Will Kantaros

shaolin shadowboxin // cofounder @decentxyz (acquired @moonpay) // YC Alum // prev stints @meta @coinbase @brown math cs econ

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

Unbelievably excited to announce @moonpay’s acquisition of Decent. From building our first mvp in my college apartment to now, it’s been quite the journey. This is only the beginning

[MoonPay 🟣 @moonpay]

BREAKING: MoonPay has acquired Decent and launched MoonPay Trade

the only API you need for onchain execution, settlement, conversion, and payments on 200+ chains and protocols

one-click to DeFi for institutions, apps, and enterprises

performant, compliant, and live now

[Ian Lapham @ianlapham]

I've advised the Decent team since day one, and this one was special because it was truly just a group of friends building together. I remember the first conversations I had with the original cast 4 years ago @wdcollier @willkantaros @cdsiren @xanderscarlson

The product went through multiple evolutions during those years, and huge props to the Decent team for taking risks, adapting to the market, and building payment infrastructure that truly has pushed the space forward.

The journey continues as part of Moonpay, congrats to the Decent team.

[The Block @TheBlockCo]

MoonPay announces fourth acquisition of the year with Decent, as it launches MoonPay Trade https://t.co/XyYwA54lVg

[MoonPay 🟣 @moonpay]

we broke the trending algo 🚀

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

Thank you to everyone who helped us along the way! @Ashegan @archetypevc @wdcollier @cdsiren @CarolineDPham @ycombinator @ianlapham

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

Unbelievably excited to announce @moonpay’s acquisition of Decent. From building our first mvp in my college apartment to now, it’s been quite the journey. This is only the beginning

[MoonPay 🟣 @moonpay]

BREAKING: MoonPay has acquired Decent and launched MoonPay Trade

the only API you need for onchain execution, settlement, conversion, and payments on 200+ chains and protocols

one-click to DeFi for institutions, apps, and enterprises

performant, compliant, and live now

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

Since starting Decent, @ashegan and the Archetype team have been an invaluable resource along every step of the journey — let’s go!

[Archetype @archetypevc]

World-changing products come not from established institutions, but from visionary founders and fast-moving startups looking to challenge the status quo.

We’re beyond excited to announce Archetype III today, a $100M fund dedicated to accelerating a founder-led future.

At Archetype, we’ve never been more excited about the future of crypto:
+ technical innovations in blockchain performance have enabled onchain applications to become sleek mobile-first experiences
+ blockchain throughput and capabilities are finally reaching parity with web2
+ stablecoins are creating a $250B (and counting) global payments network
+ onchain social networks are emerging as a new way for people to connect while owning and leveraging their own data
+ and crypto is credibly proving it can contribute to foundational innovation in AI while unlocking a new generation of enterprise and consumer use cases

With this $100M of fresh capital, we’re continuing to foster relationships with maniacal founders, operate as their most dedicated advocates, and expand on the deep network and community we’ve built with Funds I and II.

We’ve already begun deploying capital from our third fund into several startups still in stealth. These will join a portfolio that includes @privy_io, @monad, @Hut8Corp, @farcaster_xyz, @RemixGG_, @ritualnet, @RelayProtocol, and other category-leading companies.

Archetype has always been a very high-touch partner to the entrepreneurs we back, putting our relationships and commitment to collaboration front and center. We bring early conviction and perspective to teams of risk takers working to bend the future to their will. Where most funds bring safety and scale, Archetype offers edge and inevitability.

Massive thanks to our investors for placing your trust in us, and to all of the founders who have allowed us to build alongside you. We're honored to play a part in crypto's future and continue accelerating the programmable future with you all.

[Merit Systems @merit_systems]

Today, we're launching Echo.

Turn inference into income.

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

@jackieberardo @designerfund @benblumenrose @Meta lets go!

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

@RAC toulouse 🚀

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

people who have been using the em dash long before ai know that it’s the jazz riff of punctuation, the tightrope between intuition and impulse, the trapdoor for digressions—it’s the writing fidget spinner for centrifugal thinkers

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

People forget Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world yielded a 4,700 percent return for investors, and Queen Elizabeth used her portion of the proceeds to pay off all foreign debts

[Going Public @goingpublic]

few will understand

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

@katiewav go bears 🐻

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

Cannot speak highly enough about @octane_security and @giovignone, while traditional audits are always valuable, leveraging octane helped us uncover several missed bugs, and speed up our development cycles. Truly a must for crypto-first teams

[Gio @giovignone]

🚨 We found 2 key vulnerabilities in @decentxyz’s UTB cross-chain protocol during development despite them undergoing 2 separate manual audits!

Curious how leading crypto teams catch hidden bugs before they're exploited—and stay bulletproof from Day 1?

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

Tenet price pattern

[lynk @lynk0x]

most people aren’t prepared for this scenario

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

@0xLamps and bridges are the best asset issuers!

[binji @binji_x]

It’s impossible to get fully censored by a centralized sequencer because you can always force L2 transactions via its native L1.

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

I would be on the lookout for how Privy wallets + stablecoins play out in this next crypto boom

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

I would be on the lookout for how Privy wallets + stablecoins play out in this next crypto boom

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

Great to be featured, huge fan of @0xASK and the rest of the Omni team. 1) Secure abstraction layers are vital for a chain-agnostic future. 2) "Commerce automation" will be ubiquitous, as it's the best way to decouple settlement from UX while avoiding "walled gardens"

[Nomina @Nomina]

https://t.co/87vzopYQpR

[Will Kantaros @willkantaros]

@ArshanKhanifar Inshallah

[kaledora @kaledora]

building a startup is this dizzying experience of learning and updating your priors so quickly the person you were a month ago almost feels like an alien