shaunjohn
@idealexit.bsky.social
Accelerating + Investing into web3's future #TachyonAccel. Prev: #ConsenSys, #StartupInst, #Techstars, #WorldBank. Technologist on a mission.
Huge Hoya Saxa to Josh D’Amaro on becoming the new CEO of The Walt Disney Company!! 🏰 🌈 🪄
thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-...
thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-...
Josh D’Amaro Named Next Chief Executive Officer of Disney | The Walt Disney Company
Effective March 18, Josh D’Amaro will become Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, and Dana Walden has been named President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company.
thewaltdisneycompany.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Huge Hoya Saxa to Josh D’Amaro on becoming the new CEO of The Walt Disney Company!! 🏰 🌈 🪄
thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-...
thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-...
If $BTC is considered digital gold to some, might $USDT be considered more gold than Bitcoin?
Wild question, but Tether's buying of $1 billion in gold monthly & becoming one of the biggest gold holders barring Central Banks & ETFs is, well, also wild.
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
Wild question, but Tether's buying of $1 billion in gold monthly & becoming one of the biggest gold holders barring Central Banks & ETFs is, well, also wild.
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
Tether is buying up to $1 billion of gold per month and storing it in a 'James Bond' bunker
The company's gold purchases are mostly for its own reserves, but also support its XAUT stablecoin, aiming to provide transparent, specific gold ownership for investors.
www.coindesk.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
If $BTC is considered digital gold to some, might $USDT be considered more gold than Bitcoin?
Wild question, but Tether's buying of $1 billion in gold monthly & becoming one of the biggest gold holders barring Central Banks & ETFs is, well, also wild.
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
Wild question, but Tether's buying of $1 billion in gold monthly & becoming one of the biggest gold holders barring Central Banks & ETFs is, well, also wild.
www.coindesk.com/business/202...
Lemme get this right: Tesla is killing off the Model S and the Model X yet the Cybertruck will live on?
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Lemme get this right: Tesla is killing off the Model S and the Model X yet the Cybertruck will live on?
Trying to break into VC on your own? Don't go at it alone.
Venture Cooperative is an onramp for venture capital, equipped with community, events, and cohort-based expert classes.
Much respect to our frens at Laconia Capital for creating this!
www.venturecooperative.org
Venture Cooperative is an onramp for venture capital, equipped with community, events, and cohort-based expert classes.
Much respect to our frens at Laconia Capital for creating this!
www.venturecooperative.org
Venture Cooperative
cohort 4 apps are open! apply now :)
www.venturecooperative.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Trying to break into VC on your own? Don't go at it alone.
Venture Cooperative is an onramp for venture capital, equipped with community, events, and cohort-based expert classes.
Much respect to our frens at Laconia Capital for creating this!
www.venturecooperative.org
Venture Cooperative is an onramp for venture capital, equipped with community, events, and cohort-based expert classes.
Much respect to our frens at Laconia Capital for creating this!
www.venturecooperative.org
OpenAI brought us ChatGPT, proving human creativity & innovation knows no bounds. Enter ChatGPT Ads...
January 26, 2026 at 7:17 PM
OpenAI brought us ChatGPT, proving human creativity & innovation knows no bounds. Enter ChatGPT Ads...
The "Great Rebuild" is coming, as Deloitte's "State of AI in the Enterprise" suggests.
I liken this to how the Y2K e-commerce boom spurred all commerce to become e-commerce either as a native or channel strategy.
www.deloitte.com/content/dam/...
I liken this to how the Y2K e-commerce boom spurred all commerce to become e-commerce either as a native or channel strategy.
www.deloitte.com/content/dam/...
www.deloitte.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The "Great Rebuild" is coming, as Deloitte's "State of AI in the Enterprise" suggests.
I liken this to how the Y2K e-commerce boom spurred all commerce to become e-commerce either as a native or channel strategy.
www.deloitte.com/content/dam/...
I liken this to how the Y2K e-commerce boom spurred all commerce to become e-commerce either as a native or channel strategy.
www.deloitte.com/content/dam/...
Curious to see what the future of web3 social holds 🔮
After Farcaster’s focus shifted from social to wallets, one would think web3 social just isn’t ready for exponential sustainable profitable growth…and yet Neynar may think otherwise.
www.theblock.co/post/386549/...
