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Stefan Coolican

1 year

1/ Q for CT: You have a chance to work with @jelenaaa____ @zmanian @jackzampolin @strangelovelabs on a fun & exciting @cosmos and IBC venture You take it, right? Answer: hell yeah! Excited to finally announce I’m a co-founder at @noble_xyz

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

1/ We’re about to see the birth of Ethereum’s digital bond. What does this mean and why is it important? Thread 👇

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

1/ Something major is happening in crypto that is being overlooked by traditional finance 🧐 One of the most consequential currencies, Ether (ETH), is about to become a yielding instrument with annual returns of up to 20%💰😳🎉 Thread 👇

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

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i’m a bad kid now bm @cosmos

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

1/ Today is my last day at Ether Capital! I joined 4 years ago and my timing couldn’t have been better... I fell head first into a bear market with ETH going from $1,400 to $80 Here are 3 things I’ve learned since then:🧵👇

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

5 months

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

10 months

Excited to announce our seed funding! Grateful for this hugely supportive group of investors & angels @jelenaaa____ is a rock star founder and @johnletey is a rock star engineer… and we’re just getting started! Over $7.5m on Noble rn - CCTP & dYdX v4 migration will be 🔥

Noble

@noble_xyz

10 months

1/ We're excited to announce our $3.3M seed funding, led by @polychaincap with participation from: @circle_ventures , @borderless_cap , @wintermute_t Ventures, @HustleFundVC , @CMCC_Global & @InteropVC , as well as numerous angel investors! ✨

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

6/ With staking, however, you can turn your cryptocurrency into a productive asset that generates a yield. You can make cash off your holdings. You’re now holding farmland 🌽 not gold 🏅

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

5/ Warren Buffett famously said he’d prefer all the farmland in the US instead of all the gold in the world. Why? Farmland is a productive asset on which you can earn cash flow. Cash is king. Understandably, Buffett doesn’t value bitcoin either

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

9 months

Bought a happy meal for my daughter the other day Paid for with USDC on @noble_xyz Thanks to @CypherwalletIO Your Noble address becomes a way to spend USD wherever Mastercard is accepted Pretty incredible!!

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

11/ People should start paying attention. Doing a little bit of homework on this exciting asset class could literally pay dividends! 😎 /fin

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

13/ Here’s the full piece in today’s @Bankless newsletter from @RyanSAdams

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

Chatting with @RyanSAdams tomorrow! We'll talk Ethereum and the case for ETH in the public markets 🔥🔥🔥 Ryan is a tireless Ethereum advocate and @BanklessHQ is beyond impressive 👏 Can't wait for the conversation!!

RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🦄

@RyanSAdams

4 years

@BarrySilbert "Who is going to be the MicroStrategy of Ethereum?" There's already one! It's @ethcap Public company holding ETH, already staking, getting ready to raise another $125m...and guess what they're buying? We're recording w/ them on @BanklessHQ tomorrow.

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

2/ If bitcoin is digital gold and ETH is digital oil, then staked ETH is a digital bond. And importantly, unlike a conventional bond, Staked ETH has no counterparty risk. There is only protocol risk

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

3/ Since staked ETH gives you yield at the protocol level and not via a counterparty, it is an **intrinsic yield instrument**

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

10/ When bitcoin went live, few could have imagined the price would be a mainstay in CNBC’s ticker tape. Yet, here we are. Similarly, maybe we’re not that far away from CNBC comparing staking yields to yields in treasuries, bonds and dividend stocks?

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

One year ago: I wrote on @BanklessHQ about ETH becoming a digital bond👇 Today: ETH is a digital bond🎉 🦇🔊

Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

1/ We’re about to see the birth of Ethereum’s digital bond. What does this mean and why is it important? Thread 👇

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

5 years

1/ I honestly don't get why investors buy negative yield bonds. Why not just keep the cash instead? 4 plausible explanations below but I still think I'm missing something. Would appreciate someone explaining this...

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

9/ In the case of just ETH, supply issuance over the next four years is *less* than gold or bitcoin. This could be bullish for ETH price under constant demand conditions

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

8/ As staking becomes more prevalent, yields could drop to 2-3%. Not exactly 🤑, but better than the negative yield on your bank account. And if yields are low, lots of Ether will be locked up in staking; we might expect a higher market price of Ether and capital appreciation

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

4/ This is a lot for traditional finance to process. They’re just getting used to bitcoin. But you can’t stake your bitcoin. You can only hold (ahem, hodl) them. Bitcoin is like gold – it’s not a productive asset

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

11/ Ethereum’s digital bond promises to be a crucial milestone for crypto as an asset class. In my view, traditional finance should be taking a much more serious look as this new digital paradigm for a yield instrument takes root

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

3/ In crypto, miners typically validate transactions and get a token as a reward. This is bitcoin’s model. In staking, miners are replaced by stakers who put up ETH as capital, validate transactions and thus earn a token reward on that capital. This is *yield* on capital

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

7/ I’ve done some work on what yield you can expect on Ethereum post-staking (h/t @Consensys ). In the early days, when it’s more risky to stake, the yield could get into double digits – as high as 20% per year… pretty good!

