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@OndoFinance bringing the world onchain. All things blockchain, tokenization and memes. Prev @StellarOrg , @Amazon . Thoughts are my own

New York, USA
Joined November 2017
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Ben Grossman
6 months
@themaxburns Unreal and dystopian. I was one of the very first internal beta customers and I guess they just…lied to customers? It feels very weird now knowing real humans were live viewing your every move.
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@thedailybeast The “friends”
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3 months
Big news: Excited to announce I've joined @OndoFinance to supercharge their marketing. RWA tokenization is going mainstream. With already over $500M in TVL, #Ondo is a leading player bridging the gap to onboard institutions to blockchain. Let's bring it all onchain
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@LibertyCappy Aka the band’s “world tour”
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1 year
@daveholtz @AirbnbHelp Had similar experience. They don’t care. Keep it in public and eventually get full refund
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Ben Grossman
1 year
Crypto is global. Converted @circle #USDC for cash all the way in Santorini, with no fees, via @MoneyGram on #stellar
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8 months
@CultureCrave Impressive, very nice. Now let’s see Audience reviews
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7 months
We're large and center at @Blockworks_ Digital Asset Summit! And just as Stellar flips Ethereum for #1 largest network of tokenized US Treasuries The future of RWA tokenization is on #Stellar !
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1 year
@CultureCrave Star Wars Galaxy was open world
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8 months
Tomorrow is a big day for crypto. The Stellar network is beginning the phased launch of smart contracts on mainnet. Stellar is already the best blockchain for real-world use cases, from payments to global fiat x crypto cash in/out. Tomorrow it will level up with DeFi
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@BuildOnStellar
Build on Stellar
8 months
1 Day Left! Tomorrow, validators will vote on upgrading to Protocol 20, introducing smart contracts on Stellar Mainnet. DeFi is coming to Stellar! Protocol 20 will mark the most transformative upgrade to the Stellar network to date. But tomorrow is just the beginning...👇
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Ben Grossman
3 years
Smart Contracts + Stellar = 🔥🔥🔥
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Ben Grossman
3 years
Excited to announce I’m joining the team at #Stellar in NYC to help grow the ecosystem of companies building on the Stellar blockchain! Who should I meet in NYC in the blockchain space? #blockchain #crypto #xlm
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5 months
@JavierBlas Wait we were told tariffs were stupid and don’t work for 4 years
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1 year
Damn dis a #stellar conference now?
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2 years
Catching sight of #Stellar at #money2020usa ! Looks pretty good ngl
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9 months
Should I wear the hat?
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Franklin Templeton
9 months
You are unsure how to feel about Laser Eye Ben? Just think instead of Ben wif hat
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@aitaikimochi multi-disc drifting
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2 years
@SalsaTekila Just turn 1k into 10k three times. Problem solved
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7 months
"Stellar will invest $100M in Soroban smart contract apps in bid to beat Ethereum" When we swing, we swing big. If you're a dev, we've got programs to help fund & kickstart your DeFi project or port over an existing one on #Stellar .
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3 months
It's official 🌊
@OndoFinance
Ondo Finance
3 months
We are thrilled to welcome @ben_grossman as our new Senior Director of Marketing! 🌊 Ben joins Ondo Finance from @StellarOrg , where he led product and developer marketing, events, and grants initiatives. Prior to that, he led marketing teams at @amazon .
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3 months
Some big news coming on Monday Stay tuned…
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1 year
@VCBrags He typed each letter of this thread out and still decided to publish it
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Stellar was one of the only layer 1 blockchains with a physical presence at Money20/20, basically the world’s biggest tradfi payments conference. Take from that what you will
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4 months
Is this a #stellar conference? #consensus2024
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Ben Grossman
3 years
🧵1/ I'm excited to share that we officially re-launched @StellarOrg 's Marketing Grants program, a 6B XLM fund (~$1.1B USD), to accelerate the growth and user acquisition of projects built on Stellar. Applications are now open for submissions.
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7 months
Flippening soon? Tokenized US treasuries on #Stellar
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1 year
@unusual_whales The fundamentals
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3 months
1/ It's been another month of new records and momentum at @OndoFinance : TVL across Ondo Finance’s yield-bearing products surpassed $500M (now $550M), the first time a tokenized US Treasuries provider has hit this milestone.
