payments maxi | stablecoins x tradfi operator + strategist | prev @M0 @legendapp bread (acq $450M) | occasional triathlete (next: IM wisconsin '27)

roku city
Joined September 2019
allow me to reintroduce myself i'm h̶o̶v̶ laert: > prev fintech exec, 10+ yrs in payments > last ~18 mos. in defi/stablecoins > former eth miner > at intersection of tech & enterprise what im working on: > connecting modern & legacy rails > building w/ ai as a nerp > longevity
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nerp™ (n.) /nərp/ non-engineer regular person 1. non-engineer shipping real(ish) software with ai 2. the fastest growing class of builders on earth "he's a nerp but his app has 10k users" see also: nerping (v.), nerpcore (adj.)
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if you are building with ai, stablecoins or in payments, dms are open.
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imo going to any large gathering of people and not deriving value is 100% a skill issue.
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ai-power-user-test.surge.sh a friend is working on a interesting framework for ai power users. go take this survey & receive a surprise.
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teknologia
pov: you just received exactly one email
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laert skreli retweeted
pov: you just received exactly one email
🤖 Made with AI
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post quantum pre revenue intra dimensional extra curricular B2B2B pure play saas business
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overheard at m2020: “i’m not going to be the champion of [redacted] mint, even as a [redacted] employee, it’s not the best product.”
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gifted nerps, non-engineer regular people, are the next phase of economic evolution. nerps who understand how organizations, processes and people all interoperate will be able to command large amounts of human (and ai resources) to drive the next wave of innovation.
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ai agents feel like magic until they don’t. fully optimized workflow, you’re cooking. then: usage limit reached. back to the stone age for the kid.
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really cool project @emilylai has blessed us with!! visuals on 1000
A visual adventure on payments and how money moves: followthemoney.emilylai.com
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confucius once said you’ll never meet a hater who’s taller than you. i felt that.
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tron second-largest stablecoin chain after ethereum and half of crypto couldn't name them at gunpoint.
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we hit some traffic. so 10:46 in-seat. technically 1 minute after boarding end. call it a stoppage time goal. but, we made it seat 4A (brag).
flight boarding 10:20 uber eta 10:31 @laert guaranteed in seat by 10:43 THIS IS WHAT I BRING TO MONEY2020
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control of the balances is key.
🔥 Hot take: Stablecoin payments are a deposit business disguised as a payment business. The entire economy revolves around float: whoever holds the balance earns money on T-bills. Payments are simply a way to draw the balance toward oneself. That’s why issuers and exchanges will prevail, while pure payment startups without access to the float will be nothing more than resellers with margins that shrink to zero year after year.
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flight boarding 10:20 uber eta 10:31 @laert guaranteed in seat by 10:43 THIS IS WHAT I BRING TO MONEY2020
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few things better than a fresh pair of triple white air force 1s on feet.
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