I left DASA with better questions than I arrived with.
Because eventually:
The blockchain disappears.
The API disappears.
The rails disappear.
And one question remains:
Did someone’s financial life become better?
#Africa #Blockchain #Startups
Because eventually:
The blockchain disappears.
The API disappears.
The rails disappear.
And one question remains:
Did someone’s financial life become better?
#Africa #Blockchain #Startups
October 4, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I left DASA with better questions than I arrived with.
Because eventually:
The blockchain disappears.
The API disappears.
The rails disappear.
And one question remains:
Did someone’s financial life become better?
#Africa #Blockchain #Startups
Because eventually:
The blockchain disappears.
The API disappears.
The rails disappear.
And one question remains:
Did someone’s financial life become better?
#Africa #Blockchain #Startups
NatPay and Zebec Unveil Web3 Payroll Rails with ISO 20022 Integration
Bank-grade direct deposits merge with programmable Web3 rails to enable real-time payouts across ACH, FedNow, and blockchain networks.
Bank-grade direct deposits merge with programmable Web3 rails to enable real-time payouts across ACH, FedNow, and blockchain networks.
NatPay and Zebec Unveil Web3 Payroll Rails with ISO 20022 Integration
Bank-grade direct deposits merge with programmable Web3 rails to enable real-time payouts across ACH, FedNow, and blockchain networks.
richbycoin.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NatPay and Zebec Unveil Web3 Payroll Rails with ISO 20022 Integration
Bank-grade direct deposits merge with programmable Web3 rails to enable real-time payouts across ACH, FedNow, and blockchain networks.
Bank-grade direct deposits merge with programmable Web3 rails to enable real-time payouts across ACH, FedNow, and blockchain networks.
Stablecoins took center stage at Binance Blockchain Week — Tron, Braza Bank, Banking Circle all preaching cross-border efficiency and regulated stablecoin rails 💳🌍
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Stablecoins took center stage at Binance Blockchain Week — Tron, Braza Bank, Banking Circle all preaching cross-border efficiency and regulated stablecoin rails 💳🌍
Wrote up an idea to improve the DID:PLC system to protect us from the inevitable corporate enshittification phase when the centralized server stops serving mirrors for a bit then starts screwing us over.
It's kind of "art of using a blockchain without using a blockchain"
github.com/edmundedgar/...
It's kind of "art of using a blockchain without using a blockchain"
github.com/edmundedgar/...
GitHub - edmundedgar/did-plc-p2p-guard-rails
Contribute to edmundedgar/did-plc-p2p-guard-rails development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Wrote up an idea to improve the DID:PLC system to protect us from the inevitable corporate enshittification phase when the centralized server stops serving mirrors for a bit then starts screwing us over.
It's kind of "art of using a blockchain without using a blockchain"
github.com/edmundedgar/...
It's kind of "art of using a blockchain without using a blockchain"
github.com/edmundedgar/...
#DTCC builds out #blockchain-based collateral system with #Chainlink integration
#cryptonews #crypto #BTC
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
#cryptonews #crypto #BTC
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
DTCC taps Chainlink for its tokenized collateral platform ahead of Q4 launch
The platform tokenizes collateral on blockchain rails and uses smart contracts to enable 24/7 automated collateral management across financial markets.
www.coindesk.com
May 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
#DTCC builds out #blockchain-based collateral system with #Chainlink integration
#cryptonews #crypto #BTC
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
#cryptonews #crypto #BTC
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
Blockchain... Rails? Does this have something to do with hhd?
Speaking of crypto and civilizational-level violence, another development in venture capital banks...
archive.ph/NPSfH
archive.ph/NPSfH
September 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Blockchain... Rails? Does this have something to do with hhd?
10+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails, Node.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Web3, Blockchain, Solidity, NFT development, iGaming, HTML5 game development, AWS, Linux.
Built a complex web MMO with 200K+ registrations.
#JobSearch #RubyOnRails #Web3 #Blockchain #FullStack #Ruby #GameDev
Built a complex web MMO with 200K+ registrations.
