Angela Nikolau and Vanya Beerkus are the couple who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building today. They are featured in the Netflix documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, which was released in 2024
According to the description of the documentary on Netflix… “In this heart-pounding documentary, daredevil influencers Angela and Ivan hope to save their strained relationship with a death-defying skyscraper climb.”
🇺🇸🇷🇺🚨‼️ RUSSIAN ROOFTOP ARTISTS - THE SKYWALKER
Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus are known for their artistic skyscraper performances … today they also claimed the Empire State Building and showed an anti-war message flag to the world!
Here a small cut of their known stunts so far. They’re pretty experienced in what they do.
JUST IN: After two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building and unfurled a banner on top of its spire Wednesday afternoon, one of the climbers appeared to propose to the other. https://t.co/ngG3jOeTBU
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Fun fact: At Daya, we have a no-interest credit facility to help you go between stablecoins and Naira.
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It's raining Stablecoins in Africa! 🌍
Stablecoin payments company, Daya (@Daya_HQ), just raised $2.4M pre-seed round from Hivemind Capital, Lattice, Alliance, Globelink, and Aptos Foundation.
Daya was founded by ex-Helicarrier CPO & YC alum, Aleph Lasebikan (@alephile) and Paul Joe (@0xPeejay), ex-Circle, Microsoft, and Helicarrier.
Daya is building the financial operating layer for African businesses that move money across borders.
The businesses that win globally will need faster payments, as well as full visibility and control over every Naira, Dollar, and Yuan in motion.
Daya is building that layer! 🚀
We raised $2.4M to build the financial operating layer for Africans moving money across borders. Collect locally. Convert smartly. Settle globally.
If you run a business, pay suppliers, work as a freelancer, receive international payments, or move money between countries, you often still face workflows that feel too manual, brittle and expensive. Daya is here to serve you.
In 2014, Bitcoin helped me send money from Seattle to my family in Lagos.
It was a much better experience than Western Union (a foreshadowing of the power of stablecoins), but it was a painful and convoluted p2p flow, built for developers, not for everyday people.
I’ve spent the last decade learning about and tackling this problem: Microsoft, Helicarrier (YC S18), Circle (USDC) and now Daya. Today, alongside @0xpeejay, I’m proud to announce @Daya_HQ: stablecoin rails for Africans moving money globally.
We raised $2.4M to build it. Thanks to our investors. Led by @HivemindCap and with support from @lattice_fund, @alliance and @Aptos
We won’t stop till our continent is fully connected to the global financial infrastructure.
right now, there’s nothing I can’t learn as long as Claude/Codex exists, I’ll be fine. it feels like a superpower for real.
IMO, this is the best time to pick up new skills because very soon human thinking/judgement is going to be insanely valuable.
it’s only a matter of time.
African businesses should be able to access dollars, pay suppliers, and move money globally without waiting days or fighting broken rails.
That’s what Paul and I are building at Daya.
Grateful to @TechCabal and @emmanuelnwosu_ for telling the story.
Last year, Daya got into @alliance.
That experience gave us the backing, community, and pressure to sharpen what we’re building: stablecoin-powered banking rails for African businesses that need dollar liquidity and faster cross-border settlement.
@TechCabal told the story.
Cross-border payments in Africa can take 3–5 business days, cost too much, and can't be tracked.
@Daya_HQ is building stablecoin-powered rails to make it instant—same-day sends and receives, anywhere in the world.
@aptAlix sits down with @alephile to break it down.
Africa is rapidly becoming one of the world's most important stablecoin markets.
Today, we're announcing a regulated B2B stablecoin settlement corridor pilot between Africa and the Middle East with @HashKeyMENA and @Aptos.
Africa ↔ Middle East.
Sub-Saharan Africa processed more than $205B in on-chain value last year, with 43% of transaction volume settled in stablecoins. Nigeria alone recorded nearly $22B in stablecoin transactions. And 79% of African crypto users hold stablecoins, the highest rate of any region in the world.