is grabbed from behind. >> I saw no evidence of him assaulting the police. >> Should Secretary Gnome be fired.I think we have to get through our hearing February 12th and I think we have to see what th ...

“We appear to be facing this quite severe crisis of trust.” Wikipedia founder @jimmy_wales reflects on how trust is changing in the age of AI. Listen to “Babbage” https://t.co/XQaT2eJKmw ...

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RT Reece Merrick (@reece_merrick)This morning, I spoke with @CNBC's @dan_murphy about Ripple's latest regional milestone: full regulatory approval for our USD stablecoin, RLUSD, to be used by licensed entities in Abu Dhabi's @ADGlobalMarket .We also unpacked Ripple’s (numerous) recent acquisitions and how we’re planning to scale our stablecoin globally.For me, the bottom line is that regulation and transparency create trust, and trust is paramount for institutions to jump into the digital assets space.This ...

💚 @idOS_network keeps growing and people are finally starting to notice it.🔸Every day the interest gets bigger and the project looks more solid.🔸It makes onchain identity easy to use and easy to trust, and that is something the whole space needs.🔸The more projects plug into idOS, the stronger it becomes.🔸Feels like idOS is slowly turning into one of those early gems everyone wishes they saw sooner. ...

🇸🇬 INSIGHT: A new Singapore survey shows crypto investors now prioritize trust over low fees when choosing exchanges.Which do you prefer, lower fees or a more reputable platform? https://t.co/kj6qCPe2bJ ...

⚡️ INSIGHT: @ethereumJoseph, CEO of @Consensys, says crypto is building a bottom-up trust layer to replace top-down systems.It may seem “scammy,” but it’s actually rebuilding how trust and society work, says bestselling author @nealstephenson. https://t.co/vpnsqZgoYX ...