Simon Engel

Global Citizen 🌍 | Product Manager @SAP | Customer Centricity + (Technology x Adoption) = #Innovation 🚀 Views are my own

[Judith Dada @DadaJudith]

In the morning, European citizens will wake up and find their access to Claude Mythos/ Fable gone.

Nobody asked us. Nobody had to.

We wrote Europe 2031 precisely for this moment.

[Kamil Ruczynski @unable0_]

san francisco in one picture

[Simon Engel @Engel_Simon]

Incredible good analyisis

[Jonah Burian @jonah_b]

https://t.co/Wi9lJFJcR2

[Jonah Burian @jonah_b]

https://t.co/Wi9lJFJcR2

[Circle @circle]

Circle Ventures is purchasing $AAVE tokens because strong DeFi infrastructure does not build itself. Aave is helping to shape the future of onchain finance, and we’re backing that ecosystem and the entire community built around it.

DeFi United

[Edgy - The DeFi Edge 🗡️ @thedefiedge]

There's 99,410 ETH in bad debt from the KelpDao exploit.

The good news? DeFi protocols have united with donations, and 90% is covered so far.

Here's a list of who's contributing:

[Emilio^ @The3D_]

I am committing 500 ETH to the Defi united recovery fund. This represents a large part of my crypto holdings, but there are things that are more important than money - Like Stani, I have been working on Aave since the beginning and the only thing I care about is to see it succeed. There are no defeats in life, only lessons. We will be coming back stronger.
Aave will win.

[Simon Engel @Engel_Simon]

@LefterisJP good luck!

[Christian Miele @christianmiele]

Was zum Teufel ist eigentlich ein Übergewinn und wer legt fest wo der greifen soll?

Das ist alles so dämlich :(

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

this is actually insane

> be tech guy in australia
> adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live
> not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4
> pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA
> feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold
> zero background in biology
> identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets
> design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch
> genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own
> need ethics approval to administer it
> red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine
> 3 months, finally approved
> drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection
> tumor halves
> coat gets glossy again
> dog is alive and happy
> professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?”

one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline.

we are going to cure so many diseases.
I dont think people realize how good things are going to get

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

Fun to look back at this post now that we're a little more than half way through the decade. On track I'd say.

(link to full article below 👇)

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

You can now bet on German train delays

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

A German startup has just signed an agreement to build the world’s FIRST nuclear fusion plant.

@proximafusion has signed an MOU securing €400m from its home state of Bavaria to build the €2bn plant.

The rest of the funding is expected to come from the federal government.

Proxima Fusion is hoping to get the plant up and running by the early 2030s.

It comes at a time when Europe’s energy security is being scrutinised more than ever.

Germany in particular has been criticised for closing down all of its nuclear power plants, but this could see the country become a global energy powerhouse.

Backed by Wilbe, Cherry Ventures and Balderton, Proxima has become one of Europe’s most exciting companies.

If this works Proxima could truly become a trillion dollar company.

It is AMAZING to see European founders building the most exciting, and potentially impactful, technologies in the world.

[Simon Engel @Engel_Simon]

Big personal milestone 📚✨
“Tokenizing the Future” is officially published — and I’m proud to be a guest author.

Thanks to Wolfgang Prinz & Daniel Traut for making this happen 🙌
https://t.co/AmO7QmVhlb

[Anton Johansson @agaton]

On Klarna’s IPO day, it’s worth remembering that it’s not always Europe copying US startups (Rocket Internet, etc.). Affirm and Afterpay copied Klarna. Congrats on the IPO, @klarnaseb!

[The DeFi Investor 🔎 @TheDeFinvestor]

AAVE crossed $50 billion in TVL.

This makes it the 46th largest US bank and the first DeFi protocol to reach this milestone.

A big win for both AAVE and DeFi.

[eu/acc @euacchq]

L E A D E R S H I P stories: The 10 Second Investment Process

Today, we try to share insights and how Europe can take leadership.

cc:@EU_Commission @mmcgrathtd @EU_Justice @steph_sejourne

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

Europe – we need your help.

Please sign this petition to create a pan-european legal entity and promote it as much as you can: https://t.co/4tUsJd3ay2

We got RIGHT NOW a once in a generation chance to improve Europe for startups. 🔥

We got 6 weeks until the new comission sets their work agenda for the years to come. Uniting the European startup ecosystems needs to be part of this agenda!

The solution is known, it's just one out of hundreds for politicians. It's our job as industry to show how important it is.

First co-signatories are people like @patrickc, @nzennstrom, @martinmignot, @MattClifford, @Taavet, Eléonore Crespo, @jobvo, @roxannevarza and many many more coming in the next weeks. Hopefully including you! ✌️

How you can help:
- Sign this
- Get your friends, your team, your investors, your portfolio to sign
- Share this in your whatsapp, slack and discord groups
- Get this in front of press, newsletters, and influencers

https://t.co/UlL8qA0DZ7

For Europe, for the next generations to come: Let's make Europe the best place for innovators.

Uniting as one ecosystem is the first step - a pan-european ecosystem is the key here. Let's go!

[Simon Engel @Engel_Simon]

Rewatch the panel from @CryptoCountryA1 Token Summit, discussing industry opportunities with MiCAR taking place! Enjoyed it with @sabecker, @migueljvaz, and Dr. Joachim Schwerin.

https://t.co/lwq8y7B3Xy

@bundesblock @thomas_naegele