DTWJ

Tech Investor/Gambler

[The Rundown AI @TheRundownAI]

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark went on record at the IMF about putting a ceiling on AI intelligence.

Moderator Raghuram Rajan, the IMF’s former chief economist, asked at what point humans hand AI the reins.

Clark: "Our CEO Dario Amodei said in a public post that we may want to introduce limits on the ceiling of intelligence that you allow for these systems."

He called it a conversation "that is maybe a little at the edge of the Overton window."

"We're in control of this technology now, and we're watching it get much more capable, much more quickly than all of our intuitions."

“The window for us to act is a small number of years.”

[0xSammy @0xSammy]

> the internet launches in 1991

> Tim Berners-Lee reserves HTTP 402 ‘Payment Required’ as a native payment primitive

> no digital cash exists; no settlement layer can handle sub-cent transactions

> the web defaults to advertising and credit card checkout flows for 30 years

> x402 activates the dormant status code; payment as native to the web as loading an image

> Coinbase builds it; Cloudflare co-founds the Foundation

> 165M+ transactions processed in 10 months

> Stripe goes live on x402 in February
today, Stripe and Paradigm launch

> Tempo mainnet and MPP; the Machine Payments Protocol

> Visa extends MPP to card payments; Lightspark extends it to Bitcoin Lightning

> design partners include OpenAI, Anthropic, Mastercard, Shopify, DoorDash, Revolut, Standard Chartered
AWS publishes an enterprise integration blog

> Google integrates x402 into Agent-to-Agent

> two parallel standards are emerging:

> TradFi rails for agents inside corporate trust boundaries; MPP, Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol, Ramp’s Agent Cards

> crypto rails for agents transacting across boundaries where no shared authority exists; x402, onchain identity, stablecoin settlement

> the retail narrative is approaching its peak; ecosystem maps everywhere, every protocol announcing compatibility

> the institutional adoption curve is on a different trajectory entirely; Stripe, Visa, and AWS are not reacting to CT hype, they are shipping production infrastructure

> aggregate x402 ecosystem market cap for tokens with genuine protocol connection is under $700M

> Visa and Stripe process $14T and $1.9T annually

> that is less than 0.05% of the terminal addressable market

> you are watching the payment layer the internet was supposed to have from day one, finally being built

our report covers the full stack

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

@sandraleow @griffaindotcom @HeyAnonai $PREDO this token might overtake them all. Polymarket on social platforms. About to launch soon 🚀

@predofun

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

@solanapg15 If dev keeps devving as he is, can definitely 100M and more!! #PREDO 🚀🚀🚀

@chucks1093 @predofun

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

@chucks1093 @predofun Looking forward to the launch! This will be HUGE $PREDO 🚀🚀🚀🚀

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

@murryourmomma @chucks1093 @predofun He’s been fixing it - check GitHub. Solid dev!

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

@CryptoDona7 $ALCH flywheel effect and solid team

$BULLY solid metrics and dev

$PREDO once the bot is release, this will be huge

[Farnam Street @farnamstreet]

“Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.”

— Leo Tolstoy

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

Magic is just someone spending more time than someone else might reasonably expect.

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

Treat the little things like big things. Everything can always be made better.

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

It’s the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

How to Do Great Work: https://t.co/zzxQTx7JJ3

[Bill Gurley @bgurley]

8/ The great @johnhopebryant shared the attached "proverb" at a recent meeting, which was 100% spot-on for today's demanding environment. "When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." Run as fast as you can to help save your company's life. "Easy" popped with the bubble.

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

One of my favourite moments in building teams is when you meet someone that is so exceptional, that although you didn’t plan on hiring for their role, you know they will be a massive benefit to your company.

Always make that hire. 🚀

[DTWJ @darrenteowj]

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” 
- Richard Feynman

[Alex Brogan @alexbrogan]

Introspection Illusion

We think we understand our motivations and desires, our likes and dislikes.

We believe we know ourselves and why we are the way we are.

In reality, when asked to explain our emotional states, we typically make something up.

Dig deeper, reflect more.