Blake Gao

Lifelong learner

[Backpack 🎒 @Backpack]

https://t.co/BHfYFJfB6u

[Fair Math @FairMath]

1/ We’re opening private testing for Manaslu: a privacy-preserving data retrieval framework for AI agents.

AI agents today continuously read from public data sources: markets, blockchains, APIs, search systems, datasets, knowledge bases.
Every retrieval request leaks sensitive information about the agent:
- intent
- strategy
- objectives
- behavioral patterns

That’s the problem Manaslu is designed to solve.

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

@Domainx2026 @afternic Actually I was listing it at a higher price and their broker followed this domain for more than 3 years and made a BIN higher or lower, maybe there’s a opportunity to get a higher price if I persist, but current price makes me happy, thank you for your info, saw their posts

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

https://t.co/BULrZA0c1b was sold for $90,000 via @afternic

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

@BTCUFO @afternic Thank you boss

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

@MyGameCom @afternic Thank you boss

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

@DigiFortune @RobinHablani @afternic Thanks sir

[Marcel van Oost @oost_marcel]

🚨 @Wise has officially moved its primary listing from London to the US 🇺🇸 and will start trading on Nasdaq today.

Wise processed £49.4 billion in cross-border volume last quarter alone (+26% YoY), grew active customers to 11.3 million (+22%), and continues to quietly build one of the strongest global payments infrastructures outside the traditional banking system.

The message is becoming hard to ignore:

If you’re building a global FinTech platform at scale, the US capital markets are increasingly becoming the endgame.

Over the past years we’ve seen:

• FinTech IPOs shifting to the US
• European companies chasing US investor attention
• Dollar reporting replacing local currencies
• More pressure on London and European exchanges to stay competitive

The London 🇬🇧 → New York 🇺🇸 FinTech migration continues..

Do you think Europe is losing its biggest FinTech champions to the US capital markets?

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

@Miiiho420 @Backpack @Backpack_CN @armaniferrante Thanks, just wait for VIP dinnner when $BP = 15 USD

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

Accumulated some $BP for @Backpack @Backpack_CN VIP, what will it look like after more than 1 year? @Miiiho420 @armaniferrante

[1Token @Crypto1Token]

1Token’s 1ndex Performance Platform is now live 🚀

Built for allocators to discover and compare institutional crypto strategies with greater transparency.

The platform currently includes 24+ active strategies across multiple strategy types, with more teams and strategies being added on a rolling basis. Performance materials are generated from real trading data to support clearer review of NAV, PnL, drawdowns, Sharpe, and consistency.

The platform is free for both investors and trading teams.

For trading teams: if you’d like to onboard and showcase your track record, please contact:
[email protected] or [email protected]

For investors: you’re welcome to register and explore the platform: https://t.co/TytAI4QkTQ

#1ndex #1Token #InstitutionalCrypto #CryptoStrategies #DigitalAssets #QuantTrading #CryptoAssetManagement

[BSCN @BSCNews]

$PENGU IS JUST GETTING STARTED...

According to The Block, Pudgy Penguins (@Pudgypenguins) CEO @LucaNetz confirmed that they are initiating a ruthless prioritization strategy to scale the ecosystem into a billion-dollar global brand.

The project is doubling down on verified IP data points and returning to its core community-building roots to drive headline-level engagement throughout 2026.

Management reports total internal alignment on a new strategic roadmap designed to cement the brand's position as a top-five crypto headline generator, following two years of successful market testing of the $PUDGY IP.

[1Token @Crypto1Token]

🏆 We’re excited to co-host the upcoming Institutional Strategy Championship with @Bybit_Ins

Running from June 1 to August 31, 2026, the competition covers Delta Neutral, Dollar Neutral, and Directional strategies across separate categories, with institutional participants able to access minimum $1M in interest-free loan support and up to $10M in total capital support.

As co-host, 1Token supports the strategy evaluation methodology behind the championship across all categories, helping bring a more structured benchmarking framework to institutional crypto trading.
We hope this creates a stronger platform for trading teams to showcase performance, gain visibility, and engage with the broader institutional market.

🚀 Participant here:
https://t.co/G1RlaTD434

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

Selflessness is rarer than exceptional earning power.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Scam Altman and Greg Stockman stole a charity. Full stop.

Greg got tens of billions of stock for himself and Scam got dozens of OpenAI side deals with a piece of the action for himself, Y Combinator style. After this lawsuit, Scam will also be awarded tens of billions in stock directly.

