vitalik sold $160M in ETH on march 7. EF published a mandate about being a long-term steward of the ecosystem on march 13. these two things can both be true and still feel weird together
vitalik publishing a mandate for the ethereum foundation is healthy. ecosystems that can say clearly what they stand for are harder to capture for sure
Yesterday was my last day at @Polymarket.
I helped build the sports markets and scale Esports trading volume past $1.5 billion, contributing across backend and product to power these high-volume markets.
The team there is extremely capable, and I’m excited to see what they build next.
I’m now exploring opportunities in crypto, gaming, or market infrastructure.
DMs are open if you're hiring or building in those areas!
Another one.
Sonic launches a new stablecoin USSD backed by tokenized treasuries from BlackRock, WisdomTree and Superstate.
Built using Frax's genius compliant infra, this is the new official stablecoin for Sonic with institutional-grade backing.
The verticalization of core applications and primitives from chain ecosystems continues to accelerate, a trend we expect to continue as revenue becomes a moving target for teams looking for token-market-fit.
Neo finance.
Aave DAO is voting to cut its AAVE buyback budget from $50M to $30M per year.
Revenue dropped 25% from peak and the 2026 budget runs a deficit.
The proposal also shifts buybacks from stablecoins to ETH-denominated assets to preserve stablecoin reserves for operations.