Bain Capital Crypto

Bain Capital Crypto backs renegades and pioneers building the next generation of open internet infrastructure.

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

What would you build with 38M+ users on day one?

@worldbuildlabs is back for its third edition.

We’re backing ambitious founders ready to build Apps with @worldcoin – the real human network.

This is your chance to unlock:

✅ Instant distribution to 38M+ users across 160 countries
✅ Up to $200K in grant funding from World Foundation
✅ Fully funded trips to Seoul and San Francisco
✅ 50+ mentor hours from global founders

Hack online ➡️Build in Seoul ➡️Fly to San Francisco for Demo Day.

Apply now to join our Hackathon, the first step into World Build 3 ↓

https://t.co/XZESJzRT91

[Zac Townsend @ztownsend]

Today, at @meanwhile, we’re announcing $82M in new funding, co-led by @HaunVentures and @BainCapCrypto with @PanteraCapital

@NMFuture, @apolloglobal and @HelloStillmark also participated

This brings Meanwhile’s total 2025 funding to $122M

[Kobi Gurkan @kobigurk]

Want to understand ZODA? Tried to implement it and found yourself stumped?? This FAQ is just for you!

Wrote some answers for questions I’ve seen around me and those I had myself, navigating details and tradeoffs

If you have any more - let me know :)

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

Announcing the World Build 2 Hackathon winners on the real human network:

🥇 Whole World Catalog by Ondra
🥈 @joinfram3s by @chrispmonkey
🥉 Valor by @dh1yaan & @notaviagrawal

Welcome to the WB2 cohort!

WB2 Hackathon by the Numbers
✔ 200+ apps from 30+ cities
✔ 30+ hacking IRL at @tfh_technology HQ SF
✔ 69 projects submitted; 70% built during the hack

Thank You to Our WB2 Hackathon Judges
@anay_sim Investor at @bcap
Chirag Narang, Head of Growth at @UniswapFND
@debsoon CMO at @privy_io
@GregBresnitz CEO at @fwbtweets
@lay2000lbs Head of Ecosystem at @tfh_technology
Parth Chopra, Principal at @BainCapCrypto

World Build is a joint program between @worldcoin and @fwbtweets to build the next generation of breakout Mini Apps for World App’s 36M+ users.

With support from 🤝 @Alchemy @BainCapCrypto @theBBFund @bcap @circle @coinfund @crecimientoar @dragonfly_xyz @HashedVC @nascent @tryoharaAI @privy_io @UniswapFND @variantfund @VoltCapital

[Turnkey 🔑 @turnkeyhq]

Our CTO @whojackjones and founding engineer @arnaudbrousseau join the @zeroknowledgefm podcast to cover remote attestation, reproducible builds, downgrade protection, and policy layers for verifiable key management.

Listen to the full convo 🎧

[ZK Hack @__zkhack__]

Huzzah! Mod 3 is out!

Lattice-based SNARKs, w/ Vadim Lyubashevsky & @nico_mnbl.

This season is supported by @BainCapCrypto

Full access here: https://t.co/dsid6G42vI

[World Chain @world_chain_]

Devs: get ready to ship a Mini App and reach 35M World App users 🌏

World Build 2 is a program with @FWBtweets that will turn builders into founders of the next generation's breakout apps 📲

Video narrated by @LinasLekavicius, founder of @squadletics

Apply through Sep 24th: https://t.co/3mYppnCb1c

[M0 @m0]

The first wallet-native stablecoin, @MetaMask USD, has surpassed $65M in circulating supply just one week after launch.

Built with M0's universal stablecoin platform.

Track mUSD in our dashboard: https://t.co/kZpJ14rwQL

[ZK Hack @__zkhack__]

Mod 2 of the ZK Whiteboard Sessions S3 is LIVE!

High-Performance Engineering for SNARKs, w/ @jimpo_potamus from @IrreducibleHW & @nico_mnbl

You can watch Module 2 and gain access to all the resources mentioned in the session here.

This season is supported by @BainCapCrypto

https://t.co/dMPe3M15Ff

[Celestia @celestia]

Celestia’s v6 upgrade, Matcha 🍵, is now live on Arabica testnet.

Matcha, the biggest upgrade yet, enables scaling to 128MB blocks and cuts inflation by 50%.

[Irreducible @IrreducibleHW]

1/ Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Irreducible. We started as a custom-hardware company, and now we are fully focused on high-performance software.

Read below about our pivot and our new proof system, Binius64 👇

[guille @angeris]

another effortpost, except this time it's about the ~ process ~ of research (and getting into new fields that we have no idea about!)

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

Build hyperscale Mini Apps on the real human network @worldcoin 🌎 Apply to World Build 2, through Sept 24!

Calling all bold builders ready to launch the next breakout mini apps on @world_chain_ Why apply?

✅ Leverage instant distribution to World App’s 30M+ users
✅ Up to $200K in grant awards from World Foundation
✅ Fully funded trips to Buenos Aires & San Francisco

How It Works 📋
Stage 1: Hack – apply now through Sept 24. Hack IRL in SF, online everywhere.
Stage 2 & 3: Build – fully funded trip to Buenos Aires for hackathon winners & top projects + ongoing virtual programming.
Stage 4: Demo – fully funded trip to SF for Demo Day.

Applications open through September 24, 2025. Apply below.

World Build is a joint program between World and FWB to build the next generation of breakout Mini Apps for World App’s 30M+ users.

With support from @Alchemy @BainCapCrypto @theBBFund @bcap @circle @coinfund @crecimientoar @dragonfly_xyz @HashedVC @nascent @tryoharaAI @privy_io @UniswapFND @variantfund @VoltCapital

[ZK Hack @__zkhack__]

OK.

It’s time to reveal the ZK Whiteboard S3 Module 1... because it's LIVE!

🥁🥁🥁🥁

How to Build Hash Functions, with Jean-Philippe (JP) Aumasson @veorq & @nico_mnbl

Below are the links to watch the full module!

[Tools for Humanity @tfh_technology]

“What we are building will be a very important trust infrastructure for human interaction on the internet”, @alexblania, TFH’s co-founder and CEO, recognized as a leading voice and innovator in @TIME’s 100 AI list. @worldnetwork
https://t.co/gZ2DM0SJaA

[Kobi Gurkan @kobigurk]

Signature schemes are a cornerstone of modern infrastructure and we all know the common ones that sign a message, and some of you know ones that can be e.g. aggregated

In more specialized scenarios, the properties needed aren’t obvious until you hit that problem yourself

1/2

[ZK Hack @__zkhack__]

All summer we’ve been quietly working on Season 3 of the ZK Whiteboard Sessions 📷

And in just under 1 week, we’ll be releasing the very first module!

There’s a hint about the topic at the end of this thread…👇🧵

[Parth Chopra @pchopra28]

Stablecoins are going let us build so many new and interesting financial applications over the next decade.

To reach max potential though, we need to empower the end developer and let stablecoins be as programmable, as interoperable, and as open as possible. And that’s exactly what m0 and its network enables

Congrats to the team on all the progress so far, and excited for the next chapter!

[guille @angeris]

today's blog post actually fits in a single tweet image!

a lovely little counting inequality (that has some applications to data availability sampling :)

[Mustafa Al-Bassam @musalbas]

Myth: posting encrypted data on a DA layer gives you no DA guarantees, because it's the person who holds the encryption key could withhold the data.

This is false, if you use a model where users encrypt their own data. New research by @nuke_web3! https://t.co/s1DY0xUQdT