Very random & probably controversial thought but I wish Abstract rebranded into an Incubator/Accelerator rather than fully shut down Liquidity was missing and as a chain it had a lot of flaws, but so many great games came out of it We all know how insane Cambria, OnChainHeroes and Gigaverse got But Tollan Universe just announced a funding round And so many more games & apps who found PMF through Abstract to then go fully unleash somewhere else

This week General Catalyst led a $10M round in Matiks, a brain-games app that grew from 22,000 daily users earlier this year to over 300,000 by September. The line that stuck with me came from General Catalyst partner Rahul Humayun: "We found the Matiks vision, product, and most importantly the community to be truly N of 1." One number explains why. Matiks says users who complete a seven-day streak show 62% retention one month later. That's the lesson for every funded team planning a launch or TGE. Launch day buys you attention, and the first seven days decide who stays. Here's how I'd build that first week: 1. Give people a reason to come back tomorrow. A daily challenge, a quest, a drop, a question of the day. 2. Make progress visible. Streaks, roles and points show people how far they've come. 3. Let members play together. Matiks is built on head-to-head duels. In a community, that means leaderboards, contests and member-vs-member events. 4. Celebrate your regulars in public. The people who show up on day 7 become your loudest voices on day 30. 5. Plan week one before launch day. Map days 1 to 7 as carefully as the announcement itself. We've seen how much this compounds with our clients. One client's community grew from 0 to 1,250 members in 113 days, and Hello Minds hit 1.14M impressions in 48 hours. At Keewy we build and run communities for tech, AI and crypto teams, from launch day through the weeks that decide who stays. If you have a raise, launch or TGE coming up, book a call through

ALL YOUR SCREENSHOTS ARE FAKE, I DON'T TRUST YOU That's why I only bet somewhere every bet is public and tied to a real profile. That's and it does a few things other casinos don't. The main one for me is social sports betting. Creators link their X account to their Toshi profile and every bet they place shows up on site with their record and stats, so you can follow someone's actual bets and copy them if you want. Toshi says they're the first casino to build this for sports. So if someone on CT says they hit a 5 leg parlay, you can go to their profile and see whether it really happened. My own bets are on there too, so you don't have to take my word for anything. The feed inside the sportsbook works like a mini X, with likes, replies, a not interested button, and filters by sport or open bets only. There's no KYC at any amount either. No passport or selfie at sign up or at cash out, and withdrawals go through automatically in under two minutes across 19 cryptos. Most "no KYC" casinos still ask for ID once you win big enough. They also make their own games in the Dojo, keep shipping new ones, and ask players in the replies what to build next. Before the last launch they dropped $100 into 100 active Dojo accounts so people could try it. And every dollar you wager farms their token, on top of the lossback. Anyway, my parlays are public over there now, so be nice.

This photo sparked an insane debate and I’m not really sure why people are arguing It’s normal for people to have different views and opinions based on their preferences, culture, and traditions And those people will choose to be with a partner that shares similar beliefs Proof of intelligence is being able to accept the fact that we all have different opinions and agree to disagree

ALL YOUR SCREENSHOTS ARE FAKE, I DON'T TRUST YOU That's why I only bet somewhere every bet is public and tied to a real profile. That's and it does a few things other casinos don't. The main one for me is social sports betting. Creators link their X account to their Toshi profile and every bet they place shows up on site with their record and stats, so you can follow someone's actual bets and copy them if you want. Toshi says they're the first casino to build this for sports. So if someone on CT says they hit a 5 leg parlay, you can go to their profile and see whether it really happened. My own bets are on there too, so you don't have to take my word for anything. The feed inside the sportsbook works like a mini X, with likes, replies, a not interested button, and filters by sport or open bets only. There's no KYC at any amount either. No passport or selfie at sign up or at cash out, and withdrawals go through automatically in under two minutes across 19 cryptos. Most "no KYC" casinos still ask for ID once you win big enough. They also make their own games in the Dojo, keep shipping new ones, and ask players in the replies what to build next. Before the last launch they dropped $100 into 100 active Dojo accounts so people could try it. And every dollar you wager farms their token, on top of the lossback. Anyway, my parlays are public over there now, so be nice.

