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@DanielTetsuyama "Ive been thinking a lot about @MaxRossem these past few days since he passed. Its hard to lose such a good friend not just to me but to all of us who make up Cardano. His passing leaves a silence in the ecosystem that we can all feel. From all the years Ive known him Max was UNAPOLOGETICALLY OPTIMISTIC about Cardano. He had his own views his own critiques but he never stopped showing up. He was always willing to help - to step in roll up his sleeves and do what was needed so the ecosystem could move forward. Thats what Ill remember most. His readiness to act to build to make things better"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-17T09:18Z 28K followers, 5186 engagements

"IDGAF about past present or future drama around Africa. What matters is this: we have a real opportunity to make a difference for Nigerian cocoa farmers & WERE DOING IT Our Catalyst proposal + Palmyra actions arent about optics. Theyre about real-world impact Nigeria is where impact is possible right now. Thats what were focused on. Full stop"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-09-02T07:22Z 28K followers, 7024 engagements

"The @RareEvo Singapore event is about to kick off and @palmeconomy is representin'"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-09-30T11:06Z 28K followers, 7213 engagements

"Great catching up with @Nate_Olympus from @OlympusInsights Check out their AI tutor. Great stuff"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-02T14:47Z 28K followers, 5955 engagements

"So the maket took another dump. Don't you just wish there was a tokenized metals and minerals RWA ecosystem on Cardano that could help you hedge against this crap Soon there will be"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-17T12:15Z 28K followers, 4402 engagements

"2017 just called. It wants it's edgy Bitcoin maxi takes back"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-19T13:29Z 28K followers, 3114 engagements

"Yeah partly. Ive met with Binance reps in the past but honestly especially with recent shenanigans theres a lot of nonsense happening in these platform that could have a sharp negative effect on an ecosystem like Ergo. Exposure is nice but if a lot of liquidity gets concentrated in one place (especially a place that has a reputation for manipulation) it can backfire. Ergos different because its real foundational tech a bit of a unicorn. The real network effect will come from utility not hype. It will come from us building actual mainstream apps on Ergo. Like Ive said before Ergo is the U.S."
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-19T14:11Z 28K followers, XXX engagements

"@1080Lt Japanese yen millionaire club for da win"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-21T08:09Z 28K followers, XX engagements

"Tell me you're mentally challenged without telling me. 🤣🤣🤣 Unless "S" stands for "shitcoin""
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-18T04:35Z 28K followers, 5525 engagements

"I think one of the biggest issues were facing in blockchain right now just like every major tech revolution before it is the obsession with short-term thinking. Everyones chasing short-term gains quick wins short bursts of progress. People measure success in X or 6-month intervals. But look back at the internet boom. Even that wave as fast as it was took years before real utility emerged. Utility that was resilient enough to still matter XX years later. And it took decades for companies to evolve into what they are now. Take Amazon. It started in the dot-com boom as a mail-order book company."
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-19T02:32Z 28K followers, 6878 engagements

"Some in Web3 believe that government and institutional adoption will spark exponential growth. I dont buy that as our brass ring. Take the internet. What led to it's exponential growth wasnt government or legacy adoption but rather businesses built on the Internet itself. E-commerce created that explosion. Only five to seven years later did legacy institutions start utilizing the Internet at scale & even then their adoption added only modest new traffic. Were seeing the same story with blockchain today. Governments and large institutions are testing things but theres little true network"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-19T07:18Z 28K followers, 3309 engagements

"1 Some thoughts on funding & why the wrong money can quietly destroy good innovation (a 🧵) When we were raising for Palmyra we met with several VCs in & out of crypto. One thing that stood out to me many of them have narrow tunnel vision. Limited risk appetite & magination"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-19T23:55Z 28K followers, 4270 engagements

"6 We as a community have the right & responsibility to decide who we let in. Thats not being closed off. Thats being assertive resilient & patient. Its protecting the foundation of what were building"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-19T23:55Z 28K followers, XXX engagements

"7 It reminds me of Richard Williams - the father of Serena & Venus. He didnt let them compete until they were ready. He was patient. He had conviction. People mocked him - but he raised champions"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-19T23:55Z 28K followers, XXX engagements

"Dealing with bitcoin maxis is like dealing with flat-earthers. Yes the world is round Yes "crypto" is short for "cryptocurrency" Yes bitcoin is crypto 🤦"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-20T06:11Z 28K followers, 4021 engagements

"47 years old Married X kid X Lamborghini (1/18 inch by Ertl) X yacht (photo. 8x10) X jet (ski) Crypto billionaire (if measured in Zimbabwe dollars)"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-20T13:58Z 28K followers, 9572 engagements

"Theres been a lot of talk about Cardanos low DeFi volume lack liquidity & USDC. Here are a few thoughts. Lets start with stablecoins. I keep seeing a lot of "if only Cardano had USDC everything would change". Some think that it would bring more institutions more DeFi more volume. But thats not how it works. Look at Algorand. They already have USDC. Yet their DeFi volume is lower than Cardanos. That alone should tell us something. Bringing a mainstream stablecoin on-chain doesnt magically create activity. It usually amplifies whats already there. But if theres not much to amplify it falls with"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-21T05:52Z 28K followers, 7070 engagements

"This is a bit long so bare with me. Theres nothing I can say that resolves this. All I can do is call it as I see it & base it on experience & patterns Ive seen in other industries where similar issues fixed or not fixed themselves. First and foremost Its not a zero-sum problem of who should do more foundation builders community etc. Its about the overall sentiment & flow of the ecosystem. Low usage is absolutely an existential threat but not in the simplified way its being framed. Declaring on-chain activity a top priority doesnt create it. Artificial injections of usage & capital don't"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-21T06:54Z 28K followers, XXX engagements

"I agree that $LINK has value. We're working with them. But framing it as some zero-sum if you dont see this youre not objective take misses the bigger picture. If it were really that simple Algorand which already has $USDC would be thriving. Its not. The problem isnt the absence of a single component. Its the absence of traction built on incentives UX & a clear value proposition"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-21T07:04Z 28K followers, XXX engagements

"@MinswapIntern I never said we shouldn't have USDC. The point is that I don't think that having USDC will fix the issue with low DeFi volume and liquidity"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-21T07:05Z 28K followers, XXX engagements

"Id push back on that. None of those had heavy stimulus before traction. Facebook built network effects first via ivy league unis then got $500K from Thiel. Twitter went viral at SXSW before funding. Amazon bootstrapped revenue long before big capital. Google raised big after search demand exploded. In every case network effects came first & capital only amplified what was already working"
X Link @DanielTetsuyama 2025-10-21T13:07Z 28K followers, XX engagements