🎒 I think people are seriously underestimating what @armaniferrante@Backpack is building, and no, I’m not talking about $BP price action.
Look at what the team has been shipping.
🏦 A crypto exchange with spot, perps, lending and unified portfolio infrastructure.
📈 Backpack Securities, bringing real stocks and #ETFs onchain, with 1:1 redemption mechanisms.
🌍 Tokenized exposure to companies like #BlackRock and #Micron, tradable 24/7 on Solana.
🔗 A multichain wallet and exchange ecosystem that keeps expanding.
This is a much bigger ambition than building another crypto trading platform. Backpack is working toward something I’ve wanted to see in crypto for years: One place where traditional finance and crypto actually work together.
And the Solana connection makes this particularly interesting. Every new tokenized asset can bring new users, liquidity and trading activity into the ecosystem. That’s valuable beyond Backpack itself as it creates opportunities for wallets, DEXs, market makers and #DeFi protocols.
Of course, execution, regulation and actual adoption will determine how far this goes but I like the direction.
While much of #crypto is still chasing the next narrative, Backpack is building products that could make the distinction between a brokerage account and a crypto account increasingly irrelevant.
Bullish on Backpack’s role in making it happen. 🎒
A new front door for builders moving value on Solana. 🟡
We’ve refreshed the Carbium Swap API site around the job it does: quote, route, and build the transaction for your app to sign and submit.
I love our @MadLads community! It's made up of kind, smart, creative, funny, helpful individuals.
Artists/creatives
Builders
Stock traders
Crypto traders
Doctors
Lawyers
Psychologists
Hospitality employees
Travel professionals
Business owners
Marketing professionals
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Many, many more.
Young or old,
We are family and you are welcome!
WAO
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What many people still don't understand about @MadLads...
There are nearly 10,000 of them. And EVERY SINGLE ONE is unique.
Not just the Skulls. Not just the King. Not just the rare ones.
EVERY Lad. EVERY Lassie. EVERY single one of them.
Each deserves to be remembered. To have a story worth telling. To become a legend in their own right.
That's why I built MADLABS.
And that's why my goal is to give every single one of them a legendary story as unique as they are.
No forgotten Lads. No background characters.
Nearly 10,000 individuals. Nearly 10,000 legends waiting to be told.
Just wait until you see what's coming. We're only getting started. 🔥
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We’re excited to welcome Daisuke Nakagawa as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development at Backpack Japan.
Few have navigated Japan's crypto regulatory landscape as extensively as Daisuke. As COO of both Kraken Japan and Binance Japan, he led licensing efforts and exchange operations in one of the world's most rigorous regulatory environments.
Welcome aboard, Daisuke!
Bare metal is only one layer of an RPC service. The network, routing, power and people operating it matter too.
We’ve put the infrastructure behind Carbium RPC in one place:
Armani Ferrante, CEO of @Backpack, on why Solana is becoming the aggregation layer for everything
“Solana has always been marching towards something much bigger than any single exchange. You could call it an API for all of finance, or a parallel economy and financial system. But I think the end state is Solana as the aggregation layer for everything."
"It’s all about importing market structure. Not just crypto-native assets, but the entire economy, because the network effect is money.”
@armaniferrante@KyleSamani