André

leading protocol & growth at @kydlabs/@tixprotocol | fmr: vp of growth @safe | fmr: research fellow @whartonbdap | ex magic circle

[kyd. @KYDLabs]

View from a packed house at the Reed Smith private credit roadshow in London.

KYD’s own @anticustody shared more about @tixprotocol’s credit offering with major players from @Blackstone, Fortress, and Citi.

Time to diversify into human experiences.

[André @anticustody]

heard people like private credit around here

[André @anticustody]

I wonder if any crypto projects are part of Project Glasswing. I sure hope so

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

We’re expanding Project Glasswing. We’ve extended access to Claude Mythos Preview to approximately 150 additional organizations, based in more than fifteen countries.

Read more about this expansion and our future plans for Project Glasswing: https://t.co/QrtHSBdRbh

[André @anticustody]

Nothing beats a good visualization when you've been piecing together fragmented takes on a subject.

Just came across this matrix on the state of agentic commerce inspired by the 5 levels of autonomy in self-driving cars by @sytaylor

[André @anticustody]

@MattBartlettVE So cool!!

[André @anticustody]

Information is dead. Long live opinion.

[André @anticustody]

@arlery @azeemk @ForbesCrypto @KINGJARED300 @KYDNimale @Drake That’s @tixprotocol and @KYDLabs

[André @anticustody]

thanks Claude

[André @anticustody]

@tanduyha bookmarked

[André @anticustody]

@azeemk @KINGJARED300 @roryandmalshow @KYDLabs @ForbesCrypto @SOBs Glad you enjoyed it!! Will join next time

[azeem @azeemk]

One of the constant themes in my writing for Forbes over the past year has been exploring where entertainment and culture are headed through the lens of digital assets.

Last week, I attended a Drake album listening party hosted by @KINGJARED300 at SOB’s in NYC. The event sold nearly 600 tickets and completely packed the venue.

Drake wasn’t there, though I did get a chance to chat with Rory from the Rory and Mal podcast, who’s also pictured here. What stood out to me is that this was an unofficial listening party with no involvement from OVO, yet it still sold out.

Jared represents a new wave of creators building real businesses around fandom and community. He’s been a dedicated Drake fan for years, built an audience around that interest, and has now hosted multiple successful Drake-themed parties across the country.

You might be wondering what any of this has to do with digital assets.

The platform powering these events is KYD Labs, which uses blockchain technology on the backend.

When people talk about empowering curators through blockchains, this is the kind of thing I’ve always been excited about. Not speculative memecoins or forced crypto integrations, but seamless consumer experiences where the technology quietly enables new business models in the background.

That’s what makes this interesting to me. Jared is effectively building a scalable community business using infrastructure most attendees probably never even think about.

I’m excited to write more about this because I think the next generation of cultural curators will look a lot like this, with blockchains powering the rails underneath it all. Article coming soon.

Also, Iceman is album of the year by miles 🧊🧊🧊.

[André @anticustody]

@NYcryptolawyer @dcbuilder amazing resource!

[André @anticustody]

Textbook example why early-stage investing is a bet on team and vision.

[Ivailo @ivailoj]

The story of @Morpho is a great example of why investing should never be just based on the initial product.

The @daedalus_angels team met @PaulFrambot and @MerlinEgalite during their pre-seed raise. Personally, I didn’t like the idea of the optimiser because i generally don’t like products built on top of/dependent on other products. Based on that this investment would have been a pass…

However it was clear that the Morpho team was not going to just stop there and they were iterating and pushing code like crazy - their github was like a blinking Christmas tree - backing this team was a no brainer no matter what the initial product was going to be…

[André @anticustody]

@MerlinEgalite --. --

[André @anticustody]

@spengrah Is that the equivalent of bringing owls to athens?

[André @anticustody]

Are you a 0.0% down or 0.0% up kind of person?

[Sonya Kim @sonyasunkim]

Vibes this week

[André @anticustody]

@oracles New episode of billions

[André @anticustody]

@amandacassatt Outstanding strategic move

[André @anticustody]

@Solofunk @tixprotocol @serotonin_hq @Figure @maplefinance @Morpho @kamino @SteakhouseFi @SkyEcosystem @USDai_Official @Securitize @Rockaway_X bookmarked!