THIS GUY TURNED AN OLD SMARTWATCH INTO A DIGITAL SHIFT KNOB FOR HIS 2001 AUDI AND THEN MADE IT EVEN CRAZIER
instead of throwing away an old TicWatch, he 3D printed a custom housing and mounted it on his gear stick
he vibe coded a custom WearOS app that uses the watch's built in accelerometer and gyroscope to read the physical angle of the shift stick and display which gear you're in
the hardest part was driving on hills. going uphill would throw off the angle readings and show random gears. he had to build dynamic calibration into the algorithm so it could adjust in real time
his car is a 2001 audi B5. the old communication protocol is so limited for gear data that building his own accelerometer app was actually easier than pulling from the car's computer
then he went further
he vibe coded an invisible touch spotify controller into the same shift knob
swipe up on the knob to skip a track. swipe down to go back. tap to pause. all using the watch's touch screen while your hand is already on the shifter
no extra buttons, no phone mount, no looking away from the road. your hand is on the shift knob anyway so the controls are right where you need them
the watch also shows whatever is playing via bluetooth between gear changes
3D printed the enclosure, vibe coded the app, and turned e-waste into the coolest car mod on the internet
If you missed yesterday's $XRP announcement, this is what I was referring to.
Most people still don't get the significance, so allow me to elaborate:
During SEC v. Ripple Labs it surfaced that there were 1,700 NDA's between Ripple and other companies. A lot of people speculated that those NDA's pertained to banks.
Yesterday's announcement is not Speculation. Ripple publicly confirmed not just 1,700, but 13,000 banks connected through their system where $12.5T flows.
Putting that into perspective, there are 4,336 registered 'Banks and Savings Institutions' in the United States. There are also 4,287 'Credit Unions'. Many of these institutions are international throughout Western civilization.
That means that Ripple is now promulgated into almost every western (anglo-society) banking institution. That is where the $12.5T number comes from.
But you don't care about that right? You want to know what it will do for the price of XRP. Let's go apply the Bakkes Pipeline (Stock to flow) model:
If 20,000,000,000 $XRP move $12.5 Trillion annually the average price per $XRP is $625. That $589 number and the chart I've shared many times do not look so far out of reach now, do they?
There is hopium, and then there is this 👇
The Head of Claude Code at Anthropic hasn't written code by hand in months.
In 2 days he shipped 49 full features. 100% written by AI.
He just dropped a 30-minute talk on exactly how he does it.
More valuable than any $500 vibe coding course. Bookmark it.
@RoundtableSpace I just worked on a project today and with this claude-mem after running compact command it said I could recall context from 645k tokens at a cost of just 19k tokens! 🤩 This tool claude-mem is fantastic! 💪
🚨UPDATE: RIPPLE RELEASES INSTITUTIONAL DEFI BLUEPRINT FOR $XRPL WITH $XRP AS SETTLEMENT BACKBONE
@Ripple published its Institutional DeFi roadmap Feb 5, positioning $XRPL as "an end-to-end operating system for real-world finance" with $XRP playing a central role in payments, liquidity, and credit markets.
$XRPL ranked among the top 10 chains for real-world assets and surpassed $ 1 B in monthly stablecoin volume.
Today, we're proud to introduce Ripple Treasury, Powered by GTreasury: the world's first comprehensive treasury platform combining 40 years of proven enterprise expertise with cutting-edge digital asset infrastructure.
Many finance teams are stuck managing growing complexity with fewer resources, constrained by outdated legacy infrastructure.
Ripple Treasury changes that equation with:
💡 Unmatched innovation capacity: With Ripple's backing, we reinvest 100% of earnings into platform innovation with zero debt constraining our roadmap. In just 90 days, we've doubled engineering capacity, acquired Solvexia for best-in-class reconciliation, and enhanced AI-powered solutions across cash forecasting, risk management, and analytics.
💸 Treasury excellence: Complete solutions for liquidity management, reconciliation, cash forecasting, risk management, netting, and payments, backed by 40+ years serving the world's leading companies.
🪙 Digital asset leadership: Enterprise-grade infrastructure trusted by hundreds of global financial institutions, licensed in 75+ jurisdictions, with real-time 24/7/365 cross-border payment rails and institutional custody.
Ripple Treasury offers real impact for your operations:
→ Unified visibility across traditional cash and digital assets
→ 24/7 yield optimization putting every dollar to work
→ Instant cross-border settlements reducing FX costs
→ Eliminate pre-funding requirements and unlock trapped working capital
→ Future-ready infrastructure for tokenized assets and programmable payments
The future of treasury has no friction or boundaries.
#treasury #digitalassets #cashforecasting #riskmanagement #crossborderpayments
Happy belated New Year! I just hit send on Ripple’s quarterly shareholder email. To say that 2025 (and Q4) were successful for Ripple feels like saying @TomBrady was just a great quarterback!! (#theGOAT)
Our two major acquisitions - Ripple Prime and GTreasury - greatly accelerate and expand our ability to deliver on our vision, enabling the Internet of Value. XRP has been (and will continue to be) the heartbeat of that vision.
With truly the most comprehensive licensing portfolio (and now today UK’s EMI license added) we are poised to make 2026 even more consequential.
Building and using crypto infrastructure, updating our global financial plumbing, and rethinking legacy systems – none of this happens overnight. At Ripple, we’re going to continue taking the long view of what crypto-based assets – like XRP and RLUSD – can do, rather than chasing cycles and hype.
Bring on 2026. We are firing on all cylinders. It’s happening!
HUGE news! @Ripple just received conditional approval from the @USOCC to charter Ripple National Trust Bank. This is a massive step forward - first for $RLUSD, setting the highest standard for stablecoin compliance with both federal (OCC) & state (NYDFS) oversight.
To the banking lobbyists – your anti-competitive tactics are transparent. You’ve complained that crypto isn’t playing by the same rules, but here’s the crypto industry – directly under the OCC's supervision and standards – prioritizing compliance, trust and innovation to the benefit of consumers. What are you so afraid of?
Institutional payments. Secure asset custody. Regulated stablecoins. Everything onchain.
It's happening: the convergence of crypto and traditional finance is accelerating the Internet of Value.
That’s a wrap for Ripple Swell 2025. We’ll see you next year, NYC! 🗽
2025, without a doubt, has been an incredible year for @Ripple, and a record year for crypto as a whole. Although we have a couple of months left, this announcement feels like the cherry on top of a mountain of good news:
Today we announced a $500M investment in Ripple, from Fortress Investment Group, @citsecurities, @PanteraCapital, @galaxyhq, Brevan Howard, and Marshall Wace at a $40B valuation.
This investment isn’t just validation of Ripple’s growth strategy and business built on the foundation of XRP, but also a clear bet on what the future of crypto will look like. I’m very proud of what we’ve built, and all that’s to come.