After Farcaster’s focus shifted from social to wallets, one would think web3 social just isn’t ready for exponential sustainable profitable growth…and yet Neynar may think otherwise.
www.theblock.co/post/386549/...
www.theblock.co
January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Curious to see what the future of web3 social holds 🔮
After Farcaster’s focus shifted from social to wallets, one would think web3 social just isn’t ready for exponential sustainable profitable growth…and yet Neynar may think otherwise.
www.theblock.co/post/386549/...
After Farcaster’s focus shifted from social to wallets, one would think web3 social just isn’t ready for exponential sustainable profitable growth…and yet Neynar may think otherwise.
www.theblock.co/post/386549/...
“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
― Martin Luther King
― Martin Luther King
January 19, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
― Martin Luther King
― Martin Luther King
What seems like small numbers actually carry huge impacts...
...a16z manages over $90B in assets, or ~7.2% of the total US VC AUM (pardon the alphabet soup)....
www.notboring.co/p/a16z-the-p...
...a16z manages over $90B in assets, or ~7.2% of the total US VC AUM (pardon the alphabet soup)....
www.notboring.co/p/a16z-the-p...
a16z: The Power Brokers
a16k word essay on a16z on the day of a15b fundraise
www.notboring.co
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
What seems like small numbers actually carry huge impacts...
...a16z manages over $90B in assets, or ~7.2% of the total US VC AUM (pardon the alphabet soup)....
www.notboring.co/p/a16z-the-p...
...a16z manages over $90B in assets, or ~7.2% of the total US VC AUM (pardon the alphabet soup)....
www.notboring.co/p/a16z-the-p...
"My bet is that over the next 18 months, OpenAI runs out of money."
I hope this OpEd author puts this prop on Polymarket...I'm not even into gambling much, but I'd jump on that action 🤑
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
I hope this OpEd author puts this prop on Polymarket...I'm not even into gambling much, but I'd jump on that action 🤑
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is Real. But OpenAI Might Still Fail.
Artificial intelligence’s promise is real. But some of the most prominent A.I. companies might not make it.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
"My bet is that over the next 18 months, OpenAI runs out of money."
I hope this OpEd author puts this prop on Polymarket...I'm not even into gambling much, but I'd jump on that action 🤑
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
I hope this OpEd author puts this prop on Polymarket...I'm not even into gambling much, but I'd jump on that action 🤑
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
In the Social Web era, WebMD was a medical industry scourge, making health-based decisions using internet content omnipresent for all.
In the Agentic Web era, ChatGPT Health might further democratize patient access to clinical decision support systems.
openai.com/index/introd...
In the Agentic Web era, ChatGPT Health might further democratize patient access to clinical decision support systems.
openai.com/index/introd...
all.in
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all.In
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In the Social Web era, WebMD was a medical industry scourge, making health-based decisions using internet content omnipresent for all.
In the Agentic Web era, ChatGPT Health might further democratize patient access to clinical decision support systems.
openai.com/index/introd...
In the Agentic Web era, ChatGPT Health might further democratize patient access to clinical decision support systems.
openai.com/index/introd...
Crypto companies finally cracked the IPO ceiling in 2025. And 2026 could keep pace.
pitchbook.com/news/article...
pitchbook.com/news/article...
Crypto companies finally cracked the IPO ceiling in 2025. And 2026 could keep pace. - PitchBook
Crypto VC deal value surged to $19.7B in 2025, fueled by an injection of growth equity. Investors are now eying loftier startup valuations for 2026.
pitchbook.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Crypto companies finally cracked the IPO ceiling in 2025. And 2026 could keep pace.
pitchbook.com/news/article...
pitchbook.com/news/article...
Betting on Polymarket, or any prediction market, is such a slippery slope. I've seen the space expand from "Wen Moon" for oracalized outcomes, to "Wen Mayor" for political elections, to now "Wen Mortgage"🎲 🎲 🎲
www.theblock.co/post/384344/...
www.theblock.co/post/384344/...
Polymarket turns housing price indices into prediction markets via Parcl partnership
Polymarket will offer a new suite of housing-related prediction markets via an integration with onchain real estate platform Parcl.
www.theblock.co
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Betting on Polymarket, or any prediction market, is such a slippery slope. I've seen the space expand from "Wen Moon" for oracalized outcomes, to "Wen Mayor" for political elections, to now "Wen Mortgage"🎲 🎲 🎲
www.theblock.co/post/384344/...
www.theblock.co/post/384344/...
