Diogo Mónica

@diogomonica

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I did not set out to start a company. I left my previous job wanting to take a long break. Mere weeks into it, I found myself having lunch with @hmoniz and @diogomonica. On the table? A real problem and a real solution that was too good not to pursue. Skip to today, and @finisterralabs is announcing our seed with @haunventures and Lightshift.

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Huge thanks to our team, our investors, our partners, and all our alpha users -- and @diogomonica, in particular, for cheering us on from day one. We're only getting started, but your help as already proved invaluable. And if you're not on this list yet, do reach out! https://finisterra.ai/hello-world/

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Can we start naming them? We need an identity system for worlds. Too confusing otherwise.

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there's the complex world, but tbh it only shows up when you combine a real-world asset with the square root of negative 1 in some way.

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I understand now.

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What's up with this "real-world" nonsense? What other world is there than the real world?

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Today, I'm thrilled to announce we’re leading the Series B for BVNK. Joining us in this round are Coinbase, Tiger Global, and many other institutional, and angel investors. With the stablecoin market now processing $25.1 trillion annually, we believe their momentum to be undeniable. Legacy systems like SWIFT and SEPA, built decades ago, no longer seem sufficient to meet the demands of a fast-moving, interconnected global economy. Meanwhile, stablecoins offer a stepwise change in speed, transparency, and cost efficiency. BVNK is not just participating in this transformation—it’s helping to lead the way. We’re thrilled to partner with Donald Jackson, Jesse Hemson-Struthers and Chris Harmse, and the entire BVNK team as they continue to expand their global footprint, bringing internet-speed payments to businesses worldwide. We’re just at the beginning of this new payment era. Sounds interesting? Join in on the fun! https://www.haun.co/writing/bvnk

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For the records, I love squirrels. 🐿️

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Should I feel bad for feeling good?

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My first (angel portfolio ∩ HV portfolio) exit. 🩷 https://www.theblock.co/post/322301/the-daily-stripe-acquires-stablecoin-platform-bridge-for-1-1-billion-crypto-markets-scream-risk-on-and-more

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Where’s mine?

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- As a reward for not sharing information with the Russian government, I award you with French Citizenship! 🇫🇷 - As a reward for not sharing information with the French government, I award you with French Jail! ⛓️

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People that are skeptical of the waymo experience because [expensive, slower, unsafe, weird] have underdeveloped anterior lateral prefrontal cortexs.

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Going back pretty far in the stack this weekend, and reading the first Multikey FHE paper. Main problem statement is outsourced, private, storage and computation of weak clients that are sporadicly online. Can’t really use classic MPC protocols since they assume weak, non-interacting clients. hey propose Multikey FHE. Server computes f on subset of clients S chosen “on the fly” that may be offline. There is a lot more recent research that removes the assumption of hard problems over ideal latices and adds distributed decryption, but it's a fantastic paper to start going down the rabbit hole. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2213977.2214086

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Fun conversation with Frank on culture and what it takes to build a successful crypto company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL7Cmmb1Jyg

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Starting now a Space w/ Chaos Labs. Join in! https://x.com/chaos_labs/status/1824159218452078724

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Have we really seen evidence of accelerated fragmentation? Before LLMs, I don't think I've seen anything convincing. Post ChatGPT there is a stronger argument to be made (search being one of the killer use cases), but we're far from seeing a drop in Google's dominance? Is there initial evidence search is migrating away?

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I'm thrilled to announce my first investment at Haun Ventures: leading the $55M Series A for @chaos_labs. Onchain Finance has shown remarkable resilience during high volatility periods, in large part due to critical risk parameter choices by protocols. Despite these achievements, three key challenges impede DeFi protocol maturity: - Lack of actionable onchain risk information - Low frequency of onchain risk data updates - Inefficient processes for updating smart contract parameters Chaos Labs' Risk Oracles are designed to address these challenges, delivering high-granularity, real-time risk parameters onchain. I couldn’t be more excited to work closely with Omer Goldberg and the team on bringing his vision to life. Full announcement: https://www.haun.co/writing/chaos-labs Disclosures: https://www.haun.co/disclosures

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🔊Weekend Listening🔊 @erik catches up with @diogomonica to talk about where crypto has been and where the industry is going. From institutional adoption, to RWAs, to where the most exciting use cases may come from next, they cover a lot of ground. 🔗 https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=LG7FAPtonTqIM2eP&v=uhAyuAeQ2Vg&feature=youtu.be

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