Mario Nawfal

What does the crypto industry need for a broader adoption as per PayPal's Jose Fernandez da Ponte, the company's senior vice president of blockchain: - More developers - Stable instruments of exchange such as stable coins (agreed) and central bank digital currencies (CBDC) that

Celebrities buy Bored Apes to signal they know what’s up. Can your product do the same?

Persistence beats resistance!

First came the personas. Then the currency – Apecoin Finally, a metaverse Some metaverse projects haven’t succeeded because they’ve started the other way around #BAYC

If you have to do anything on the blockchain in a rush, stop, and don’t do it.

It is not late-stage capitalism. It is a late-stage fiat.

NFTs are an overlap of culture, tech, & economics, a cradle for a collective of polymaths. There has never been a better time to be a geek and a bookworm.

The Lightning Network’s latest statistics at a glance: - The number of payments has roughly doubled over the last year - The value of the payments has increased by more than 400%, measured in US dollars. Bullish!

What has made #Moonbirds so popular? A thread…

Decentralized #Metaverse Vs. Centralized Metaverse t.co/rtjelFWOmx

Everyone asks once. Winners ask MANY more times.

Two ways to scale a business: - Invest in better technology and software to help automate. Don’t be cheap. - Hire more people, so you can have more time to work on higher-level things.

Fidelity has opened its Fidelity Stack building in Decentraland, to engage a younger audience. Why? Over 3.8M newly opened accounts last year belonged to a younger clientele. Are you still doubting whether your business should be present in the metaverse?

Yet another crypto exploit, this time concerning Beanstalk. This is DeFi in its infant stage. People will still lose money.

NFTs are inherently a social thing.

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Framework Ventures total assets under management are currently around ~$1.4B. The VC firm was one of the first to enter the DeFi space and recognize gems such as Chainlink, Aave, The Graph, Tokemak, and others.

Emirates Airlines is launching its own NFT

Emerging NFT niches to keep an eye on. A thread:

With a series of interest rate hikes announced for 2022, raising capital may become more challenging. If you are an employee, you may want to start exercising those stock options sooner than later.

Fact: #Roblox has the highest-paying internship programs per week. Media monthly salary: $9,667

JP Morgan is still assigning a long-term price target for #Bitcoin of $150,000!

Nomad, Stargate, Wormhole, Connext, Hop, Rainbow Bridge, Synapse… The list of crypto ‘bridges’ grows. Bridge-war will be one of the hallmarks in crypto this 2022.

#NFTs could soon be coming on Amazon.

I’ve been hearing Facebook’s organic reach is growing again. What’s your take?

The first thing to have before deciding to launch a startup: Personal branding! Unless you have some traction and community around yourself, don’t start a startup.

#Metaverse for kids is coming. Conceived by who else if not Epic Games and Fortnite.

Kevin O'Leary: #cryptocurrency will become the S&P 500's 12th sector within a decade.

Meta plans to take a 47.5% cut on each transaction of digital assets in Horizon Worlds, Meta’s own metaverse. …. vs OpenSea’s 2.5%, and LooksRare’s 2%. ?? More power to the decentralized metaverse!

@Vince_Van_Dough, @ACthecollector, and @jdh have nice collections. Check them out!