Gary Vee built a 300K-member Discord that most projects would kill for, but almost none of that energy makes it onto X. Every week I break down one company's community the way I'd study it before a client launch, and this week it's VeeFriends, a server I've been sitting in for a while. I spent this morning going through their Discord and their 248K-follower X account to see what's working and where the gaps are. 1. Progress is built into the server. There's a leveling map that runs from Rookie at level 1 all the way to Crusher at level 100, which comes with VeeFriends merch. Levels unlock real things along the way, like posting links at level 10 and sharing your own socials at level 15, so members have a reason to keep showing up and talking. 2. There's always a new reason to come back. In a single week the announcements covered a new comic book, a full comic dub premiering on YouTube, a zone sale, a live break and a public sale. The general chat was busy the same morning I checked, with people talking about the comics, sharing pickups and helping each other with support questions. 3. The community gets real-world moments. VeeFriends just ran a 24-hour charity stream with Midwest Cards for the Kids Mental Health Foundation, after last year's raised over $84K, and the team shows up at events like Collect-A-Con in Dallas. That gives members something to rally around beyond the next drop. 4. Collecting turns into competition. VeeFriends ran a 2026 TCG Championship for its trading card game, and at NY Comic Con it went for a Guinness World Record for the world's largest comic book, with a cover printed more than three feet tall. Giving collectors something to compete in and something to talk about keeps the cards and comics alive long after they're bought. Where I see the gap is that the energy inside Discord isn't making it to X. Recent posts on the main account sit around 2.5K to 3K views with a 248K following, and announcements to the whole server get about 20 reactions. What I'd add is a way to turn the members who are already earning levels, winning the stan challenge and posting fan art into the face of the X account. A weekly spotlight of their work, a regular live where top-level members host with the team, and daily clips of the comic dubs and charity streams would give X the same pulse the Discord already has. Drop the company you want me to break down next.

NEVER post about a KOL or a business person following you back. Not even celebrities, unless it's someone genuinely iconic. It makes you look like a fan, and people don't hire fans. Act like you've been there before.

Gary Vee built a 300K-member Discord that most projects would kill for, but almost none of that energy makes it onto X. Every week I break down one company's community the way I'd study it before a client launch, and this week it's VeeFriends, a server I've been sitting in for a while. I spent this morning going through their Discord and their 248K-follower X account to see what's working and where the gaps are. 1. Progress is built into the server. There's a leveling map that runs from Rookie at level 1 all the way to Crusher at level 100, which comes with VeeFriends merch. Levels unlock real things along the way, like posting links at level 10 and sharing your own socials at level 15, so members have a reason to keep showing up and talking. 2. There's always a new reason to come back. In a single week the announcements covered a new comic book, a full comic dub premiering on YouTube, a zone sale, a live break and a public sale. The general chat was busy the same morning I checked, with people talking about the comics, sharing pickups and helping each other with support questions. 3. The community gets real-world moments. VeeFriends just ran a 24-hour charity stream with Midwest Cards for the Kids Mental Health Foundation, after last year's raised over $84K, and the team shows up at events like Collect-A-Con in Dallas. That gives members something to rally around beyond the next drop. 4. Collecting turns into competition. VeeFriends ran a 2026 TCG Championship for its trading card game, and at NY Comic Con it went for a Guinness World Record for the world's largest comic book, with a cover printed more than three feet tall. Giving collectors something to compete in and something to talk about keeps the cards and comics alive long after they're bought. Where I see the gap is that the energy inside Discord isn't making it to X. Recent posts on the main account sit around 2.5K to 3K views with a 248K following, and announcements to the whole server get about 20 reactions. What I'd add is a way to turn the members who are already earning levels, winning the stan challenge and posting fan art into the face of the X account. A weekly spotlight of their work, a regular live where top-level members host with the team, and daily clips of the comic dubs and charity streams would give X the same pulse the Discord already has. Drop the company you want me to break down next.

ai had its iphone moment the day chatgpt launched. crypto has been around for 15+ years and it's still waiting for its own. i think it comes down to who each one is actually for. a really large share of people using ai are developers and builders, and it goes way beyond them. marketers, students, designers, founders, all sorts of people can use ai, and they get something useful out of it on day one. crypto took a different path. for most people it was always hyperfinancial, trading, speculating, chasing the next pump. that gave it very high highs and very low lows, and every crash sent people home with a bad story to tell their friends. over time crypto turned into a red flag for a lot of people. people who come for the price leave when it drops but then people who come because something helps them stay through every cycle. crypto will only get its iphone moment the day it gives people a reason to use it that has zero to do with the chart

In retrospect @mariannehere was right Was initially quite negative about AI. I have now: - an agent working for me on demand 24/7 - building RAG, vector db, and ReAct loops - Using Claude Code + Cursor 24/7 AI was inevitable

spent $28.69K on @ToshiBet in 3 weeks - GIVEAWAY partnered up with them and spent time to genuinely get used to the platform and experience it, honestly i'm loving it (as you can see) giving away $100 to 1 person who signs up using the link in the comments comment "done" & guess my favorite Toshi game