Bobby Ong

Co-founder & CEO @coingecko and @geckoterminal. Bootstrapping in the crypto space since 2013.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

More ways for AI agents to access crypto data efficiently! 🔥

Our team shipped CoinGecko MCP, x402 API, and now the CoinGecko CLI.

AI needs reliable, structured crypto data to do useful things. If you're building AI agents in crypto, @coingecko API should be your data layer.

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

Running crypto AI agents just got 200x more efficient & powerful 🔥

Introducing the CoinGecko CLI — a free, open-source terminal for real-time crypto market data, built for AI agents (such as @openclaw, Claude Code) & developers. #BuildwithCoinGecko

See how it works 👇🧵

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Early in my career, my manager told me this:

“Any fool can lend money. The real skill is getting it back.”

This saying has stuck with me and something I go back to when evaluating lending protocols

[Edward Morra @edwardmorra_btc]

I got absolutely rekt by Goldfinch @goldfinch_fi

These idiots mismanaged over $50M of our money. Out of 8 borrowers - 2 are in default and 6 in restructuring. Basically money is gone.

1st time I deposited in Sep 2021, then 2 more times in 2022. It's been fucking five years and I still haven't got my money back in full (and never will), let alone the promised 10% APY.

Dashboard on their website says total loss rate is 20% but in reality its closer to 70% now. Since I requested the withdrawal in August 2023 I received only 30% of my money back. Best case scenario is I get another 10% over the next 1-2 years.

They hired a CRO with a $400k yearly salary who is posting updates twice per month in discord and thats about it. Occasionally they may request $50k - $150k for various other needs. All this money is being taken from the treasury of course.

CT doesn't know about it yet but Goldfinch is closing down soon. There is "wind down" announcement posted in discord, soon it will be public. Their official twitter page is run by a reply bot anyway so who cares anyway.

$GFI token is -99% and imo will be delisted sooner or later because project is dead.

Prime example of how fragile DeFi can be.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@mmichaels_21 With money why not?

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

MiCA regulation goes into effect 1 July. We are about 10 days away and it will be interesting to see what Binance decides to do. Every day that they can’t serve EU users means millions of dollars of lost revenue.

My wild guess is Binance will try to take over an exchange with MiCA license before 1 July, though I’m not too sure how regulators will view this with change of control rules. The coming days will be interesting to watch Binance’s actions

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Woke up today to read about Andre Cronje resigning from Sonic Labs board. Checked CoinGecko and see that token is down 90% in last 1 year. Market cap $116m. So many projects are struggling so much this bear market. Tough year, but probably we haven’t bottomed yet unfortunately

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@ShinraHQ_ @mac_eth We want to support trenches and traders too. Our website serves the same needs and we are improving it each week

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@rootstock_io @coingecko Hi this has been updated by our team! Thanks for submitting a request!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@ShinraHQ_ @mac_eth Yup, try the GeckoTerminal app too! We are doing our best to improve!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@Aizcalibur @meta_alchemist @Tma_420 Thanks for the support in using GeckoTerminal. We will need more people to use GeckoTerminal so do share to all your friends. Every bit helps, thanks! 🙏

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@ShinraHQ_ @mac_eth Hi Shinra - try downloading our app, use it for a few days and you will understand that we are trying our best to do a better job

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@MrDegenWolf @aaronjmars Hi all the issues have been rectified. There are couple of requests related to Weex exchange where the market pairs are not yet listed on the exchange API and it's advised to contact the exchange to verify those market pairs first

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@MedraTheMain @Root_Edge Our team is very responsive to any tickets filed and will do the necessary investigation/research to update info on both CoinGecko and GeckoTerminal. Thanks for the support in using GeckoTerminal!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@Wen2daMoon Yea it’s too hot indeed to walk

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Malaysia is the most prosperous (oops overweight) population in South East Asia. I guess we love our food and cars way too much. Need more walking but we don’t want to do that 🤣

[Xeer @Xeer]

We now have science based evidence that Malaysia food is superior to every other South East Asian country

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

The tokenization of everything is happening! Here we go for this crypto adoption phase that we have talked about for years and years! 🚀

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: The SEC is set to release its so-called "innovation exemption" for tokenized stocks which will pave the path for trading digital versions of securities, per Bloomberg.

Details include:

1. In a "surprise move," the SEC is leaning toward allowing the trading of tokenized assets

2. These tokenized assets would be tradeable on decentralized crypto platforms

3. The move could "reshape the landscape of the American stock market"

4. This would also be one of the US' biggest shifts into crypto infrastructure yet

Tokenized assets are rapidly expanding.

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@AndreaPN Great to see the compare feature being used!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Perfect use of CoinGecko's new price compare feature. Try it out if you have not and share me the coins that you are comparing against

[Lord Emo @LordEmo]

emo is listed on @coingecko btw

you can compare any coin there against other coins

very gud tek

you might want to hold some $emo btw

emonad

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@jup_predict @kashdhanda Oh hi @kashdhanda 👋
Very different from your X PFP! Couldn’t have guessed, but now I know you guys launched prediction markets. Congrats!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Who is this guy and what do we call this hairstyle?

[Jupiter Prediction Markets @jup_predict]

JM to all my Predictooors! Let’s print 😏

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

@Jihoz_Axie @AxieInfinity @Ronin_Network @ns Welcome to Malaysia! Lmk if you do drop by KL and welcome to visit our office!

[Bobby Ong @bobbyong]

Exchanges are entering a very different environment than they were a few years ago. Global expansion is becoming increasingly important, yet each market comes with different licensing requirements, operational hurdles & compliance expectations that can quietly delay growth plans for months.

That's exactly why we're hosting this virtual fireside chat with legal & licensing experts who work with exchanges navigating this firsthand.

We’ll cover:
• Where exchanges should get licensed next & the trade-offs across key jurisdictions
• Common licensing mistakes that stall regulatory approvals
• Hidden operational bottlenecks that teams often overlook

If you're an exchange operator, COO, legal, compliance or expansion lead - this session should be useful.

Save your seat: https://t.co/FWIAFv04Ks