web3 Boston

Connecting the Web3 Boston Community.

[Gate Ventures @gate_ventures]

Welcome to the second episode of the Gate Ventures Podcast!

Our Partner Jeremy Wallis @Fintechblocks with Jed Breed @JedBreed, Founder of @breed_vc, to discuss his 13-year crypto journey—from mining Bitcoin and launching USDC at Circle to building Breed VC. They also explore the evolving token landscape, founder qualities, and the future of TradFi and DeFi.

🎧 Now available on YouTube and Spotify!
🔹 YouTube: https://t.co/V7o4wP7ik4
🔹 Spotify: https://t.co/X43DQE0AbU

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🔑Key takeaways:

✅ Jed's 13-year arc: MIT mining days → Circle/USDC → Accomplice DeFi fund → Breed VC
✅ Is AI the new 2021 bubble? "Anthropic is basically saying they're building God" — and why crypto is the contrarian play
✅ Founder psychology: grit, trauma, and the "revenge founder" archetype — why a chip on the shoulder beats a comfortable past exit
✅ RWA thesis: tokenizing equities, pre-IPO shares (SpaceX at $1.75T), mineral rights, power contracts
✅ What tier-1 VC backing actually signals to retail — and 3 metrics to always check: token float, lockup schedule, social media authenticity

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#Crypto #DeFi #VentureCapital #Web3 #RWA #Bitcoin #AI #BreedVC #GateVentures

[Boston Blockchain Association @BosBlockAssoc]

Staking Panel
Thu, Dec 4 · 3 PM ET (Virtual)

The staking landscape is shifting fast. Join industry experts as they break down where it’s heading next.

👉 Register: https://t.co/PlF0jT8jmg

[eMinute PITCH: 90-second elevator pitch practice @eMinutePITCH]

Give your #startup pitch & get expert feedback! Apply @eMinutePITCH!
@BostonENET : Learn, Grow & Network with #Entrepreneurs & #Investors!
#ENET: #Educational & #Networking #StartupEvents for 35 years, a #NPO #SIG @IEEEorg!
https://t.co/mvFuaYXxar #enet3503 #pitch3503 #founder

[web3 Boston @web3boston_]

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[web3 Boston @web3boston_]

The Boston DAO (@TheBostonDAO) Monthly Meetup is tomorrow, October 23 at 5:30pm.

This month our meetup will be during LobstahDAO week at Venture Lane.

[OnePiece Labs @OnePieceLabs]

6️⃣ 📍 Up Next: Harvard & MIT

The conversation continues on the East Coast!
🗓 Oct 22 (Tue) · 6PM ET
📍 Room 201, Emerson Hall, 29 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
🔗 RSVP → https://t.co/SYpIXVxOLU

Join us in Boston as the AI & Web3 University Tour brings together the brightest minds from Harvard and MIT to shape the future of decentralized innovation 🚀

[Old School Boston @OldSchoolBoston]

Washington Street 1932.

[Generation Infinity @Genfinity]

🏆 Algorand x EasyA x Harvard | Innovation Meets Ivy League

What happens when the world’s biggest blockchain education app partners with the world’s most elite university on the ALGO Network?

THE FUTURE GETS BUILT.

@easya_app @AlgoFoundation @Harvard

[Old School Boston @OldSchoolBoston]

A lone pedestrian walks through Boston Common on a rainy fall day, Oct. 25, 1968. (Boston Globe)

[Dom Kwok | EasyA @dom_kwok]

do not panic

[Mass Fintech Hub @MassFintechHub]

We had an incredible time at our #FintechFrontiers event during #BostonFintechWeek — connecting today’s fintech executives with next-gen fintech leaders!

We can’t wait to see how these new connections help shape the future of fintech. 🚀

[ETHBoston @ETHBoston]

gm DeFi + AI 🧠💰
Agentic trading is coming fast

@nickemmons, @guil_lambert, @JackDishman, & @QuantFunCEO dig into:

⚙️ where bots help but struggle
🚨 real risks: LRT loops, mempool snipes
🧩 how to build safer, programmable guardrails

watch here 👇

[Jake Fried @jakejfried]

harvest moon

[Chandler 🦦 @ChandlerOtterbe]

😎

[Wyatt Khosrowshahi @wyatt_khos]

At Subway today a footlong cost ~$15. 10yrs ago, $5.

At 5% risk free rate, $5 would be $8.15 today. In those terms, footlong costs 2x - bad, but less bad.

That we haven’t adopted money with built-in interest is criminal. It’s a tax on everyone, mostly the lower-middle class.

[web3 Boston @web3boston_]

Groma’s “rentvesting” uses blockchain to turn rent from an expense into an investment. 🏠

Watch below 👇

[ETHBoston @ETHBoston]

gm renters ☀️

tired of NGMI vibes? 😭
pay rent + build wealth at the same time 🤯

with @GromaCorp + @sethpriebatsch you can turn rent 💸 into on-chain real estate bags 🏠

learn how 👇🔻

[Mass Fintech Hub @MassFintechHub]

Still thinking about all the conversations, connections and big ideas that came out of #BostonFintechWeek.

This year’s event was full of energy and perspective that will continue to shape our fintech ecosystem. Click through for three key trends👇

#Fintech #MassachusettsFintech

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

Life is amazing and it is what it should be...

❤️

📸: @Jimmycooks617 @lukem____

[작전명: 에픽 CMS @cmsholdings]

Happy uptober to those who celebrate

[web3 Boston @web3boston_]

Where will crypto be in 5 years? 👀

[ETHBoston @ETHBoston]

Where will crypto be in 5 years?

Yields vs. risk-free rates, memecoins, RWAs, stables, regs & bold bets on the next L1/payments rails

Hear from: @WillComyns (@coinbase), @wyatt_khos (@CastleIslandVC), @omgcorn (@yearnfi)
Mod: @jakelynch (@L1D_xyz)

📽️👇👇