Some good stuff in the @a16zcrypto report, but this chart really jumps out - stablecoin activity ripping while broader trading ebbs and flows. Wild growth in 2025.
Our latest State of Crypto report is here.
The main theme for the year is the maturation of the crypto industry:
• Traditional financial institutions and fintechs launched crypto products
• DeFi and stablecoins went mainstream
• Blockchains got faster and cheaper
• The regulatory shift in the U.S. revived builder confidence
Find the full 2025 State of Crypto report here: https://t.co/SHky91Gpml
See below for a few highlights.
Forcing the square peg that is traditional AML surveillance into the round hole of public stablecoin transactions creates a financial panopticon that's just as bad, if not worse, for American's privacy than a hypothetical CBDC could be.
Read more in Coin Center's comment to Treasury https://t.co/gDKHYfWiWI
Ben Horowitz says a famous Hollywood friend told him half the movie they’re making is AI.
It’s collapsing the cost of filmmaking, and when creation gets cheap enough, entirely new mediums could emerge.
Source: @bhorowitz at Columbia Business School
Next week, Nifty Gateway Studio will be heading to Singapore for @token2049, the largest crypto conference in the world.
This event brings together the global crypto community, uniting entrepreneurs, investors, developers, enthusiasts, and media to shape what’s next in the digital asset space and beyond.
For us, Token is all about linking our artists’ work directly to fans, and bridging the gap between digital experience and IRL connection. This creates unique interactions that add lasting utility for our artists and unforgettable moments for our community.
If you’ll be attending TOKEN2049 October 1–2, we'd love to know. Please drop us a message or visit our booth on Level 5.
Visitors will get to experience @dave_krugman's DRIVE // LAP 2 and @otherworld_xx's The Garden of Other Worldly Delights in an all-new way, and have a chance to win exclusive merch, NFTs, and tickets to the F1 race on October 4.
A mess of additions to the Masquerade and Mask Market we announced in Toledo are now live.
I walk through them in the video but the purpose is to continue to close the distance between each mask from one another and close the distance between each mask and the Masquerade itself, creating many tunnels to slip between Mask, Masquerade, Observation, Response, and back, burrowing between the links in the network.
Changes to the Mask Market:
Masks are now sorted by Chroma in a long gradient Masks can now be sorted by Region where its Observation was placed
Masks can now be sorted by their adornments such as which Masks have horns or tusks Masks can now be sorted by their materials such as wood, stone, ebony, or feather Reserved Masks for the Exhibition Winners have been given a new Rank A strip of other Mask thumbnails if viewable when you go to each Mask page Sped up the page performance to load much quicker Changes to the Masquerade:
All Masks are now viewable within the Masquerade viewer
Masks can be viewed by hovering over each, or enlarged and cycled through in a gallery viewer
The default ordering of observations is now randomized, making each time you revisit the page surface someone new.
Replies are now collapsed helping with legibility
Added Rank badging from the Market to the Observation panel (Finalist, Seer, Council, etc) There are some additional changes and tweaks from our Toledo experience which will be making their way in soon as well but I hope you enjoy the changes. My deep thanks to @niftygateway for continuing to support this as a living and breathing record of this gathering rather than a “drop” or marketplace and to @musicalnetta for surfacing and working with us to make it better through her amazing Mask deep dives. The work continues.
The Key by @SamSpratt
"A private key was hidden, scattered in fragments across The Monument Game."
More than two years later, @0xHyla has solved the puzzle and claimed a 1/1 key artwork.
Excited to see the upcoming events at @ToledoMuseum coming to life - another step in an epic journey for some incredible artists. @SamSpratt@MrsRachelSpratt wish I could be there in person - will be there in spirit, trusting @redbeardnft to carry that forward.
If you are coming to Toledo and aren’t the original holder of the Mask but would still like to see your name displayed on our projections as its current holder, be sure to connect to your @niftygateway account.
DRIVE // LAP 2 // RACE 6 🏁🏁🏁
Time to race. Share your best photo in the style of DRIVE below, like and share this post. DRIVE holders compete for TROPHY cars, non-holders can win a DRIVE car. A networked art project on @niftygateway where we collectively create this world together. Full thesis and description linked below, as well as our garage build out where you can shop for deals. GOOD LUCK DRIVERS!
Lap 2, 313 // @tormius
Lap 2, 246 // @ALIENQUEENNFT
Lap 2, 190 // @benskaarx
Lap 2, 184 // @gpunknft