Founder. Building what should've existed years ago. СЛАВА БОГУ
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Joined August 2020
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A year ago I had no idea what blockchain, crypto, or DeFi were.
Today I founded a company that uses all three to solve real world problems that were never solved before.
I am going to document this journey.
Excitement is on another level.
New era begins.
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Welcome to the future
The film on the Dispute Resolution Oracle, launched by the DIFC Courts at the Future Tokenisation Forum.
Read the white paper: courtsofthefuture.org/#dro
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Happy to see the most educated person in the game making the biggest moves in the game.
For decades, financial markets have operated on infrastructure designed around fixed trading hours and delayed settlement. There is no longer a technical reason for these constraints to exist.
When we designed Avalanche, we understood that bringing global financial markets onchain would have strong requirements. Institutions need networks they can configure to their own requirements, with the ability to achieve near-instant finality without giving up control over how those networks operate.
Now, Avalanche technology is set to power the core clearing ledger for an upcoming NYSE-affiliated tokenized securities platform.
It’s incredibly gratifying to see the ideas we spent years researching and engineering find their way into the infrastructure of global finance.
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Building in public / Update #10
Mood: Inspired
Just finished The Infinite Machine by @CamiRusso , the story of how Ethereum was built.
Somewhere along this journey I realized that building in DeFi isn't just about the product. Education is part of the job. I'm spending a lot of time learning, reading and absorbing everything relevant.
Reading The Infinite Machine, I understood one thing:
The founders behind one of the biggest projects in crypto faced the same kinds of challenges we face today. Doubts. Setbacks. Things breaking. Just at a much bigger scale.
Turns out the struggle isn't a sign you're doing it wrong.
It's a sign you're building something worth the struggle.
Unpopular opinion.
Just watched @KevinWSHPod When Shift Happens episode with @el33th4xor . It made me understand something important.
Crypto loves the dropout story, and for good reason. Many of today’s best founders taught themselves everything and built fast, with fresh thinking.
Listening to Emin, I understood what decades of academic depth adds. History, comparative systems, legal infrastructure, why things were tried before and why they failed. The kind of context that’s easy to miss when you learn on your own, without an academic framework to give it structure.
As someone who went through the whole academic journey, I have huge respect for that. I’m not building on Avalanche, but I’m definitely learning from its founder.
The dropouts brought speed and alternative thinking. People like Emin bring real depth. The industry needs both.
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460 fake Audemars Piguets. $66M if they were real.
Customs can’t open every box. Most fakes slip through and get sold with a smile and a “100% authentic.”
Inspection catches some. Accountability would stop more.
We’re working on the second part.
Soon.
Time is up for counterfeiters! 🚫⌚
CBP officers at the Port of Louisville recently intercepted a massive shipment containing 460 counterfeit Audemars Piguet watches originating from Hong Kong and destined for Texas. If these luxury timepieces had been genuine, their combined Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) would have exceeded a staggering $66 million!
Illegitimate sales of counterfeit goods cheat consumers, drain revenue from legitimate businesses, and can pose health and safety risks due to substandard materials. CBP’s intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement program remains on the front lines to protect American innovation, uphold fair competition, and keep fake goods out of the marketplace. 🛡️✨
Read the full news release here: go.dhs.gov/5js
#CBP #PortOfLouisville #IPR #CounterfeitSeizure #BrandProtection #TradeEnforcement #IntellectualProperty
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Building in public / Update #9
Mood: Fired up
Spent the day at the Dubai FinTech Summit.
Listened to @0xAishwary from @0xPolygon talk about where Polygon is heading. He confirmed everything about why we chose to build on Polygon.
Then I watched startups pitch.
A few of them are circling the same problem we're solving.
Good news: we're onto something real.
Bad news: we're not the only ones who see it.
Time to move faster.
Building in public / Update #8
Mood: Relieved
Had a moment of panic this week. Are we moving too slow?
So I checked. Apps of similar complexity usually take 6 to 12 months from idea to public launch.
We're about 4 months in.
Turns out we're not late. We're right on track.
Building something real takes time. Building it right takes a bit more.
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I don't know how much explee.com is spending on marketing, but they are doing an amazing job.
Not a day goes by without me seeing it a few times.
I don't know the product, I don't know the founders, but my God, you are effective.
Here's some free marketing for you.
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Yes this just happened.
Most countries text you about taxes.
The UAE texts you an invitation to vibe code.
Only in Dubai - I love this place 🇦🇪
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Freedom of money needs a sequel after today.
Books have been written about Ethereum hack and Binance deserves nothing less.
This must be quite a ride for CZ and Binance right now.
I have never seen a place where it's more important to eliminate the noise and stick to the facts than Dubai.
Real estate market is at the center of it.
Eliminate the noise and know how to navigate.
Agencies like @Savills accurately report on the factual state of the market, and if you know how to interpret it correctly you are more than just an amateur investor following the hype.
What most people don't see is that now is actually the best time to hunt for good deals. When Dubai bounces back, and it will, it will be bigger than ever.
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The most important layer of trust isn't how a company avoids a hack, it's how it handles one.
This is a part of a process of growing up.
How you handle the crisis is what you are remembered for.
Transparency, speed, and putting their own money behind the promise.
If handled well Binance will become bigger than ever.
Binance's initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which allowed an attacker to gain access to a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions. We have found no evidence of any wallet private key leak. We will share a detailed technical post-mortem once the investigation is complete and the facts are fully verified.
The estimated total impact sits at around $6.3B. We have worked with blockchain partners to freeze affected assets, with ~$3 billion frozen on-chain so far.
Binance will cover all losses from the SAFU fund and the company’s funds. User funds are safe. We will also publish an updated Proof of Reserves once the remediation is complete.
As an immediate precaution, Binance has:
- temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals while security checks are completed;
- revoked the affected address authorisation;
- engaged law enforcement and blockchain intelligence partners to trace and recover funds.
Our teams are working around the clock to resolve this issue safely and thoroughly. We are working closely with our law enforcement partners to confirm the identity of these criminals and bring them to justice.
Please rely only on official Binance channels for updates. Please feel free to contact Binance Customer Support if you have any further questions.
binance.com/en/support/annou…
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He traded a Cartier and $3,000 for a promise.
The promise disappeared with the seller's Facebook.
This is the problem we're solving.
I'll be proud to say we made this kind of scam a losing game.
Soon.
A Miami man traded his Cartier and $3,000 for a Rolex from someone claiming to be an interior designer, but a jewelry store exposed the watch, box, and papers as fake and the seller’s Facebook disappeared when they tried to track him down 😳👀
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This is exactly the problem we’re about to fix.
Customs caught $2.6M in fakes. The rest are being sold as “authentic” right now.
Soon, scammers lose. Honest buyers win.
Soon.
#DYK buying counterfeits fuels organized crime and threatens U.S. businesses? CBP officers at DFW Airport seized 11 fake Richard Mille watches from China, worth $2.6M if real. CBP is relentless in stopping fakes and defending America’s supply chain. @DFOHouston
➡️ go.dhs.gov/5He
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AI agents write the content.
AI agents read the content.
AI agents reply to the content.
If AI agents end up running everything, who's left to consume anything?
Genuine question.
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You're only worth as much as your word.
Years of doing business in Dubai taught me something.
200 nationalities. Different cultures. Different ideas of what a promise means.
"Tomorrow" means tomorrow to some people. Next month to others. Never, to a few.
I've been on the wrong end of too many broken promises. Deposits gone. Deadlines ignored. Deals that were "100% done" until they weren't.
The problem isn't people. It's that breaking your word costs nothing.
Our mission comes from our own experience.
Always stand behind your word.
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