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Bankless Founder: "BTC Clone Coin" Trend Returns, Scarcity Narrative Back in Favor
Odaily reports: Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X that a batch of tokens he refers to as "2017-era Bitcoin clone coins" have recently gained momentum again. Among them, PRL rose 30% this week, with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of approximately $4.2 billion; QTC rose 300% this month, with a valuation of approximately $1.8 billion based on a total supply of 21 million tokens.David Hoffman believes that what is noteworthy is that such tokens, which adopt a fixed supply cap of 21 million, are now commanding multi-billion-dollar valuations.
Financial Infrastructure Command Platform Cordant Completes $8 Million Seed Round Financing
According to Business Wire, financial infrastructure command platform Cordant announced the completion of an $8 million seed funding round, jointly led by Motive Partners and Oak HC/FT, with participation from institutions such as Bitso, Paxos, Bankless VC, FJ Labs, and SignalFire. Cordant was founded by a former executive team from Rapyd and is positioned as a real-time operations command center for payment companies, fintechs, and banks, capable of integrating data from payment rails, bank accounts, ledgers, compliance, and risk systems to provide teams with a unified operational view without the need to migrate data or replace existing core systems. The funding will be used for product development and private beta customer deployments.
Digital asset infrastructure provider Cordant completes $8 million seed round, with participation from FJ Labs and others
Cordant, a stablecoin and digital asset financial infrastructure provider, has announced the completion of an $8 million seed funding round. Participating investors include Bankless VC, FJ Labs, SignalFire, Quona, Next Stage, Selah Ventures, Flatironx, Nascent Ventures, Silvercircle Ventures, and Generative Ventures. The new capital will support the company's introduction of new payment networks and AI automation tools. Cordant is collaborating with financial institutions on product development, covering banking, payments, embedded finance, cross-border transactions, stablecoins, and digital assets. Notably, Latin American digital asset and payment platform Bitso, as well as blockchain infrastructure company Paxos, have both invested and are serving as design partners. (Businesswire)
Bankless Founder: Lighter (LIT) Market Rally Is Back
Odaily reports: Bankless founder David Hoffman reposted Lighter's regulatory update on X and wrote: "Lighter season back on btw."During Lighter's Q3 investor call held last night via webcast, David Hoffman, speaking as an investor, asked: "Given that Lighter has already had extensive prior communication with the CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission), do you expect the approval of the DCM (Designated Contract Market) and DCO (Derivatives Clearing Organization) licenses to come earlier than the CFTC's stipulated 180-day review period?"Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski responded: "We believe that the extensive prior communication will make the whole process much smoother... The CFTC currently has a lot on its plate, so we can't give an exact timeline yet... However, the CFTC is a fast-moving team internally, so we expect the overall approval process to go relatively smoothly."Previously, David Hoffman reportedly sold all his ETH and rotated into tokens such as LIT, ZEC, and NEAR, with the rotated tokens subsequently significantly outperforming ETH.
Financial Infrastructure Command Platform Cordant Completes $8 Million Seed Round Financing
According to Business Wire, financial infrastructure command platform Cordant announced the completion of an $8 million seed funding round, jointly led by Motive Partners and Oak HC/FT, with participation from institutions such as Bitso, Paxos, Bankless VC, FJ Labs, and SignalFire. Cordant was founded by a former executive team from Rapyd and is positioned as a real-time operations command center for payment companies, fintechs, and banks, capable of integrating data from payment rails, bank accounts, ledgers, compliance, and risk systems to provide teams with a unified operational view without the need to migrate data or replace existing core systems. The funding will be used for product development and private beta customer deployments.
