I had the privilege of attending a post-Q2 earnings call small group/roundtable with about 20 other CT people and Brian back in late July and while most asked questions about Coinbase <> AI (or AI agents) I asked Brian what they were going to do about ICOs having seen the recent success of things like PlasmaHe said they were thinking about it a lot and exploring options because they wanted to be able to provide access to their customers but hadn’t decided yet what the best route was.Looks like he figured it ...

RT Jimmy Song (송재준) (@jimmysong)Bitcoin doesn't need DeFiBitcoin doesn't need NFTsBitcoin doesn't need Web3Bitcoin doesn't need MetaverseBitcoin doesn't need ICOsBitcoin doesn't need MemecoinsBitcoin is money and it doesn't need to be anything else. ...

RT Jimmy Song (송재준) (@jimmysong)Bitcoin doesn't need DeFiBitcoin doesn't need NFTsBitcoin doesn't need Web3Bitcoin doesn't need MetaverseBitcoin doesn't need ICOsBitcoin doesn't need MemecoinsBitcoin is money and it doesn't need to be anything else. ...

Market Fragility & Liquidity - $40 Billion liquidation reveals the fragility of leveraged markets [1] - Binance liquidity gap exposes centralized exchange (CEX) vulnerability [1] - Hyperliquid demonstrates strong performance under pressure [1] Emerging Trends - New wave of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) is emerging, driven by MegaETH revival hype [1] - Real World Asset (RWA) and perpetual decentralized exchange (perp DEX) growth is expected amid post-crash rebuilding [1]

Industry Trend - The industry observes the potential combination of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Futarchy, leading to the concept of Initial Coin Management (ICM) [1]

SEC Chair Paul Atkins has previously teased exempting certain crypto transactions from securities laws, and creating safe harbors for ICOs, airdrops, and network rewards. https://t.co/3W1Hlct4fk ...

New Product Launch - Kraken launches Kraken Launch powered by Legion, providing users direct access to ICOs and early token sales [1] Platform Enhancement - Kraken aims to enhance user experience by offering direct access to new token offerings [1]

RT Smokey The Bera 🐻⛓ (@SmokeyTheBera)this one triggered some folks so naturally im doubling down. Some thoughts on airdrops and TGEs in generalfor anyone reee-ing in the comments;airdrops are a pretty nonsensical practice that have generally served three purposesa) regulatory cover around decentralization of a networkb) a means of driving hype and increasing vanity metricsc) rewarding beta testers / community membersMany teams including ourselves, Monad, and a host of pre-TGE projects have benefited from t ...

Ethereum's Evolution - Ethereum's 10-year journey has transformed the future of finance [1] - Ethereum's ecosystem has evolved from ICOs and NFTs to The Merge and ETFs [1] Bybit's Role - Bybit supports users to trade, earn, and participate in Ethereum's growth [1] - Bybit aims to be part of the next decade of Ethereum's development [1]

VanEck and Brevan Howard Digital lead $5 million round into startup Legion looking to revamp ICOs https://t.co/HX6AeT6dgo ...