RandyBechtold.eth

Head of BD @THORChain | @ArkeoNetwork supporter | Connecting crypto infrastructure to the people who need it | BD, partnerships & integrations

[Morpheus @MorpheusAIs]

Slowly at first…

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

@malekanoms Totally agree @THORChain 👀

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

@TrustlessState ZEC is going live natively on @THORChain. Swap it cross-chain, no CEX, no KYC, no risk of another delisting. The privacy thesis just got a settlement layer.

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

x402 lets an AI agent pay for things. USDC over HTTP, no checkout, no account. But paying is half the job. The other half is the agent actually moving value across chains, BTC to ETH, no custodian, no KYC. x402 settles a stablecoin payment. It doesn't settle a cross-chain swap. That leg is @THORChain.

[Kenton Ralph Toews @KentonC137]

All privacy coins should be trading on THORChain before July 2027.

$ZEC, $XMR, and $DASH are coming soon in that order.

On deck are $FIRO, $ZANO, and $ARRR.

Did I miss any? What other tokens should be on THORChain?

[TCB @1984_is_today]

Thorchain is about to resume trading again today

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

@therollupco @VivekVentures I would add @THORChain to that list.

[CyberSatoshi 𓆙 @XBToshi]

easy to dunk on tc today, but let's be real about the trade-offs.

there is no perfect solution for cross-chain swaps yet. stateless routing relies on backend solvers, and we all know providers like changenow or ff will shotgun kyc you the moment aml pressure hits.

stepping back from the exploit autopsy for a second: tc built massive liquidity pools and paid the price. but reading adr028, they publicly committed to maintaining protocol neutrality. they explicitly refuse to censor the attacker's swaps upon reboot.

we can debate math and threshold signatures all day. but maintaining absolute permissionless neutrality after a $10m drain takes serious guts.

flawed architecture maybe, but absolute cypherpunk ethos. massive respect to the builders holding the line.

[Christopher Perkins 🦅🌎⚓️NYC @perkinscr97]

I don't think $ETH needs the @ethereumfndn for business development. It has @Consensys, @BitMNR, @Sharplink, @Etherealize_io...and most institutions are building on it. And as I've said, I have no problem with the nonprofit focusing on nonprofit things, like CROPS.

And like $BTC, Ethereum's differentiation is DECENTRALIZATION. So, the blockchain should not have a business development arm--because it's decentralized. Rather, teams build upon it and that's exactly what's happening.

This is an ecosystem that has done incredible things. Moving from PoW to PoS was like changing the engines while the airplane was flying...one of the great achievements in the history of crypto and computer science.

To me, the noise is simple. $ETH is mainstreaming. It's maturing. And for those early adopters who thrive on the frontier....guess what, the frontier is being settled.

As the former fringe becomes mainstream...it's hard to swallow. But, that's when the real scale happens. That's when the value accrues.

[Rujira @RujiraNetwork]

@coinbureau This is exactly the kind of moment that makes native BTC on Rujira so interesting.

Imagine borrowing stablecoins from 13-year-old Bitcoin without selling it or relying on a CEX.

Decentralized. No KYC. No wrapping.

That is possible on our omnichain DeFi hub.

[THORChain @THORChain]

.@paoloardoino XAUT is one of the most compelling real world assets in crypto. It just needs the liquidity hub it deserves.

THORChain offers native cross-chain availability, dozens of front-ends, and a full DeFi suite via @RujiraNetwork where users can trade, earn, and use $XAUT in money markets paired with $BTC or $ETH.

A $XAUT / thorchain:native base pair with @tether behind it would unlock real depth.

[THORChain @THORChain]

Writing code isn't a crime. Building tools that protect financial privacy isn't a crime.

And yet Keonne Rodriguez is serving 5 years in federal prison and William Hill is serving 4, for building @SamouraiWallet. We stand with Keonne and William. We will be hosting a conversation with Keonne's wife to raise awareness for their case and make sure their story is heard. Date coming soon.

In the meantime, if you want to support them:
Donate in $BTC: https://t.co/eABEmRk3fO
TRON address: TSVokTtigemjzhg5BhCK8FYwbYgQDQhsCP

[Rujira @RujiraNetwork]

https://t.co/UoRw1q2T8Q

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

@THORChain is adding Monero, Zcash, and Bittensor. Privacy coins plus an AI chain, all in the same native swap layer.

AI agents can't do KYC selfies. They need permissionless settlement across every chain, including the privacy-first ones. This is what that looks like.

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

I run AI agents that query blockchain data, track wallets, and summarize markets. Around the clock.

They don't sign up for accounts. They don't do KYC. They just need endpoints and settlement rails that work.

That's @ArkeoNetwork and @THORChain. Not theory. Running it daily.

#Arkeo #ThorChain #AIAgents

[Mark Jeffrey @markjeffrey]

One piece of news from the Thorchain pod this morning:

Thorchain is working on a Bittensor integration.

This means that native Bitcoin (and other chains / assets) will be able to swap into native $TAO via DEX -- no centralized exchange required (!)

$BTC in Bitcoin wallet --> $TAO in Bittensor wallet.

One step.

Big volumes, no problem.

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

I work on both @THORChain and @ArkeoNetwork. People ask why. Because they're two halves of the same problem. Every wallet, every aggregator, every AI agent needs blockchain data and a way to move value. One handles data. The other handles settlement. Neither requires permission. #ThorChain #Arkeo #Web3 #AIAgents

[RandyBechtold.eth @Randy_Bechtold]

250,000 AI agents active on-chain daily. Every one of them needs RPC data to function. Most hit centralized endpoints. One outage, one policy change, one TOS update and half of them go blind. Decentralizing the data layer isn't ideology. It's just good engineering.

[The Wolf of Defi ⚡️ @thewolfofdefi]

This is the ultimate bull case.

AI agents need permissionless rails. They can't KYC. They can't wait for approvals. They need native liquidity that works 24/7.

@THORChain is the only cross-chain layer that fits. Add @vultisig as the wallet layer, and you have a full sovereign stack. ⚡️