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

9/ With staking as blockchain’s answer to a yield instrument, it’s just a matter of time before staking networks like Ethereum get the attention they deserve from traditional finance

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

4/ For the first time ever, you can compound your ETH holdings organically without assuming any counterparty risk

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

My piece for @web3canada Tech can solve the privacy and innovation limits imposed in crypto enforcement We can have a win-win, but need good faith engagement from regulators and builders

Crypto Enforcement Must Make Privacy and Innovation First-Class …

A 29-year-old was arrested in Amsterdam, accused of facilitating money laundering. His crime appears to be nothing more than writing code.

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 months

Noble’s forwarding module is live!👀 @johnletey what a beauty ser

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

10/ In terms of staking yields, in the early days staking could be very lucrative, while after some time it may be more akin to inflation protection plus a margin

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

2/ Later this year, Ethereum upgrades to staking and ~$26 billion of ETH tokens will immediately become yield generating instruments. How?

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

4.1/ I’ll say that again… without assuming any counterparty risk

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

5/ You might say – I can already get yield on my crypto! Of course you can… BUT you don’t get an intrinsic yield instrument when you lend assets because it entails additional counterparty risk

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

"What blockchain are the tacobell NFTs on?" A question I *never* thought I could conceivably ask when I first entered the crypto space... And yet, here we are🤷‍♂️😄

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

1 year

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

Being part of genesis was important to us. We wanted to support the builders that made Eth2 a reality and be the first to showcase Ether as a productive digital asset🚀

Ether Capital

@ethcap

4 years

EthCap is staking on Ethereum 2.0!! 🔥🔥🔥 We are thrilled to announce we were part of the genesis validator set (ie. there from the beginning!) We may be the FIRST public company to stake ETH🤓 More details in our corporate press release👇

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

5/ 3. Portfolio managers have been forced to up their game, also a good thing I was once (seriously) asked “why should I buy crypto if you can make it out of thin air?” Now PMs ask us to send them models on Ethereum’s inflation rate post-merge

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

6 years

Update from Ether Capital... if you take a step back from price volatility, incredible things are happening in the Ethereum and Web 3 ecosystem. The future is bright!

Management of Ether Capital Provides Overview of Vision and Progress

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ether Capital Corporation (“Ether Capital,” “ETHC” or the “Company”) (NEO:ETHC) is pleased to publish the...

www.globenewswire.com

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

1 year

11/ But the best is yet to come! It has been awesome meeting and working with builders in the @cosmos and IBC community so far. Although I am a newcomer, I have been welcomed with open arms… grateful for what’s ahead! 🙏🙏🙏

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

6/ For example, tokenized lending on Ethereum (Compound’s cTokens) creates digital bonds but ones that are NOT intrinsic yield instruments. Compound’s smart contract is counterparty risk

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

6/ At EthCap, we kept our conviction around web3 and capitalized on the institutional momentum: -held ETH through a brutal 🐻 -invested in ecosystem plays MKR & Wyre -held true to our thesis on ETH as a digital bond -became the first public company in the world to stake ETH

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

@tbr90 @AaveAave @compoundfinance Correct, and I'd argue the layer 1 part is what makes it a true yield instrument. With Aave/compound, you're taking on more risk and it decouples from the protocol itself. Re price, I'm arguing you don't necessarily need incremental demand; it could simply come from supply side

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

Excellent structural illustration of Ethereum 2.0 👏🏻

RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🦄

@RyanSAdams

4 years

What will DeFi look like in Ethereum 2.0? There's one plot of real-estate for DeFi protocols on Ethereum today. In Eth2 there'll be 64. @hosseeb gives us the model to understand how this new world might evolve. DeFi in Eth2: Cities, suburbs, farms

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

Aaaand - the world's first ETH ETF is live! Congrats to @PurposeInvest on this historic milestone🥳

Ether Capital

@ethcap

3 years

The Purpose Ether ETF launches this morning!🦄 Another world first after the Purpose Bitcoin Fund raised over $1 billion in its first month We are working alongside @PurposeInvest on $ETHH just as we did with $BTCC 🚀 $ETHC

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

Bear Stearns down 50%... 😲 Crypto down 50%... 🤷‍♂️ I offered some perspective on coping with the volatility in @NYMag

Diamond Hands in the Rough

Watching billions get wiped out doesn’t shake a new kind of trader who’s used to 24/7 crypto chaos.

