The Challenger

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[momo🔸 @momobsc_]

The most powerful woman in crypto grew up without electricity.

Yi He was born in a village in Sichuan that had no electricity and no running water. Her father died when she was nine. At sixteen she was selling drinks for a living. Later she hosted a travel show on Chinese television. She started learning English in her thirties.

In 2014, working in marketing at an exchange, she hired a little known engineer named Changpeng Zhao. Three years later, the two of them founded Binance.

In December 2025 she was named co-CEO. In 2026 Fortune placed her on its Most Powerful Women in Business list the first crypto-native executive ever to make it.

Asked about where she came from, her answer was short:
Of course I come from a poor background. But I am successful. Why can't you do the same?

There is no secret here. Just someone who never asked her circumstances for permission.

[Willow @WillowVoiceAI]

We’re giving away $100k in dictation microphones to SF startups.

We’ll outfit your office with mics + months of Willow free.

Whisper into your mic. Willow writes for you. Work at the speed you talk.

Comment “Voice-maxxing” and we'll set you up.

[OKX @okx]

Sending $350 of ripple:native to one follower who likes and shares this post.

[The Challenger @SPhuonn]

@MacroMate8 happy to hear that

[Romina Roman @rominaramon]

I'll be back with my @ns family in Kazakhstan at the end of this month

[OKX Singapore @OKXSingapore]

Two years ago, we received our licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and made a commitment: to build in Singapore, for Singapore.

Since then, we’ve put that commitment into action. We’ve deepened our roots here, grown our team and built a community of clients and partners who share our belief in the future of digital assets.

Those relationships have shaped our approach and deepened our understanding of what clients expect from a trusted, locally regulated platform.

There is still much more to do. As the industry evolves, our focus remains the same.

To our clients, partners and everyone who has been part of our journey, thank you for growing with us. We look forward to building the next chapter together.

A message from our CEO, @gracielinsy:

[Ben Cera @Bencera]

Refuse to give up.

[MUSE @soy_muse]

Feels good to be back at KL🇲🇾

[Ben Cera @Bencera]

I let my AI run my fundraise.

A month later: $30M raised.

aisloP episode 5 “The Raise” tells the story of how I did it.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://t.co/mP9KetOU40

[Gracy Chen @Bitget @GracyBitget]

Just unboxed my Miracle Badge too 🏅

5g of pure gold. Crafted for those who master crypto, stocks & CFDs.

This one I’m keeping. Who’s unlocking theirs next? 👀

[travis kalanick @travisk]

Sat down for Senra .. @davidsenra

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

Travis Kalanick (@travisk) is one of the world’s best fundraisers

$18B+ raised across

› Uber (2009–17): ~$15B w/ @emilmichael (~$68B peak private val)
› CloudKitchens (2018–21): $1.25B+ ($15B val)
› Atoms (2026): $1.7B, led by a16z

Here's TK’s 8-Step Fundraising Framework:

1. Build a story that feels proven
Explain exactly how the business works, why it wins, and use numbers to support the story. Travis calls this QED.

2. Adjust the pitch to the market
In normal markets, go deep on the numbers. In a supercycle, keep it shorter and focus more on the theory of where the market is going.

3. Talk to multiple investors at once
Never rely on one bidder. At peak Uber, Travis ran multiple investor meetings in parallel.

4. Don’t get attached to a valuation
Start at a price you know investors will accept. Let competition reveal what the company is actually worth.

5. Get investors to show their demand
Ask each investor how much they would invest at different valuations.

6. Build a demand curve
Combine everyone's bids. As the valuation rises, investor demand falls. Find the highest valuation where you can still fill the entire round.

7. Tell investors who missed the cutoff
Give them another chance to increase their bid if they want into the round.

8. Repeat until the market clears
Rebuild the demand curve as investors rebid, push the valuation until supply & demand meet, then close.

[Lightspeed @lightspeedvp]

How @basepowerco turns thousands of homes into a virtual power plant:

"Instead of having one giant power plant, you have thousands of homes and nodes that connect together."

"They network together. They add up to a utility."

"Power is often very cheap at night. Base charges up all their batteries cheaply then."

"When the grid is slammed, like a very hot summer afternoon in Texas, prices spike."

"It's basically buying low and selling high, at scale, thousands of times a day across thousands of homes."

From Lightwork

[The Challenger @SPhuonn]

I just reserved my Cloudflare Wallet tag: https://t.co/7R4cIws4tG.

Reserve yours now at https://t.co/6XKl9KKCTq

[Gracy Chen @Bitget @GracyBitget]

I don’t think crypto is becoming more like TradFi. It’s the other way around.

TradFi assets are moving onto crypto-native market structures. Perps are just one example.

The bigger shift will go beyond tokenization. 24/7 markets, cross-asset collateral and unified capital are becoming the new standard across asset classes.

My full thoughts 👇

https://t.co/QlI95qjrFJ

[Gracy Chen @Bitget @GracyBitget]

Over the past few months, the questions we’ve heard from institutional clients have increasingly focused on collateral efficiency, cross-asset risk, liquidity, and how tokenized equities can fit into existing portfolio strategies.

So our institutional team has put our thinking into this rToken playbook for cross-asset capital management.

For institutions exploring how crypto and tokenized equities can work together within one capital framework, this is for you 👇

https://t.co/vFCg0TF5Gh

[Bitget @bitget]

Bitget is bridging crypto and traditional finance with a new suite of industry-leading products built to make trading simpler, faster, and more accessible.

Tune in to our CEO’s Mid-Year Speech and discover how Bitget UEX is reshaping the future of trading.

[Binance @binance]

✍️ Time to co-write Binance's next chapter. We've got writer's block. You get the credit.

Help shape the future of Binance's TradFi stack (Stocks, bStocks, Pre-IPO Perps, and more). Get creative.

The 5 best entries will:
🏆 Be credited in the book and split a 1,000 USDC prize pool.

How to enter:
1️⃣ Follow @Binance and repost this post.
2️⃣ Reply or quote repost this post with your entry.
3️⃣ Complete the survey: https://t.co/MPfQRR05w5

Contest ends: Jul 28, 23:59 UTC

Disclaimer:
This is not an offer or solicitation to trade any financial product. Not available to users in US, UK, EEA, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other jurisdictions on Binance's restricted list. See pinned comment.

[The Challenger @SPhuonn]

@GracyBitget When Cambodia Sister?

[The Challenger @SPhuonn]

@GracyBitget Aren't you sleepy for the mornig? Have you taken anap yet? lol