Ben Jochem

Senior Research Analyst @TheTieIO | Quant Finance @FordhamGSB

[The Tie @TheTieIO]

US spot crypto ETFs saw $4.83B in net outflows in June.

BTC and ETH ETFs alone lost $5.04B, with @BlackRock's IBIT accounting for 79% of BTC outflows. XRP, HYPE, and SOL partially offset the move with +$206.2M combined, roughly 24x smaller than the majors' losses.

XRP added +$59.5M across 4 of its 5 funds. HYPE added +$138.6M, with 84% of that in @Grayscale's HYPG, which launched June 3. SOL added a smaller +$8.1M.

[The Tie @TheTieIO]

140+ of the world's biggest companies just lined up behind one stablecoin.

@Visa, @Mastercard, @stripe, @BlackRock, @Google, @coinbase, and many others.

Meet Open USD, announced today by @openstandard ⬇️

[Coach Todd Jochem, Ph.D. @ToddJochem]

Driven is LIVE. 🚀

The story of No Hands Across America, the Automated Highway System, Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, and the young wife who made it all possible.

This is the book I've been waiting 30 years to write. Co-authored with my wife Barb. Foreword by Prof. Takeo Kanade.

Happy Valentine's Day.

This one's for Barb. ❤️

📖 https://t.co/xbWLb0pYen and on amazon https://t.co/6CVDi4TUnr.

@CarnegieMellon @CMU_Robotics #Driven #DareToBeGreat #BookLaunch #ValentinesDay #SelfDrivingCars

[Coach Todd Jochem, Ph.D. @ToddJochem]

No one builds the future alone.

Driven is full of people who changed my life — professors who pushed me, classmates who challenged me, a community that turned doubt into momentum.

The foreword is written by Prof. Takeo Kanade — one of the most influential roboticists in history, and one of the most generous mentors I've ever known. This book exists because of people like him, Chuck Thorpe, and Dean Pomerleau.

Progress requires people believing in you.

6 days.

🔗 See bio for link.

@CarnegieMellon @CMU_Robotics #Driven #CarnegieMellon #DareToBeGreat #Robotics 🤖

[Coach Todd Jochem, Ph.D. @ToddJochem]

🚨I've wanted to write this story for 30 years. Life kept getting in the way — kids, companies, the usual excuses. But I finally did it. 🚨

My first book, Driven, launches in 8 days.

It's Book 2 of a five-part memoir series, but it's the first one I'm releasing. Why? Because this is where the story makes sense to start — the years at @CarnegieMellon (1990–1998) when everything changed.

A kid from small-town Indiana who had no idea autonomous vehicles existed walked into a robotics lab and his life was never the same.

No Hands Across America. The Automated Highway System. A Ph.D. that tested every limit. And the young woman who believed in all of it even when I wasn't sure.

Driven is a technology story, yes. But it's also a story about partnerships. That's why it publishes on Valentine's Day. Co-authored with my wife, Barb.

🔗 See bio for link.

#Driven #DareToBeGreat #CarnegieMellon #Memoir #BookLaunch

[The Tie @TheTieIO]

In our recent webinar, Why DeFi Infrastructure Must Work for Everyone, we hosted a conversation with @GregoryLBell (@HederaFndn), moderated by @BenJochem (@TheTieIO).

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

https://t.co/0pnUre75qv

[James Ross @jamesrosst]

https://t.co/CQUzxT0y3P

[Ben Jochem @BenJochem]

Crypto AI Agents without DEEP DeFi integrations are effectively vaporware

DeFi x Agents is the real 2025 trade

[Naval @naval]

It’s going to take time to transition the world to a decentralized financial system.

Judging by market cap, we’re less than 5% of the way there.

[James Ross @jamesrosst]

Alpha drop …

[Internet Capital @internetcapita_]

Here's one last clip - @jamesrosst talking about the upcoming @modenetwork tokenomics and veMODE.

🔥🔥The full 40 min interview will post on our X and YouTube Channels tonight at around midnight, US EST / UTC - 4.

[Internet Capital @internetcapita_]

The next clip from our interview w/ @modenetwork founder @jamesrosst. In this one he talks about how AI will fundamentally change how users interact with DeFi apps.

Watch for additional clips coming out daily with the entire interview going live this Friday!

[Internet Capital @internetcapita_]

Sneak peak of our interview w/ @modenetwork founder @jamesrosst. We started at the beginning of his Mode journey and this clip has some great insight into being a solo founder of a crypto startup.

More clips coming out daily with the entire interview going live this Friday!

[The Tie @TheTieIO]

Introducing The New Tie Terminal: The All-In-One Platform for Institutional Crypto.

Redesigned and rebuilt from the ground up, The New Tie Terminal delivers an endless list of new features, data, and functionality, a tweet thread can barely scratch the surface.

What’s new:

[ionic 🟡 @ionicmoney]

🎬 LIVE NOW: EPISODE 3 of the IONIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES

We’re proud to bring you the THIRD EPISODE of our Educational Series, available on IONIC Official @youtube!

A detailed explanation of IONIC's Markets Page with a full breakdown of Supply and Borrow APRs.

🧵👇

[ionic 🟡 @ionicmoney]

🚀 NEW: THE IONIC YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

We are excited to finally announce the Ionic Educational Video Series on @youtube 💯 - a place to learn about Ionic in depth.

Have you seen the first episode yet!? Let's check it out 👇

[ionic 🟡 @ionicmoney]

🔥 HUGE NEWS! We are pumped to announce the launch of the IONIC Official @youtube channel & Educational Video Series:

Check it out: https://t.co/CGYLOpUJIu

To support your Web3 adventure, learn key details about Ionic in the: IONIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.

Deets 👇

[Ben Jochem @BenJochem]

I 💜 ZeroLend!

[ZeroLend @zerolendxyz]

Sending personalized cards is our DeFi love language 💜

We are grateful to our community for showering us with love, providing actionable feedback to grow, and supporting us through thick and thin.

OG members, check your mailboxes for exclusive merch + personalized cards 🫶🏻

[The Tie @TheTieIO]

We’re thrilled to announce The Bridge 2024 - The Definitive Conference for Institutional Crypto.