This year, @EthPrague was lean in the best way.
Municipal House was an amazing venue — historic, but practical — which meant fewer distractions and more builder-focused convos.
Kudos to the organizers for making it happen despite the challenges.
The @VitalikButerin × @jbaylina fireside on upgraded rollups was a highlight.
And as always, familiar faces made it worth showing up. See you soon at @proofoftalk in Paris!
There’s no point calling the market dead while the best rooms at @EthCC are still full of builders, funds, and real opportunities.
Great week for V3V Ventures in Cannes 🇫🇷 — our team had a real blast, and a few strong collabs are already in motion. More details soon!
Excited to share that V3V is a Gold Sponsor at @proofoftalk 🥇
Proof of Talk brings together top minds across digital assets, TradFi, and AI — from founders and investors to policymakers shaping the future of finance and tech.
Looking forward to the conversations ahead!
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June 2 & 3, 2026 | Louvre Palace, Paris
1994: Nixon warns about the rise of Russian imperialism
Nixon argued that Russia would revert to expansion if weakened and isolated.
The warning came long before the outcome became visible.
1988: Trump explains how the US is getting ripped off on tariffs
In an interview decades ago, Trump framed tariffs as a way to protect US industry and push back on trade imbalances.
The argument predates recent trade wars and has stayed largely unchanged.
They control half of global GDP
At FII 2023, 11 of the most influential figures in global finance shared one stage:
• Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock
• Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates
• Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone
• Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase
• David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs
• Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund
• Noel Quinn, CEO of HSBC
• Neil Shen, founding partner of Sequoia China
• Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup
• Patrice Motsepe, chairman of African Rainbow Minerals
• Shemara Wikramanayake, CEO of Macquarie Group
This is the layer where capital is allocated before markets price it in.
Why urgency makes people buy stupid things
In Boiler Room, brokers don’t sell stocks.
They sell time pressure.
When urgency spikes, people stop evaluating.
Logic slows down. Decisions get rushed.
The $1B AI agent idea
Y Combinator keeps repeating the same advice: don’t chase flashy AI ideas. The biggest outcomes usually come from boring problems that sit close to real work.
One founder noticed his mom, a dentist, drowning in paperwork and billing. He didn’t build a futuristic AI. He built a small tool to automate the boring parts of her day.
That tool scaled.
AI agents don’t win by being impressive.
They win by quietly replacing repetitive human labor in places nobody brags about.
Why rich people almost never sell assets
They don’t sell assets.
They borrow against them.
Stocks, real estate, and businesses stay invested and keep compounding.
Cash comes from loans backed by those assets.
This guy scammed all 5 Shark Tank investors.
Charles Yim pitched Breathometer on Shark Tank and got a unanimous $1M deal for 30% equity.
After the show, the product ran into accuracy problems. Instead of fixing them, Yim later said he was busy “networking” and traveling.
In 2017, the company was forced to refund customers.