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Digital Asset Treasuries , Stablecoin Strategy & Infrastructure for Corporations.
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Digital Asset Treasuries , Stablecoin Strategy & Infrastructure for Corporations.
“You express the outcome you want without needing to figure out how the execution is going to work.” Was Illia Polosukhin of NEAR Protocol at Solana Breakpoint 2025 captured what’s really holding cross-chain finance back.
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
“You express the outcome you want without needing to figure out how the execution is going to work.” Was Illia Polosukhin of NEAR Protocol at Solana Breakpoint 2025 captured what’s really holding cross-chain finance back.
“This has transformed from not necessarily a theoretical attack to something that’s going on right now on mainnet.” said Max Resnick of Anza at Solana Breakpoint 2025 made the stakes feel immediate.
February 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“This has transformed from not necessarily a theoretical attack to something that’s going on right now on mainnet.” said Max Resnick of Anza at Solana Breakpoint 2025 made the stakes feel immediate.
“Amazon won because you could create a bucket in 30 seconds and never think about it again.” is a quote from Zelimir Fedoran of TapeDrive at Solana Breakpoint 2025. His great point felt like the most honest critique of decentralized infrastructure.
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
“Amazon won because you could create a bucket in 30 seconds and never think about it again.” is a quote from Zelimir Fedoran of TapeDrive at Solana Breakpoint 2025. His great point felt like the most honest critique of decentralized infrastructure.
“Web3 IP has been broken.” said Austin Hurwitz of NEUKO at Solana Breakpoint 2025 felt uncomfortably accurate.
It felt less like a crypto launch and more like a creative system trying to earn relevance before value.
It felt less like a crypto launch and more like a creative system trying to earn relevance before value.
February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Web3 IP has been broken.” said Austin Hurwitz of NEUKO at Solana Breakpoint 2025 felt uncomfortably accurate.
It felt less like a crypto launch and more like a creative system trying to earn relevance before value.
It felt less like a crypto launch and more like a creative system trying to earn relevance before value.
“We define working as moving the $500 trillion securities market onchain.” Is a quote from Michael Marcantonio, Head of DEFI of Galaxy Digital LLC at Solana Breakpoint 2025 helps to reiterate the direction of DeFi for me.
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
“We define working as moving the $500 trillion securities market onchain.” Is a quote from Michael Marcantonio, Head of DEFI of Galaxy Digital LLC at Solana Breakpoint 2025 helps to reiterate the direction of DeFi for me.
“Without the spot tokenized assets, you’re effectively forcing people into the 9-to-5 regime.” said Shrey Rastogi, CEO of KAIO landing the final words in the spot vs. derivatives debate at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
“Without the spot tokenized assets, you’re effectively forcing people into the 9-to-5 regime.” said Shrey Rastogi, CEO of KAIO landing the final words in the spot vs. derivatives debate at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
“No one who is buying Nvidia on-chain is looking to vote in shareholder meetings.”
That line from Mary Gooneratne, Co-Founder of Loopscale at Solana Breakpoint 2025 was refreshingly direct.
That line from Mary Gooneratne, Co-Founder of Loopscale at Solana Breakpoint 2025 was refreshingly direct.
January 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
“No one who is buying Nvidia on-chain is looking to vote in shareholder meetings.”
That line from Mary Gooneratne, Co-Founder of Loopscale at Solana Breakpoint 2025 was refreshingly direct.
That line from Mary Gooneratne, Co-Founder of Loopscale at Solana Breakpoint 2025 was refreshingly direct.
“The advantage with tokenized derivatives of equities is that they can benefit from the liquidity of traditional cash equities.” That framing from Arush Sehgal of Alpaca at Solana Breakpoint 2025 stood out because it was practical, not ideological.
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
“The advantage with tokenized derivatives of equities is that they can benefit from the liquidity of traditional cash equities.” That framing from Arush Sehgal of Alpaca at Solana Breakpoint 2025 stood out because it was practical, not ideological.
“Derivatives will always exist, but they need to be tethered to the spot asset.” said Tarun Chitra, CEO of Gauntlet at Solana Breakpoint 2025 cut through a lot of noise. @pinged.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 11:41 PM
“Derivatives will always exist, but they need to be tethered to the spot asset.” said Tarun Chitra, CEO of Gauntlet at Solana Breakpoint 2025 cut through a lot of noise. @pinged.bsky.social
“What institutions really care about is certainty — certainty of execution, certainty of settlement.”