#JobSearch #RubyOnRails #Web3 #Blockchain #FullStack #Ruby #GameDev
April 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
10+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails, Node.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Web3, Blockchain, Solidity, NFT development, iGaming, HTML5 game development, AWS, Linux.
Built a complex web MMO with 200K+ registrations.
#JobSearch #RubyOnRails #Web3 #Blockchain #FullStack #Ruby #GameDev
Built a complex web MMO with 200K+ registrations.
#JobSearch #RubyOnRails #Web3 #Blockchain #FullStack #Ruby #GameDev
Blockchain Rails: a modern sutra
September 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Blockchain Rails: a modern sutra
Absolutely. There’s a group of VCs who have an enormous amount of influence, and a lot of lemming-like behavior from everyone else. It ramped up with blockchain, and it’s gone completely off the rails.
One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Absolutely. There’s a group of VCs who have an enormous amount of influence, and a lot of lemming-like behavior from everyone else. It ramped up with blockchain, and it’s gone completely off the rails.
Businesses need practical on-chain rails. InterLink is building the infrastructure and IBTE to turn real-world assets into tokenized, usable digital value.
Open Mainnet will connect InterLink to the broader blockchain economy.
🌐
#InterLink #ITLG #ITL #WeAreTheFirst10MLinkers
Open Mainnet will connect InterLink to the broader blockchain economy.
🌐
#InterLink #ITLG #ITL #WeAreTheFirst10MLinkers
August 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Businesses need practical on-chain rails. InterLink is building the infrastructure and IBTE to turn real-world assets into tokenized, usable digital value.
Open Mainnet will connect InterLink to the broader blockchain economy.
🌐
#InterLink #ITLG #ITL #WeAreTheFirst10MLinkers
Open Mainnet will connect InterLink to the broader blockchain economy.
🌐
#InterLink #ITLG #ITL #WeAreTheFirst10MLinkers
This pro-crypto op-ed really sent me when the shill said "imagine, payments from New York to Nigeria, no middlemen!" as a positive sales point.
Surely, SURELY, you could have picked a different destination country for this example, my guy!
www.heraldtribune.com/story/busine...
Surely, SURELY, you could have picked a different destination country for this example, my guy!
www.heraldtribune.com/story/busine...
July 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This pro-crypto op-ed really sent me when the shill said "imagine, payments from New York to Nigeria, no middlemen!" as a positive sales point.
Surely, SURELY, you could have picked a different destination country for this example, my guy!
www.heraldtribune.com/story/busine...
Surely, SURELY, you could have picked a different destination country for this example, my guy!
www.heraldtribune.com/story/busine...
investments are issued, traded, and settled. This move goes beyond crypto hype—it's about integrating blockchain rails into mainstream finance, potentially reducing costs, increasing liquidity, and challenging the existing custodial and clearing infrastructure. The implications for global 🧵(2/5)
October 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
investments are issued, traded, and settled. This move goes beyond crypto hype—it's about integrating blockchain rails into mainstream finance, potentially reducing costs, increasing liquidity, and challenging the existing custodial and clearing infrastructure. The implications for global 🧵(2/5)
AI-driven transactions dominate, potentially bypassing traditional financial rails and favoring blockchain-based micropayments and smart contracts. For crypto, this is a massive bullish catalyst, as AI agents will need instant, low-fee, programmable money—likely stablecoins or native 🧵(2/4)
October 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
AI-driven transactions dominate, potentially bypassing traditional financial rails and favoring blockchain-based micropayments and smart contracts. For crypto, this is a massive bullish catalyst, as AI agents will need instant, low-fee, programmable money—likely stablecoins or native 🧵(2/4)
RETROSPECTIVE: TRUTH OVER PERCEPTION
ONE YEAR AGO—9/29/25
WLFI had confirmed its first buyback/burn as fees hit the tens of millions.
I called it “proof of skim dressed up as scarcity.”