Last year was the year of the billion-dollar startup raise.
Not startups fundraising with a valuation of a billion; startups raising a round sized over 1 BILLION DOLLARS. From Series G all the way down to a Seed round.
news.crunchbase.com/venture/larg...
Not startups fundraising with a valuation of a billion; startups raising a round sized over 1 BILLION DOLLARS. From Series G all the way down to a Seed round.
news.crunchbase.com/venture/larg...
These Were The Largest Funding Rounds Of 2025
A total of 15 companies secured venture funding rounds of $2 billion or more last year, per Crunchbase data. Among them, they amassed more than $100 billion from those financings with the majority…
news.crunchbase.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Last year was the year of the billion-dollar startup raise.
Not startups fundraising with a valuation of a billion; startups raising a round sized over 1 BILLION DOLLARS. From Series G all the way down to a Seed round.
news.crunchbase.com/venture/larg...
Not startups fundraising with a valuation of a billion; startups raising a round sized over 1 BILLION DOLLARS. From Series G all the way down to a Seed round.
news.crunchbase.com/venture/larg...
Over 3 years ago, Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44B in an all-cash deal that's forever changed the internet's "digital town square"
Naturally, I was keen in seeing how the platform might change or revert after reportedly selling off Grok for $20B in an acquihire...
seekingalpha.com/article/4856...
Naturally, I was keen in seeing how the platform might change or revert after reportedly selling off Grok for $20B in an acquihire...
seekingalpha.com/article/4856...
Nvidia: $20B Groq Deal, Valuation, And More (Rating Upgrade) (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Breakdown of Nvidia Corporation’s $20B Groq acquisition plus a fresh risk/reward reassessment with TQI’s Valuation model. Click for this NVDA stock update.
seekingalpha.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Over 3 years ago, Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44B in an all-cash deal that's forever changed the internet's "digital town square"
Naturally, I was keen in seeing how the platform might change or revert after reportedly selling off Grok for $20B in an acquihire...
seekingalpha.com/article/4856...
Naturally, I was keen in seeing how the platform might change or revert after reportedly selling off Grok for $20B in an acquihire...
seekingalpha.com/article/4856...
Reading through everyone's predictions for 2026 reminds be just how difficult it can be to gaze into the future, yet we peer & prod into it daily, striving to get it right.
Rightly or wrongly, here's two I'm interrogating:
www.coindesk.com/opinion/2025...
sapphireventures.com/blog/2026-ou...
Rightly or wrongly, here's two I'm interrogating:
www.coindesk.com/opinion/2025...
sapphireventures.com/blog/2026-ou...
4 predictions for privacy in 2026
Led by Zcash, the privacy space had a breakout year in 2025. What’s coming next?
www.coindesk.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reading through everyone's predictions for 2026 reminds be just how difficult it can be to gaze into the future, yet we peer & prod into it daily, striving to get it right.
Rightly or wrongly, here's two I'm interrogating:
www.coindesk.com/opinion/2025...
sapphireventures.com/blog/2026-ou...
Rightly or wrongly, here's two I'm interrogating:
www.coindesk.com/opinion/2025...
sapphireventures.com/blog/2026-ou...
As the 1st crypto firm with a US banking license, Anchorage Digital has been bridging tradfi inno into defi & vice versa.
With the new Hedgey acquisition, cap tables & token lifecycles may net us the "Carta of Crypto" as the next play.
www.anchorage.com/insights/anc...
With the new Hedgey acquisition, cap tables & token lifecycles may net us the "Carta of Crypto" as the next play.
www.anchorage.com/insights/anc...
Anchorage Digital Launches Full-Stack Token Management Solution to Power the Next Generation of Protocol Growth
Anchorage Digital Launches Full-Stack Token Management Solution to Power the Next Generation of Protocol Growth | Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in dig...
www.anchorage.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As the 1st crypto firm with a US banking license, Anchorage Digital has been bridging tradfi inno into defi & vice versa.
With the new Hedgey acquisition, cap tables & token lifecycles may net us the "Carta of Crypto" as the next play.
www.anchorage.com/insights/anc...