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Ondo Finance
4 months
Ondo Finance is proud to share that we have surpassed $500M in TVL across our yield-bearing products! 🔹 $OUSG TVL: $221M 🔹 $USDY TVL: $286M We are the leading yieldcoin provider in this $1.5B growing market, alongside BlackRock & Franklin Templeton. Our yield-bearing,
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4 months
Some bittersweet news: After 3 years, today is my last day at @StellarOrg . I'm incredibly proud of the real-world blockchain innovations we pushed forward across tokenization, payments, and DeFi with some of the biggest TradFi: Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, UNHCR, MoneyGram and
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6 months
@Jason As a home owner, I believe squatters should get free housing by squatting in prison
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2 years
Getting ready for a big week for @StellarOrg at #Consensus2022
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4 months
@BitcoinMagazine Important distinction: we always have the right to self custody and privacy. The government doesn’t *give* that right to anyone. They simply decide whether they want to infringe it
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Ben Grossman
2 years
So proud to see the news covered in full page #NYTimes . Don't be distracted by the circus. Real-world solutions are being built in blockchain that are helping people today. #Stellar Aid Assist allows aid orgs to deliver critical aid via $USDC quickly and transparently.
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1 year
New Report: #USDC on #Stellar is a leader in global cash off-ramps, with 322k locations worldwide where users can convert their crypto into physical cash-in-hand. This is how we're enabling real-world use cases where people can actually do something with their crypto. From
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2 years
Lookin good #stellar
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7 months
Tokenization is here and it's happening on #stellar This is from just *one* project ( @arf_one )
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2 months
@lorenzofb Same vibes
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1 year
Did you know you can convert your crypto #USDC on #Stellar into straight up local cash in all these countries? Download Stellar wallets like @Decaf_so
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Ben Grossman
2 years
We've got some BIG things planned for @StellarOrg at #consensus2022 in Austin this week. DM to meet me or the Stellar team and see what we're planning:
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8 months
Protocol 20 is live, introducing smart contracts to the #Stellar network. This is just the beginning of our phased rollout of smart contracts, but an incredible milestone nontheless DeFi is coming to Stellar!
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6 months
#Stellar going big at Paris Blockchain Week. It’s the first thing everyone sees when they walk in. Can’t miss it! Stop by
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Stellar
6 months
Hey Paris, blockchain for the real world is here 📍 #BTS #PBW2024
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1 year
WOW! The #stellar network is now processing a BILLION operations per quarter (Q1 22 vs Q1 23)
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4 months
We do a little splash of #stellar at Consensus
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I think we will look back at this panel as the moment before of RWA adoption flywheels A total power panel on the @token2049 main stage with @JustinUS ( @OndoFinance ), @SergeyNazarov ( @chainlink ), @carlosdomingo ( @Securitize ) and @avichal ( @ElectricCapital ), covering "Redefining
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4 months
Consensus takeaways: - Quality of attendees keeps going up. More tradfi trying to understand how to use blockchain - Tokenization / RWA was the hot topic everyone asked about - More devs than ever. Big hackathon presence Blockchain is getting serious
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1 year
Stellar has been building real-world use cases for crypto since 2014. Everyone else is playing catch up
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
1 year
. @Bitso , a Latin American crypto company, has integrated @StellarOrg 's Anchor Network to allow companies around the world to make payments to Argentina, Colombia and Mexico using USDC. @andresengler reports
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3 years
Big deal! Super excited to be working with @MoneyGram to enable cash funding and payout in local currency for consumers using USDC via @StellarOrg
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Stellar
3 years
. @MoneyGram announces innovative agreement with the Stellar Development Foundation to utilize blockchain technology, providing a bridge between digital assets and local currencies for consumers
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Big news: Yellow Card, one of the largest exchanges on the African continent, now supports #USDC on #Stellar ! This provides a major access point for users to benefit from faster and lower cost digital dollars with the efficiency of the Stellar network.
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Ben Grossman
2 years
The Stellar Network is built for asset issuance and tokenization. Today, we've launched a new, simple-to-use sandbox that demonstrates the power and simplicity of Stellar's native asset issuance features. Try it our or learn more about #IssuedOnStellar !
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5 months
Big news! Institutions are tokenizing on #Stellar
@FTI_DA
Franklin Templeton Digital Assets
5 months
We’re excited to announce peer-to-peer transferability for the yield-bearing BENJI security token! This new feature will provide users the ability to send BENJI tokens to other BENJI holder’s digital wallets. One BENJI security token is a share of the Franklin OnChain U.S.
