Blockchain Builders Fund

Blockchain Builders Fund supports and invests in the best blockchain founders and teams from the Stanford Blockchain community

[Blockchain Builders Fund @theBBFund]

Still excited from connecting @ethereum thought leaders with NY's finance behemoths; showcasing how the ecosystem will underpin the financial infrastructure of tomorrow.

Click through the thread to watch the recordings in order!

Full agenda here: https://t.co/DPIzgt02KA

[Blockchain Builders Fund @theBBFund]

A month ago we teamed up with @ethecofund, @Etherealize_io, @initc3org, @ethereumfndn to host @ethereum_nyc Nextfin at Cipriani's, opened by @gilswrld, @elkun_peng ,and @not_qz
We convened the foremost thinkers, leaders, and regulators, bridging Ethereum, finance, and policy, and are excited to share the recordings today!

Huge thanks to our sponsors: @nethermind, @zircuit, @zksync, @UniswapFND, @chainlink, @Securitize, @alt_layer, @wormhole, @DFG__Official, @OctantApp, @CambrianNetwork, @googlecloud, @ethereum_NYC, @HallidayHQ, @inconetwork, @PierTwo_com, @cyberfund, @OpenLedgerEco, @rocksolidHQ, @Vishwa_xyz, @UXLINKofficial, @BitMartExchange, @selfxyz, @0G_labs

[Fundraising Digest @CryptoRank_VCs]

AEON $8M Pre-Seed Round⚡️

📑 About:
@AEON_Community is a settlement layer for the agentic economy enabling autonomous AI agent transactions.

🤝 Investors:
@yzilabs (Lead), @HashKeyGroup, @IDGCapital, @theBBFund, @Oakgrovevc, and @SevenXVentures

[Michael Heinrich (Ø,G) @michaelh_0g]

Then I went to Stanford University for an AI for Science conference. Special treat: getting to meet some of the amazing founders in our Apollo accelerator cohort that we are proudly hosting with @StanfordSBA and @theBBFund

[Sam Green @0xsamgreen]

Finance is going through a metamorphosis - I believe today's ongoing changes are part of The Great Convergence. (The entire convergence encompasses all economic activity)

[Wyatt Benno @wyatt_benno]

Excited to share that @icme_labs has been selected for the @0G_labs Apollo Accelerator, backed by @theBBFund and veterans from Stanford's blockchain community @StanfordSBA.

🔥Only 10 teams selected out of hundreds🔥
#ZKML

We're building PreFlight: cryptographic guardrails for AI agents. Plain English policies compiled to formal logic used for enforcement; with a succinct ZK proof of every decision.

LLM judges don't work. Humans-in-the-loop, no way!

Agents that handle anything important need cryptographic guardrails. That's PreFlight.

#0gApolloAccelerator

[Palliora @palliora]

Wrapped up a strong day at The Programmable Economy: AI & Blockchain Redefining Markets at @cornell_tech.

The discussions underscored a clear shift toward verifiable infrastructure for the emerging agent economy.
The “AI on Blockchain Rails” panel, moderated by @Gary_Weinstein_, highlighted why privacy and verifiability are becoming foundational requirements.

Proud to have @amitchax representing @palliora, where we are building the privacy-enhancing stack spanning ZK, MPC, FHE, and TEEs to enable secure, auditable human–AI coordination.

Grateful to the organizers @CTBlockchainNYC, @CUBlockchain, @theBBFund, and @initc3org, and to everyone who contributed to a thoughtful and forward-looking conversation.

The next phase of market infrastructure is being built with verifiability at its core.

[FINTECH.TV @FINTECHTVglobal]

Quantum computing is advancing quickly while $BTC remains difficult to upgrade.

@swillinger of @theBBFund tells @RemyBlaireNews the fix is "relatively straightforward," but the Bitcoin community will face a governance decision on coins that would need to be migrated, including Satoshi's.

"21 million might not be the final number anymore."