Bankless founder: Regrets not buying more LIT
Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X, expressing regret for not buying more Lighter (LIT).Hoffman explained that the logic behind investing in Lighter is simple:1. Exchanges have always been the best business model in the crypto industry;2. Perpetual contracts are still a brand-new track, far from reaching maturity;3. Building an exchange based on zkL2 is currently the structurally optimal solution, offering high security, low operating costs, and high profit margins;4. The product itself is also the strongest on the market, with the lowest latency, the lowest execution costs, and full transparency;5. The engineering team is highly capable, having solved all the technical challenges;6. The company is headquartered in the United States, operates in compliance, and this market remains a largely untapped blue ocean;7. It also serves as an option betting on the "Tokenization of compliant assets";8. Founder Vlad is in the right circles, knows the right people, and has the ambition to do great things.
Uniswap Founder: CFTC Chair Explicitly Identifies UNI as a Commodity
Hayden, the founder of Uniswap, posted on platform X, stating that he just noticed CFTC Chair Michael Selig explicitly mentioned UNI as a commodity on Bankless a few days ago. This marks a significant improvement compared to previous regulators who sued everyone without providing any guidance.
Bankless Founder: Lighter (LIT) Market Rally Is Back
Odaily reports: Bankless founder David Hoffman reposted Lighter's regulatory update on X and wrote: "Lighter season back on btw."During Lighter's Q3 investor call held last night via webcast, David Hoffman, speaking as an investor, asked: "Given that Lighter has already had extensive prior communication with the CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission), do you expect the approval of the DCM (Designated Contract Market) and DCO (Derivatives Clearing Organization) licenses to come earlier than the CFTC's stipulated 180-day review period?"Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski responded: "We believe that the extensive prior communication will make the whole process much smoother... The CFTC currently has a lot on its plate, so we can't give an exact timeline yet... However, the CFTC is a fast-moving team internally, so we expect the overall approval process to go relatively smoothly."Previously, David Hoffman reportedly sold all his ETH and rotated into tokens such as LIT, ZEC, and NEAR, with the rotated tokens subsequently significantly outperforming ETH.
Bankless co-founders liquidated their ETH positions in May before allocating to assets such as NEAR and ZEC, all of which gained over 100%.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman cleared his ETH position in May and accumulated VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT in June. To date, the gains on all the aforementioned tokens he holds have outperformed ETH over the same period, with LIT rising approximately 293%, while NEAR, ZEC, and HYPE have gained roughly 223%, 173%, and 106%, respectively. Hoffman recently reiterated his bullish outlook on the future trajectory of ZEC and NEAR.
After Dumping ETH and Betting on Multiple Altcoins, Bankless Co-Founder Says Altcoin Season Has Arrived
Odaily News: Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted on X, stating, "We are now in altcoin season, and the real market moment is coming sooner than expected." It is reported that David Hoffman announced the liquidation of his ETH holdings on May 21, and subsequently bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT, all of which have significantly outperformed ETH.
Bankless founder sells all ETH, reallocates to ZEC and LIT, both significantly outperforming ETH
Odaily News DeFi researcher Ignas posted on X: "After David Hoffman (Bankless founder) sold his ETH, he reallocated his portfolio into some of the best-performing tokens, such as LIT and ZEC. NEAR also performed well, and only VVV underperformed the broader market. Although the market was full of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) at the time, and it was also very close to the ETH bottom, the goal of aggressive crypto investors has always been to outperform BTC and ETH. Well done, David."Previously reported, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced in June this year that he had sold all his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.
Bankless Founder Responds to "Selling ETH at the Bottom": Current Price Hasn't Reached My Liquidation Level Yet
Odaily In May of this year, Bankless founder David Hoffman publicly announced on the X platform that he had liquidated all of his ETH holdings.Due to ETH's recent strong price performance, some community users posted remarks teasing David for "selling ETH at the exact bottom." David Hoffman responded by saying: "Stop saying that. The current price of ETH is lower than my liquidation price."
