You never really understand how painful something is until it happens to you.
You never truly know the worth of what you have until it’s gone.
A few days ago, my main X account (@realayo_14) got suspended at 1.5k followers.💔😭
Just imagine losing something you built for days with sweat, overnight. Every post, every reply, every connection… gone in a second. It hit hard, I won’t lie.
But that’s life here, one minute you’re building momentum, the next you’re rebuilding from zero.
Still, we move. Always.
If you’re seeing this, please follow, like, comment, and repost so it can reach some of my mutuals. I’ve lost contact with many people I truly connected with on the old account.
Let’s find our way back, I’ll follow back, and we keep going from here.
This space is unpredictable, your account can disappear, your token bags can be down overnight. Many people felt it yesterday💔, I pray they bounce back stronger.🙏
One thing I’ve learned is you either give up or grow stronger. I’m choosing the second.💪🏻
I’m not going anywhere. I’m back, fully and stronger than before.
And I’ll keep pushing projects I genuinely believe in:
@GoKiteAI → simplifying AI agent creation and automation so anyone can build smarter onchain systems effortlessly.
@rainbowdotme → making crypto feel simple, human, and fun again through one of the cleanest wallets in the space.
@brevis_zk → bringing verifiable off-chain compute to smart contracts, pushing the limits of what’s possible onchain.
@GOAT_network → building a bridge between Bitcoin and modern DeFi, unlocking real BTC liquidity and security.
@cysicxyz → powering the ZK revolution with next-gen hardware acceleration for faster, cheaper proofs.
Losing that account reminded me of something real, we don’t own these platforms, but we do own the grind, the effort, and the energy we bring.
So yeah, I’m back.
Same person. New fire.
Let’s reconnect, rebuild, and keep pushing this space forward.
❤️
Almost 12 years ago, I left @DRWTrading with @wesarn_real to start @digitalasset. @ShaulKfir joined us shortly after. The name felt right. The idea was simple but audacious: build a global settlement system that is asset agnostic. One that doesn’t eliminate banks, exchanges, and intermediaries, but tears down the barriers keeping people from accessing assets and settling at a fraction of today’s cost. A new financial world, built for the end consumer.
We knew institutional adoption was the path. We just didn’t know how long it would take.
We failed. We made bad decisions. There are things we would have done differently. But we never let go of our North Star, even when people around us were convinced we had no idea what we were doing. That focus, conviction, and most of all, patience, led us to launching @CantonNetwork. And the results speak for themselves.
Today is a new chapter in that story.
I’m proud to announce that @a16zcrypto is leading our latest round, joined by some of the giants of the global financial system, including @ABNAMRO, ADIA, @apolloglobal, @BNPParibasCIB, @Broadridge, @citsecurities, @CMEVentures, @cbventures, Green Wolf Asset Management, @Hanwha_Official, @HSBC, @icapitalnetwork, @LCVentures, @OptiverGlobal, @polychain, @R136Ventures, @SPGlobal, @sbigroup, @smash_capital, @SoFi, @Tradeweb, and @WilliamBlair, and others we’ll be naming shortly. Twelve years ago, I could not have imagined building alongside partners of this caliber.
$CC today processes the highest fees of any institutional blockchain network. And we’re just getting started. What’s coming later this year is just as exciting.
None of this happens without the builders, the ones who show up to weekly tokenomics meetings, dial into operations subcommittees, spend nights and weekends building apps on Canton, and show up on @X to cheer this ecosystem forward. You are not just supporters. You are partners. I’m honored to be on this journey with you.
On a personal note: @a16z hits differently for me. Ben’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things was one I kept coming back to during the hard stretches. Having his firm lead this round is meaningful in a way that’s hard to put into words. So I’ll let him do it:
“The hard thing isn’t setting a big, audacious goal. The hard thing is spending sleepless nights trying to achieve it. The hard thing isn’t dreaming big. The hard thing is waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat when the dream turns into a nightmare. Motivating yourself by watching YouTube shorts or Instagram reels isn’t the hard thing. The hard thing is working every day and being consistent even if you feel like shit. The hard thing isn’t boasting you could achieve anything. The hard thing is working like hell to achieve something. The hard thing isn’t believing in yourself. The hard thing is getting things done when nobody believes in you, even when you doubt yourself. The hard thing isn’t telling yourself that you must achieve the impossible. The hard thing is toiling hard every day for years despite knowing that success is too uncertain.”
https://t.co/heqdne7Thh
@twitgameboy God, by 2027, I want to graduate with thousands of dollars in my account, good health, and my family thriving and in great positions. 🤲🏽🙏
Amen.