That line from Nick Ducoff (@stoic.bsky.social), Head of Institutional Growth at the Solana Foundation summed up the stablecoin conversation at Breakpoint 2025.
That line from Nick Ducoff (@stoic.bsky.social), Head of Institutional Growth at the Solana Foundation summed up the stablecoin conversation at Breakpoint 2025.
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
“What institutions really care about is certainty — certainty of execution, certainty of settlement.”
That line from Nick Ducoff (@stoic.bsky.social), Head of Institutional Growth at the Solana Foundation summed up the stablecoin conversation at Breakpoint 2025.
That line from Nick Ducoff (@stoic.bsky.social), Head of Institutional Growth at the Solana Foundation summed up the stablecoin conversation at Breakpoint 2025.
“Stablecoins are a beautiful instrument.” That line from Sergio Mello, Head of Stablecoins at Anchorage Digital, framed the conversation at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 PM
“Stablecoins are a beautiful instrument.” That line from Sergio Mello, Head of Stablecoins at Anchorage Digital, framed the conversation at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
“Sixty percent of all transaction fees come from transactions that include a DEX swap.” That stat from Daniel Smith, Head of Data at Blockworks, jumped out at me during Solana Breakpoint 2025.
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“Sixty percent of all transaction fees come from transactions that include a DEX swap.” That stat from Daniel Smith, Head of Data at Blockworks, jumped out at me during Solana Breakpoint 2025.
“Returns are the truth.” is the line from Ben Nadareski, Co-Founder & CEO of Solstice.Finance, stuck with me from Solana Breakpoint25.
What he was really pointing to is a change in behavior. Solana doesn’t need to pay people to participate anymore. Capital shows up when returns stand on their own.
What he was really pointing to is a change in behavior. Solana doesn’t need to pay people to participate anymore. Capital shows up when returns stand on their own.
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
“Returns are the truth.” is the line from Ben Nadareski, Co-Founder & CEO of Solstice.Finance, stuck with me from Solana Breakpoint25.
What he was really pointing to is a change in behavior. Solana doesn’t need to pay people to participate anymore. Capital shows up when returns stand on their own.
What he was really pointing to is a change in behavior. Solana doesn’t need to pay people to participate anymore. Capital shows up when returns stand on their own.
“The age of proof of concepts is over and the time to build properly has come.”
That line set the tone for Theo Golden, CFA from Baillie Gifford at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
That line set the tone for Theo Golden, CFA from Baillie Gifford at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
January 20, 2026 at 12:43 PM
“The age of proof of concepts is over and the time to build properly has come.”
That line set the tone for Theo Golden, CFA from Baillie Gifford at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
That line set the tone for Theo Golden, CFA from Baillie Gifford at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
“The core metric that we care about… is cost,” he said. The most convincing metric wasn’t TPS. It was cost.
Watching Eugene Chen, CEO from Ellipsis Labs at Solana Breakpoint 2025, he walked through how Solana trading moved from passive AMMs to active market making—and why that matters.
Watching Eugene Chen, CEO from Ellipsis Labs at Solana Breakpoint 2025, he walked through how Solana trading moved from passive AMMs to active market making—and why that matters.
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“The core metric that we care about… is cost,” he said. The most convincing metric wasn’t TPS. It was cost.
Watching Eugene Chen, CEO from Ellipsis Labs at Solana Breakpoint 2025, he walked through how Solana trading moved from passive AMMs to active market making—and why that matters.
Watching Eugene Chen, CEO from Ellipsis Labs at Solana Breakpoint 2025, he walked through how Solana trading moved from passive AMMs to active market making—and why that matters.
Watching Andrew Allen from Coinbase at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the message was clear: on-chain distribution doesn’t require new apps. It requires familiar ones to go deeper.
January 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Watching Andrew Allen from Coinbase at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the message was clear: on-chain distribution doesn’t require new apps. It requires familiar ones to go deeper.
Will Shannon (Node Operator Workstream, Lido DAO) explained how ST Vaults in Lido Finance V3 let depositors stake ETH with a specific validator and mint stETH if they want liquidity at StakedRewards Summit Dubai 2025
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Will Shannon (Node Operator Workstream, Lido DAO) explained how ST Vaults in Lido Finance V3 let depositors stake ETH with a specific validator and mint stETH if they want liquidity at StakedRewards Summit Dubai 2025
“One of the things that gets us really excited is keeping those big economic event days super boring,”
Said Brennan Watt, VP of Core Engineering from Anza at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the goal was clear: when the stakes are highest, nothing should feel exciting.
