Looking for companies doing the following + building on @solana: - Using AI to underwrite lower-cost personal + small business loans - Securitizing compute - KYA (KYC for agents) - Markets for GPU inference - Data center tokenization or financing on chain - tokenizing energy/putting energy markets on chain - token curated registries

Amira on MoneyGram Ramps going live on Solana: "MoneyGram has 500,000 locations all over the world, one of the biggest networks for people moving money across borders" "They've opened up that infrastructure for people building on Solana" "If you're building a wallet or an application, you can tap into MoneyGram's API and make it easy for people to take cash in and get that onramped into a wallet" "Or if you're in one of 170 countries, you can offramp and turn money that lives in a Solana wallet into local cash" @amiravalliani @MoneyGram

I've been doing a lot of reflecting on why I do what I do, and what's got me excited about the current moment: This is the first major economic disruption in history where your ability to have a stake in its future isn't gated by which country you were born in or which bank will take your money. This supercycle is one where individuals, institutions, and entire nations can take part in the growth. That is the Token Supercycle. It's exciting, complicated, and fraught. We're interested in having a real conversation about all of it: - Where does the AI cycle intersect with internet capital markets? - How can people, companies, and countries invest in it, finance it, borrow against it, own a piece of it? - What does it mean for our society? We just threw open the speaker applications for @solana Breakpoint. We're looking for people to get on stage to say something of substance about the moment we're in and blow our minds about what the future looks like. Please not another defi panel.

I talked to @brandon about why he built a bank called Meow and why that was one of the best decisions he's made since founding the business. Meow recently launched the ability for agents to open a business bank account from within Claude. @brandon's bet is within 5 years, nearly 100% of business accounts will be opened by an agent, not a person. Check out the full conversation ⬇️

Putting it out in the universe: My dream session @Solana Breakpoint this year is a debate between @kylascan and someone from the Solana ecosystem: "Resolved: Tokenization will make Gen Z poorer, not richer, than their parents." How can we make this happen?

I'm starting a list of potential debates @solana Breakpoint this fall - looking for juicy topics that spark real debate among people with good faith, high conviction, and killer stage presence. A few on my list: - VC is a doomed asset class - Collectibles will go the way of NFTs - Prediction markets should be banned - Battle of the stablecoins - a debate-off between USDG/USDC/USDT/OUSD/PYUSD - Atoms are trendy but bad investments What should I add to the list, and who would be your dream speakers on these topics?

🚨 I'm filling @akshaybd's big shoes and leading content for Breakpoint in London this November. That's right - I'm the producer, Breakpoint is my stage, and I'm hellbent on making it a banger. What would keep your butt glued to the seat? Tell me what you want to see on stage.

.@darenguo, co-founder of Reap, was one of the first people to realize how powerful stablecoins are for emerging markets. He built an entire company focused on fixing the gaps around cross-border payments in APAC + LatAm. I talked to him about his many “aha” moments on the power of stablecoins on this week’s Bits to Bricks.

Words can’t describe the immense gratitude I feel for this country. America started as an ambitious, world-rocking idea 250 years ago and has been inspiring us to think bigger and be better ever since. Happy birthday to the place I am lucky and proud to call home. 🇺🇸

What's actually happening with crypto legislation in Washington and what does it mean for @solanapayments? @amiravalliani, @kristinsmith, and @millercwl break it down on the latest episode of Bits to Bricks. 🎧