With the new Hedgey acquisition, cap tables & token lifecycles may net us the "Carta of Crypto" as the next play.
www.anchorage.com/insights/anc...
Republic, AngelList, Parallel Markets, Echo, Sydecar…none of this Sestante Capital, fraud bust at JFK nonsense.
Platforms syndicate trust, too, not just investment opportunities. Still, DYOR.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Platforms syndicate trust, too, not just investment opportunities. Still, DYOR.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Republic, AngelList, Parallel Markets, Echo, Sydecar…none of this Sestante Capital, fraud bust at JFK nonsense.
Platforms syndicate trust, too, not just investment opportunities. Still, DYOR.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Platforms syndicate trust, too, not just investment opportunities. Still, DYOR.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
While we celebrate the fresh closing of closed funds often, evergreen funds have been bubbling & doubling 🫧 up 2x in number of funds & AUM since 2022.
pitchbook.com/news/reports...
pitchbook.com/news/reports...
Q4 2025 US Evergreen Fund Landscape - PitchBook
The Q4 2025 US Evergreen Fund Landscape report covers the rapid rise of evergreen funds, providing data and insights on assets, flows, returns, and more.
pitchbook.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
While we celebrate the fresh closing of closed funds often, evergreen funds have been bubbling & doubling 🫧 up 2x in number of funds & AUM since 2022.
pitchbook.com/news/reports...
pitchbook.com/news/reports...
With a $6.6B valuation and a fresh Series B, there's more to love at Lovable 💗 lovable.dev/blog/series-b
Lovable raises $330M to power the age of the builder
Read this article on the Lovable blog
lovable.dev
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
With a $6.6B valuation and a fresh Series B, there's more to love at Lovable 💗 lovable.dev/blog/series-b
Topping venture firms like General Catalyst‘s and a16z’s $7B & $8B respective fund raises, Lightspeed Venture Partners just closed its largest — NINE BILLION 🐘
www.davispolk.com/experience/l...
www.davispolk.com/experience/l...
Lightspeed $9 billion fundraise across six new funds
Davis Polk advised Lightspeed Venture Partners in connection with the fundraise of more than $9 billion in committed capital across six distinct, highly selective vehicles. These vehicles included…
www.davispolk.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Topping venture firms like General Catalyst‘s and a16z’s $7B & $8B respective fund raises, Lightspeed Venture Partners just closed its largest — NINE BILLION 🐘
www.davispolk.com/experience/l...
www.davispolk.com/experience/l...
In a Post Quantum world, faster or more complex encryption standards will only be marginally effective protections. New methods, mechanisms & models will be needed; Like newly DCG & Salesforce Ventures backed Cyphlens -- let's see what you've got!🤞🏾
cyphlens.com
cyphlens.com
Home - Cyphlens
Human-layer Security Secure the human vulnerabilities others can’t Static passwords, login portals, and outdated MFA weren’t built for today’s remote teams, complex permission structures, or…
cyphlens.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In a Post Quantum world, faster or more complex encryption standards will only be marginally effective protections. New methods, mechanisms & models will be needed; Like newly DCG & Salesforce Ventures backed Cyphlens -- let's see what you've got!🤞🏾
cyphlens.com
cyphlens.com
If Black Friday's wave of AI-assisted purchases didn't prove agentic commerce is the future, Channel3's MCP database of products is making that day, today, with a fresh capital injection by the best investors an NYC startup could ask for.🛍️ 🤖
trychannel3.com
trychannel3.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If Black Friday's wave of AI-assisted purchases didn't prove agentic commerce is the future, Channel3's MCP database of products is making that day, today, with a fresh capital injection by the best investors an NYC startup could ask for.🛍️ 🤖
trychannel3.com
trychannel3.com
"Stablecoins have grown from nearly zero to roughly $300 billion in market cap in under a decade and now process more real economic volume than traditional payment networks like Paypal and Visa, even after excluding intra-exchange wash transfers and MEV" multicoin.capital/2025/12/10/s...
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Stablecoins have grown from nearly zero to roughly $300 billion in market cap in under a decade and now process more real economic volume than traditional payment networks like Paypal and Visa, even after excluding intra-exchange wash transfers and MEV" multicoin.capital/2025/12/10/s...