Said Brennan Watt, VP of Core Engineering from Anza at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the goal was clear: when the stakes are highest, nothing should feel exciting.
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“One of the things that gets us really excited is keeping those big economic event days super boring,”
Said Brennan Watt, VP of Core Engineering from Anza at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the goal was clear: when the stakes are highest, nothing should feel exciting.
Said Brennan Watt, VP of Core Engineering from Anza at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the goal was clear: when the stakes are highest, nothing should feel exciting.
“$9.9 billion was stolen from users because they willingly or unwillingly shared their seed phrases,” he said. The number that stuck with me was $9.9 billion.
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
“$9.9 billion was stolen from users because they willingly or unwillingly shared their seed phrases,” he said. The number that stuck with me was $9.9 billion.
Any time someone promises one interface for execution and yield, my first question is what gets abstracted away.
That’s why I paid close attention to Fathurrahman Faizal “FA2”, Co-Founder at Ranger Labs, speaking at Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025.
That’s why I paid close attention to Fathurrahman Faizal “FA2”, Co-Founder at Ranger Labs, speaking at Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Any time someone promises one interface for execution and yield, my first question is what gets abstracted away.
That’s why I paid close attention to Fathurrahman Faizal “FA2”, Co-Founder at Ranger Labs, speaking at Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025.
That’s why I paid close attention to Fathurrahman Faizal “FA2”, Co-Founder at Ranger Labs, speaking at Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025.
“The primary moat that any exchange has is liquidity,” he said. What stood out wasn’t that prediction markets are growing—it’s how they’re growing.
Watching John Wang from Kalshi at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the message was clear: scale comes from aggregation, not fragmentation.
Watching John Wang from Kalshi at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the message was clear: scale comes from aggregation, not fragmentation.
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
“The primary moat that any exchange has is liquidity,” he said. What stood out wasn’t that prediction markets are growing—it’s how they’re growing.
Watching John Wang from Kalshi at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the message was clear: scale comes from aggregation, not fragmentation.
Watching John Wang from Kalshi at Solana Breakpoint 2025, the message was clear: scale comes from aggregation, not fragmentation.
“They look like just another AMM from the user’s perspective, but they behave more like on-chain market makers,” he said. One of the most useful clarifications I heard was that a lot of AMMs…aren’t really AMMs anymore.
Chris C., CEO & Co-Founder from Ghost, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
Chris C., CEO & Co-Founder from Ghost, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
“They look like just another AMM from the user’s perspective, but they behave more like on-chain market makers,” he said. One of the most useful clarifications I heard was that a lot of AMMs…aren’t really AMMs anymore.
Chris C., CEO & Co-Founder from Ghost, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
Chris C., CEO & Co-Founder from Ghost, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
“The most important work happens before anything ever touches mainnet,” he said. The takeaway wasn’t about speed. It was about restraint.
Watching Michael McGee, Software Engineer from Jump Trading at Solana Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025, the message was clear:
Watching Michael McGee, Software Engineer from Jump Trading at Solana Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025, the message was clear:
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
“The most important work happens before anything ever touches mainnet,” he said. The takeaway wasn’t about speed. It was about restraint.
Watching Michael McGee, Software Engineer from Jump Trading at Solana Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025, the message was clear:
Watching Michael McGee, Software Engineer from Jump Trading at Solana Breakpoint Abu Dhabi 2025, the message was clear:
“Fast but unpredictable systems are worse than slower systems you can rely on,” he said. The line that stuck with me was about slow and reliable beating fast and weird.
That was Philip Taffet, Research and Development from Jump Trading, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
That was Philip Taffet, Research and Development from Jump Trading, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
January 11, 2026 at 9:35 PM
“Fast but unpredictable systems are worse than slower systems you can rely on,” he said. The line that stuck with me was about slow and reliable beating fast and weird.
That was Philip Taffet, Research and Development from Jump Trading, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
That was Philip Taffet, Research and Development from Jump Trading, speaking at Solana Breakpoint 2025.
Is crypto accounting ready for 130+ blockchains in a single wallet? Haider Rafique, CMO from OKx break down at TOKEN2049 their shift from speculative trading exchange to regulatory clarity and self-custody scale. They're now licensed in both UAE and Singapore. That means stricter controls.
January 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Is crypto accounting ready for 130+ blockchains in a single wallet? Haider Rafique, CMO from OKx break down at TOKEN2049 their shift from speculative trading exchange to regulatory clarity and self-custody scale. They're now licensed in both UAE and Singapore. That means stricter controls.