Bain Capital Ventures LLC, the venture capital division of Bain Capital, helps founders build iconic businesses that transform the way we live and work.
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Digital currency operating system
Green energy company
Derivatives exchange
Bitcoin rewards platform
Making Solana transactions easy to visualize
DeFi protocol for construction lending and payments
The blockchain company behind Siacoin
The Internet of Blockchains
Universal restaking layer for the cryptoeconomy.
Governance for Sky Protocol and USDS
Priceless DeFi contracts for universal access
Decentralized derivatives exchange on its own chain
The people's coin: fair, green, and permissionless.
Open source crypto trading bot
Autonomous lending for open finance.
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Billionaire industrialist Bill Koch sold his roughly 52-acre Aspen compound for $33.515 million at auction, a steep discount from its peak asking price of $125 million in 2025. 🔗 https://wsj.visitlink.me/zyCRNQ
coindcx is running a high dopamine triggering ad which says"aa gaya na coindcx" - and its everywhere around those casual games which are bombarded by ads.
对标竞争对手的本质是慕强，被对标的当下一定强于主动对标的一方： dYdX/ Ostium 等一众perp DEX 对标Hyperliquid 是这样 MegaETH 等一众Solana 杀手对标Solana 是这样 Kalshi 等一众预测市场协议对标Polymarket 是这样 现在Base 主动对标Robinhood Chain 也是这样
Several US troops killed in strike on military compound in Jordan: IRGC
$STEEL is one of best mining protocols on RH imo, only 120k rn Already paid 30+ ETH to stakers - Mine a 5x5 grid every round - 1/625 chance to hit the Motherlode jackpot (STEEL + ETH) - Provably fair randomness powered by drand - Stake STEEL to earn veSTEEL, boost rewards, and compound over time
Throwback to Huma at Japan Blockchain Week. On stage at @CapSummitGlobal Tokyo, our APAC CEO @Jessc2049 shared how Huma stands out in the onchain credit landscape. Key takeaways: • Duration: receivables settle in 1–7 days, before risk can compound • Transparency: PST proof of reserves is independe
📢🪧 Iggy has a reminder. Good habits compound too. https://t.co/ATEe9wBNAX
Introducing Cosmos 3 Edge: our open frontier world model built to run on-device. Cosmos 3 Edge helps robots learn and act, autonomous vehicles understand road scenes and predict intent, and vision AI agents reason across live video for smart infrastructure. With 4B parameters and a 2B Nemotron-bas
Smac at Compound backed Manifest. @compoundvc is one of the original thesis-driven crypto firms, investing since 2016. They've been backing the durable stuff since before durable was a thing. Glad to have you on the team @0xsmac.
The industry spent the past week arguing a false choice: social or finance? That framing already feels outdated. Finance moves value. Social builds the trust and context around it. Without identity and reputation, finance can grow. But it won't compound. They're no longer separate bets. They're b