Ecosystem architect ⚙️ | Web3, AI & GTM | Built $250M fund plan @Arbitrum | Mentor 200+ founders | Obsessed with good governance & high-leverage tech
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Lino Velev retweeted
📂 Useful Crypto Apps (2026 edition)
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┣ 📂 DeFi
┃ ┣ 📁 @aave
┃ ┣ 📁 @MorphoLabs
┃ ┣ 📁 @compoundfinance
┃ ┣ 📁 @LidoFinance
┃ ┣ 📁 @kamino
┃ ┗ 📁 @jito
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┣ 📂 Wallets
┃ ┣ 📁 @MetaMask
┃ ┣ 📁 @phantom
┃ ┣ 📁 @Rabby_io
┃ ┣ 📁 @rainbowdotme
┃ ┣ 📁 @DinhtienSol
┃ ┣ 📁 @TrustWallet
┃ ┗ 📁 @safe (multisig)
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┣ 📂 Hardware Wallets
┃ ┣ 📁 @Ledger
┃ ┗ 📁 @Trezor
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┣ 📂 Stablecoin Yield
┃ ┣ 📁 @pendle_fi
┃ ┣ 📁 @ethena
┃ ┗ 📁 @sparkfinance
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┣ 📂 Onchain Perps
┃ ┣ 📁 @HyperliquidX
┃ ┣ 📁 @Lighter_xyz
┃ ┣ 📁 @Aster_DEX
┃ ┗ 📁 @GMX_IO
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┣ 📂 Swaps & Aggregators
┃ ┣ 📁 @Uniswap
┃ ┣ 📁 @JupiterExchange
┃ ┣ 📁 @1inch
┃ ┗ 📁 @CoWSwap
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┣ 📂 Bridges
┃ ┣ 📁 @AcrossProtocol
┃ ┣ 📁 @StargateFinance
┃ ┣ 📁 @lifiprotocol
┃ ┣ 📁 @RelayProtocol
┃ ┗ 📁 @deBridgeFinance
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┣ 📂 Crypto Cards
┃ ┣ 📁 @ether_fi
┃ ┣ 📁 @MetaMask
┃ ┣ 📁 @gnosispay
┃ ┣ 📁 @RedotPay
┃ ┣ 📁 @cryptocom
┃ ┣ 📁 @Plasma
┃ ┣ 📁 @KASTxyz
┃ ┗ 📁 @holyheld
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┣ 📂 Tokenized Stocks
┃ ┣ 📁 @RobinhoodApp
┃ ┣ 📁 @xStocksFi
┃ ┣ 📁 @Ondo
┃ ┗ 📁 @Gemini
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┗ 📂 Prediction Markets
┣ 📁 @Polymarket
┣ 📁 @Kalshi
┗ 📁 @trylimitless
Part 2 👇
Lino Velev retweeted
The biggest company in agentic finance may not have the best autonomous agents. It may be the company that best understands how to earn enough trust from ordinary people that they'll actually let AI touch their money.
Lino Velev retweeted
Yesterday was a real cracker of an event @devfolio around the theme of sovereign AI. @rashmivabbigeri got speakers from @SarvamAI (India's frontier models) and @PeoplePlusAI (integrating LLMs into workflow)
It started with the definition
sovereign AI = Data + Model + Inference
The 1st parameter is simply whether data from orgs is safe & whether they have control over the product long term. This is a dealbreaker for sectors like defence & important for heavily regulated ones like finance or healthcare
2. The 2nd part on the model is most useful for localization. For eg people plus ai used sarvam in their pilot with Gujarati cooperative dairy farmers from amul simply because it understood gujarati the best, not because it was Indian.
It's also unrealistic to expect every country to make its own frontier model, so the best we could hope for is;
a. Every country gather's it's own indigenous language data
b. A frontier model can then be trained on the local data & made useful for the local context
AI4Bharat is an example of such a program with $10 million allocated to collecting local speech data, since frontier labs would not find it profitable to do so (although they would use the data if it were open)
3. The final part on inference brought forth some unique stories in working with governments. For eg some departments required installation on premises & then airgapping the servers so they don't interact with the internet and leak any info; in other cases they had to optimize with the existing hardware of a government department since we couldn't expect them to acquire blackwells or H100s. In one case they even needed edge models able to use the phone as hardware since internet access isn't guaranteed (such as with rural health workers or soldiers on a mission)
Overall the vision of every country building its own frontier model felt a bit like the failed economic theory of import substitution. What was more realistic was every country building out its own corpus of speech data and then forking a frontier model to let it work in their language. I'm hopeful that sarvam can carve out a space for themselves in the developing world with this niche, and that people plus ai can go the whole mile and actually deliver the productivity benefits that AI is supposed to bring society at large
Lino Velev retweeted
The Bulgarian government has signed this week a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bulgarian leading space company EnduroSat. In the Dobroslavtsi industrial zone, on the disused former military airfield, the company will build a large-scale production centre for satellites.🚀 – at Bulgaria
Lino Velev retweeted
Unless I’ve mistaken this is a first-of-kind regulated insurance policy covering crime to such an extent in DeFi.
It was a huge effort to get here with over 12 months of work from Teo Kithara-Bigot, Adam Wickens, Alex Krasnow and guest appearances from Christian Ogden-Davies.
We feel this is the most robust regulated product out there in the market for DeFi lending markets and we hope this can provide foothold for more cover to grow as we expand.
Lino Velev retweeted
I’m fed up with the direction our country is going.
So I'm running for Congress in Virginia's new 7th district to put working families first, hold the powerful accountable, and fight to build a future we can actually be proud of.
Learn more on our site linked below:
Lino Velev retweeted
I'm running for US Congress. Seriously.
Imagine common sense crypto policy and regulation, aligned with American dynamism.
