Ji Chen

Investor, early-stage digital assets. Research first, conviction second. APAC markets. DMs for founders with real product & unit economics.

[Tibo @thsottiaux]

That's right, GPT-5.6 Sol is awesome and can be used pretty much anywhere, including in the CC harness.

To celebrate this, together with the fact that I'm not going anywhere... I have reset usage limits for all paid users of ChatGPT Work and Codex.

Have fun out there!

[Ji Chen @jichen_fund]

@TheSource Still waiting for that first diamond crypto wallet.

[Messari by Blockworks @MessariCrypto]

Raydium buybacks are at their highest level since early 2026, with about $150k in solana:4k3Dyjzvzp8eMZWUXbBCjEvwSkkk59S5iCNLY3QrkX6R acquired in the past three days.

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

Right - societies have to decide if they want to optimize for overall growth or equal outcomes.

Would you rather:
1. be 10% better off even if some others are 100% better off
2. be 0% better off while all others are also 0% better off

The first maximizes overall growth for all people in society and teaches striving for your personal best (instead of comparing yourself to others). The second teaches envy (if I can't have it, I will destroy positive outcomes for everyone).

Now you can quibble with these hypothetical numbers of course. In #1 if most people are -10% and a few are +10,000%, that is clearly worse. In #2 (socialism) usually the average person is worse off, while some corrupt elites seize power. So there is a big difference between intentions and actual outcomes.

So what does the data say? In high economic freedom countries (which optimize for scenario #1) the poorest 10% of people in society are better off. Whether you are optimizing for the bottom 10% (the compassionate choice) or for everyone in society in aggregate (the logical choice) you get the same answer.

[Solana @solana]

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[Ji Chen @jichen_fund]

"Privacy meets DeFi" is just marketing for better rug pulls. The protocol doesn't care about your anonymity, it cares about your liquidity. Once the exit liquidity dries up, so does the privacy. Know who you're building for.

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

NEW: 🇺🇸 Jack Dorsey's 'Block' added 234 Bitcoin worth $15.1 million 👀

Their treasury now totals 9,117 BTC 🚀

[Paradigm @paradigm]

Frontiers, our annual event for builders, is Oct 12-14 in San Francisco.

We just announced our first wave of speakers across crypto, robotics, AI, and devtools.

Apply below to the conference and hackathon.

[Delphi Digital @Delphi_Digital]

Inflation and AI demand remain key market drivers.

CPI on Aug. 12 will shape the inflation outlook as investors assess Kevin Warsh’s Fed. Nvidia earnings on Aug. 26 will provide the next major read on AI infrastructure demand.

View our calendar here:
https://t.co/LIBbNnE0cf

[Hasu⚡️🤖 @hasufl]

Timing of this proposal is at best unfortunate, and at worst highly erosive of Ethereum governance practices.

[Ebunker @ebunker_eth]

📊 Manage your position from the Ebunker dashboard.

https://t.co/lJ3BHj19kP

After a deposit is completed, users can monitor their Liquid ETH balance, track deposits made through Ebunker, and manage withdrawal requests from a single interface.

[Arbitrum @arbitrum]

onchain enables new financial products to come to life like programmable savings

hear from @vivaldi0x at @symphonyio as he breaks down what they're building on Arbitrum and how they're making savings more rewarding

[Lookonchain @lookonchain]

Whales continue to accumulate $BTC.

Another newly created wallet withdrew 434.87 $BTC($27.96M) from #Binance.

https://t.co/jKwuOWpobb
https://t.co/s6cSjOhOm1

[Chainlink @chainlink]

The great CCIP migration:

$15,000,000,000 and counting.

https://t.co/Sfhm3I5SPY

[Nansen 🧭 @nansen_ai]

The race for raffle tickets continues. 🎟️

1 in 3 people who enter win a prize - up to $1,000 USDC.

The fastest way to stack more this week? Refer other traders.

Line up yours now - their trading stacks tickets for you, passively: https://t.co/tJbE95qqES

[Ebunker @ebunker_eth]

Liquid ETH by @ether_fi is now live on Ebunker.

Users can now access the https://t.co/WgvUhDafOZ Liquid vault directly through the Ebunker interface, with support for deposits using ETH, WETH, weETH and eETH.

Here’s a quick overview of the integration. 🧵

[DefiLlama.com @DefiLlama]

Introducing the DefiLlama Market Maker Performance Index Leaderboard, built with @Forgd_.

40+ institutional liquidity providers graded by:
→ Depth
→ Volume
→ Spread
→ KPI adherence
→ Uptime & exchange coverage

Traders and token issuers can access transparent data in the most comprehensive dashboard of its kind.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Congress has a generational opportunity to pass policy that will keep the US the global leader in both technology and finance. Pass CLARITY. 🇺🇸

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

Bitcoin has won. Global consensus is that $BTC is digital capital. The four-year cycle is dead. Price is now driven by capital flows. Bank and digital credit will determine Bitcoin’s growth trajectory. The biggest risk is bad ideas driving iatrogenic protocol changes.

[Polygon @Polygon]

"This Is Absurd': Game-Changing Skyrim Graphics Mod Is Already Causing a Commotion https://t.co/fpI8BsEmqz