3 predictions for the alternative assets market in 2026
I spent the last week analyzing every major development across watches, sneakers, trading cards, fashion resale, and Web3.
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Just because you know the distinction doesnโt mean that the journey will be easy. But once you know where you want to be, itโs only a matter of how much work you will put in to get there.
I had a great morning at Possible last week: fireside chat about how to survive the dead internet, signed one of my Topps trading cards for an attendee, and I was generously gifted some custom Angel City FC / Chelsea Nikes (thank you!!)
@luci_holland@veritaschips So Iโm building the vertical AI-Native, commerce intelligence layer for real world assets - operating at the intersection of physical commerce, blockchain infrastructure, and agentic AI. Youโre building the microchips we need to bring all of it together, letโs talk.
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This started with a cousin I hadn't seen in years asking "what can we do together?"
48 hours later, we have a company.
Domain expertise + AI.
That's the playbook. ๐ฅ
Domain experts are the new best co-founders.
My cousin can't code. But he has 20 years in an industry worth billions.
In 48 hours we turned that knowledge into a startup with 19,550 real leads and a working product.
The builder era is over. The expert era just started. ๐งต
If you have deep expertise in any industry and you've been thinking "someone should build this"
That someone is you. And the tools are ready.
Find your builder. Or become one. The barrier has never been lower.