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Big news! Ondo USDY is now live and accessible to the @cosmos Interchain of 90+ appchains via @noble_xyz . This is the first tokenized treasuries asset live on Cosmos, giving users access to stable, high quality yields backed by U.S. Treasuries. 🌊🌊🌊🌊
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Ondo Finance
2 months
📢 Attention @cosmos builders: $USDY, our market-leading yieldcoin, is now live on @noble_xyz mainnet, making it accessible to the 90+ chains in the @cosmos ecosystem. 🤝 This launch introduces the first tokenized treasuries product to the Cosmos ecosystem. A number of high
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This is a huge unlock for projects and developers across 65+ blockchains to access @OndoFinance 's market-leading yieldcoin. Love to see it The Ondo ecosystem is unstoppable
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Ondo Finance
3 months
🌐 We’re excited to welcome @PythNetwork to the Ondo Ecosystem with the launch of its USDY/USD price feed!
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2 years
An amazing end to @ParisBlockWeek ! Proud of our #stellar presence and message
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4 months
Solid week. Great job team and everyone for coming by!
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6 months
$USDC on Stellar is now officially supported by @coinsph , one of the largest exchanges in the Philippines! This provides a critical access point for millions users to benefit from near-instant speeds on USDC deposits and withdrawals via Stellar, and access real-world utility
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Coins.ph
6 months
$USDC deposits and withdrawals via Stellar Network are now open on #CoinsPH ! Enjoy low-cost USDC transfers with ease and convenience. ⚡️ @StellarOrg
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2 years
@unusual_whales So glad to see them return the favor just after we gave them billions for arms deals
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1 year
Testnet is live! Smart contracts and the world of DeFi coming to Stellar.
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1 year
@CultureCrave That’s prob because the Offical Star Wars page and management killed everything that was great about it lmao
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@JYSexton All they had to do was play it in reverse
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1 year
Did you know you can turn physical cash into #USDC on #Stellar or USDC to physical cash around the world?
@Decaf_so
Decaf ☕
1 year
How to buy and sell $USDC for cash with Decaf. Here is a tutorial of how to use @StellarOrg @MoneyGram Access.
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2 years
Big news for #Stellar and USDC! Real-world use cases do in fact exist in crypto
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Arf
2 years
We are happy to announce that we have teamed up with the @StellarOrg Development Foundation to solve the liquidity constraints in cross-border payments by offering the world’s first unsecured, short-term, USDC-based working capital financing solution!
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7 months
Someone show me another chain that supports developers from concept to growth with programs like this. The #Stellar Community Fund has awarded over 10s of millions of XLM to ~150+ projects just last year I'm genuinely curious!
@BuildOnStellar
Build on Stellar
7 months
Yesterday, we announced Soroban, the smart contracts platform on #Stellar , is now live for anyone to create, deploy, and interact with Stellar-based dapps. We've supercharged support by dedicating $100 million to grow the ecosystem. Apply for funding👉
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@LinusEkenstam Won't be surprised if the TV screens on seats of airplanes become a thing of the past in 10 years
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5 months
up and right 📈 $USDC on #Stellar
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3 years
Incredible. This study estimates Stellar's electricity cost per transaction is .00001% of #Bitcoin and 0.0002% of #Ethereum .
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2 years
@mischiefanimals NFT influencers after getting caught rug pulling
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Big milestone today: Smart contracts are live on #stellar , introducing the greenfield opportunity of DeFi on one of the real OG L1s. And @StellarOrg has dedicated a $100M Soroban Adoption Fund to support developers as they learn, experiment, build, and scale projects
@StellarOrg
Stellar
7 months
It's a monumental day as we extend a warm welcome to ALL builders to Stellar Mainnet! Soroban, the smart contracts platform on Stellar, is now live, empowering anyone to create, deploy, and interact with Stellar-based dapps. What will you build?
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1 year
1/ NEWS: @circle ’s $EURC is live on Stellar, first supported by @RipioApp (7m+ users!)
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5 months
TWENTY THOUSAND DeFi is now live on Stellar, and thousands are rushing to be first to build
@easya_app
EasyA 🤳📱
5 months
Join the 20,000 builders learning about @StellarOrg with EasyA right now! 👇
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3 months
#Ondo shoutout by @Aptos in today's @_TalkingTokens newsletter Nice! 🌊🌊🌊
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1 year
Amazing progress for both #stellar and #coinbase . Now users can more easily access the incredibly fast and low-cost efficiency of @circle ’s #USDC on Stellar
@CoinbaseAssets
Coinbase Assets 🛡️
1 year
Stellar’s open network enables users around the world to create, send, and trade digital representations of all forms of money. Coinbase is making it easier than ever to store and move money by adding USDC support for Stellar.
