backing early stage founders @strobefund
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After 3+ years of building @BlockTower VC, we’re extremely excited to double down on teams who push the space forward in our next chapter, as we spin out the franchise, portfolio and team with my partners @spvenino33 & @winnielaux under a new independent venture focused firm: @strobefund.
BlockTower's venture unit spins out as Strobe Ventures, plans $100 million Fund II theblock.co/post/345873/bloc…
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mamma mia that's a lotta compute
Anthropic has filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC related to its proposed IPO.
Read more: anthropic.com/news/s1-sec
Legal disclaimer: A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This post does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
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When handling private keys, we’d move to a room with no devices. No phones. No TV.
We were paranoid that a hacked device could record or listen in.
Didn’t realize the TVs were *literally* 1st party programmed for full-on spying.
Only the paranoid survive.
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Pretty much.
As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn’t have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers.
SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we’re investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue.
That means the 200+ neoclouds are going to see guppy-level death and consolidation. Some will make it through, but not many.
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There is nothing to worry about.
Nothing important is run on PHP or old software—except the water & electrical grid, a few government services like our missile defense systems and a handful of electrified fences at the zoo (for the lions, tigers and cobras).
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We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence.
block.xyz/dessa
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Shipped this week on Liquid Inference:
• Reservations: a monthly token pool from a provider at a fixed fee
• Workloads: test a task on your own cases, then buy the provider that wins
• Organizations: one balance and one budget for all your team workspaces
• MCP server: add it to your agent with one command
• Auto: keeps a session on the provider that holds its cache
• Guardrails: new rate limits, and a spend budget for each of your end users
• Speech to text: priced per second of audio
• liquid.free: buys only free offers
• Add :web to any model to search the web first
Try it all on liquidinference.ai
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Crypto grew up in the Dark Forest, and the entire world is about to find itself there
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Announcing Reservations on Liquid Inference. Inference buyers can now reserve batches of tokens in advance at fixed prices over any time period. Providers compete to offer the best terms and SLAs instantly. How it works:
• Enter a lock-in duration from 1 to 12 months
• Specify token rate and uptime requirements
• Select from ZDR, SOC2, and other compliance/privacy features
• Receive multiple quotes and terms
• Negotiate through in-app messaging directly with providers
• Optionally allow overage to automatically query the spot market
Providers benefit from standardized contracts, automated billing, SLA monitoring, and zero additional fees to participate. Check it out and let us know, we’re here for all feedback.
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last @strobefund Padel Williamsburg roof session with @SkyEcosystem of the season and we've got room for a few more
come join us if you want to meet/catch up with founders and leaders in DeFi, and get some good games in:
luma.com/wb45ad5y
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An urgent notice from the Railway team
blog.railway.com/p/security-…
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more funds who replied to our pre-seed and seed lists, with the check sizes they shared:
- Third Prime (@thirdprimevc), via @ChristianKaz_ - $500K to $8M
- CMT Digital (@CMT_Digital), via @OliverJaros_ - $1M to $5M
- Strobe Ventures (@strobefund), via @tklocanas - $500K to $5M
- White Star Capital (@WhiteStarCap), via @CameronSCoombes - $500K to $5M
- VanEck Ventures, via @0xlaguna - $1M to $2M
- Cypher Capital (@cypher_capital), via @HarsAgarwal - $500K to $2M
- Reciprocal Ventures (@recvcx), via @jimbo_evans - $500K to $2M
- Jsquare (@JSquare_co), via @joanna_jsquare - around $1M
- Generative Ventures (@genventurecap), via @LexSokolin - $100K, and $500K to $1M
- Outcast Ventures (@OutcastVC), via @heyamylin - $500K to $1M
- Frachtis (@frachtisvc), via @0xave - $400K to $1M
- Lattice (@lattice_fund), via @MikeZajko - $250K to $1M
- Zee Prime Capital (@ZeePrimeCap), via @LafaMarino - $100K to $1M
- ACTAI Ventures (@ACTAIVentures), via @amandaterry - $300K to $750K
- Arete Capital (@Arete_xyz), via @Crypto_McKenna - $250K to $750K
- Paper Ventures (@Papervc), via @djchaudhry_ - $350K to $500K
- Scenius Capital (@SceniusCapital), via @DinchThe - $50K to $250K on directs
- Press Start Capital (@PressStartCap), via @stevenmeets - $50K to $100K first checks
if your fund writes early checks and isn't on here yet, reply with the fund and your check size.
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In the last 24 hours:
1. iPhone 11 through 16 are apparently vulnerable to remote attacks.
2. SSL certificates are broken until browsers remove eMudhra CA.
3. PHP >9 vulnerability CVE published (tomorrow).
The world is about to witness things that have never been seen before.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The post's iPhone claim is inaccurate; a leaked Cellebrite forensic tool targets a Bluetooth bug patched in iOS 26.5 and does not affect updated devices. The eMudhra CA and PHP issues are real incidents but framed sensationally.
justin.sh/blog/2026/10/c…
blog.mozilla.org/security/2026/…
php.net
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Having built institutional tokenized asset issuance and distribution at @StanChart and created one of the first tokenized money market funds in partnership with @Wellington_Mgmt, two things are very clear to me:
1. All assets will be tokenized as financial markets move onto 24/7 instant rails. The global economy is real-time, 24/7. The financial system will be also, and there is no path to internet-speed financial markets on the legacy infrastructure stack.
2. Tokenized assets with T+1 or longer subscription, redemption or settlement cycles are incompatible with internet financial markets. @multiliquid_xyz makes blue-chip tokenized assets accessible, instant, 24/7, via a single integration, unlocking global capital markets in the new financial system.
Proud to be building the future alongside @polychain @strobefund @CMT_Digital @metalayervc @deptvc @genventurecap and @circle_ventures
EXCLUSIVE: Multiliquid, a settlement platform for tokenized assets, raises $8 million theblock.co/news/deals/2026-…
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Multiliquid closes seed round led by @polychaincap, with participation from @strobefund, @CMT_Digital, @metalayervc, @genventurecap and @circle_ventures, bringing total funding to $8M.
Instant liquidity for tokenized assets, atomic settlement, 24/7.
Read more: multiliquid.xyz/news/seed-ro…
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The second SKY burn is complete.
7.37M SKY has been permanently removed from circulation, roughly 2.6× the first burn of 2.86M SKY.
Funded by 5% of the monthly Net Protocol Surplus, the mechanism links protocol performance to permanent reductions in the SKY supply.
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The Liquid Inference router network is growing quickly. We now have 28 verified companies serving >1000 models, offering capacity dynamically and updating quotes in real-time. Average time for providers to onboard and integrate models is 3 hours, full verification within a day.
