Abbas Khan

Just hanging around crypto circles | prev: Startups @ethereumfndn

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

People who have suffered under authoritarian regimes tend to value crypto and decentralization more than anyone.

The average person born and raised in Europe or North America with stable governments and functioning financial systems always questions why we even need this technology in the first place.

I got into crypto in 2021 after the Taliban regime took power and froze all the banks in Afghanistan, including my dad's life savings. To this day, thousands of people have their assets seized or made inaccessible.

My dad and my entire family now rely on stablecoins for savings. I can't even open a bank account in most countries due to my nationality - my passport is essentially a financial barrier.

Across the world, there are millions of people who wish they had alternatives and learned too late that centralized systems can lock you out overnight.

For many of you, crypto is another option. For us, it's the only one.

[Linda Xie @lindaxie]

A major reason I'm still in crypto is the importance of people having control over their own money and financial systems. My family had everything taken from them by the communist government in China during the Cultural Revolution, simply for owning a business and being educated

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

Why has solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 not performed that well so far?

Is all the liquidity rotating into zcash:native

PS: Don’t get mad at me, I’m a bag holder.

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

It's a good time for everyone to convert their @EthenaPay cashback into USD before it goes back down.

[Farid 🔺(✌️) @FaridRached]

$AVAX has passed hbar cc and ltc

its coming for near and ada

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

THIS IS SO FUCKING WHOLESOME

[Neuralink @neuralink]

Through the VOICE trial, Terry is using his Neuralink implant to help fine-tune a brain-to-voice interface for himself and others who can’t speak. He trained the algorithm first by miming speech as best he could, then by simply thinking the words and hearing them come out in his own natural voice.

Powered by Grok Voice from @SpaceXAI

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@J4X_Security lmao everyone was hate watching him

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@stefdelev @EthenaPay 💯

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

One thing I've really enjoyed recently is getting to witness the evolution of a product from the outside while being closely involved with the team.

Watching @EthenaPay go from 2 months ago to now has been a really interesting learning experience. I've been giving the team feedback along the way, and you get to see how users actually behave, what they care about, which assumptions were wrong, what needs to be fixed, and how the team adapts along the way.

I think that's something I really missed over the last few years.

Most of my recent jobs have been at blockchain infrastructure companies, where the product is usually the chain itself. There's obviously a lot to learn there too, but the feedback loop feels very different when you're building infrastructure compared to a product that people are actually using every day.

Honestly, it's made me realize how much I enjoy this side of building.

I don't think I want to work at a chain again anytime soon.

Give me an actual product with real users, messy feedback, and a million things to improve.

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

This is sherlocking, and the AI version is looking exactly like Microsoft's.

Harvey and Legora spent years proving lawyers would pay for AI. Both built on OpenAI models. Today OpenAI shipped the legal layer itself and listed both of them as customers.

The model companies own the layer everything runs on. They don't need to build a better legal product. They need legal, medical, accounting and everything else to be good enough inside a subscription you're already paying for. At some point the separate tool stops making sense.

Anthropic's CPO left Figma's board. Claude Design launched 3 days later and Figma dropped 7% that day.

None of this matters while you're small. It starts mattering the moment you're big enough to notice. If I were running an AI startup right now I'd be a little concerned.

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Astra for Law: Frontier intelligence built for your practice.

A new offering powered by GPT-6 Astra with tools, settings, and context to support the expertise and judgment of lawyers and legal technology firms.

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@olanetsoft God Bless 🙏

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@adamxlee @FCBayern Beast

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@skyzer4ever At least you bought

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

I genuinely don’t understand how $ZEC is pumping 10%+ seemingly every single day.

I faded it at $50, then again at $205 this year in February thinking it was overpriced, and since then I’ve seen it just go up every fucking time I look at it.

Is it still a good buy at 24B mcap?

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

Is this what they meant by “AI could kill us all”?

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 US "almost started a war" with China following inaccurate AI intelligence report, CNN reports.

• US report claimed a Chinese ship was carrying nuclear weapon components in the Middle East.

• Armed US military troops were preparing to board the vessel, with military planes already in the air.

• Officials caught the error right before the operation after realizing an analyst used AI to generate the report with false & baseless claims.

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

26 hours later zcash:native is up 8% again 🤷‍♂️

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

I genuinely don’t understand how $ZEC is pumping 10%+ seemingly every single day.

I faded it at $50, then again at $205 this year in February thinking it was overpriced, and since then I’ve seen it just go up every fucking time I look at it.

Is it still a good buy at 24B mcap?

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@wiimee Many such cases

Best of luck though

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@zkmattwyatt Very true

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

The amount of layoffs I've seen across crypto over the last 5 months has been pretty crazy.

Almost every day I'm getting a DM from a friend or ex-coworker who's been laid off.

I think part of it is the industry finally correcting for how aggressively companies hired in the past.

A lot of companies died, some pivoted and others that raised big rounds over hired people in the wrong areas. On top of that AI has also changed the game.

There's also a lot more competition for the roles that do exist. You have experienced people from some of the best companies in crypto all competing for the same handful of positions.

Wonder if it's just me, or if everyone else is seeing the same thing?

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@0xFlint_ This one is very different tbh

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@GainMaxxing Why not?

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@BritCryptoTalk Same

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@aliciakatz You mean when democrats win the next elections

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@kanavtwt @snoopies_eth

[Abbas Khan @abbaskhan]

@spaceagente Need more Luke commentary in crypto