Father, husband, architecture @phantom. Fan of tech, food, and current events. Regretter of nothing.
Berkeley, CA
Joined August 2007
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The password flow that plaid (aka all the sites that link to your bank) uses is basically phishing. US banks need to switch to OAuth like EU has already. Huge security risk for the whole country.
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Just a reminder, Anthropic's top rules against military usage are only:
- Claude cannot be used to spy on citizens
- Claude cannot be used to automate kill decisions
So Hegseth thinks these rules are unacceptable...
BREAKING: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to cut Anthropic from the Pentagon's supply chain unless it agrees to its technology being used in "all lawful military applications."
This includes:
1. Hegseth demanding an answer from Anthropic by Friday
2. US threats to invoke the Defense Production Act over Anthropic
3. A meeting between Hegseth and Anthropic's CEO today
4. Anthropic expressing concerns about its models being used for lethal missions
Anthropic is back under pressure.
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ICE just shot and killed a woman Minneapolis. A US citizen. How long before we say "Enough is enough?"
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We’ve reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more. nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opini…
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Stablecoins are the atomic unit of consumer finance. But nothing out there made sense for @phantom. So we designed the stable we were looking for, and it's open for any builder to use.
CASH. A stable designed for crypto and the real world. Phantom Cash uses it first, but it’s open: any developer can mint, originate, collect full yield, and build on it.
CASH is live.
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Designed by Phantom using Open Issuance by @stablecoin & @stripe, and launching first on Solana.
CASH is a neutral, open-loop stablecoin backed 1:1 by USD — built for both crypto and real-world utility.
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New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before:
kenklippenstein.com/p/exclus…
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ICE literally arrested firefighters in the process of fighting a fire. If a dystopian comedy included this scenario, people would dismiss it as unrealistic.
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Today we’re starting to roll out access to perpetual futures (aka perps) directly in the Phantom mobile app, bringing a new trading experience to millions of Phantom users.
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“this administration is doing everything it can to chase foreign capital away”
Literally throwing away our most valuable asset. And getting nothing in return.
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It's taken a long time to get here but I believe we finally have a wallet that actually prioritized user experience without sacrificing self custody. Best of both worlds.
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Naval is mistaken that you should focus on policies rather than people. Policies are just words, especially in an election year. It's easy to invent attractive-sounding policies. Whereas it's practically impossible for people to change their characters.
You already know this.
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I sent an internal email that Axios got a hold of it. Here it is. This is what it is, there is nothing else no matter how it gets characterized:
Political Update
a16zers,
I wanted to give you an update on my political activity. As I mentioned before, Felicia and I have known Vice President Harris for over 10 years and she has been a great friend to both of us during that time. She’s also been a friend to the firm in our early days, helping with several events at my house when we built the original Cultural Leadership Fund network. As a result of our friendship, Felicia and I will be making a significant donation to entities who support the Harris Walz campaign.
From a firm perspective, we continue to only take positions consistent with our Little Tech Agenda and how the various candidates that support or don’t support policies to build a strong startup technology industry. Although I have had several conversations with Vice President Harris and her team on their likely tech policies and am encouraged by my belief in her, they have not yet stated what their tech policy will be, so the firm will not be updating its position in that regard. As we stated earlier, the Biden Administration has been exceptionally destructive on tech policy across the industry, but especially as it relates to Crypto/Blockchain and AI. So, while I am very hopeful that the Harris Administration will be much better, they have not yet stated their intentions.
Ben