Matthew Paik
Chief Strategy Officer at GTE
Matthew Paik is Chief Strategy Officer at GTE. He was previously Head of DeFi, Gaming, and NFTs at LayerZero and has previously worked at ROK Capital, Coinbase, and Amazon. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Pomona College.
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Worldpay, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, Deutsche Telekom, and Google Cloud all run production DVNs on LayerZero today. Together their core businesses represent more than $10 trillion in annual financial activity and each one now offers its name as a verifier in the security stacks of stab
3 Token Unlocks to Watch in the Fourth Week of July 2026
Axie generated more revenue in the last 30d than LayerZero, Abstract or Avalanche... Looks like the latest @AxieInfinity Terrariums update significantly boosted revenue compared to the last period I looked at. And Atia's Legacy is coming. Web3 gaming wins and will keep winning🔥
.@domdotx & @0xmitvh both ex @LayerZero_Core taking on the founders life. Nothing better! https://x.com/pulsepredicts/status/2077767999193592008
Lighter already has Robinhood stocks. xStocks is a fake wrapper around a bearer debt instrument. I really don't see this as any sort of competitive advantage against Lighter or what GTE (disc: investor) is doing yes not winner take all, doesn't mean everyone who launches something wins. most likely
A @LayerZero_Core Executor wallet may have been compromised, resulting in a total loss of $2.1M across multiple chains. The attacker bridged the stolen funds to Ethereum via Stargate and Relay. The attacker currently holds 955 ETH ($1.78M) and $322K USDC. Theft addresses: 0x47b44685eB5F99982d03
Since launch, PayPal USD (PYUSD) has transferred over $4B in value across 5 chains. $4.25B. 5 networks. Powered by LayerZero.
“It feels like the world is going to forget that pre-stablecoins was even a thing.” Stablecoins are already moving hundreds of billions of dollars through the financial system. @PrimordialAA of @LayerZero_Core says demand is only accelerating. https://t.co/ByfvDxdYxd
There appears to be an ongoing hack involving @hedera Network, with over $3.7M already bridged to Ethereum by the attacker. The stolen funds are currently being swapped from WBTC for ETH after being bridged from the Hedera network via Layerzero. Theft addresses: 0x9A4966152F6e10b33Cb7a37975e86198
LayerZero oracle compromise exposes $292M vulnerability in cross-chain protocols