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Robert Leshner

10 months

Hiring for every role @superstatefunds — if you’re excited about migrating new assets onto public blockchains we might have the perfect role for you, on a small but growing team. Let info @superstate .co know why you’re awesome 🗽

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

The ultimate flex is being happy

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@rleshner

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SBF spent months lobbying to kill DeFi, because he knew that transparent autonomous protocols were a threat to “trust me assets are fine” finance.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

I became a DeFi founder in order to create a more transparent, autonomous, and safer financial system. Watching the implosion of UST, Celsius, 3AC, and (hopefully not) more, all of which are opaque and trust-based, reaffirms the need for *Decentralized Finance* more than ever.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I got a job offer from a bank today. L O L O L

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@rleshner

3 years

Ted Cruz is now offering the Cruz amendment, to completely strike crypto from the infrastructure bill; he claims that there are not 5 senators who can even explain what a cryptocurrency is.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Tonight I helped a friend recover a forgotten 2017 Ethereum wallet (remember Mist?) with 9 CryptoPunks in it. Crazy!

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@rleshner

2 years

The whole damn point of crypto is so that you don’t have to say, “I wonder what that company is actually doing with my money”

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

There are 8 billion people and only 10 billion NFTs. You do the math.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

College majors, 2030: Crypto-economics NFT Art History Protocol Political Science Memeology

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Feeling cute, might form a DAO to buy a major league sports team and rename it the Ethers

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Everyone is getting hilariously rich. That’s usually the sign think carefully about your next moves.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

The Ethereum merge (switch to proof of stake from proof of work) is a few weeks out. For most folks in the Ethereum community, this is maybe the most meaningful event of the past five years. Some advice for beginners (and experts):

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Won’t be adding guacamole to the burrito tomorrow

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Today, I had the opportunity to present #DeFi and @compoundfinance to the @federalreserve staff. Eventually the banking system will run on shared, open ledgers. Each day, we get closer.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Quit your job and build DeFi instead, you won’t regret it

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

The future of finance

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Heads up: If crypto drops to 0, I am going to buy literally ALL of it.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 months

Congratulations @BlackRock and @Securitize on the launch of the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund! This is another great milestone for the tokenization of assets!

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

If you received a large, incorrect amount of COMP from the Compound protocol error: Please return it to the Compound Timelock (0x6d903f6003cca6255D85CcA4D3B5E5146dC33925). Keep 10% as a white-hat. Otherwise, it's being reported as income to the IRS, and most of you are doxxed.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Price goes up: “it’s genius, new paradigm” Price goes down: “told you it was a scam” Repeat.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I regret all of the times I pressed the Sell button, on any asset, at any time

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

The fact that a 13 year-old in India can develop a DeFi application should be the most jaw-dropping, come to Jesus moment you need to realize how INSANE the potential of crypto is.

The Boy Who Could DeFi: Meet the 13-Year-Old Who Built a $7M Money Manager on Ethereum - Decrypt

Gajesh Naik is the developer behind a DeFi protocol that's managed nearly $7 million in cryptocurrency—he's also 13.

decrypt.co

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Crypto is bound to repeat every mistake learned over the past hundred years in finance

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Just did the math: My net worth is 99.7% crypto 📈

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Every day, the smartest people decide to work in crypto.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I love every user, every builder, and every investor. Crypto is literally the best community on earth.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Eventually, these robots will be weapons of war.

Vala Afshar

@ValaAfshar

3 years

Imagine what AI powered machines will be able to do in the next 5-10 years. Boston Dynamics machines flawlessly and soulfully dancing in rhythm.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Freezing a sovereign nation’s central bank assets is one of the most monumental events in the history of finance, and will likely be cited in every future debate about financial censorship and censorship-resistance (crypto).

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@vonderleyen

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Second, we will paralyse the assets of Russia’s central bank. This will freeze its transactions. And it will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate its assets.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Don’t be angry or jealous about the bags you don’t have; investing isn’t zero-sum. An open mind will create a lot more value for you than being stubborn.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Somebody just randomly sent me .087 Ether

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

1 year

Nexo is running a hedge fund with customer money.