Bankless founder, who has fully exited ETH, expresses support for Ethlabs, calling it "the brightest future for Ethereum"
Odaily News David Hoffman, the founder of Bankless who previously liquidated all his ETH, posted on X regarding the newly established Ethlabs, stating: "The Ethereum Foundation (EF) deliberately left a power vacuum, allowing new organizational structures to step up and influence the direction of Ethereum's development.""I believe the direction Ethlabs is leading represents the brightest future for Ethereum. I am pleased to and will continue to support them on their journey ahead."Previously, David Hoffman publicly stated in late May that he had fully exited his ETH positions. Last night, several former Ethereum Foundation researchers announced the establishment of the non-profit organization Ethlabs, aiming to drive Ethereum into its next phase of growth. Bitmine, SharpLink, and Joe Lubin have all expressed their support.
Bankless: Zcash Development Funding Surplus Sparks Controversy, Four Proposals Target Block Reward Distribution Mechanism
Bankless published an article discussing the controversy surrounding excess development funding for Zcash, noting that the size of the Zcash development grant pool has continued to expand, with its current estimated net value reaching approximately $125 million—far exceeding immediate expenditure needs. Zcash co-founder and current head of Tachyon, Sean Bowe, has introduced a proposal recommending the termination of the 8% block reward currently allocated to ZCG during a future network upgrade. On the development funding mechanism, the community has so far put forward four proposals, which respectively involve ending ZCG grants, eliminating the entire development fund allocation system, or gradually reducing the allocation rate to zero. Proponents argue that the current mechanism causes funds to continuously accumulate as ZEC prices rise, while ZCG remains outside direct control by token holders. Opponents, however, worry that scaling back development funding without viable alternatives could hinder the protocol’s ongoing development and maintenance. All proposals remain under discussion and have not yet been finalized.
Bankless Co-founder: NEAR can be viewed as a generalized extension of ZEC's privacy capabilities.
Bankless co-founder David Hoffman stated that ZEC primarily protects fund privacy through shielded transactions, while NEAR's privacy capabilities can extend to broader business activities. He views NEAR as a generalized version of ZEC's privacy concept.
Financial Infrastructure Command Platform Cordant Completes $8 Million Seed Round Financing
According to Business Wire, financial infrastructure command platform Cordant announced the completion of an $8 million seed funding round, jointly led by Motive Partners and Oak HC/FT, with participation from institutions such as Bitso, Paxos, Bankless VC, FJ Labs, and SignalFire. Cordant was founded by a former executive team from Rapyd and is positioned as a real-time operations command center for payment companies, fintechs, and banks, capable of integrating data from payment rails, bank accounts, ledgers, compliance, and risk systems to provide teams with a unified operational view without the need to migrate data or replace existing core systems. The funding will be used for product development and private beta customer deployments.
Digital asset infrastructure provider Cordant completes $8 million seed round, with participation from FJ Labs and others
Cordant, a stablecoin and digital asset financial infrastructure provider, has announced the completion of an $8 million seed funding round. Participating investors include Bankless VC, FJ Labs, SignalFire, Quona, Next Stage, Selah Ventures, Flatironx, Nascent Ventures, Silvercircle Ventures, and Generative Ventures. The new capital will support the company's introduction of new payment networks and AI automation tools. Cordant is collaborating with financial institutions on product development, covering banking, payments, embedded finance, cross-border transactions, stablecoins, and digital assets. Notably, Latin American digital asset and payment platform Bitso, as well as blockchain infrastructure company Paxos, have both invested and are serving as design partners. (Businesswire)
Bankless founder, who has fully exited ETH, expresses support for Ethlabs, calling it "the brightest future for Ethereum"
Odaily News David Hoffman, the founder of Bankless who previously liquidated all his ETH, posted on X regarding the newly established Ethlabs, stating: "The Ethereum Foundation (EF) deliberately left a power vacuum, allowing new organizational structures to step up and influence the direction of Ethereum's development.""I believe the direction Ethlabs is leading represents the brightest future for Ethereum. I am pleased to and will continue to support them on their journey ahead."Previously, David Hoffman publicly stated in late May that he had fully exited his ETH positions. Last night, several former Ethereum Foundation researchers announced the establishment of the non-profit organization Ethlabs, aiming to drive Ethereum into its next phase of growth. Bitmine, SharpLink, and Joe Lubin have all expressed their support.
