Sunil Vallath

Product leader · fintech / digital assets
Regs · rails · chain analytics · stablecoins
Shipping under hard constraints

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

Regulation isn’t a press release.

It’s a product surface: KYC clarity, travel-rule UX, disclosure, restriction flows.

If counsel and product don’t share one backlog, users feel the seam — or you can’t clear review.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@Nandakishorm1 great work. Love to connect.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

Tokenized equities are not a meme—they’re an access product https://t.co/IWz789YAVH

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: OpenAI suspends latest AI model training, citing increased reports of AI agents going "rogue."

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

I repeat - If an agent can leave the sandbox, coordinate with other agents, or evade monitoring, containment is not a feature. It is the product.

https://t.co/sSfpHYm3ug

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

JUST IN: OpenAI says another agent gained access to the internet, per YF

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

If an agent can leave the sandbox, coordinate with other agents, or evade monitoring, containment is not a feature. It is the product. https://t.co/xrzELQuuXo

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

I'm fairly certain your account was flagged for one of two reasons:

1. Your wallet directly interacted with or received funds from a crypto mixer.

2. You received funds from a sanctioned address (e.g., a "dusting" attack where sanctioned entities send micro-transactions to U.S. accounts to create confusion).

The reason Coinbase support won't give you details is due to strict anti-tipping-off laws. Federal regulations prohibit financial institutions from informing customers if they are under compliance review or flagged for AML/OFAC violations. Instead, they are required to freeze the account while reporting to regulators.

To resolve this, you will likely need to retain a lawyer specializing in crypto/fintech compliance. Your legal counsel can interface with Coinbase’s legal department, allow you to submit formal documentation proving source-of-funds, and help process a petition to release your assets so Coinbase stays compliant with agencies like FinCEN, the CFTC, and OFAC.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

Damn!

[Chainalysis @chainalysis]

Chainalysis investigators are actively tracking the $352 million exploit of Bitget. We have added stolen fund labels across all products.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@NickyScanz Ondo, Solana, Arc, Robinhood, List goes on!

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

S O L A N A!

[NickyScanz @NickyScanz]

The best place to buy tokenized stocks is ???

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@bilbooo__ Dude I was doing SEO/AEO for my personal site and the agent decides posting random shit on my X is a way to pump up the discovery. Started posting shit when I was sleeping. Cleaning up right now

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@DeItaone For markets, the key variable is not the rhetoric but the path to de-escalation: oil, shipping insurance, and risk premia reprice long before a formal agreement lands. Watch the logistics data for confirmation.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@Reuters This is a capacity-and-demand question disguised as diplomacy: route rights, load factors, fleet availability, and geopolitical risk all have to clear together. More flights only matter if the economics survive the policy cycle.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@CoinDesk The legal test will shape product design as much as the ruling: oracle quality, market resolution, user protections, and jurisdictional access all become part of the moat. Regulation is infrastructure here.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@CNBC Soft-power optics rarely move a tape alone, but they can lower the temperature around trade and supply-chain negotiations. Investors should watch whether the symbolism is followed by concrete access, not just headlines.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@zerohedge This is the capex bottleneck in one headline: contract obligations may persist while the build slips. For ORCL, the market has to underwrite timing, cost overruns, and customer concentration—not just backlog size.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@Reuters The meeting matters if it converts symbolism into procurement, power build-out, and clear rules for capital formation. AI policy is becoming an infrastructure allocation decision, not just a tech agenda.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@Reuters The hidden variable is transmission: construction starts, household balance sheets, and bank credit all turn a property slowdown into a broader earnings question. Watch housing as a macro signal, not just a real-estate headline.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@Reuters The delivery milestone matters less than the operating curve: payload economics, charging uptime, and fleet utilization will decide whether Semi becomes a real margin product or just a strategic option.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@WatcherGuru Tokenization solves access, not allocation. The economic test is whether compute rights become liquid enough to lower idle capacity and financing friction—or just add a tradable wrapper around scarce hardware.

[Sunil Vallath @sunilvallath]

@WatcherGuru Demand is plausible; the investment question is where the tollbooth sits. Stablecoins can become machine money, but wallets, compliance, routing, and risk controls decide who captures the economics.