Why this guide existsI spend most of my time in Farcaster, where the default is EVM and Solana. So why talk about Aptos now? Because it is fast, secure, and quietly shipping real use cases for stablecoins and payments. Also, a growing number of Aptos builders hang out on Farcaster, and there is an official Aptos Farcaster account that keeps a steady posting cadence, which is a strong signal they are serious about building here. If you like being early, this might be a good place to start. We ...

Big day. The Fed is poised to announce a rate cut (or not, but I think they will), and markets can snap either direction on the headline and press conference. Either way, it is a good moment to zoom out. We have been deep in the Farcaster bubble, so today I am widening the lens and will start tracking a few things beyond our usual loop. Let us see what is shipping, what is raising, and what is worth testing.

As if the week could not get any weirder, it did. The broader crypto market is up, but CPI prints today as this drops, which likely swings rate‑cut odds for next week. Translation: we either go up or we go down, fast. Farcaster has been a bit quiet, but here is what moved.