One of greatest gifts your kids can give you is finding friend who have cool parents. My son’s friend’s dad has a portable whiskey smoker and brought both whiskey and the smoker to my house. The other dad here tonight also brought whiskey. Win.

Gm friends I’ve breadcrumbed everyone long enough - it’s time. Beyond excited to finally announce that I’ve joined Proof of Play as their Mindshare Lead (totally not made up, extremely serious job title). I’ve been friendly with PoP for quite a while, and I can only describe the opportunity as serendipity. Big things are happening at the company and they needed someone to help tell the Proof of Play story. I was looking for an exciting new challenge and crypto is one of my favorite things of all time - it’s my dream job. It just makes sense. I won’t lie, I find it very funny that I literally didn’t submit a résumé to them…a CT account and a dream is all you need. So what does it practically mean for you - my incredible audience? Honestly - not a ton changes. I’m still going to be sharing what I’m doing in crypto and talking about what I think is interesting and valuable and trying new stuff and hopefully making money (for me and for you guys). But now I get to intentionally spotlight a great company building a sustainable, real business utilizing the financial unlocks that crypto provides. And that’s part of why this role makes so much sense - I believe in what Proof of Play is building. I believe in the people. I believe in the vision and direction. And I’m really excited to help you all get there. The goal is to have “Powered by Proof of Play” plastered on every app - crypto and not-crypto and for you guys to question why your favorite apps *aren’t* using the services and tools we build. It’s ambitious - and that’s exciting. So - you’ll see some more targeted articles and posts from me about what the company is doing and the way we’re approaching onchain services, games, token design, and a bunch of other bits and pieces. I’ll also be helping architect the comms strategies and overall company narrative. You can be confident that I believe in what we’re doing…or I wouldn’t have signed on. I’m excited to tell the story and help you all see the vision as well. A huge thanks to the team for seeing and valuing my skillset and abilities and recognizing that I can be effective in this role while engaging with the broader CT discourse. I’m of the opinion that it’s *impossible* to be effectively banner carry for a crypto company without being deeply immersed in the culture, vibes, and conversation, and they’re willing to let me prove that out. I can’t share specifics about what is in the chamber, but I would make sure I’m paying attention. We announced on Monday that we value the PIRATE token, and we're done bleeding it out via broken P2E systems. PoP is here to win, and we’re going to catch a lot of people by surprise. Much luv and moon that. -ico

Imagine bragging you stifled innovation in America where tech is our strongest industry. The top five most valuable companies on planet earth are American tech companies. Those companies collectively employ ~1.5M Americans. Great strategy if the goal is falling behind, graham.

Another day, another Bank allowing its customers to buy and hold spot crypto Today it’s KeyBank, following PNC yesterday All of the major banks soon enough…

Listening to @ChrisJourdan and @SteveKBark this morning and all the talk is about REKT and PENGU. Another listener brought up an idea of a REKT x Pudgy Penguins collab. I would love to see it and obviously buy it. What does X think?

PENGU and REKT both hit new ATHs overnight 📈 - PENGU at $0.45 and ~$4B FDV - REKT at $0.00000069 and $290M FDV The faces of Culture and Brand coins...

Coffee with Captain #949

As the market takes off, remember to take profits. Round tripping isn't just greed. It's a combo of: - The money doesn't seem real. It's denominated in crypto. - The cost was low "I just paid $200 for it!" - You don't want to let the team/community down - You think you're smarter than everyone else - The team working on the thing you own has execution risk you don't foresee Taking something off the table is often scarier than holding because it can always keep going up. For every person who took profits on a Bored Ape at 2 ETH and regrets it, there's plenty of people who didn't take profits on a Mekaverse or Art Gobblers who regret it. Delusional thinking is always obvious in hindsight, but rarely in the moment.

@opensea testing is this finishes the farm?

gallery opening soon a new collaboration with @DeeZe dropping exclusively on @OpenSea minting on @ApeChainHUB