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

9/ Next week, I’ll be moving onto EthCap’s Advisory Board where I’ll continue to support this superstar team I’ve told Brian I’m happy to bring a jammy California cab to the next meeting 😂

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

1 year

3/ And when I heard about the opportunity, I jumped at the prospect of collaborating with @zmanian and @jackzampolin - two Cosmos stalwarts I've admired for a while Strong team? ☑️

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

It’s winter again ❄️ Spoke to @AP @kensweet about what to think about this time around #btc #eth

Crypto investors' hot streak ends as harsh 'winter' descends

The wealth-generating hot streak for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has turned brutally cold. As prices plunge, companies collapse and skepticism soars, fortunes and jobs are disappearing...

apnews.com

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

12/ Getting a head start on grappling with novel concepts like intrinsic yield - that is, protocol risk without counterparty risk – could yield future dividends!

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

11/ So what’s next? For now I’m going to continue to support the space as best I can As an investor, advisor and overall web3 fanboy Hit me up if you think I can help!

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

7/ Last year, we raised capital to buy more ETH for staking and assets grew from $10m to $220m I’m proud to have been part of the team getting us this far The next phase of growth at EthCap is building unique IP and operating verticals

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

3/ 2. Institutional investors now have a lot more options, and that’s a good thing When I started, there were almost no crypto companies in the stock market Remember Long Island Blockchain? Lol

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

Huge EthCap news today🔥

Ether Capital

@ethcap

3 years

1/ We are thrilled to announce we have staked over $50 million of ETH, becoming the only public company in the world to stake such a meaningful balance 💥 Here's why that's a big deal👇 $ETHC

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

Coinbase bonds are a casualty of crypto winter and the FTX blowup BUT a compelling opportunity @ ~50 cents on the dollar: + Margin of safety + Strong balance sheet + Blue-chip brand + Robust yield to maturity $COIN

Are Coinbase’s Bonds Diamonds-in-the-Rough or Post-FTX Toxic Was…

Coinbase’s bonds are trading around 50 cents on the dollar. They are a casualty of the crypto sell off and the FTX blowup.

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

2/ 1. Conviction matters After becoming obsessed with crypto in 2015, I left my TradFi job to go full time in the space Prices then dropped 95%😧 People *talk* about having diamond hands - I had staked my identity on *living* it

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@StefanCoolican

4 years

14/ I’d love to hear your feedback!🙂

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

8/ That means the timing is right for me to pass the torch to those working hard to make this a reality: @brianmosoff @sbetamc @jillfriedman @ashleystanhope Ian (soon to twitter!)

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

8/ Okay so moving on, the next questions are: what will happen to the ETH price post-staking and what yields we might expect? These questions are very difficult to answer! Still, here are some thoughts…

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

1 year

2/ So how did this come to be? First, the bottom up story: I’ve known @jelenaaa____ for years Most recently we helped form @CanadaWeb3 when I was President & CFO at @ethcap

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

Great conversation with Ryan and David! To learn more about what we're building at EthCap, check it out👇

RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🦄

@RyanSAdams

4 years

New episode! Who's the Microstrategy of Ethereum? Maybe it's Ether Capital. A publicly traded company w/ a long ETH thesis. The first public company to stake. They're raising another $125m to buy more ETH. Institutions are buying ETH. 🔥 Listen:

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

12/ Finally, big shoutouts to @michaeldunwort1 @yannigiannaros @g_dip 🥰

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

10/ Being President & CFO of EthCap has been an amazing ride I’m grateful to @somseif who gave me the opportunity I loved working with @joeykrug @liamihorne @benjmnr @bwertz @c_mcmorrow @ruffoloj

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

1 year

4/ But there’s also a top-down story: When I got started in crypto in 2015 as a closeted BTC maxi, monolithic was the way Things have changed Platforms are becoming modular, apps want control and flexibility, the multichain world is evolving and we need decent infrastructure

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

4/ Today, there are: -crypto ETFs -ETH staking -MicroStrategy -Coinbase Even major public companies like Tesla and Block (fka Square) own BTC

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

When we were pitching Ethereum/DeFi to skeptical investors in 2019-2020, I should have said "listen, in a year or two it's going to be on the cover of the Economist"🤷‍♂️

The Economist

@TheEconomist

3 years

Decentralised finance is one of three tech trends disrupting finance—and it has the potential to rewire how the industry works. In our cover this week, we go down the “DeFi” rabbit hole

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@StefanCoolican

1 year

10/ And announce $FRNZ, an homage to Unisocks

Noble

@noble_xyz

1 year

Cosmonauts, the day has officially come. ✨ Noble is distributing 500 FRNZ tokens to the @cosmos community. Each FRNZ token will be exclusively redeemable for a physical friendship bracelet, shipped anywhere in the world. 🌐 Read on for how to claim & participate 👇

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

6 years

Web 3 can’t come soon enough...

