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Muslims once financed the world’s trade without interest.
For the first time in centuries, we can return to that.
$2M+ deposited during our invite-only beta. Today, Goldsand is live on iOS and Android.
Halal savings built a new way: to beat interest, not settle. Here’s how ↓
Why do Muslims treat interest-free finance like a limitation, when history proves it's a superpower?
Around 1700, Mughal India produced roughly a quarter of the world's economy, about the share the US holds today.
The Islamic gold dinar was so trusted that European kings minted copies of it, Arabic script and all.
Muslim merchants financed trade from Spain to China through partnerships, profit-sharing, and trust.
Riba-free finance wasn't a handicap those economies carried. It was the engine that built them.
The real opportunity today isn't fixing a broken system. It's reigniting belief in one that already worked brilliantly.
Nobody opens a shawarma shop thinking, "It's halal, so Muslims will show up."
The food wins on its own merits:
Better taste.
Better price.
Better experience.
Halal is simply assumed. It's not the pitch, it's the foundation.
So imagine applying that same confidence to halal finance.
History already proved it can compete, not just comply. It can lead.
Once we truly believe 0% interest finance is better, we'll build something extraordinary again.
Ali retweeted
I am excited to be an investor in trade(xyz) as they partner with ICE to bring 24/7 perpetual futures on Hyperliquid to the United States. As a market participant, I am looking forward to to using their innovative product to enhance my investment process.
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When I met Nikhil and Jesse, they just left Celo to start @0xPredicate. They saw early that onchain payments and RWAs would only scale if compliance was enforced at the contract level.
Three yrs later, RWAs (ex-stablecoins) have grown 15x from ~$2.5B to ~$39B, and Predicate is serving companies like MoneyGram, Paxos Labs, and MetaMask.
Proud to have backed them from day one!
We are thrilled to announce our $8M Series A to connect regulated markets to onchain finance.
Predicate enables digital assets to reach every market compliantly. We do this by embedding compliance controls directly into digital assets to block high-risk and sanctioned activity at every transaction.
To date, Predicate has:
- Screened $1B+ in transaction volume
- Evaluated 6M+ transactions against custom compliance policies
- Blocked 100K+ non-compliant transactions
The round was led by @bcap with participation from @Paxos, @1kxnetwork and @tribecap.
No one better to lead it!
Temporal’s mission is to overthrow the established financial order and re-engineer global financial markets onchain.
This team shares my conviction that markets can be fairer, more equitable, and more efficient, but only if they are decentralized. We have the engineering talent and the ambition to make that happen.
Together, with @HypoNyms, @cavemanloverboy, @libsvm, @s4bs94 @dreamsin_3d, @0xCypher_ and the rest of the elite engineers and traders here, we’re going to make Temporal the most powerful force for decentralized markets the world has ever seen, built on @Solana.
The scale of what we have planned is truly extraordinary. We’re going to do things that have never been done before.
I’m honored to lead Temporal as CEO. Let’s get to work.
Ali retweeted
Temporal has appointed Michael Marcantonio CEO.
Formerly head of DeFi at Galaxy, @marcryptonio will lead our team as we continue to build the future of finance onchain. He will lead in our growth efforts across Humidifi, Harmonic, and Nozomi; what we’re building next is even bigger.
Welcome, Mike
Read more: go.temporal.xyz/mike
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We're thrilled to announce the Superpower Peptide Library.
Every peptide, mapped to the body.
152 peptides, from approved drugs to compounds still in trials, sorted by where they act.
Each one has its own page, reviewed by a physician and fully cited, covering:
- the evidence and how strong it is
- its FDA status
- it's mechanism of action
- what studies in humans have found
Because not all peptides are equal.
Semaglutide is FDA-approved. BPC-157, maybe the most talked-about peptide for recovery and repair, is not. In a 2025 review of its research, 35 of 36 studies were in animals or the lab.
Know the science before you buy the hype.
Check it out here:
superpower.com/guides/peptid…
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Sage is a decision model by @levantolabs hosted confidentially by @near_ai
I expect more and more model builders to choose to host confidentially to ensure their customers' data is protected.
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I’m joining the team at @X to lead Product.
I am a huge believer in @SpaceX's mission to extend human consciousness to the stars, so it’s time to make shitposting multiplanetary.
X is the best way to find out what’s happening in the world right now and talk about it. The team has been working tirelessly to make X a better place and product for the people who love it, and many have noticed the recent momentum. My goal is to help accelerate that momentum for our community, new users, and businesses globally by continuing to make this product beautiful and useful.
We are twenty years in, but it truly feels like X’s next chapter will be our greatest. I look forward to your ideas and feedback; I’m sure the replies will be measured and magnanimous.
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Anthropic has filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC related to its proposed IPO.
Read more: anthropic.com/news/s1-sec
Legal disclaimer: A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This post does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
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We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence.
block.xyz/dessa
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Crypto’s irony is that it usually is attacked first and mocked for its operational failures
Yet the competition ends up looted more aggressively later by the same actors (🇰🇵) and reluctantly adopts the security solutions that wouldn’t exist without crypto being attacked first
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
Ali retweeted
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
Not your bank. Not your money.
BREAKING: AI AGENTS ARE ACCESSING MAJOR U.S. BANK ACCOUNTS WITHOUT BANK APPROVAL.
According to Axios, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley are dealing with unauthorized third party AI agents accessing customer accounts.
Some agents reportedly attempted actions beyond what customers instructed them to do.
And this comes just one day after another shocking report that hackers reportedly used Claude, Grok and other AI models to automate attacks on over 400 financial targets across Latin America.
Episode 1 featured posts from @nickcammarata, @KobeissiLetter, @gregisenberg and @treeonchain. Thanks for the great reads!
Ali retweeted
Effective Immediately, all organizations using PHP for their systems are advised to be prepared for an update addressing two critical vulnerabilities. PHP is widely used for web applications. These vulnerabilities often provide a direct path to the server's file system or database. If an immediate update is not feasible, it is recommend that organizations take the system offline until it can be fully mitigated. NSA will follow up shortly with more specific guidance.