SWIFT was building blockchain rails
The machine was already forcing a response
ONE YEAR AGO—9/29/25
WLFI had confirmed its first buyback/burn as fees hit the tens of millions.
I called it “proof of skim dressed up as scarcity.”
SWIFT was building blockchain rails
The machine was already forcing a response
WLFireside – Sep 29, 2025
The Pressure Cooker
wlfireside.substack.com
September 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
RETROSPECTIVE: TRUTH OVER PERCEPTION
ONE YEAR AGO—9/29/25
WLFI had confirmed its first buyback/burn as fees hit the tens of millions.
I called it “proof of skim dressed up as scarcity.”
SWIFT was building blockchain rails
The machine was already forcing a response
ONE YEAR AGO—9/29/25
WLFI had confirmed its first buyback/burn as fees hit the tens of millions.
I called it “proof of skim dressed up as scarcity.”
SWIFT was building blockchain rails
The machine was already forcing a response
$6.9B in treasuries on-chain.
Private credit nearing $10B.
One side uses code.
The other, committees.
Same bonds. Different rails.
📖 www.blockchainweb3insights.com/post/defi-vs...
#Blockchain #DeFi #TradFi #Tokenization #Web3 #Bitcoin
Private credit nearing $10B.
One side uses code.
The other, committees.
Same bonds. Different rails.
📖 www.blockchainweb3insights.com/post/defi-vs...
#Blockchain #DeFi #TradFi #Tokenization #Web3 #Bitcoin
DeFi vs. TradFi
Tokenization is no longer a concept waiting on approval. Bonds, loans, and treasuries are now being issued, transferred, and settled using blockchain rails. No press release needed—just verifiable con...
www.blockchainweb3insights.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
$6.9B in treasuries on-chain.
Private credit nearing $10B.
One side uses code.
The other, committees.
Same bonds. Different rails.
📖 www.blockchainweb3insights.com/post/defi-vs...
#Blockchain #DeFi #TradFi #Tokenization #Web3 #Bitcoin
Private credit nearing $10B.
One side uses code.
The other, committees.
Same bonds. Different rails.
📖 www.blockchainweb3insights.com/post/defi-vs...
#Blockchain #DeFi #TradFi #Tokenization #Web3 #Bitcoin
We're making waves this May in Bermuda at the Digital Finance Forum. On-boarding local businesses to blockchain payment rails, powered by Circle and Coinbase, the latest SALT event will continue to showcase the island nation as a global financial innovation hub.
Link 👇
Link 👇
March 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We're making waves this May in Bermuda at the Digital Finance Forum. On-boarding local businesses to blockchain payment rails, powered by Circle and Coinbase, the latest SALT event will continue to showcase the island nation as a global financial innovation hub.
Link 👇
Link 👇
Polymarket buys DeFi startup Brahma in latest acquisition wave
“Building reliable infrastructure across blockchain networks and traditional financial rails is hard,” said Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan.
#crypto #defi #news
“Building reliable infrastructure across blockchain networks and traditional financial rails is hard,” said Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan.
#crypto #defi #news
Polymarket buys DeFi startup Brahma in latest acquisition wave
“Building reliable infrastructure across blockchain networks and traditional financial rails is hard,” said Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan.
cointelegraph.com
March 20, 2026 at 12:07 AM
India is rebuilding its capital-market rails.
But does putting blockchain underneath Demat actually change how markets work?
#Blockchain #Tokenization
But does putting blockchain underneath Demat actually change how markets work?
#Blockchain #Tokenization
September 13, 2026 at 8:36 AM
India is rebuilding its capital-market rails.
But does putting blockchain underneath Demat actually change how markets work?
#Blockchain #Tokenization
But does putting blockchain underneath Demat actually change how markets work?