Nexo

@Nexo

1 year

As a byproduct of Nexo holding balances across different exchanges and protocols, the company can seize opportunities for alpha generation in market-neutral ways for its clients and its own treasury. 14/33 Here are a few examples:

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

11 months

Today, I'm excited to announce the founding of a new company, @superstatefunds Superstate's mission is to create regulated financial products that bridge traditional markets & blockchain ecosystems.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

UNLIKELY THOUSANDS OF CORPORATIONS CAN ALL COMPETE

FXHedge

@Fxhedgers

3 years

SEC GENSLER: UNLIKELY THOUSANDS OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES CAN ALL COMPETE

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I got rekt buying $COIN at the open. From here on out, I'm sticking to crypto.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I'm trying to do anything I can to help the community get some of its COMP back, and this was a bone-headed tweet / approach. That's on me. Luckily, the community is much bigger, and smarter, than just me. I appreciate your ridicule and support.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Satoshi was a fucking genius.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

IF a Senator blocks Unanimous Consent to the Warner, Toomey, Sinema, Lummis amendment-- We primary their ass with all the fury and vengeance of the entire cryptocurrency industry.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

The worse an NFT looks, the more valuable the NFT is

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

At least one centralized crypto business is already insolvent. You just don’t know it yet. That’s why #DeFi

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

I sold ETH to buy a house. Checkmate, @kaiynne and @zhusu

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I’m always amazed by the people who can predict the future, simply by drawing lines on a chart.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

During the 2022, 2024 elections, donate money to candidates that understand and defend crypto—and to the opponents of candidates that do not. This is the only language politicians understand.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

There are 7.8 billion humans, and only: 21,000,000 Bitcoin 10,000 CryptoPunks 1 currently habitable planet You do the math.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Ethereum.

Dan Held (In Hong Kong)

@danheld

3 years

Bitcoin.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

My heart goes out to $RUNE tonight — building novel things in this space is hard as hell. You’ll persevere.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Amidst all this price volatility, I just wanted to give a shout-out to all the builders, dreamers, investors, and users out there. You are crypto. And crypto is nothing without you.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Reminder: any L1 is a massively complex, difficult undertaking. Kudos to everyone building, fixing, and improving.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Really digging Arbitrum

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Crypto and smart contracts don’t care about: gender, race, sexual orientation or fetishes, political views, personality

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

If you’re in NYC, and into NFTs, you’re at the simultaneous center of the universe and the metaverse. Cherish it.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Dear overworked Goldman Sachs / Wall Street employees: Quit and work in DeFi, on your own terms / hours.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

You guys realize NFTs are a bubble, right? What’s your exit strategy?

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Boat party, this weekend. Bring your hardware wallets.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I support deploying Uniswap v3 to Arbitrum and love the community’s zeal.

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@rleshner

3 years

I love Uniswap v3 <3

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

The same day Fortune magazine is released with #DeFi on the cover, senators are voting to extinguish the industry with a last minute addition to a must-pass infrastructure bill. If they acted this recklessly with the internet, Google Amazon Facebook and Netflix would be Chinese.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Financial markets are plummeting and people are rotating their wealth into ugly NFT beans. Good job us

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

14% of Americans own crypto, and Congress acts like the number is 0%.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Starting today, @coinbase is allowing customers to earn interest on $DAI - powered by the Compound protocol 📈 This is an important milestone for the industry, demonstrating what major on-ramps to DeFi will look like.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

4 years

A lot of folks believe @compoundfinance / $COMP came out of left field. Anything but. It takes a long time to become an overnight success, and it often requires standing on the shoulders of giants. Some history:

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

At the current price of $ETH, I’ve spent more on gas than it costs to power a residential neighborhood for a year.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Just spoke at @GoldmanSachs internal Leadership Forum about Compound and DeFi. Very cool to see major financial institutions learning and exploring DeFi 📈

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

A decentralized system doesn’t care which humans (or how flawed or perfect they are) built or use it. Decentralized systems don’t care about politics, or religion, or race, or gender.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Politicians aren’t working for the people

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Autonomous, permissionless, transparent code exists so that: You don’t have to trust anybody. Because, people suck.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Anyone here ever bought a castle? Pros/cons vs renting?

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@rleshner

3 years

"Fintech is focused on disrupting the front end of the financial system--DeFi is focused on disrupting the back end of the financial system" @alpackaP

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

ETHEREUM IS VICTORIOUS OVER BITCOIN! I will be donating $50,000 of Ether to charity.

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@APompliano

3 years

If you're really bored and want to watch a slow car crash, come watch @rleshner beat me in chess in about 10 minutes :)

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

4 years

The absence of BitMEX means the next bull market will be significantly less manipulated (and healthier). Hold on to your butts.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Wait, I’m a shadowy super-coder?