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7 months
@Geiger_Capital Just wait until you learn there's also a "Doland Tremp"...
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1 year
@BerkeleyScanner Failed state behavior
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5 months
number go up and right
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4 months
No other L1 or L2 blockchain democratizes access to crypto via cash like Stellar does. You can literally convert physical hard cash to crypto globally (and back!)
@StellarOrg
Stellar
4 months
In 2021, @StellarOrg & @MoneyGram set out to democratize access to financial services globally. Two years later: 📈 Cash-in: 40+ countries 📈 Cash-out: 170+ countries 📈 30+ wallet integrations An exciting milestone, but it's only the beginning. Happy 2 years with MGI!
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I don't think people realize how hard working the @StellarOrg team is all day every day: paving forward on tokenization, global payments, DeFi, ramps, aid, policy, investments, ecosystem support and more, all hours all around the world to make blockchain work for everyone
@StellarOrg
Stellar
6 months
Rise and grind, #PBW2024 ! Epic night calls for an epic day. Team Stellar is back in action and ready to chat 🤝
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Tokenized Treasuries market cap just passed $2B milestone and you’re still bearish? Up and right
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7 months
Seriously cool to see this. #Stellar has an amazing community!
@BuildOnStellar
Build on Stellar
7 months
New! Explore this amazing community-created ecosystem map of the many projects building the future of DeFi on #Stellar with Soroban.
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6 months
Great work! Payments on the #stellar network are near-instant and low cost, powered by trusted stablecoins like @circle USDC and EURC
@WhalestackHQ
Whalestack 🇪🇺
6 months
Would you like to accept #Bitcoin , #Lightning ⚡️, $USDC, and $EURC payments at your business? It's easy with Whalestack Checkouts 🚀🐋 ✅ Direct payouts to SEPA, SWIFT, or Blockchain ✅ Auto-exchange and custom settlement currency ✅ Robust and user-friendly Payment APIs ✅
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1 year
Winning has become so tiresome. I can't take it anymore Proud to see #Stellar awarded best innovation in digital currency, a testament to the work of SDF and our ecosystem.
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@zackkanter Some say they’re still waiting to this day
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@VCBrags And call themselves "operators" like they did 2 tours of duty in Iraq as special ops
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2 years
Giving power back to the people. Stellar Aid Assist allows aid orgs to deliver critical cash assistance to vulnerable people quickly, affordably, and transparently.
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Ben Grossman
6 months
Big news for the Stellar network
@TheBlock__
The Block
6 months
EXCLUSIVE: Tokenization platform Huma Finance merges with Circle-backed liquidity platform Arf
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Ben Grossman
1 month
Building on BlackRock is pretty cool
@OndoFinance
Ondo Finance
1 month
1/ Building on BUIDL: How Ondo Leverages BlackRock’s Tokenized Treasuries Earlier this year, we allocated $OUSG’s assets into @BlackRock ’s BUIDL, letting us offer lower minimums & fees, instant investment & redemption 24/7, and daily interest distributions. A 🧵how we got here
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Ben Grossman
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"...using the Stellar blockchain network in Circle’s US dollar-backed stablecoin USDC. Customers can send money from MoneyGram outlets, with near-instant settlement and the ability to pay in and out in cash."
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Ben Grossman
1 year
I really really hate political posting, but the absolute irony and hypocrisy of hard left Dem groups like NY DSA flashing swastikas today, after years of casually throwing out terms like racist and nazi at all critics, is too much not call out
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7 months
@LizWolfeReason That’s insane
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1 year
Live at #Money2020
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6 months
@CrimeInNYC I was just in that area not 1 hour before. This is getting out of control
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Ben Grossman
7 months
Many people don’t know #stellar is the OG of tokenization since 2014!
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
7 months
The tokenization of RWAs will undoubtedly be one of the biggest innovations the modern financial industry has ever experienced. And both individuals and institutions are beginning to discover its opportunities. Sponsored content by @stellarorg :
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Ben Grossman
3 months
Tokenization Beyond Stablecoins: The total value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) has more than doubled since the beginning of 2023, reaching nearly $3B across government securities, commodities, private debt, private equities, private funds, equities, corporate bonds.
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5 months
You’re hiding a non custodial ledger under the floorboards, are you not?
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