#Blockchain #Tokenization
payments and settlement cited as the most significant benefits. This is not mere hype: the UK is actively building regulatory and infrastructural rails for tokenized finance, signaling a state-backed pivot toward blockchain-based settlement layers. The real story is the quiet convergence 🧵(2/5)
October 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
payments and settlement cited as the most significant benefits. This is not mere hype: the UK is actively building regulatory and infrastructural rails for tokenized finance, signaling a state-backed pivot toward blockchain-based settlement layers. The real story is the quiet convergence 🧵(2/5)
Franklin Templeton filed for two ETFs that hold U.S. stocks and reinvest dividends into Bitcoin. Allocation starts at 5%, capped at 20%.
Dividend rails are becoming Bitcoin acquisition channels.
calendly.com/blockchainwe...
#Blockchain #Bitcoin #Web3
Dividend rails are becoming Bitcoin acquisition channels.
calendly.com/blockchainwe...
#Blockchain #Bitcoin #Web3
Blockchain Strategy Call - Blockchain and Web3 Insights
A 60-minute strategy session with Blockchain and Web3 Insights.Bring your use case, your questions, or your readiness score from our free guide. We will assess your blockchain opportunity, identify ga...
calendly.com
June 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Franklin Templeton filed for two ETFs that hold U.S. stocks and reinvest dividends into Bitcoin. Allocation starts at 5%, capped at 20%.
Dividend rails are becoming Bitcoin acquisition channels.
calendly.com/blockchainwe...
#Blockchain #Bitcoin #Web3
Dividend rails are becoming Bitcoin acquisition channels.
calendly.com/blockchainwe...
#Blockchain #Bitcoin #Web3
The future of payments
probably looks familiar.
same card.
same checkout.
different rails underneath.
Trust Wallet Card.
built for what's next 🚀
#Crypto #Web3 #DeFi #CryptoCard #DigitalPayments #Blockchain
probably looks familiar.
same card.
same checkout.
different rails underneath.
Trust Wallet Card.
built for what's next 🚀
#Crypto #Web3 #DeFi #CryptoCard #DigitalPayments #Blockchain
June 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The future of payments
probably looks familiar.
same card.
same checkout.
different rails underneath.
Trust Wallet Card.
built for what's next 🚀
#Crypto #Web3 #DeFi #CryptoCard #DigitalPayments #Blockchain
probably looks familiar.
same card.
same checkout.
different rails underneath.
Trust Wallet Card.
built for what's next 🚀
#Crypto #Web3 #DeFi #CryptoCard #DigitalPayments #Blockchain
Oracle is joining SWIFT’s blockchain payments push.
The integration will connect banks’ existing payment systems and tokenized deposits to SWIFT’s ledger, supporting 24/7 cross-border payments.
Blockchain rails are moving deeper into traditional finance.
The integration will connect banks’ existing payment systems and tokenized deposits to SWIFT’s ledger, supporting 24/7 cross-border payments.
Blockchain rails are moving deeper into traditional finance.
September 29, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Oracle is joining SWIFT’s blockchain payments push.
The integration will connect banks’ existing payment systems and tokenized deposits to SWIFT’s ledger, supporting 24/7 cross-border payments.
Blockchain rails are moving deeper into traditional finance.
The integration will connect banks’ existing payment systems and tokenized deposits to SWIFT’s ledger, supporting 24/7 cross-border payments.
Blockchain rails are moving deeper into traditional finance.
The DTCC’s Stellar Leap: Bridging TradFi and Blockchain Rails
May 30 2026 20:20 UTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the backbone of the American financial system, has taken a massive step toward the inevitable convergence of traditional finance and blockchain.
#dtcc
May 30 2026 20:20 UTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the backbone of the American financial system, has taken a massive step toward the inevitable convergence of traditional finance and blockchain.
#dtcc
May 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The DTCC’s Stellar Leap: Bridging TradFi and Blockchain Rails
May 30 2026 20:20 UTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the backbone of the American financial system, has taken a massive step toward the inevitable convergence of traditional finance and blockchain.
#dtcc
May 30 2026 20:20 UTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the backbone of the American financial system, has taken a massive step toward the inevitable convergence of traditional finance and blockchain.
#dtcc