Zano – Pavel Nikienkov, co-founder
"Strip self-custody or permissionless access away, and what's left is theatre. Any platform that hands users to a custodian and calls it convenience, or hides a switch that can cut you off without warning, is rebuilding the old system inside a new shell." – Pavel Nikienkov, co-founder, @zano_project.
Zano doesn't soften it, and they shouldn't. The next decade of this industry comes down to how seriously projects treat self-custody and permissionless access. Everything else is a new shell on the old system.
Pavel's full quote runs in our new long read on the second decade of self-custody, next to perspectives from ELLIPAL and Swapzone → https://t.co/SZdXLxV5cX
Aaron Tucker had been out of prison for seven days. He had less than $2 in his pocket and one shot at turning his life around, a job interview that morning. Then he saw a car flip over and catch fire from his bus window.
He asked the bus driver if he was going to help. "No, but if you get out I'm going to leave," the driver replied. Tucker got out anyway.
He sprinted toward the upside-down, smoke-filled car and found the 61-year-old driver covered in blood.
He unbuckled the man's seatbelt and dragged him clear as the car started to catch fire.
He pulled off his own dress shirt and used it to stop the man's head wound from bleeding, telling him: "You're going to be all right. Your family wants to see you. Keep your eyes open."
The bus left. Tucker missed his interview.
When the story got out, strangers set up a GoFundMe that raised over $50,000 in three days. He also received multiple job offers in construction.
"I feel like a job can come and go, but a life is a one-time thing," Tucker said. "The job just wasn't in my mind at that time."
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Mando Explains How $NEAR Threatens $ZEC’s Privacy Utility
"You can swap USDC and all of these assets on any chain. This works on any chain you want to go to. It's fully private - they’ve built a fully private DEX. Every chain is private. You can swap any coin on any chain really privately, with excellent fees."
"This is a really great product. I don’t know why you’d use Zcash after seeing something like this. They’re expanding it to more and more chains — you can already do it with Hyperliquid. I really think they’ve built something special here. It feels like a Hyperliquid-style product."
"When you look at it, you think: “OK, I can use this.” I can easily imagine institutions using it too. We use it for YEET. It can serve as your bridge, which is a big deal for midpoint trading, on-chain trading, and swaps."
"This isn’t just a coin. Remember, 50% of the revenue is used directly for NEAR buybacks. This is why I say NEAR has become more of an app play."
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JUST HOURS AFTER SAYLOR DISCLOSED HIS $BTC SALES,
BINANCE SOLD BTC.
COINBASE SOLD BTC.
WINTERMUTE SOLD BTC.
BLACKROCK SOLD BTC.
WHALES SOLD BTC.
EVERYONE HIT THE SELL BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS LOOKS LESS LIKE RANDOM PROFIT-TAKING AND MORE LIKE A COORDINATED DUMP.
No freaking way… China is already out here with humanoid robots doing real everyday tasks like it’s nothing.
We’re not even in 2030 yet and they’re training these things for actual work.
This is either the future we wanted… or the one we should be terrified of. Doesn't matter because it's coming regardless of what we think!
Video from moh_in_shenzhen on IG