wardumb

Yield Maxi | ex-Circle and EF founder

[wardumb @_wardumb]

Damn. I guess it’s not too soon to start using “I cut my team from 100 to 4 with AI” as a bragging right?

[wardumb @_wardumb]

Personal pov: seems like Chinese AI companies that are overseas are a lot more service , end agent use cases vs the infrastructure plays from the western markets

[Terminal 3 @terminal3io]

Full house attendance at Singapore AI & Robotics Demo Night by @menloresearch - our very own CPO @malcolmong and team headed down to meet devs in person to jam on agentic security & governance. 🔥

Interested to build enterprise-compliant agents with Terminal 3 Agent Dev Kit? Head over to https://t.co/VeVYBegaXH to get redeem your sandbox test tokens today

[Terminal 3 @terminal3io]

We want to build alongside you! As Agent Developer Kit goes live this week, we announced an ADK Developer Bounty Challenge, alongside @googlecloud with $5000 prizes to be won. 🚀

Sign up & start building enterprise-compliant agents at https://t.co/TDaniinQ1g TODAY

[Terminal 3 @terminal3io]

🧵We believe the missing security and governance layer underneath enterprise AI will be the defining infrastructure problem of the next five years.

We see this across the enteprise & agency clients we work with across regions. Which is why we launched Terminal 3 Agent Dev Kit

https://t.co/VeVYBegaXH 🧵

[wardumb @_wardumb]

Grateful for the first groups of builders who showed support and attended my very first workshop with @terminal3io .
Covered a key enterprise gap and requirements any agentic builder would need to sell to or work with any enterprise or gvt moving forward.
Ping me for the video

[Terminal 3 @terminal3io]

Did our very first @terminal3io developer meetup : Enclave series - grateful for all devs who showed up

Covered the gap in enterprise AI that devs need to know to sell to or work for agentic native businesses. DevRel Lead @_wardumb kicks us off
https://t.co/Qm0GDmovyi

[Terminal 3 @terminal3io]

Small easter egg for our early followers - T3 launched our very first Dev Challenge Bounty! Build enterprise-security ready agents with our Agent Dev Kit https://t.co/x7cp4Uj6Ab. Cash prizes for the top agents + most bugs discovered! #ai #agents #hackathon

[wardumb @_wardumb]

Scraping off the rust from my founder days at OSbiome

Sick of the low ROI losing high quality builders for dev programs.

Building a platform to discover, onboard & engage the best builders for your protocol - dealflow software for devs

Looking forward to days @DevrelUni

[wardumb @_wardumb]

@buzea200

[wardumb @_wardumb]

DevRel is no longer human but Agentic as well. Impact for any tech stack (legacy or post AI) is more scaled & key than ever.

Been circling around this sector for a decade after building ecosystems.

Finally - an opp to bridge over growth tactics to technical ed w @DevrelUni

[Oraichain @oraichain]

https://t.co/zsYTikPk5A

[Gaia 🌱 @Gaianet_AI]

Gaia’s Network launches this week!

Thanks to @binance for supporting broader participation in decentralized AI infrastructure.

$GAIA is the coordination layer for open, user-owned intelligence— coming July 30.

More on utility & participation: https://t.co/LpihAMyWku

[‎Isaac @iisaacbuilds]

KTV Over Offices: My Playbook for Scaling Crypto in APAC (Part 1/2)

Let's be honest… in Asia, the magic rarely happens in offices and meeting rooms. They happen at 1am in a KTV booth when everyone's had 10 shots each and the person you’ve been trying to talk business with finally says “Ok, what does your project do?”

Whilst Western founders perfect their pitch decks, Asian business deals get sealed over late-night dinners, in private WhatsApp / WeChat DM’s, and yes, during KTV sessions and nights at the club where your tolerance for alcohol might just secure the deal.

This is part 1 of the APAC playbook nobody tells you about. My no bullshit guide to cracking seven key crypto markets across Asia.

