Packy McCormick

Dan gets married.
Happy birthday, Dad!
FDA approves 2x-yearly HIV treatment.
Lilly to acquire Verve Therapeutics to fix hearts.
Waymo sets its robotaxi sights on New York City.
US Senate passes GENIUS Act stablecoin bill. 🇺🇸
Physics algorithms build remarkable new enzymes.

+ Sari Azout on how to be human on Hyperlegible
++ New @jasonjoyride x @abundanceinst collab.

What a week for the optimists.

You all cringed, but Coinbase is up 8.39% since sponsoring Donald Trump's birthday party.

It’s awesome to see @stripe going so hard at crypto. Bridge and Privy are great acquisitions.

There are a lot of great LPs out there, but the idea of taking lower fees and having Jason and Chamath on your LPAC is pretty appealing.

Bitcoin $110k

Everything is technology.

2025 Venture-Backed Exits Over $1B

I'm old enough to remember when they'd sell you a share of Coinbase for $33. Now it's joining the S&P 500. What a time to be alive.

PAPA AMERICANA
Techo-Industrial Playbook
Stripe Ramps stablecoin efforts
Amazon Vulcan robot has touch
Researchers discover short sleep gene
New Oxford vaccine to fight meningitis

+ Function acquires Ezra; $500 cancer scan

What a week for the optimists.

So much bullish news for stablecoins and USDC is basically flat. It was all priced in I guess.

Instead of selling those 38 Bitcoin in 2013, I should have bought 38 more Bitcoin.

World x Visa
Stripe x Ramp
Coinbase x402

What a week to be a digital dollar!