Check out our list of new Crypto Policies we will support, linked below.
teapawt.net/va_joe/status/20422398…
Lino Velev retweeted
honestly great to see what a longstanding partner UNICEF has been for blockchain
this call for applications gives $100k to solutions
- improving transparency & accountability of public goods funding
- new financing models for digital public goods
deadline is march 10th
📣 Calling all startups in emerging markets with ready-to-deploy blockchain-based solutions for social good.
Apply for mentorship and equity-free funding up to US$100,000 in ETH, BTC or USDC from the UNICEF Venture Fund.
Deadline: 10 March 2026.
For info on requirements, eligibility criteria and how to apply ➡️ unicef.link/blockchain-call
Lino Velev retweeted
Nice work @nashpointfi. Been following along closely for almost a year now. The progress has been incredible
Nashpoint has integrated WisdomTree Connect from @WisdomTreeFunds on @Arbitrum.
WTGXX and CRDYX can now be incorporated alongside RWAs from Centrifuge and DigiFT inside a single programmable vault architecture.
One vault. Multiple institutional RWA issuers. Unified liquidity + rebalancing logic.
This is what RWA orchestration looks like.
ALT Nashpoint integrates WisdomTree
Lino Velev retweeted
This is a huge opportunity for Europe. Welcome Anthropic with open arms. Roll out the red carpet. Visa for all employees.
Europe already controls the AI hardware bottleneck through ASML. Add the world's leading AI safety lab and you have the foundations of an AI superpower.
BREAKING: Anthropic CEO formally refuses to comply with the Department of War's demands.
44% chance they're banned from the supply chain.
poly.market/6kkVEei
Lino Velev retweeted
Bitcoin's market cap is orders of magnitude higher than Ethereum's, and its political and cultural impact is similarly greater.
Yet, not much of it is being used; it is mostly sitting idle and hidden, lest it be stolen or lost.
Today, less than 0.5% of the total Bitcoin supply participates in DeFi.
One of the biggest future capital opportunities is right in front of us.
Lino Velev retweeted
🔥 JUST IN: Robinhood launches Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum-compatible L2 built on Arbitrum tech, focused on finance and RWAs.
Lino Velev retweeted
Camelot is deploying on Robinhood Chain testnet ⚔️
Our liquidity infrastructure powers L2s and L3s built on the Arbitrum tech stack. Robinhood now joins that network.
The Holy Grail 🏆
The Robinhood Chain public testnet is live 🛠️
Developers can now build on a financial-grade Ethereum Layer 2 built on @arbitrum— designed to support tokenized real-world and digital assets.
Start building with the core foundation of Robinhood Chain: docs.robinhood.com/chain
Learn more on our newsroom: robinhood.com/us/en/newsroom…
Lino Velev retweeted
One our portfolio companies @AllonicRobotics just went out of stealth to announce their massive funding round! 🇪🇺🔥
And what they do is kinda crazy… they braid humanoids. Braiding?… Yes… you know… like ropes… 👀
And they build mini-factories for this. This is so unique and far future it’s hard for me to even explain.
So instead of telling you let me show you:
I jumped on a quick call with the founder Benedek and he kindly agreed to show us a prototype of his machine.
PS: I made the video originally with LinkedIn in mind but let me know if these kind of videos are interesting for here too
I would love to do more of them. ❤️🙌
Lino Velev retweeted
TL;DR — come work with me. If you’re not interested, please share; it helps a ton.
As you’ve probably seen lately, there’s a lot of confusion about L2s and their relationship with Ethereum. And if even some of the most OG folks on CT are confused, you can imagine how lost people are who entered the space a year ago - especially enterprise and institutional ones.
We need to fix this, and I need your help.
A year from now, I want anyone who needs to make an informed decision around crypto - whether it’s digital asset strategy for an institution, a technology stack for a startup, or simply where to allocate their attention - to have everything they need to make one. Articles, social posts, videos, webinars, presentations - you name it. We need to be wherever crypto-curious minds are.
Ding-dong. Hello, do you have a moment to talk about Ethereum and its L2s?
If that sounds like something you’d love to do, DM me and let’s talk about whether we can do this together.
Here’s a non-mandatory, non-exhaustive list of what I’m looking for:
- You can explain complex technical topics in a structured, easy-to-understand way. Illustration/visual storytelling skills are a big plus. (@waitbutwhy, if you’re open to a side gig, let me know 😉)
- You understand the technical topics yourself. This is not a “content person who paraphrases” role - you’ll be part of the team. It helps if you already have some grasp of Ethereum and L2s, but you don’t need to be an expert on day one; we can help you ramp up.
- You can help create a content strategy and calendar - and you’re accountable for execution and delivery (so you know how to plan and ship).
- You’re comfortable working with people: some are brilliant nerds, some are sophisticated suits. You can’t just lock yourself in a basement and deliver “art” once a month (at least not only that).
- You can operate as a one-person-army most of the time. We’re a small, highly focused team. We’re not afraid to outsource/delegate (including to AI), but we own the final product.
- You’ll work with me directly, daily. Feel free to ask my current and past colleagues for the +s and −s of that.
Perks of working with us:
- You’ll work with the most competent team in the world when it comes to broad knowledge of L2s, scaling, and security guarantees/risks.
- You’ll do something important that has a real chance to make a dent in the universe (karma points included in the package).
- You have my word, we either make people understand the nuances of Ethereum L2s or we die trying. No half-measures. “Do or do not, there is no try”
- Go ahead and ask current or former team members what it’s like - I’m confident they’ll vouch for the experience
I’m not posting a salary range on purpose. I’m open to a wide range of candidates - from passionate, high-signal juniors to experienced, battle-tested seniors. We’ll discuss compensation early so we don’t waste each other’s time.
