Michael Saunders

Building @XPTicket - a better way for fans to buy & sell tickets to live events / Solana under the hood. Founded Campusfood, Allmenus. Acquired by @Grubhub.

[Jorge | The Gaming Strategist @Treki33]

Relationship status: Long courtside, short marriage....

Shoutout to @xpticket

[jakef @jakefeigs]

Unreal tickets just came through @xpticket desk.

Entire Private Theater Box for Game 1 and Game 2 of Spurs vs Knicks, NBA Finals in San Antonio - owner can’t make it and looking for offers.

• 6 tickets (4 seats + 2 SRO)
• All-inclusive food, beer & wine
• 2 VIP parking passes

Hoping the algorithm can help find the fan in the market for an entire Finals suite.

DMs open!

[jakef @jakefeigs]

xp offers is our onchain bidding rails for tickets. sellers submit inventory and our buyer network competes on it in real time.

knicks fever is putting the engine into overdrive unlike any event we’ve seen before.

400 level seats pulling 5 figure quotes 🤯🤯

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

The category is exchange-native marketplaces.

Hyperliquid, Polymarket, Kalshi, StockX, @xpticket, @BAXUSco. Same shape.

Listing marketplaces sold discovery; exchange-native marketplaces are what becomes possible when clearing comes first. Match both sides, hold escrow, settle the trade. And the product looks different because of it.

Value can accrue to a token, to equity, to fees. That part's downstream.

The category is the thing.

[Hunter Horsley @HHorsley]

There's a new class in crypto: the revenue chains.

The leaders are Hyperliquid & Solana.

Both do some overlapping things, and some different things. Both have exceptional communities, usage, use cases, etc.

I think that both will rise together, just as iOS and Android both rode the structural adoption of mobile.

In the case of the revenue chains, they are riding the wave of capital markets coming onchain.

Right place, right time for both. If you are rooting for HYPE or SOL or both, success will be less about the competition between the two (healthy ofc), but rather the rise of onchain capital markets.

Root for capital markets coming onchain.

Love seeing crypto succeed —

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

Smart play by OpenAI. Connect your bank account read-only first. Agentic payments are the natural next step.

[ChatGPT @ChatGPTapp]

A preview for Pro users: a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT.

Pro users in the U.S. can securely connect financial accounts, see where their money is going, and ask questions based on the information they choose to connect.

Your full financial picture, now in ChatGPT.

[Bloomberg @business]

Regardless of what the courts decide with Live Nation, AI is likely to reshape how consumers buy tickets, writes @StepCarter (via @opinion) https://t.co/OQ9li2Hfwi

[Mary Gooneratne @marygooneratne]

not to be dramatic but @xpticket is magical

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

https://t.co/JfFufey3zL

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

Who we thinking for Game 6? Knicks or Pacers?
🏀

[XP @xpticket]

Coming soon: Peer-to-Peer Swaps on @solana.

A major step toward solving one of the biggest consumer pain points in live events, only possible on-chain.

Watch @saunders3000 demo it at @SolanaConf.

This one’s big. Stay tuned.

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

@BloopSizzle half full

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

@morfin_regina pizza

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

@Robb747 @nickducoff @whosknave @xpticket Check out our talk this Thursday at Solana Accelerate in NYC to see.

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

🎟️🚀

[XP @xpticket]

We're thrilled to share XP has raised $6.2M to build the future of ticketing–with fans at the center–led by @blockchangevc with @L1D_xyz, @reflexivexyz, and others.

More below on how this accelerates our mission to build the most fulfilling live experiences for fans 👇

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

XP remains committed to leading the industry with transparency and trust, and we applaud this important step forward in protecting fans.

Fans deserve better, and we’ve got more to deliver. Follow @xpticket for XP’s newest fan-first innovations dropping soon 👀

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

Game over for junk fees. The FTC just pulled the plug.

Today, the FTC’s new rule goes into effect, requiring ticket sellers to show total prices upfront – something that should have been the standard years ago.

XP’s been doing it from day one.

Here’s why this matters 👇🎟️

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

Now, with all-in pricing being the new standard, fans can see the difference for themselves: same tickets, better prices, better experience on XP.

https://t.co/2psnApl443

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

deep dish

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

All this solana testing is making me hungry.
while nyc pizza is best, what chicago style is preferred? reply with deep dish or tavern style and the right answer will win 50,000 bonk that i'm keeping in this escrow smart contract for all to see
[still testing here]

[Michael Saunders @saunders3000]

the answer is ... 🥁