Sheera Frenkel

@sheeraf

6 years

NEW NYT INVESTIGATION: Internal documents show that Facebook gave, "Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.”

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@StefanCoolican

1 year

6/ Finally, the @noble_xyz story: On Ethereum, native asset issuance is trivial But sovereign chains bring unique issues: + Smart contract layer needs security + Bridging/routing paths affect asset fungibility and UX + Appchains aren’t purpose built for asset issuance

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

😂

Ben Casnocha

@bencasnocha

4 years

BREAKING: People in their 20's with no kids say that working from home is the future

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@StefanCoolican

1 year

5/ The @cosmos stack is literally built for this and is hitting major PMF It's true - Cosmos invented multichain before the rest of crypto got onboard For me, it’s also about being at the forefront of the infra layer☑️

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

1 year

9/ And announce USDC coming soon

Noble

@noble_xyz

1 year

We are excited to announce that Noble is bringing native #USDC to the @Cosmos and boundless Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) ecosystem in partnership with @Circle ! ✨

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@StefanCoolican

4 years

ok boomer

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

7/ Also, proof of work mining doesn’t provide an intrinsic yield instrument either. Why? Unlike with staking, mining rewards are *external* to the protocol

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

1 year

8/ Having been part of @noble_xyz for several months now, it was great to launch mainnet

Noble

@noble_xyz

1 year

1/ Supercharging Liquidity 🤝Cosmos We are so excited to present Noble: a purpose-built asset issuance platform for the @cosmos ecosystem & beyond.

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

One of our must-listen pods👇

Ether Capital

@ethcap

3 years

Don't think Ether has the same hard money or digital gold narrative as Bitcoin? @drakefjustin breaks it down for us 👇 Ethereum's new monetary policy potentially gives ETH a stronger store of value thesis than Bitcoin🤯 Check out the Ether Capital Podcast on Spotify or Apple!

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

Excited to work with @somseif and the amazing team at @PurposeInvest on digital asset investment products, incl. world's first Bitcoin ETF! #BTC 🚀

Ether Capital

@ethcap

4 years

EthCap is thrilled to announce agreement with @PurposeInvest ! 💥🚀 It includes the Purpose Bitcoin ETF, which will be the world’s first physically settled Bitcoin ETF #BTC Press release with details is 👇

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@StefanCoolican

1 year

7/ @noble_xyz aims to solve this It provides a secure and seamless landing spot for all assets in Cosmos, bringing native liquidity and improved UX to the IBC ecosystem ☑️☑️☑️

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

6 years

Web 3 can’t come soon enough...

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

I tell people that @MakerDAO was the "aha" moment for me in crypto... Find out why👇 On the Ether Capital Podcast, we discuss stablecoins and the world of Maker and Dai with @g_dip and @brianmosoff Check it out! (Apple and Spotify)

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

5 years

1/ Alternative theory: people buy negative yield bonds because they have no choice. Opting out of negative interest rates is too costly. They *may* fear the future or expect deflation, but that alone doesn't make them buy these bonds. More👇

Oaktree

@Oaktree

5 years

In his latest memo, @HowardMarksBook discusses the reasons for and implications of negative interest rates, which have become increasingly prevalent in global finance and are nothing short of Mysterious. Read/subscribe: #OaktreeInsights

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@StefanCoolican

2 years

I've contributed to @namadanetwork #NamadaTrustedSetup at round #240 with the contribution hash bcac01d6d581e8918b00c5d4d9e4db71707b9db8d925e35b7888298c143a42e04688f9b1761e2c49a254571eee5add671b2404c85ff19c35df5060bf2d9b6012. Let's enable #interchain privacy.

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

6 years

Risk node as a crypto-native business model... pretty cool! Looking forward to seeing what the Hex team can build @benjmnr and @brttb

CitizenHex

@citizenhex

6 years

A new business model in the maturing Ethereum ecosystem — the ‘risk node’

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@StefanCoolican

5 years

1/ Wow! Canadian regulators seem to be saying that any crypto exchange is trading securities if they hold a client's crypto, even if the crypto in question is a commodity and not a security👇

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

Punk dividends continue...