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Finance is held together with literal fucking duct tape

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I founded Compound

defiprime

@defiprime

3 years

Tell me how long you've been in #defi without telling me how long you've been in defi. I go first: 3228

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

4 years

Advice to rookies that haven’t experienced a crypto bubble yet: - Make a plan to take money off the table; stick to it, regardless of regret you’ll temporarily feel - Don’t take on debt; pay off your debts - Don’t shill, don’t get friends/family to buy crypto - Save for taxes

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

As written, the Infrastructure bill will extinguish the crypto industry in America — the most important and transformative technology of our generation. @SenGillibrand @SenSchumer vote YES on the Wyden amendment and NO on the Warner amendment so that crypto can flourish at home

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Thank you 0x2e4a for returning COMP to the community 🙏

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Do you like NFTs? If the infrastructure bill passes without changes, minting an NFT might make you a broker with IRS reporting requirements. You would have to file 1099s for everyone who buys and sells your NFTs.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Pro tip: 99.9% of the time when somebody says “whales accumulating”, that person has no idea what they are talking about.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Cross-chain bridges are EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to build. Wishing the entire @solana ecosystem and users a quick recovery, and hoping developers and uses can learn from this experience and emerge stronger.

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@TheBlock__

2 years

BREAKING: $256 million in ETH stolen from cross-chain protocol Wormhole

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Ethereum should be a trillion dollar protocol

Pomp 🌪

@APompliano

3 years

Twitter should be a trillion dollar company

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I'm long the $ETH 2400-2600 call spread, in the type of size that gets football fans to hoot and holler at the television. Alright ETH, do your thing.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

1 month

One month ago today, I decided to take my health and fitness seriously. I want to share my progress so far--because it was tweets on here, and voices in the crypto industry, that slowly convinced me that it was possible to change--to say thank you.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Who remembers when a #Bitcoin was $250 🧐

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

5 months

OH “It’s completely decentralized; the multi-sig holders all live on different blocks in Williamsburg”

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

#bitcoin was invented so that politicians can’t delete your money by changing a number in a database

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Richard Shelby of Alabama, who is retiring, attempted to tack on a $50B defense spending amendment in exchange for supporting the Warner, Toomey, Sinema, Lummis amendment. Bernie Sanders objected to that tack-on. Richard Shelby then blocked our crypto amendment. Disgusting.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

1 year

The FTX “first day” pleadings (a summary of the situation, as told by the new CEO) is a must-read. Zero facade or whitewashing, countless facts.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Who is degenerately long crypto right now?

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

I personally think Bitcoin is valuable

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

Win or lose: everyone should respect @coincenter and @BlockchainAssn and every individual that has put up a fight to defend crypto from politicians tonight. We are in this together.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

If you’re not sure what to do, do nothing. Seriously.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

There should be an official Capitalism Medal of Honor for anyone who earns: $1m by 20 $10m by 30 $100m by 40 $1b by any age

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

San Francisco transformed from the greatest city on Earth to the worst shithole in 12 months. If you’re still curious how Rome fell, that’s your primer.

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@rleshner

3 years

Cryptopunks are the Bitcoin of NFTs. Everything else is just alt-NFTs.

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@rleshner

2 years

Reminder: NEVER type or provide your seed / recovery phase, to anybody, or any website, ever. Even if they make it seem rational or normal to. Seriously, never. Just don’t. And shame on anybody that says it’s OK to.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

NFTs are going to put record companies out of business. Thank god.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

I sold $ETH puts today.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Think about all that has happened in crypto and globally, since January 2018. ... Keep thinking about it ... Bitcoin and Ether are both worth less than they were ~5 years ago.

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

3 years

This is not the metaverse that I was hoping for 😱

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@business

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Microsoft’s take on the Metaverse is coming next year and will have PowerPoint and Excel

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@rleshner

3 years

The nerds are going to inherit the earth and we are coming for your finance and art

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Robert Leshner

@rleshner

2 years

Dear employees of BlockFi, Celsius, Voyager, Babel, and all other centralized "lenders": Now is the perfect opportunity to learn how DeFi works, and help build the ecosystem that by design, is transparent and robust. Come learn about Maker, Compound, Uniswap, Aave, etc...

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2 years

FTX closes in on a deal to buy embattled crypto lender BlockFi for $25 million in a fire sale

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The most valuable asset is time.

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