NEW @_TalkingTokens pod dives into what Stripe's acquisition of @privy_io could mean for adoption @henri_stern shares how its crypto wallet infra simplified crypto onboarding for 75M+ accounts, while bridging onchain and offchain worlds for developers and users alike TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Intro 2:40 – Henri’s crypto journey and founding Privy 3:37 – Solving the onchain/offchain gap with embedded wallets 4:44 – The @Stripe acquisition: alignment and fast process 7:45 – Benefits of operating within Stripe’s ecosystem while remaining independent 10:30 – Developer tooling focus vs. consumer crypto products 14:00 – Growth ambitions and courting larger customers 18:20 – Accelerating adoption by non-crypto fintechs and enterprises 22:00 – Wallets as social and financial super apps 27:00 – The future of wallets as digital identity and ubiquitous infrastructure 36:00 – Founder advice: focus, simplicity, and building what users understand

Bitcoin is the 6th largest asset by market cap But it's pretty close to flipping Amazon and becoming a top 5 asset

.@avax is on fire this week 🔺 check it out yourself on

gmonad the CEO of one of the largest crypto exchanges told me that Monad TGE is happening this Q3 👀

Someone said to me they don't know anyone who actually bets on prediction markets, aside from Wall Street guys using VPNs And it had me thinking...I don't know anyone who does either. I just see people post screenshots of them (which doesn't indicate use) So who's making these bets and narratives? Wall Street? Degens?

A must-listen if you care about RWAs. Our CEO @chriseyin breaks down why most tokenized assets fail, and how Plume is making them actually usable. 🎧 Check it out 👇

Even though @plumenetwork just launched its mainnet in June, it already has $5B assets in the pipeline and over half of all RWA holders in crypto Its cofounder @chriseyin shares on @_TalkingTokens how Plume went from a product app to a full chain, why most tokenized assets fail, and what it takes to make RWAs usable. Timestamps 0:00 – What is Plume Network? 1:32 – Chris’s background: DeFi summer, yield farming, and app-layer insights 2:15 – Why most tokenized assets fail: no usage, no velocity 4:03 – Why Plume had to build its own chain 5:42 – Tokenization isn’t enough — here’s what else matters 8:01 – RWAs as crypto’s biggest opportunity (bigger than all DeFi) 9:33 – Stable yield, composability, and how users interact with assets 12:16 – What makes tokenized assets actually usable 14:00 – Top-down vs bottoms-up tokenization 16:00 – @MineralVault_: onboarded 80K holders in a month 19:12 – Plume’s Phase 2: onboarding non-crypto users 20:30 – Why real traction > flashy launches 22:41 – The real numbers behind RWA growth 25:50 – Plume’s 2025 goal: $1B in clean, onchain RWA value 27:48 – Structured products will unlock the next wave 30:50 – Long-term vision: an onchain BlackRock 32:10 – It’s not about one asset — it’s the full stack 36:36 – Honoring Co-Founder Eugene Chen 39:25 – Final advice: focus long-term, but adapt fast

Bitcoin NFT sales volume is surprising Are Ordinals making a comeback???

Interesting stat from the new @Token_Relations x @Ripple report: Total tokenized RWAs on XRPL rose 2,260% from $5M in January to over $118M today 📈

Crypto IPO season continues to expand with @BitGo being the latest to file with the SEC to go public The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering is TBD The company last raised $100M in August 2023 at a $1.75B valuation