Max Torres

Crypto, Finance and Ops | ex-@0xproject | 😇 to many | 🌮🌮

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

Just published a deep dive on @solana's token economics - inflation, unlocks, staking, burn, float - all modeled in a reusable spreadsheet.

For crypto founders and operators:
🔗 https://t.co/neBiiEV9Sk

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

@willwarren @abandeali1 Really appreciate you believing in me in early 2020. That kick started my journey into crypto. Much respect for you and the vision for a tokenized world that is real today and only expanding. Sending you a big hug, Will.

[PistachioFi @PistachioFi]

Introducing Pistachio v2.

Government-backed treasury yields are paying up to 13% but require local brokerage accounts.

Pistachio just made it stupidly easy to access them.

No brokerage. No KYC.

Our biggest update yet empowers you to: 🔻

[bsmokes.eth @bsmokes]

My takeaways from the 2025 Stablecoin Conference in Mexico City:

> B2B international remittances are HOT, and possibly overcrowded. Everyone is doing stablecoin borderless payments. Those who win will be those who realize they need to specialize in particular corridors and niches.

> People still misunderstand LATAM as a market, but they're learning. The smart ones know that you can't just "conquer LATAM." Every country is different in its culture and regulatory environment. Yeah, they all speak Spanish, but that doesn't make the US/UK the same market.

> The major international companies want in, and mostly through M&A. After Stripe bought Bridge and Privy there's a general frenzy for crypto-native companies with a solid foundation and polished founders. They want founders who fit in with their current work culture. Companies that are too immature or degenerate will never be acquired for this reason. They're not just buying the tech, but the founders and their expertise. The older generation of these larger fintech and payment companies still don't understand crypto fundamentally.

> To reiterate, they still don't understand the fundamentals of crypto. Last night I explained to a large provider the security and resilience of Ethereum. Many of them don't even understand what a block is or what it means to validate them. They're just riding the hot hand of the stablecoin narrative and the cost savings it brings to their clients.

> Many aren't even telling their clients they use stablecoins. They are luring them in with fast settlement and low fees.

> Non-crypto VCs are becoming more interested in investing in crypto companies, stablecoins, and neobanks. However, they are still quite risk off and much more interested in the Series A+ stages to minimize their risk.

> Cards and Ramps. Both are improving month over month, and card offerings are becoming more competitive as ramping rates head to zero. Within the next 5 years I expect nearly all fiat on/off ramping to be 0% commissions. Moving money around the globe will be fast and efficient.

> They still don't understand DeFi. There is massive opportunity for DeFi companies that can make earning yield easy for these institutions and also for custodial companies. Bridging the gap for easy DeFi is a massive opportunity, and I don't just say this as somebody who is very well positioned to capitalize on it.

> Crypto is maturing. The adults are finally coming to the table. This doesn't mean they're coming to buy your memecoin bags. The only networks I heard mentioned this week were Bitcoin, Ethereum (including L2s), Solana (once), and Stellar (once).

> The networks with presence at the conference were Arbitrum and Scroll, that's it. Solana was technically a sponsor but had zero presence.

> Investors seem heavily interested in B2B stablecoin banking; where clients can be given access to high quality DeFi yield. Everyone wants access to onchain yield but they're not fully informed of how to get it. Big money also wants security guarantees before investing liquidity. They're not just yeeting millions into unproven protocols.

[PistachioFi @PistachioFi]

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[Marcus Alburez @marcusalburez]

DeFi will win big in emerging markets - it’s simply a matter of building the right regulatory frameworks, unlocking critical financial players, and creating seamless access points.

Great to have @odisealabs’ work cited in Vitalik’s latest piece on DeFi 🫡

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

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[Bob Ras @bobrasX]

Signed. Sealed. History made.

Time to grind: the accelerator + first tokenized VC fund!
Let’s go 🇸🇻

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

@zorkary Wow. Incredible insights. Thanks, Zack, and Dragonfly team for publishing!

[Zackary Skelly @zorkary]

1/ H1 crypto hiring was wild.

Macro rocked the market, record jobs were pulled, and companies reacted faster & harder than at any point in 3 years.

👇 From market data + 1000s of convos: what candidates want & what downturns teach us (...because it ain’t always a bull market).

[zak.eth @0xzak]

I've been in crypto for over 10 years and I’ve Never been hacked. Perfect OpSec record.

Yesterday, my wallet was drained by a malicious @cursor_ai extension for the first time.

If it can happen to me, it can happen to you. Here’s a full breakdown. 🧵👇

[Justin Vogel 🦁 @justinhvogel]

Tired of “successful” crypto companies that are only good at raising money?

I'm starting a new content series on the ones that actually make money 💰

Two interviews in and one thing’s clear:

Revenue-first founders & marketers think very differently

If you're doing $1M+/mo, I want to tell your story

The revenue meta starts now

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

@mrbernard_ @slashapp Congrats amigo!

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

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[Victor Cardenas Codriansky @victorcardenas]

We raised $60M for this moment: Introducing Slash Global USD (in partnership w/ @base).

It's the first banking platform that lets you open a USD account without an LLC, EIN, or the rampant account closures they call "account safety".

It took major legislative changes AND 3 years to pull this off.

Here's what makes it so different:

1. Banking without an LLC. Before Slash: You needed a LLC, $1K in fees, a virtual address, and a U.S. tax ID. With Slash you get a real U.S. account & routing number in ~10 minutes with your foreign documents.

2. No more hefty fees. PayPal charges a 3-4% conversion fee. We let you receive USD and crypto (USDC) with NO fees. Not enough? We pay you up to 4.5% cash rewards just for holding your money with us.

3. Account freezes. The big guys love flagging success as “fraud”. We're built for fast moving founders. We'll never wrongfully freeze your funds. I'm putting my money where my mouth is: If we do, I'll wire $10K to a charity of your choice.
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In 2021, I dropped out of the number 1 school in America as a Venezuelan immigrant to build Slash. I pivoted the business 2x before getting our first customer.

Today:
- 3,000 businesses use @slashapp
- We bought the domain Slash . com for $1M
- $4B is spent on our credit cards every year

And we just raised $41M from the people who built fintech: @MenloVentures @NEA @ycombinator @goodwatercap
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To celebrate this launch, we're giving away our internal AI finance Agent free.

It watches your bank accounts 24/7. Flags double charges. Cancels forgotten subscriptions.

It saved us $39,000 last month.

You don’t need a Slash account. It works with any bank.

Retweet + comment “Slash” and I’ll send you a free access link.

[Justin Vogel 🦁 @justinhvogel]

Safary generated more revenue in the past 24 hours than Movement, Ronin, and Eclipse combined according to DefiLlama

Crypto VCs are cooked

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

@JacobKerr17 Lol, that was me 10 years ago

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

@cryptovcdylan @conduct_xyz 🫶

[Mason Nystrom @masonnystrom]

The State of Crypto VC

Some insights for founders into the current state of crypto fundraising and some of my personal prediction on the future of crypto venture capital
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[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

@rparekh Congrats Raj!

[Max Torres @3MaxTorres]

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[Phantom @phantom]

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[theogonella.eth @theogonella]

Sharing this extensive token economics spreadsheet in case folks find it useful, using $SOL as a case study.

Props to @3MaxTorres for the in-depth work!

https://t.co/LYTlFa6evx
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