Bankless founder David Hoffman has sold all his ETH
Odaily Odaily News Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X platform, stating that he has sold off all his ETH holdings.Meanwhile, Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams said he remains bullish on ETH. Additionally, he revealed that Bankless Phase 1 — his 6-year collaboration with David Hoffman — has officially ended.Ryan Sean Adams stated that going forward, he will reduce his involvement in content direction and guest interviews, shifting more support to David Hoffman as he explores crypto and other new frontiers. He mentioned that he will still participate in the Rollup podcast weekly, but content leadership will be handed over to David Hoffman.
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Bankless: Zcash Development Funding Surplus Sparks Controversy, Four Proposals Target Block Reward Distribution Mechanism
Bankless published an article discussing the controversy surrounding excess development funding for Zcash, noting that the size of the Zcash development grant pool has continued to expand, with its current estimated net value reaching approximately $125 million—far exceeding immediate expenditure needs. Zcash co-founder and current head of Tachyon, Sean Bowe, has introduced a proposal recommending the termination of the 8% block reward currently allocated to ZCG during a future network upgrade. On the development funding mechanism, the community has so far put forward four proposals, which respectively involve ending ZCG grants, eliminating the entire development fund allocation system, or gradually reducing the allocation rate to zero. Proponents argue that the current mechanism causes funds to continuously accumulate as ZEC prices rise, while ZCG remains outside direct control by token holders. Opponents, however, worry that scaling back development funding without viable alternatives could hinder the protocol’s ongoing development and maintenance. All proposals remain under discussion and have not yet been finalized.
Bankless Founder: "BTC Clone Coin" Trend Returns, Scarcity Narrative Back in Favor
Odaily reports: Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X that a batch of tokens he refers to as "2017-era Bitcoin clone coins" have recently gained momentum again. Among them, PRL rose 30% this week, with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of approximately $4.2 billion; QTC rose 300% this month, with a valuation of approximately $1.8 billion based on a total supply of 21 million tokens.David Hoffman believes that what is noteworthy is that such tokens, which adopt a fixed supply cap of 21 million, are now commanding multi-billion-dollar valuations.
Bankless Founder: Lighter (LIT) Market Rally Is Back
Odaily reports: Bankless founder David Hoffman reposted Lighter's regulatory update on X and wrote: "Lighter season back on btw."During Lighter's Q3 investor call held last night via webcast, David Hoffman, speaking as an investor, asked: "Given that Lighter has already had extensive prior communication with the CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission), do you expect the approval of the DCM (Designated Contract Market) and DCO (Derivatives Clearing Organization) licenses to come earlier than the CFTC's stipulated 180-day review period?"Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski responded: "We believe that the extensive prior communication will make the whole process much smoother... The CFTC currently has a lot on its plate, so we can't give an exact timeline yet... However, the CFTC is a fast-moving team internally, so we expect the overall approval process to go relatively smoothly."Previously, David Hoffman reportedly sold all his ETH and rotated into tokens such as LIT, ZEC, and NEAR, with the rotated tokens subsequently significantly outperforming ETH.
Bankless founder bullish on ZEC: This cycle's gains could reach 10% of BTC's
Bankless founder David Hoffman posted: "You thought ZEC's rally was over? ZEC's gains this cycle will reach 10% of BTC's, and next cycle it could reach 25%."
After 16 years of dormancy, a Satoshi-era address moved 100.02 BTC
According to Odaily, a Satoshi-era address moved 100.02 BTC worth $8.55 million after 16 years of dormancy. Bankless co-founder David Hoffman suggested that the transfer may be intended as preparation against quantum attacks.
Bankless co-founder: If Bitcoin closes above $87,400 on the daily chart, it will send a strongly bullish signal.
David Hoffman, co-founder of Bankless, stated that Bitcoin is currently at a critical price zone. If the daily candle closes above $86,600, it will constitute a strong bullish signal; if it further closes above $87,400, it will indicate an extremely strong bullish signal from the market.