Getting a grid connection for $BTC mining got hard. Two or three years ago it wasn't.
Filmed at a GoMining site in West Texas, Jared (CEO of GoMining North America Division) makes the point: the competition now is hyperscalers. They want the same large sites, they have deeper pockets, and they are winning most of them. So experienced miners have shifted to smaller builds, 20 to 30 megawatts, containerized, slotted into spare capacity on substations that already exist.
Worth sitting with for anyone who has considered buying an ASIC miner. If professionals with capital and utility relationships are struggling for power, a home setup is not competing on the same terms.
That work is already done behind every GoMining digital miner. The power and the site are sorted before you ever log in.
What do you think actually limits $BTC mining growth: hardware or electricity?
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Crypto payments usually break at the accountant's desk, not at the blockchain.
No invoice match, no bank confirmation, nothing to file. A7 International showed a flow at its launch that seems designed for that desk:
• you upload the actual invoice, the system reads the details
• the recipient company's registration certificate goes through verification
• the counterparty receives a regular SWIFT transfer in the invoice currency
• you get a document confirming the payment was executed
• 0.3% fee, from one business day
The payer uses USDT. The paper trail looks like a normal international transfer.
Shor's framing: "We make complex financial operations understandable again."
If the documents hold up in a real audit, this is the interesting part. Following: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Trade routes are moving. Settlement rails mostly aren't.
That gap is what A7 International went after at its launch this week. The founders' thesis in one line: "The market belongs to those who come first with a working solution."
What "working" looks like in their version:
• payer settles a foreign invoice in USDT
• recipient gets SWIFT in USD, yuan or dirhams, the currencies of the new routes
• payment network across 150+ countries, no local offices
• 15,000+ businesses already using the group's rails
• 0.3% fee, from one business day
The currency choice is the tell: dollar, yuan, dirham. That's where trade is going.
Early days for the product. Watching whether the rails keep up with the routes: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Ask anyone who sends money abroad what annoys them most. It's rarely the fee. It's the fee they didn't know about.
A7 International made a point of this at its launch: the price is known before you pay, and it doesn't change afterwards.
What they committed to on stage:
• 0.3% fee, flat, stated upfront
• no hidden extras, no "correspondent bank charges" surprise
• no unexplained freezes of funds along the way
• USDT from you, SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED to the recipient
• from one business day to delivery
Fradkov described the market's real demand as "a few clicks from a smartphone, without paperwork, hidden fees or frozen money."
Everyone promises that. Few deliver it at 2,000+ payments a day. Following to see if they do: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Most B2B payment products quietly exclude you if you're not a company.
A7 International said on its launch stream that the new product is for both: companies and individuals paying abroad.
The flow is the same for either:
• register on a7.biz, upload the invoice
• system reads the amount and the bank details automatically
• recipient's registration certificate goes through verification
• confirm one USDT transaction from your wallet
• recipient gets SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED, from one business day
Fee is 0.3%, fixed. Only the payer needs a wallet; the other side never touches crypto.
Shor's point: "If your partner specifically needs to receive funds via SWIFT, now you have that option."
Opening this to individuals is the part I didn't expect. Following to see how it's used: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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2024: a cross-border payments company for one market.
2026: a launch on an open stage in Moscow, pitching a product to the whole world.
A7 International's founders used the stream to show what happened in between:
• 150+ countries connected to their payment network
• 15,000+ business clients
• 10 trillion rubles in payments last year
• 2,000+ transactions a day, half of them processed by AI
• market leader in Russian cross-border payments with a 19% share
The new product sits on top of that: pay a foreign invoice in USDT, recipient gets SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED, 0.3% fee, from one business day.
Fradkov's words: "We have outgrown this framework."
Fast growth is easy to announce and hard to sustain. Curious which way this goes: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Most crypto payment pitches die at the same question: "ok, but how does my counterparty get paid?"
