im about to make some moves in silence ๐๐ again just letting yall know im about to be moving silently ๐๐ and to clarify what i mean by that is that i am giving you guys a heads up that i am about to make big moves but with little to no sound ๐๐
a fren linked a post today on "the next leg of ai will be expansion of knowledge over increase of productivity... markets will start pricing in companies which benefit from frontier models getting smarter"
to this end, i think long us/china, short europe pair trade might be a good position
once frontier models become sufficiently powerful, us/china will start to hold back new model releases to domestic users only (i.e. mythos and project glasswing but will happen for every new release in the future), then grant international access once domestic firms have patched vulnerabilities/milked enough juice out of being frontier
tldr: long eli lilly, wuxi apptec / short novo nordisk, or other pairs in research-heavy sectors
h/t my fren @fenomenocap
feels like robinhood will eventually also push into crypto side businesses like staking-as-a-service for US institutions/ETFs, then run their own rhETH LST on their L2 as well
what reason is there to still be bullish on $COIN?
This Coinbase earnings call may be the toughest I have ever listened to. (It's also the 3rd consecutive quarter that Coinbase has missed on the top and bottom lines.)
Why $COIN is off 7%:
- Transaction revenue dropped 21% to $599 โmillion during the quarter vs. $764 million a year earlier
- Revenue was $1.2 billion vs. $1.3 billion expected ($1.5 billion a year ago)
- Subscription & Services Revenue missed ($555 million vs. $565-$645 million guide)
The quarter is what the quarter is โ missing in a crypto winter (even three times in a row) is forgivable.
What is less forgivable is squandering the opportunity to actually deliver on becoming the "everything exchange" the company supposedly wants to be.
Asked about increasing competition from Robinhood's own L2 and Hyperliquid, there was really no good answer for any moat Coinbase now has.
As a customer, founder who has built on Base, and a shareholder since the IPO days, it's sad to see Coinbase shrink into a corner. Hopefully there's still appetite to lean into something more than just tokenizing the existing parts of TradFi + growing $USDC
That said, it seems like @brian_armstrong knows how important this moment is as a make-or-break to apply the learnings and shift course. (I'm happy to be proven wrong โ but the invite is always there to join us on @coinage_media as the first tokenized media outlet built onchain)
โThe facilities will combine advanced AI processors, software, cloud technology, high-speed connectivity and data centres.โ
only โฌ10B and itโs not even just for data centres oof
Introducing the first onchain FX carry market: wiTRY-USDM.
Starting today, use wiTRY as collateral to borrow USDM through the @Morpho market deployed by @Featherlend, powered by @megaeth.
wiTRY is a Turkish Lira yield-bearing coin that enables access to the carry trade.
The wiTRY-USDM lending market unlocks leveraging the carry trade; previously only accessible to institutions.