Mario Nawfal

Breaking 4 mins ago: The US Treasury Dept has launched an investigation into Kraken, for potential violations of US sanctions on Iran. My thoughts: Regulators are making moves. I'm optimistic it's for the best but there are risks this could hurt a few big players in the space.

Interesting reads for the week (a thread of threads)

Bitcoin will become a better financial instrument than gold, and everyone will have it in their portfolio. -- Edward Dowd. Former MD, BlackRock

Should I upgrade my Punk?

Been on 6 international flights and lost 2 suitcases in the past 9 days. When I'm not travelling I feel down, and when I'm travelling I feel exhausted. My lifestyle is concerningly unsustainable...

Perfect timing 😂 Literally hours ago we were discussing internally to hire someone to come up with daily memes for us and our clients... So... if anyone is interested, send your best meme in the comments! 👇💭

You either find risk or risk finds you. So if you cannot avoid risk, you might as well be proactive in deciding which types of risks befall you.

Uniswap and Coinbase now have roughly equal daily volumes. DEXes are winning.

BREAKING 8 mins ago - Coinbase faces SEC probe over cryptocurrency listings.

Shill me your $ENS domain, looking to possibly ape👇💭

Just launched this, join 😉 t.co/Q93zBAZP01

Dubai intends to become #1 in the region and one of the top 10 cities globally in terms of metaverse economy. They plan to grow the UAE's metaverse sector by opening 40,000 new jobs and boosting the nation's economy by $4B by 2030. Bullish!

I remember this day... the crypto community lost their mind 😂😂

Whales & influencers dumping on their followers & the retail market needs to stop! We're working with a few VCs on solutions to this problem. Give us some recommendations 👇💭

Dear entrepreneur, not everyone is your customer. Dear influencer, not everyone is your fan. Stop trying to please everyone or you will fail. Focus on your '1000 true fans'.

Barclays invests in DeFi platform Copper, albeit a small sum In 2017-18 everyone was talking about the herd coming... well now the herd is here If you're not bullish long term, plz tell me why as I don't get it 👇💭

Indonesia is amazing. 41% of the population own digital assets, and women make up more than half of crypto investors.

Behind the scenes & unknown to most, some of the biggest VCs are seeking emergency capital at scale! Again I won't disclose names, but in brief no one trusts anyone at the moment. 3AC & Celsius have led to panic similar to Lehamn's aftermath in 2008. Be VERY careful.

You have a daily choice…  - Listen to music OR learn from a podcast - Watch television OR read a book - Spend money OR invest money  Choose wisely

VR to the metaverse is mobile phones to the internet. One is a portal to the other

Hearing a lot of rumors of exchanges facing liquidity issues. I have not been able to verify the information so I won't mention names. Stay safe.

Invest while they sleep. Learn while they party. Save while they spend. Live like they dream.

To be successful you don't have to be extraordinary, you just have to be disciplined and consistent.

Do good and expect nothing in return.

In an interview with Bloomberg, 3AC founders finally break their silence (a thread): 1. Zhu and Davies claim that they didn’t pull money from the firm before it blew up 2. “We failed to realize … that Luna was capable of falling to zero in a matter of days” - Zhu 👇🧵

Calling out ‘scammers’ is very important, even necessary. Abusing the term to cancel others, however, is dangerous.

Gaming is the first killer use case of bringing adoption to the Metaverse. In-game assets are necessary for fully or semi-open metaverses to operate. I would be VERY surprised if in-game NFTs do not lead the next bull run in the space.

Do people really care if the metaverse is decentralized? They didn't for web 2 metaverses (Tiktok, FB, IG, etc). Do people really need an NFT profile picture? We've been happily using selfies for over a decade. I always question the assumptions I have. You should do the same...

"The next big thing will start out looking like a toy" - @cdixon

BREAKING 9 min ago: Bitcoin futures net shorts rise to largest since mid Jan. In other words, there are more bets on Bitcoin price going down than there have been almost all year except Jan.