A7 International answered it on a stage in front of the Kremlin: he gets a regular SWIFT transfer. In his currency. On his bank account.
What caught my attention in the numbers:
• 150+ countries covered by their own payment network
• 15,000+ businesses onboarded in two years
• 2,000+ transactions per day, 50% processed by AI
• 0.3% fee, delivery from one business day
Founders Petr Fradkov and Ilan Shor framed it simply: you do business, we do the cross-border part.
Big claim. The next few months will show if the rails hold. Keeping an eye on it: A7.biz
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Cross-border payments are the focus of A7 International: settle an overseas invoice in USDT, then deliver funds by SWIFT in the needed currency. The fee stays at 0.3%.
Petr Fradkov and Ilan Shor present it on 13 October, 10:13 UTC. a7.biz/live
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A7 International is preparing to present a foreign-invoice payment service: settle in USDT and have funds delivered through SWIFT in the required currency. Fixed fee: 0.3%.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
#ad
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Watching the A7 International presentation today. The announced service pairs foreign-invoice payments in USDT with delivery through SWIFT in the needed currency, at a fixed 0.3% fee.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
#ad
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A7 International is bringing USDT invoice payments and standard SWIFT delivery into one service. Built for foreign trade, with individuals eligible too. The announced fee is fixed at 0.3%.
Live on 13 October at 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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Token2049 Show: Hottest Market Narratives To Invest In
Everyone lands in Singapore next week with pitches ready. But which narratives are really worth investing?
This Friday we'll go through the hottest projects attending Token2049, and those rooms you definitely should attend to not miss this quarter runners
Oct 2 | 3 PM UTC | 11 AM ET
Set your reminders
P.S. Thursday's space is postponed, new date TBA
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Come meet us.
We're at the HSC Conference in Seoul today with the build on a laptop. Pick a tank, break a base, tell us what feels wrong.
Here all day 🇰🇷
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Tomorrow. Seoul. HSC Conference.
We're there the whole day with the build running on a laptop. Come pick a tank, break someone's base, tell us what feels wrong.
If you're in the city, find us. If you know someone who is, send them this.
luma.com/HSC_Seoul
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Bought a Telegram gift with fiat? There’s one rule new collectors keep discovering the hard way
For the first 7 days, it can’t be transferred like a regular collectible. After that window, it becomes fully transferable
Small rule. Big difference if you’re buying with the intention to collect, trade or move it later
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TOKEN2049 Playbook: how to fly home with deals (not a hangover)
organizers expect 25,000+ people at marina bay sands on oct 7-8, and most of them will leave with main stage photos and 40 unanswered DMs
here's how to avoid that:
1. Your phone is your business card
put a QR to your social media on your lock screen and pack two power banks so it won't run out of power when its needed most
2. The side events are the real agenda
go through the official sheet, filter by what you actually do, check locations and rsvp early
check the sheet here: tinyurl.com/2049sheet
3. Read the speaker lists
side event speakers actually stick around, so DM the relevant ones before the event
the main stage is content. the speaker list is your lead list
4. Book 1/3 of your week in advance
tell your chats/groups/etc which events you'll be at and lock 1/3 of your time in meetings before you land
and don't forget to hit us over here:
5. Protect your sleep
one night event per evening, 7 hours of healthy sleep, a workout before the first coffee
the deal goes to whoever still makes sense at 10 AM on day 2
6. Bring the bullish mood
nobody signs a deal with the guy explaining why it's all over
see you in Singapore, champs. which side event are you not missing?
Replying to @wenaltseason
Oct 6, 6 PM. The one we're staking our name on
we signed on as media partner for the @Medici_Expert × @cicada_mm Open Board for a reason
most "networking" events are a crowded bar and a prayer. this one is 30+ investors doing timed 1-on-1s with opt-in follow-ups after, built so nobody walks out feeling like they wasted the evening
founders raising, come early. we'll be there
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