I didn’t leave #ETHCC2025 with a list of “top tokens to watch.” I left with something better: A quiet sense that crypto is finally growing up. 🧵 Some thoughts from the week in Nice…

When I first got into crypto, the conversations were all about disruption. Replace the banks. Cut out the middleman. Dismantle the incumbents. But lately, I’ve been drawn to a different kind of builder: the ones bridging worlds, not burning them down.

The first major crypto event I attended was the @Stacks gathering in Berlin, 2018. I was excited. I was nervous. And I was completely overwhelmed. Everyone seemed to speak a different language. 🧵

When @zhayitong told me he used to design governance for Gary Gensler, I couldn’t help but laugh. Because if you’ve been in crypto long enough, you know the bizarre dance of guessing what “sufficient decentralization” even means.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how this moment in crypto just feels different. Not louder. Not trendier. But clearer. And this quote from @KeithGrossman put words to something I’ve been sensing for a while 👇

I’ve spent the last year learning what it really takes to launch a token, the right way. Not just the hype cycle. But the real foundation work. The boring (but critical) parts no one tweets about. 🧵

Getting my plans in order for #ETHCC. Will you be there too?

A top recruiter shared this killer interview question with me: What's something you're #1 at? An athletic event, rankings in your industry, etc. Whatever it is. Would you have a good answer for it?

Lately, my days feel like one long balancing act. Work, kids, meetings, travel plans, creative deep dives... and somehow, I’m still trying to carve out space to actually think. I used to think I needed a full productivity overhaul but turns out, it's the simple tools that help the most. Here are 4 apps that have been quietly saving my sanity lately 🧵

Four days ago, we challenged our Head of Social to use the existing, publicly available AI tools to create an ad for @MoonPay. This morning, we debuted the piece below. We can no longer deny that the world is getting increasingly FASTER, more EFFICIENT and CHEAPER. All it took to create this :39 second spot was:  ▶️ One person ▶️ <10 hours of work all-in (Script, AI Generation & Editing) ▶️ Two, publicly available AI tools (ChatGPT & Veo 3) ▶️ <$250 to produce all-in Whatever your thoughts are of it, these tools will only continue to improve. And, as the saying goes: AI will not replace “doctors” but it will replace those “doctors” who do not use AI. We hope you enjoy! 🚀🟣