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Product @gauntlet_xyz | tradfi → fintech → crypto

New York
Joined November 2021
Bitso launched Bóvedas yesterday: onchain yield on USDC and MXNB in the @Bitso app, through vaults curated by Gauntlet. Bitso's millions of users across Latin America can now earn onchain yield on USDC and MXNB balances without leaving the app. Each asset is supplied to a dedicated Bitso vault curated by Gauntlet on @Morpho, deployed on @base, and earns from overcollateralized onchain lending markets. Learn more about the partnership: gauntlet.xyz/resources/gaunt…
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The doxxing now that no-one writes anything themselves anymore
Researchers built an AI that doxes any "anonymous" reddit account in under a minutes for $2. eth zurich and anthropic published a terrifying paper proving that "practical anonymity" on the internet is officially dead. they built a fully autonomous ai pipeline that takes your pseudonymous posts, extracts your identity signals, searches the web, and figures out exactly who you are. no human investigator needed. the numbers are actually mindblowing.. - 67% of hacker news users identified correctly - when the system makes a guess, it is right 90% of the time - it even unmasked scientists whose interview transcripts were explicitly redacted for privacy the scariest part? even time doesn't protect you.. they tested users who took a full year break and changed their interests. the ai still matched their old and new profiles with 90% precision. it sees through your persona changes like they aren't even there. there is no defense against this. the agent splits the work into tiny, benign tasks like "summarizing a profile" or "ranking candidates." no api safety guardrail is going to flag it because no single step looks malicious.. every throwaway account. every "nobody will connect this to me" comment. it’s all just searchable micro-data now.
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Damn Morgan Alex, didn’t know you f’d like this. Productivity mode: ACTIVATED
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An Earn program live in 150 countries on day one. I'll take things only possible in DeFi for $1B, thanks, Ken
DPT Earn is now live in the @DptPay app, powered by Gauntlet. DPT users in over 150 countries can now earn stablecoin yield on USDC and USDT alongside their Visa card. DPT Earn is powered by Gauntlet USD Alpha, our flagship stablecoin strategy, built on Gauntlet’s first-party vault infrastructure Aera. Learn more about the partnership: gauntlet.xyz/resources/gaunt…
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Me: lightly touch my Bluetooth headphones My mac: GET SET UP WITH APPLE MUSIC!
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Agents are joining the curator intelligence stack. As they prove their value, their scope expands: from assisting curation teams to operating within bounded permissions and coordinating execution against human-set goals. What risk-aware agentic curation requires, by @MingXDynasty and @tarunchitra: gauntlet.xyz/resources/build…
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Tell me you've never flushed your 5 iron to within 3 feet of the hole while your absolute boys yell "helloooo daddy!" without telling me you've never flushed your five iron.
golf must be the most overrated boomer sport in existence it’s boring af but people pretend they like it because it’s an “elite” thing to do
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As a long time fan we all know what this means
I'm 94% of the way through writing this giant book. Will respond to that signal in like 4 months.
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Personal favorite: “I’ll lower your taxes, and raise everyone else’s”
my favorite binface policy is “reverse brexit by inviting other european countries to join the united kingdom”
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Tom retweeted
Had a conversation with @tomwhitty42 , Director of Product at @gauntlet_xyz , about where non-USD stablecoins are finding traction. Payments, credit, and RWAs — not speculation. Euro and Mexican-peso denominated assets are already live, with more LATAM currencies expected to follow. FX risk disappears when a stablecoin matches the currency of its collateral. That's what's making new credit products viable.
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FIFA explaining the script to Norway
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Haaland & Nyland v FIFA script writers
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Waitress before handing me my tacos: “you should not use silverware, eat with your hands” I have achieved levels of gringo vibe you cannot even fathom. I exude centuries of my ancestors inability to dance with their hips.
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Stablecoins are the gateway dr*g to bringing finance onchain and making it accessible to all. Deposit $10 MXNB or $10M, you are treated the same. Borrow based on your collateral, not what an intermediary says is your ‘score’. Latam just made a major step forward with @buildwithjuno
First of its kind: @buildwithjuno by @bitso just launched Mexican Peso onchain credit markets and vaults on Morpho, curated by @gauntlet_xyz. The blueprint for LATAM stablecoin onchain utility - users can access $MXNB liquidity against $USDC & $BTC, or put $MXNB to work on @base.
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Half of NYC DeFi now has a business casual outfit thanks to the NYSE dress code and you’re bearish?
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TLDR: Cambrian explosion of yield options onchain. Consolidation of capital supply into trusted, compliant custody and strategy managers who can sift through the options. Thanks for the great chat @dam0eke and Camille
Transparency, curator track records, and a compliance review of the smart contract tend to come before capital moves. Damien Ekechukwu (@dam0eke) from @zerohashx, Camille L Cordero from Anchorage Digital, Tom Whitworth, and Simon Mathonnet from @gauntlet_xyz on how vault strategy adapts to capital and customers:
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What’s the most number of players in a Sunday playoff at a major?
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+57.63% today
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Thank fucking god that ape chain is ok.
ApeChain is not affected by the Kelp DAO situation. Out of an abundance of caution, we've decided to pause any bridges that rely on Layer0 until we have a full understanding of the situation. There's no need to move things around. There are plenty of bridges if you want to bridge for any reason.
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