The fundamental question is simply this:

Do you want to set legal precedent in the United States that it is ok to loot a charity? If so, you undermine all charitable giving in the United States forever.

I could have started OpenAI as a for-profit corporation. Instead, I started it, funded it, recruited critical talent and taught them everything I know about how to make a startup successful FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

Then they stole the charity.

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

Congratulations to Kiyo and the Noxx team on DeNA’s acquisition! It has been a truly memorable journey investing in and collaborating with Kiyo over the past three years.

[Kiyo_jp @kiyokbys]

僕と @tomoaki_imai さんが創業したNoxxは、DeNAグループにジョインすることになりました。

今後も引き続きNoxxのCEOを務めながら、DeNAグループのリソースを活用して、Noxxをさらに成長させていきます。同時に、DeNAの日米の新規事業やスタートアップ投資などにも関わり、DeNAを通じて日米のスタートアップエコシステムに貢献していきます。

今回の意思決定は、Noxxのプロダクトやチーム、そして今後のNoxxの成長のために、最善の選択だと考えています。事業上の背景や今後の展開については、コメント欄のDeNAのプレスリリースをご覧ください。ここでは、僕自身が一人の起業家として、なぜこの意思決定に至ったのかを少し書きます。

僕は人生の選択の場面では、「自分が世の中に提供できる価値を最大化するにはどうしたらいいか」を大切にして意思決定をしています。言い換えると、自分を客観的に見て、「小林清剛という起業家を、どう使ったら世の中に最も価値を提供できるのか」を考えるようにしています。この考え方のベースは、僕が大学3年生、21歳のときに作られました。

2003年8月4日、僕はヴィジョネアという創業期のスタートアップで初めてのインターンを始めました。最初の1, 2日間は十分な仕事量がなく、僕は少しでも役に立とうと、掃除でも何でも、自分が貢献できることを探して取り組みました。数日後、突然、ヴィジョネアの内古閑社長が「ドラッカーの仕事の哲学」という本の一節を送ってくださいました。

「得られるものは自らが投じたものによる。人生から何を得るかを問い、得られるものは自らが投じたものによることを知ったとき、人は人として成熟する。組織から何を得るかを問い、得られるものは自らが投じたものによることを知ったとき、人は人として自由となる。」

この一節は、人の役に立つこと、組織に貢献すること、世の中に価値を提供することを通じて、身近な人や多くの人が喜んでもらうこと、そして、その繰り返しが、最終的に自分の幸せにもつながっていくということを、仕事を始めた当初に僕に教えてくれました。人の役に立ったり、世の中に価値を提供することに夢中になっていると、金銭的な報酬や世間の評価のようなものからも、自由になれる気がしています。この言葉は、今でも僕の人生の意思決定の土台になっています。

僕は20年以上、起業家として生きてきています。起業するのは、一人でも楽しいです。でも、同じ目標を目指す起業家たちと一緒に挑戦すると、もっと楽しいです。事業が成功していき、仲間が喜ぶと嬉しいです。周りの起業家たちが成功していく姿を見るのも、とても嬉しいです。そして、事業を通じて世の中に価値を提供することで、多くの人たちにも喜んでもらうことができます。また、起業家として挑戦し、失敗と成功体験を周りに共有していくことで、周りの起業家を支援することができます。そうやって、この幸せの循環をもっと大きくしていくことができ、自分にとって、こんなに最高な好循環を作り出せることは起業家という生き方以外にないと感じています。

会社としては新しいフェーズに入りますが、僕自身はこれからも引き続き起業家として日米で新しい事業を創って挑戦していきますし、多くの日本/日本人の起業家やスタートアップがもっと自由に世界に挑戦できるように支援していきます。

DeNAは、日本を代表するテック企業の一つです。同時に、近年、最も積極的に米国のスタートアップエコシステムに挑戦している日本企業の一つでもあります。僕の志を実現するうえでも、Noxxの事業をさらに成長させていくうえでも、DeNAはベストなパートナーだと感じています。DeNAと一緒に、日米で多くの新しい事業やスタートアップが生まれ、世界で勝負していく流れをつくりたいです。Noxxもその挑戦の大事な事業の一つとして、しっかり成果を出していきたいです。

引き続き、よろしくお願いします！

(写真は「ドラッカーの仕事の哲学」の1ページです)

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

ENS team is changing the rule

[ens.eth @ensdomains]

Naming on the internet is changing.

But the rules governing it haven’t caught up.

