I am not in Singapore this week. If anyone else is not attending Token2049, don’t ping me, and we will actually get some work done.
@malekanoms
Fascinating phenomenon where for over a year smart people told me "Buy the Near token, Intents are awesome."
Then Intents runs into trouble and the same people say "oh intents has nothing to do with the chain or coin"
well, which is it? That's an ...
10/1/2026 22:46
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@malekanoms
The Trump admin is weighing a policy of promoting stablecoin adoption. All you have to do is look at bond yields to see why.
The bank lobby is going to fight this because they fight every kind of progress that erodes their unjustified and underserve...
9/24/2026 11:01
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@malekanoms
The FT has a fascinating story of a FinTech that was a Russian front moving billions of dollars (including for war-related purchases) through highly regulated banks without triggering sanctions, doing what the paper itself calls "old-fashioned money ...
9/22/2026 13:56
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@malekanoms
Here's a great teaching moment on why permissioned networks AKA enterprise "chains" AKA corporate database with a button won't work in the long run.
We know from experience that memecoins can be very harmful. 99% get taken over by insider traders or...
9/17/2026 11:30
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@malekanoms
With the rate hike in, watch how quickly the biggest banks raise the interest they pay savers (while not charging borrowers more).
This is why Congress decided they deserve a deposit monopoly, right?
9/16/2026 18:23
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@malekanoms
As of today, I recommend every stablecoin issuer maximize third-party reward sharing.
I also recommend every Fintech, consumer service, chat app, gaming platform and social media platform integrate stablecoins and pay their customers for adopting t...
9/16/2026 11:50
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@malekanoms
Amazing to think there are Senators who generally have a negative view of crypto and for that reason they decided it's best to keep it unregulated.
Remarkable really.
9/15/2026 18:58
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@malekanoms
Many of us have mentioned how the stablecoin yield debate playing out in Clarity, and the arguments made against yield by the bank trades, mirror the battle over money market funds in the 1970s. Well here's some proof.
Here's a letter submitted by t...
9/14/2026 17:32
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@malekanoms
I just published a new paper exploring the operational, financial, and business benefits of permissionless blockchains as compared to permissioned networks for activities such as payments and capital markets.
It lays out how permissionless systems l...
9/11/2026 13:36
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@malekanoms
I don't generally comment on AI here because the one thing a decade+ of trying to understand one emerging domain has taught me is that I don't know much about anything.
But I'll say this: the past 24 hours has made it clear to me that there is a his...
9/9/2026 18:47
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