Some graduations close a chapter; this one opens one.
Thank you @yzilabs and @EASYResidency for the support, the mentorship, and the guidance every step of the way.🙏🏻
Building the rails, not just the app.
For the non-Muslim builders in the room: Islamic finance is not a niche
$4.5 trillion, growing 10% a year, with regulatory frameworks in 80+ countries.
The infrastructure to serve it on-chain doesn't exist yet.
That's what Isaac is building.
The most underrated part of building inside @yzilabs isn't the speakers or the network.
It's the standard. Everyone next to you is moving faster than you'd move on your own.
Pace is contagious🔥
Most stablecoins are fintech wrappers around T-bills.
USD-i is the first one structured to work for people who can't touch T-bills in the first place.
1.8 billion of them.
The most common question we get:
"If it's interest-free, where does the yield come from?"
The answer is the same one Islamic finance has had for 1,400 years.
Yield from real economic activity.
Not from someone else's debt.
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Thank you to @yzilabs, @EASYResidency, and every operator who gave us their time.
The program ends today. The buidl never stops.
Follow @getusdi for what comes next 🙏🏻
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Today we graduate from @EASYResidency Season 3, backed through @yzilabs.
A short thread on what the last few months gave us, and the people who showed up to make it so worthwhile🧵👇
6/ What we’re taking away
A sharper product.
A Shariah governance structure that holds up.
Partnerships in motion across the GCC and Southeast Asia.
A clearer story for both Web3 and TradFi rooms.
The thesis is the same, but the path forward is crystal clear.
@yzilabs We learned so much from this program. The speakers were elite, and the other buidlers in the room taught us just as much.🙏🏻
Grateful to have been part of it. Excited for what's coming.