[Blockchain Builders Fund @theBBFund]

We meant to say “congrats” 😬

[Blockchain Builders Fund @theBBFund]

Cigarettes to @immersve

[Binance MENA @BinanceArabic]

Crypto, unlocked.

Introducing Binance Card, a new way to bring your crypto into everyday spending. Seamless, simple, and built for the real world.

Learn more 👇
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[Blockchain Builders Fund @theBBFund]

Gday @immersve

[Binance MENA @BinanceArabic]

Crypto, unlocked.

Introducing Binance Card, a new way to bring your crypto into everyday spending. Seamless, simple, and built for the real world.

Learn more 👇
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[XTrace @XTrace_ai]

We're not killing SaaS.
We're not replacing Claude or ChatGPT.
We're taking a different approach.
We're giving life to a new way of working with AI.

That starts with owning your AI intelligence.

If you don't want your startup to on the list of deaths after the next Claude release, this event's for you.

Come discover the "fountain of truth" at our launch event in SF.

Come hang. Demo what you're building. Meet others in the space. Link in the comments.

7th May | San Francisco

[Monk Zero @NoCommas]

I'm grateful that Anthropic open-sourced Claude Code today.

I'm also grateful that Claude Code launched closed-source a year ago because it gave us time to build Ante, the precursor of our mission, from first principles without being influenced.

And why yet ANother TErminal agent?
Well, "it's just built different."

[Pod Network @poddotnetwork]

pod[dot]pro

[Pod Network @poddotnetwork]

Markets have been rigged. Until today.

Join the waitlist to trade on the first fair markets.

Be early: https://t.co/a425z9Gn3i

[Blockchain Builders Fund @theBBFund]

@hunterharloff @topology_vc Cant believe you bogarted the whole round. Selfish

[Antigma @antigma_labs]

https://t.co/8rxOYLw4dA

[Stanford Blockchain Accelerator (SBA) @StanfordSBA]

Exciting to see @Mastercard formalizing their work in the space. Excited to keep partnering!
@_rawchristian_ @JFaury @immersve
https://t.co/bYltn18Yyt

[Friends With Benefits @FWBtweets]

@worldbuildlabs is a joint program between @worldcoin, @world_chain_, and FWB to build the next generation of breakout Apps for World App’s 38M+ users.

With support from @theBBFund @BainCapCrypto @bcap @coinfund @dragonfly_xyz @Filecoin @hashed_official @nascent @Optimism @privy_io @protocollabs @TenderlyApp @Uniswap @variantfund @xmtp_

[hinkal @hinkal_protocol]

Hinkal Pay is live.

Businesses and consumers can now settle confidentially, end-to-end.

Sender, recipient, amount - all private, without changing wallets, chains or stablecoins.

With Hinkal Pay you can:
- Send confidentially
- Receive confidentially
- Execute private & public payouts
- Operate on existing rails
- Maintain compliance controls

How it works
When you settle through Hinkal Pay, funds move to a confidential balance inside Hinkal’s smart contract, controlled by the recipient’s existing wallet.

From there, recipients can access funds and:
- Pay privately
Execute confidential payouts to vendors, affiliates, employees, partners, or treasury accounts. Sender, recipient, and amounts remain confidential on-chain.

- Send to public wallets
Send funds as a standard on-chain transfer to any public wallet address. The sender remains private.

All transactions are screened via @chainalysis before execution, and high-risk or flagged addresses are prevented from accessing the smart contract.

Live on: @ethereum @base @arbitrum @polygon @arc @optimism
Supported assets: USDT, USDC, DAI, and ETH

Link & Step-by-step 🧵👇

[Blockchain Builders Fund @theBBFund]

Proud to be working with the @0G_labs team to bring the same programming content and network that helped launch @0G_labs into the world from the @StanfordSBA to the builders in the @0G_labs ecosystem.

[0G Labs (Home of Infinite AI) @0G_labs]

Introducing the 0G Apollo Accelerator.

This is the biggest invitation for builders in decentralized AI history. 0G is providing up to $2M in funding per team, $200K in @googlecloud credits per team, and special access to @privy_io, with more to come.

It's time to build on 0G 👇