For the past few months I've been building the thing I kept wishing existed: an app that answers "what's for dinner" and does the grocery run. This week it placed our first real order.
A week of dinners. One grocery cart. Four minutes.
I built Dish With Me because “what’s for dinner” was a nightly negotiation. It plans the week around how your household eats, then fills your Instacart cart in one tap.
This week: our first real order, through my own app. 🥕
The crypto industry is closer than ever to having a regulatory framework that protects consumers and empowers builders to speak plainly and build freely.
Markets and innovation thrive when the rules are clear.
Advancing the CLARITY Act through the Senate Banking Committee today with bipartisan support was a huge step.
Let's now move this to the floor and pass it!
Thanks to @MerkleScience for having me on the panel at Merkle Meet DC 2026 and to @jusnode, @MrigankPattnaik, @cr00ster and Jim Thompson at @quantstamp for a great discussion on institutional adoption moving from experimentation to real implementation.
AI and crypto are converging
Two of today’s most significant technology trends — crypto and AI — are coming together as complements.
From verifying humans to enabling agentic transactions, blockchains have a clear opportunity to solve some of AI’s most pressing challenges.
Tokenized markets can offer faster settlement, better access, and more transparency — but only when our regulatory framework evolves.
It’s time to modernize and unlock those benefits while preserving market integrity.
Here’s how. 🧵
Current net capital rules weren’t built for crypto.
Broker-dealers need regulatory guidance designed for the future of tokenized markets.
From staking rewards to trade settlement, we @a16zcrypto lay out principles for modernization that preserve capital markets protections.
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You've heard of DePIN, but what are the actual use cases?
Here are 6 of my favorite
1. Telecom
2. Energy
3. Transportation
4. AI
5. Healthcare
6. Robotics
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5 follow ups on ending crypto offshoring:
1⃣ What about tax?
2⃣ Aren't Public Benefit Corps and Foundations similar?
3⃣ Is there a role for foundations going forward?
4⃣ What about foundation-only models?
5⃣ Don't DUNAs face the same issues as foundations?
There are three structural issues we have to solve before stablecoins become money:
1️⃣ universal stablecoin fungibility
2️⃣ dollar stablecoins in non-dollar economies
3️⃣ effects of better money backed by treasuries
A lot here. Let's unpack & look at the opportunities. Essay 👇
The past month has been among the most important in payment history: the month fintechs embraced stablecoins
Legacy payment companies are bootstrapping an onchain economy.
I break down the key announcements & share my thoughts on what they mean for the industry
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