VICTORIA

If fundamentals didn’t matter last year… why would they suddenly matter now? We watched Solana ship like it was on a mission; ETFs, users, stablecoins, apps, builders everywhere. But the moment the market heard something else, panic took over. And $SOL isn’t the only one. Ethe ... read more on X

2025 walked in like it owned the place, then spent 12 months tripping over its own hype. NFTs made a cameo,then disappeared like bad fashion trends. AI was game-changing for approximately 3½ hours. DeFi protocols launched, matured, panicked, then ghosted us. InfoFi? Still talkin ... read more on X

Global pollution is talked about. Just not like something that’s actually on fire. It gets summits, panels, and very serious PDFs. But then Monday comes, and we step outside like the air didn’t just fail another health check. Somehow, a global crisis became a personal responsib ... read more on X

Solana shipped like fundamentals mattered. The market traded like attention did. Months of work erased by one bad week and a couple of loud tweets. Dashboards stayed boring. Panic stayed viral. In crypto, effort compounds slowly. Narratives compound instantly. Guess which one ... read more on X

Did 2025 go as expected? Let’s see.... Expectation: Bull market. Clean narratives. Real adoption. Infra era. AI + crypto will cook. Reality: Sideways market with commitment issues. Narratives changing faster than profile pics. Online wars every week over irrelevant things And pr ... read more on X

The hypocrisy in this space is audacious. Every day we shout “fundamentals matter” …but only if the candle is green. SOL dumps and CT goes from long-term conviction to “I always knew it.” Really? Yet you’re always the exit liquidity on every token, coin, and whatnot like it’s a ... read more on X

I used to think body odor was the worst kind of air pollution. But at least with that, you have options. You can avoid the person, Pretend you forgot something, and leave the room. Or gift the person deodorant and perfumes. Freedom exists. But smog? Smog has no exit strategy. ... read more on X

If a third party can freeze your revenue, you don’t really own your business. That’s the uncomfortable truth many founders discover after they scale. I wrote a deep dive on: • Why PayPal, Stripe & Payoneer break at scale • What permissionless, self-hosted payments change • Why ... read more on X

I don’t even know who’s worse at this point; the failed charity system… or the doubters who finally see a system that actually works and still close their ears like someone reading terms and conditions. These are the same people who scream lack of transparency every day, but whe ... read more on X

You ever notice how some people don’t even need an excuse to doubt philanthropy? You show them numbers, receipts, on-chain proofs... and they still squint like someone just asked them to explain quantum physics. These are the same folks who fall for every scam meme project since ... read more on X