ENS Labs just submitted a public comment to ICANN on “name collisions,” and it highlights a deeper issue with how naming is still being approached.

Here’s why it matters. ↓

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

@cryptosalvador1 @ENSMarketBot I will pay commission for any other buyers if help with the deal, thanks.

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

@socialgraphvc Nice design, thanks for mentioning, SGV helps founding team bringing tens of thousands of ppl into decentralized social

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

Whether an investment succeeds has never depended on who you invest alongside.

[Dara @daraladje]

At 26, @chadbyers invested $250k into Robinhood after everyone passed.

That bet turned into $400M+.

Before he wrote the check, two experts told him: “This was tried in the 2000s. It will never work.” He still wrote the check.

Later, an expert warned him off Plaid. He listened and missed out on millions.

Chad’s takeaway is not “ignore experts.”

It is this: experts explain how the system works today. They are worse at seeing when the system is about to change.

In this week’s episode of The Library of Minds, the co-founder of @SusaVentures breaks down the full Robinhood story, his unicorn filter, the new data moat, and what comes after AI.

1:45 - To make money, don’t listen to the experts

2:50 - Inventing the “data moat” thesis

5:05 - How to Find “Spiky” People

8:10 - Why 48-Hour Deal Cycles are a Mistake

10:40 - The crumbling SaaS moat

16:55 - “Oh shit, oh fuck” is the real startup journey

18:00 - How Chad raised Fund I with no track record

22:50 - When to act on your conviction

25:39 - How living w Neuralink founders shaped his diligence

27:50 - What comes after the AI wave

[Blake Gao @BlakeGao]

How terrifying a person with dreams can be — after 26 years, Elon Musk has finally completed and unified the vision of the https://t.co/GtJTeW0dIe all-in-one superapp

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

I don’t think people truly understand what’s about to happen with 𝕏 Money.

This is Elon going back to his roots - back to https://t.co/xPHLRiKvNk - and building what he always wanted in the first place: one place that runs your entire financial life.

When he rebranded Twitter to 𝕏 in 2023, he said straight up that we’re adding the ability to conduct your entire financial world. He even said you may not even need a traditional bank account.

Most people brushed that off. And now it’s becoming real.

𝕏 Money has already been live in closed beta internally within the company. A limited external beta is expected soon, and they’ve already secured money transmitter licenses in over 40 states plus DC. 𝕏 Payments is registered with FinCEN. Visa is officially partnered. You’ll be able to fund your wallet instantly, send peer-to-peer payments, move money to your bank, and eventually use a debit card.

And I think this is just the beginning.

This will probably start as a simple wallet where you can send money as easily as sending a DM. With this technology, you can pay creators, pay subscriptions, pay whatever bills, shop inside the app, get paid inside the app, and much more.

Then, there will be high-yield savings, you can invest, you can get loans, have money market accounts, maybe even treasury access, cool smart cashtags that let you see live stock prices in your timeline and execute trades seamlessly, crypto integration, potentially full asset management… the list goes on and on… Elon literally said this is meant to be the central source of ALL monetary transactions.

Bro… think about that for a sec.

Your 𝕏 profile becomes your financial identity.

Everyone you follow is already there. Everyone you interact with is already there. That social graph becomes your distribution engine. Like, you won’t need a separate banking app, no need for a separate investing app, no need for a separate payment app… this all lives where you already spend your time. Right here on 𝕏.

Look at WeChat in China, which Elon always alluded to. Payments, messaging, shopping, investing - all integrated in one app. It handles $ trillions in volume and became deeply embedded in everyone’s daily life. Now 𝕏 is building the Western version of that, but with a more global reach, and xAI’s AI layered on top of all this.

Before you call me crazy, you have to understand how big this opportunity is.

Digital payments globally are measured in the tens of $ trillions of dollars annually. Even just capturing a small slice of that across hundreds of millions, and eventually a billion, users can change everything. 𝕏 already has the audience. That lowers customer acquisition costs significantly. Add fintech revenue on top of ads, plus float, plus lending, plus investing tools, and we’re talking about a completely different valuation profile.

Now, $44B for this company looks like the bargain of the decade… this was one of the main reasons I invested in 𝕏.

And if they execute the way they’ve executed at Tesla and SpaceX, this could truly fundamentally redefine how people handle $ .

Most people today still see 𝕏 as just a social media app. I see it as the foundation of a financial system layered on top of a global network. Ultimately becoming the “everything” app.

And this I believe is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

Elon is calling this a game-changer.

I believe him.