RTFKT

@RTFKT

3 years

it's alive > 👁‍🗨Punk # ?

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@StefanCoolican

3 years

Very cool project being built by an all-star team🦄👇

Anoma

@anoma

3 years

Hello, world! We are excited to announce the @anomanetwork , a blockchain protocol for private, asset-agnostic bartering among any number of parties. This article provides a 1st overview of the features of the Anoma protocol, motivations, & the vision:

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

Very worthwhile funding initiative people should check out!👇

Gitcoin

@gitcoin

4 years

Gitcoin Grants Round 6 is here. 📆 FINAL DATES: 6/15/2020 - 7/2/2020 🌟 SHINY FEATURES: Bulk Checkout (!), new Grants Explorer 💰 $175K in matching funds, including $25K alongside @CryptoForBLM Let's build community, together 🌳

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@StefanCoolican

5 years

8/ Theory 4: It's not actually "investors." The only buyers are central banks and their affiliates/agents trying to prop up their economies 🤔

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

2 years

Congrats!!! @Aidan_IH @gregthegreek

ChainSafe

@ChainSafeth

2 years

1/ ChainSafe is excited to announce that we’ve raised $18.75m in an oversubscribed Series A. The additional funding will allow us to continue creating open-source infrastructure and tooling that empowers #web3 builders.

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

6 years

Unfortunate comment on bitcoin from York University professor Dr. Ambrus Kecskes in today’s @globeandmail . I felt the need to respond! cc: author @DaleJacksonPI 1/12

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

This week's @ethcap newsletter: "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy." -Ernest Benn

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

6 months

Really bad to have you on the team now JD!!

Joe Dirtay 🌽 ⚛️

@BTCjoedirtay

6 months

😈Its feels so good to be this bad!😈 My first week as head of BD for @Noble_xyz has been incredible as we overtook @0xPolygon & @Trondao to become a top 5 $USDC issuer with $200M+!🤯 Thanks to all my bad friends across the @Cosmos who have helped guide me along this journey.🫡

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

Great piece by @paulchodirker on intersection of NFTs and property rights🔥👇

Paul Chodirker

@paulchodirker

4 years

I just published in @MRKR Why People Are Paying Millions for Digital Art Anyone Can View for Free Online

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

I lol'd #dogeforbid

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

A real world NFT!! BuT wHaT dO yOu OwN??

The Verge

@verge

3 years

Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for $660,000, shattering record for most expensive game ever

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

Congrats to the @anomanetwork team! 👏🏻 🚀

CoinDesk

@CoinDesk

3 years

NEW: With $6.75 million in funding from @polychaincap , @ElectricCapital and @coinbase Ventures, @anomanetwork looks to bring privacy to blockchain interoperability. @benjaminopowers reports

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

5 years

6/ Theory 3: Investors think the banking system is so fragile right now that they would prefer to take a haircut on guaranteed gov't credit than be exposed to a black swan Lehman-type event where they aren't covered by FDIC insurance

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

3 years

👀

D’Arcy Coolican

@DCoolican

3 years

As for what's next, I'm excited to be working on ✨something new✨😂 Going to continue investing, supporting relentless founders, and looking for the next big thing. More details soon and a lot more writing coming at

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

4 years

TLDR - buy the token, not the miner! Buying the token = token risk. Buying the miner = token risk PLUS chip risk/energy risk/ operating risk. Unless you're a miner who understands AND can outcompete on these risks, mining is a suboptimal way to get exposure IMO🤓

Amanda Fabiano

@_amanda_fab

4 years

Often find myself in deep🐇holes in mining. 1 I have been stuck on is the ASIC supply chain bottleneck and how those constraints affect the overall network growth. There are 2 things that concern me for overall growth of NA miners: supply chain bottlenecks and capital constraints

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

5 years

A truly unique opportunity for our investor base to hear from some of the smartest in the ecosystem 🤓

Ether Capital

@ethcap

5 years

Join Ether Capital on Nov. 11th as we dive into why traditional finance should pay attention to crypto. Get insights from some of the brightest minds in the space! RSVP at info @ethcap .co

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

5 years

@ChadFinkelstein That 90s show staring @ChadFinkelstein and @paulchodirker first episode would be two dudes on a couch saying “should we hit up the Madison tonight??”

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Stefan Coolican

@StefanCoolican

5 years

9/ Genuinely curious and looking for insights. I'm avoiding the crypto/defi comparisons for now - let's just embrace the morass of traditional, centralized finance!😁

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