After years of building in the region, I've seen countless Western projects face-plant because they tried to copy-paste their Silicon Valley approach. So I'm breaking down exactly how to navigate China's censorship maze, tap into Vietnam's builder energy, win over Singapore's gatekeepers, penetrate Hong Kong's old-money circles, ride Korea's narrative waves, crack Malaysia's trust code, and vibe with Thailand's mobile-first communities.

Got your eye on a specific partner? 👀
Drop "APAC" in the comments whilst tagging the project, and I'll try get you a warm intro from my stakeholder list of 300+ regional contacts

Note: Post was inspired by @ahboyash

1. CHINA 🇨🇳
China remains a high-potential yet complex crypto market. Despite a ban, underground activity is vibrant, with $86 billion in crypto flowing through the country from mid-2022 to mid-2023 and OTC volumes exceeding $20 billion by mid-2024. The market is driven by crypto-native users and curious pragmatists seeking wealth preservation and speculative opportunities. Stablecoins like USDT dominate. User psychology divides experienced users who navigate restrictions easily, while the general public remains risk-averse. Resonant narratives include financial security, blockchain innovation, and global participation.

To capture Chinese users, you must go underground but stay loud where it counts. Build stealth micro-communities on WeChat and QQ, wrap your product in "blockchain innovation" narratives, and flood early adopters with gamified rewards like airdrops, quests, and collectible NFTs. Move fast, speak their language, and make every action feel like a VIP invitation into the next big opportunity

Adoption
• Approx. 4.2% of population holding crypto
• Top exchanges: Binance (~20% of volume is from Chinese users), OKX, HTX
• Predominantly retail adoption
• DeFi shows strong growth
• NFTs see traction when framed as "digital collectibles"
• Memecoins see speculative hype cycles
• Infra protocols have limited but strategic growth

Regulation
• Fully illegal
• No formal tax framework for crypto
• Foreign crypto marketing restricted

Trends
• Dominant chains: Tron, Ethereum, BSC, L2s
• Top use cases: Stablecoin transfers, DeFi, OTC swaps
• Popular wallets: MetaMask, imToken, TokenPocket
• High-frequency behaviours: CNY → USDT OTC → DeFi, and airdrop farming
• Fiat on/off ramps rely on OTC desks and private brokers
• Popular narratives: Yield farming, airdrop farming
• Most active users: Retail traders, degens, airdrop hunters
• Sentiment: Primarily yield-maxi, secondarily anti-establishment and pro-privacy

Exchanges
@binance, @OKX, @HTX_Global (Huobi), @gate_io, @Bybit_Official

VC / Funds
@fenbushi, @CsquaredVC, @SevenXVentures, @DFG__official

KOLs / Agencies
@Cipher_Dance, @iamyourchaos, @snow949494, @Elabs_crypto, @EnHeng456

Community Groups
@ETHPanda_Org, @see_dao

Events
@EthereumSH

Media
@PANewsCN, @JinseFinance, @bwenews, @TechFlowPost, @ChainCatcher_, @Foresight_News, @OdailyChina, @BlockBeatsAsia, @BiteyeCN

[wardumb @_wardumb]

@MothershipSG Definitely sounds like he went there himself and want to avoid getting charged for scamming

[wardumb @_wardumb]

@mariacorli Lfg!!!!

[wardumb @_wardumb]

@lifeofbitcoin U playing basketball ??

[Circle Developer @BuildOnCircle]

Tomorrow, we're back live!!❤️‍🔥

Join us for our livestream as @blockflowlabs shares how developers can leverage their CCTP Explorer API to enhance efficiency, transparency, and insights.

🗓️ 11/26
🕐 9am ET

[ETHGlobal @ETHGlobal]

This was ETHGlobal Bangkok 2024! Our biggest event EVER.

💻 2750+ attendees
🌏 86 countries
🧩 713 projects
🏆 10 finalists

Enjoy our recap video below 👇🏼

[wardumb @_wardumb]

66 project pitches by hackers putting in max work for 2.5 days - we’re all done!

Thanks @NickyKang0 for the sick photos. 🤙🤙

@TxnSheng @corey__cooper @alokikbhasin