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Farcaster Fridays: My Top 3 Highlights from Farcaster This Week

Finding Alpha, Meme coin trading with a tap, and Yo

Javelin

Defining The Future of Virtual Entertainment and Virtual Agents with Reggie Ba-Pe III (Alias, Blockrot)

Reggie Ba-Pe III has always been at the forefront of innovation in entertainment. From running underground music events in Shanghai to working with 88rising, and now pioneering virtual content creation with Alias and Blockrot, his career is a testament to staying ahead of the curve. Jim sat down with Reggie to discuss his journey, the challenges of blending technology with creativity, and the future of virtual creators.

Web3 with TPan

TPan

#352: Pudgy Penguins x PENGU marketing

The Penguin Proliferation ThesisAlthough I was taking a break from writing over the past few weeks, this industry doesn’t rest. One team that kept busy for much of the holiday season was Pudgy Penguins, hot off the heels of their PENGU token launch.GIFsWhen it comes to Pudgies and GIFs, they’ve spearheaded the growth hack for years, going from half a billion GIF views on GIPHY to over 38 billion GIF views in around 2 years. This gives the community’s term of ‘penguin proliferation’ some real ...

ETH Daily

Coinbase Bitcoin-Backed USDC Loans

When users borrow, their Bitcoin is converted into cbBTC and deposited into the Morpho lending protocol on Base.

#news#2025#janaury2025

NFT Matrix

nftmatrix

NFT Matrix #73

Hi, and welcome to the newest edition of NFT Matrix, where I present NFT Artists’ / Artist’s work. The artist I am presenting is Cath Simard. Piece: “LE DÉPART” Link Artist: “The first in-person, hosted, collaborative & immersive NFT travel experience combined with the most viral image in Cath Simard’s portfolio. // First collector receives a personalized 5-day trip for one person to the Canadian Rockies, hosted by the artist, including a 2-day canoe trip to Spirit Island (all ground expenses...

#art#photography#nft

In Transit

BRG

Billion Dollar Agents

Did we just invent infinite slop machines or the companies of tomorrow?

#crypto#ai#agents#aixbt

RetroPGF Community

Let AI Decide: Redefining Impact Without the Spin of Marketing

In recent RetroPGF funding rounds, one issue keeps coming up: well-marketed projects often overshadow the ones making the biggest impact. While visibility helps raise awareness, public goods funding shouldn’t reward flashy campaigns over essential contributions that keep ecosystems running. So how do we fix this? How can funding focus on true value instead of promotional hype? That’s where Deep Funding comes in. Backed by Vitalik Buterin and key Web3 partners like VoiceDeck, Gitcoin’s Allo Pr...

More Tomorrow

Mythoversal

Fool - 16/365

I'm still tinkering with today's poem while trying to avoid being too overtly political, but I feel entitled to take a few pot-shots at politicians because sometimes the name on the ballot is my own.

Pioneering Spirit

@patwater

#burn#the#wagons#pioneer#avs#autonomous#vehicles

How ending traffic in LA will save the world (or the opportunity for a breakthrough in global climate action)

In the wake of the recent devestating wildfires, Governor Newsom has floated the idea of a "Marshall Plan" to build "LA 2.0," to mixed reactions. In the spirit of building the new I thought it timely to reshare this essay that I wrote and published during California's first global climate action summit in 2018. This week California Governor Brown will host the historic global climate action summit with other global luminaries this week in San Francisco. The goal is to show the overwhelming gr...

Hard Mode First

Bethany Crystal

#ai#technology#launch#product#education#learning

15 Years in Tech and 1 Weekend to (Finally) Build an App

After 15 years in tech, I can finally say that I built an app in just one weekend. And I did it without writing a single line of code. Meet Miko.

Ride It to the Sky

Jared Hecht

Early Stage Brand Design

When you are building a startup some things are cyclical. One of the things that constantly cycles through is the idea that a visual rebrand will be the thing that helps you find the next S-curve and grow. I found myself there multiple times with groupme and fundera. It’s part of the laws of physics of startup building. Almost all of the time this does not move the needle. What most every company needs is some brand design - a logo and marketing website - that’s good enough and a style guide ...

Brandon Donnelly

#toronto#hong-kong#new-york#paris#stockholm#university-of-toronto#school-of-cities#population-density#rail-transit#transportation#mobility

Mapping rail transit access for 250 cities around the world

The key to making transit useful for people is not very complicated. It is highly dependent on population densities. In other words, it works best when it's proximate to as many people as possible. And so the more low density a city is, the harder it is for this to be true. It just isn't feasible to run that many lines. To that end, here's an interesting study by the School of Cities at the University of Toronto that compares rail transit and population density for 250 cities around the world...

Just Another Crowd

Sean Bonner

Los Angeles

I visited Los Angeles for the first time in February of 2001. I’d passed on previous opportunities to visit because I assumed it would be a place I’d hate. The only things I knew about it was there were lots of earthquakes and fake people. I didn’t work in the movies, had no interest in plastic surgery or fancy cars and generally didn’t think there was anything I’d find interesting there, so why bother? I eventually decided to check it out not for any grand reason other than that it was reall...

ETH Daily

28% Of Validators Signal Gas Limit Increase

Over 28% of validators now signal a block gas limit greater than 30 million.

#news#2025#january2025

Anthony Avedissian

Crypto x Energy: Unlocking the Future with DePIN and Energy Storage

The intersection of crypto and energy will transform global grids. Here’s what’s happening now and where the next big opportunity lies: batteries.

Hard Mode First

Bethany Crystal

#ai#technology#nonprofits#nyc

Level Up on AI in 8 Weeks with the Decoded Futures AI Learning Cohort for Nonprofits

Registration is now open for the Winter AI Learning Cohort at Decoded Futures! This program, which targets NYC based education and workforce nonprofits, will run from Feb 4 - March 25, and you can apply to participate here.

The False Nine

Why Arteta Deserves To Stay On

Someone on the Farcaster football channel said, in response to Ash's essay questioning Arteta's legacy after five years at Arsenal, "I wonder what Chukwuka thinks about this..." Well, here are a couple of thoughts I have regarding whether Arteta should be fired at the end of the season or if his legacy is in question already at the club. First, I Acknowledge The ProblemsFirst of all, I do acknowledge the problems that have led us to this place where some people are calling for Arteta's sackin...

The Arcadia

Do Something

TL;DR The more I take action, the less anxious I feel. I am currently trying to get into a proper design career, and I am finding it terrifying because I am always afraid of doing new things. I like staying on the beaten path and doing things I am familiar with. With new things there is a very good possibility that you end up failing, or worse, looking like a fool. But this year I am trying more and more to go after the things that I find interesting, to try stuff. With this attempt to make a...

Seed Club

Cheryl Douglass

hopium report: AI wants to date you (and buy your bags)

Post-Regulatory Clarity: Crypto's Unbounded Vision???

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