Dependency Trap: The Risk Behind AI Convenience
Today, anyone can spin up a prototype by chatting with a large language model or generate images without a design degree. Yet this super-power can vanish overnight. We neither own nor control it. A handful of corporations—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google—own the racks, the GPUs and the switch that powers most online services. We rent their brains. Picture the morning they pull the plug: a server hiccup freezes your product; a geofence locks out your country; a price hike prices out your start-up. In...
Dependency Trap: The Risk Behind AI Convenience
Today, anyone can spin up a prototype by chatting with a large language model or generate images without a design degree. Yet this super-power can vanish overnight. We neither own nor control it. A handful of corporations—OpenAI, Anthropic, Google—own the racks, the GPUs and the switch that powers most online services. We rent their brains. Picture the morning they pull the plug: a server hiccup freezes your product; a geofence locks out your country; a price hike prices out your start-up. In...
The "Big Bro Machi" Reset: From Serial Founder to High-Leverage Gambler
Spotlight → Shadows Thirty years ago he owned the stage lights. In 1990s Taipei, L.A. Boyz’s baggy jeans and bilingual rap cracked open Mandopop; front-man Jeff Huang was the first to bring American hip-hop to Chinese-speaking crowds. Thirty years later the same man, now crypto’s “Big Bro Machi,” sat in the glow of a different screen—Hyperliquid’s P&L terminal—watching US $60 million evaporate until only US $1,718 remained. He left Twitter a parting shrug: “Was fun while it lasted.”From Rap S...
The "Big Bro Machi" Reset: From Serial Founder to High-Leverage Gambler
Spotlight → Shadows Thirty years ago he owned the stage lights. In 1990s Taipei, L.A. Boyz’s baggy jeans and bilingual rap cracked open Mandopop; front-man Jeff Huang was the first to bring American hip-hop to Chinese-speaking crowds. Thirty years later the same man, now crypto’s “Big Bro Machi,” sat in the glow of a different screen—Hyperliquid’s P&L terminal—watching US $60 million evaporate until only US $1,718 remained. He left Twitter a parting shrug: “Was fun while it lasted.”From Rap S...
Base, Pump.fun, and Solana: A Three-Way Stage, Chillhouse Creates a New Meme Culture
Project Background: Chillhouse is a Solana-based meme coin inspired by the combination of "Chillguy" and "House." Initially positioned as a "frankenstein meme," it aimed to satirize the hype culture within Web3. Community & Influence: Through consistent "abstract" style interactions, Chillhouse attracted attention and participation from key figures across multiple camps, including Base protocol lead Jesse Pollak, crypto KOL Cobie, Solana founder Toly, and pump.fun founder alon. Key Events: * ...
Base, Pump.fun, and Solana: A Three-Way Stage, Chillhouse Creates a New Meme Culture
Project Background: Chillhouse is a Solana-based meme coin inspired by the combination of "Chillguy" and "House." Initially positioned as a "frankenstein meme," it aimed to satirize the hype culture within Web3. Community & Influence: Through consistent "abstract" style interactions, Chillhouse attracted attention and participation from key figures across multiple camps, including Base protocol lead Jesse Pollak, crypto KOL Cobie, Solana founder Toly, and pump.fun founder alon. Key Events: * ...
The 1011 Liquidation Event: A Wake-Up Call for Systemic Rules in Crypto
The 1011 Liquidation Event: A Wake-Up Call for Systemic Rules in Crypto Felix 2025/10/17 16:22 The cryptocurrency market, devoid of the quantitative valuation standards found in traditional finance, is driven purely by speculative sentiment. This leads to extreme volatility and unpredictability. The article highlights the following core issues: Speculative Nature Cryptocurrencies lack fundamental underpinnings like price-to-earnings ratios or supply chains, with their value dictated largely b...
The 1011 Liquidation Event: A Wake-Up Call for Systemic Rules in Crypto
The 1011 Liquidation Event: A Wake-Up Call for Systemic Rules in Crypto Felix 2025/10/17 16:22 The cryptocurrency market, devoid of the quantitative valuation standards found in traditional finance, is driven purely by speculative sentiment. This leads to extreme volatility and unpredictability. The article highlights the following core issues: Speculative Nature Cryptocurrencies lack fundamental underpinnings like price-to-earnings ratios or supply chains, with their value dictated largely b...
Dawn of Regulation & AI Convergence: JPMorgan Leads the Stable-Coin Make-Over in Traditional Banking
The First Mover on Wall Street In 2019 JPMorgan quietly flicked the switch on JPM Coin, turning itself into the first global systemically important bank to put an institutional-grade stable-coin into daily production. Built on the bank’s own Quorum consortium chain and settled inside its Interbank Information Network (IIN), the token has already cleared more than USD 1.5 trillion and clocks an average USD 2 billion a day in 2024—figures that dwarf most crypto-native rivals. Market Canvas: $22...
Dawn of Regulation & AI Convergence: JPMorgan Leads the Stable-Coin Make-Over in Traditional Banking
The First Mover on Wall Street In 2019 JPMorgan quietly flicked the switch on JPM Coin, turning itself into the first global systemically important bank to put an institutional-grade stable-coin into daily production. Built on the bank’s own Quorum consortium chain and settled inside its Interbank Information Network (IIN), the token has already cleared more than USD 1.5 trillion and clocks an average USD 2 billion a day in 2024—figures that dwarf most crypto-native rivals. Market Canvas: $22...
