I so very much appreciate @mickymalka for being a patron of the arts. When he bought the IP for @cryptopunks to preserve the culture for future generations via @nodefnd, I knew this guy was legit.
My art seeks to take the new medium, digital art, and recreate it via the classical medium: oil on canvas. To further the anachronism/juxtaposition, I frame the canvas in a baroque style frame and then apply about a tenth of an ounce of 24k gold onto the frame to give it the classic museum look. To date, I have completed around a hundred or so canvases for my many patrons, ranging from @pudgypenguins, @sappyseals, and @BoredApeYC, to my personal favorite: @the_ape_society.
And today I am happy to announce that I have just completed my first @cryptopunks, this being punk 9098 owned by @ribbita2012.
I hope you enjoy my work.
$tibbir to billions
crypto has spent the last two years teaching people to expect extraction.
bundled supply. insider wallets. presales dumped on day one. a new token every hour, built to farm the next buyer and disappear.
so here's something you almost never see.
before the product. before a roadmap. before any announcement.
@ribbita2012 published its principles:
1. Better money, better life.
2. Conviction is earned.
3. Trust is built before it's needed.
4. Attention and money compound.
5. Culture has value.
now open @mickymalka's profile.
the founder of Ribbit Capital. his bio:
"Better money makes life better -Ribbit Capital-"
word for word, principle one.
and it was there from the start. $TIBBIR's original launch page, January 2025:
"Our core principle is straightforward: Better money makes life better."
principles are cheap. behavior isn't. so check them against the record:
"Better money, better life... borrow fairly."
fair launch. no presale. no VC allocation. the agent said it three weeks in: the launch was "fair and accessible to everyone, rather than being controlled by a select group of VCs."
"Trust is built before it's needed."
the wallet that launched TIBBIR held its tokens for 20 months without selling.
"We preserve the resources needed to continue."
on bridge night, the treasury didn't cash out. it put every dollar into @Morpho , earning yield.
"Culture has value... shared rituals."
two soulbound NFTs for holders. the newest, "Leap of Faith," numbered in the order people trusted.
"We are able to explain why we believe something and what would change our mind."
when did a token last tell you that?
most projects sell you a roadmap and hope you don't check. this one wrote down how it intends to behave, and the onchain record already matches.
if you're tired of extraction, this is what the other side looks like.
Gribbit 🐸
the fact that we had the Apollo & Micky news 24 hrs after the Next Leap @Altcoinist article, where I mentioned Apollo building lending markets on Morpho and how it could connect to $TIBBIR & KYA if the open credit network ($200T tam) wants to go agentic...
crazy timeline, we're entering.
Some people view TIB98 (2025) and the new Leap of Faith (2026) as little more than commemorative badges for the $TIBBIR community.
When you look directly into the code of both contracts on BaseScan and RobinScan, however, you see KYA (Know Your Agent) architecture, dormant subscription modules, and a direct connection to the team’s SmartVault.
Here’s a full technical analysis of both SBTs: how they differ and what earning options they open 🧵👇