Corb's 2026 Crypto Predictions
Here are my crypto predictions for 2026. Mostly to keep myself accountable throughout the year. Enjoy!
Corb's 2026 Crypto Predictions
Here are my crypto predictions for 2026. Mostly to keep myself accountable throughout the year. Enjoy!
Quick neutral thoughts on Tempo Testnet
Overall impressionPretty impressive tech overall; aligns with what a corporate-grade chain built in 2025 should look like.Sub-second block times and EVM compatibility with parallel execution via sub-blocks and prioritized payment lanes is a strong design choice.They'll likely need guards against spamming/DDOS/MEV at the validator levelGas model + pathUSDNo native gas token is notable; pathUSD effectively becomes the gas asset if validators set it as their preferred token.Likelihood to swap in...
Quick neutral thoughts on Tempo Testnet
Overall impressionPretty impressive tech overall; aligns with what a corporate-grade chain built in 2025 should look like.Sub-second block times and EVM compatibility with parallel execution via sub-blocks and prioritized payment lanes is a strong design choice.They'll likely need guards against spamming/DDOS/MEV at the validator levelGas model + pathUSDNo native gas token is notable; pathUSD effectively becomes the gas asset if validators set it as their preferred token.Likelihood to swap in...
Reflections on Paymagic Labs
In late 2021, I left my role as a product exec at Consensys. We’d just shipped MetaMask Swaps, Staking, Onramps/Offramps, and the first major revenue lines at the company. The DeFi and NFT cycles were peaking, and I wanted to build something new—crypto products that could reach a billion users, not just crypto OGs and traders.
Reflections on Paymagic Labs
In late 2021, I left my role as a product exec at Consensys. We’d just shipped MetaMask Swaps, Staking, Onramps/Offramps, and the first major revenue lines at the company. The DeFi and NFT cycles were peaking, and I wanted to build something new—crypto products that could reach a billion users, not just crypto OGs and traders.
W3P: ptsETH - Points DeFi primitive
Problem - Points are being adopted by many apps and protocols but users have little assurance they’ll ever lead to an airdrop. We need a trust system. Enter ptsETH - Projects lock up some amount of stETH, enter a claim date, and the contract issues a non-transferable $POINTS ERC20. The project has authority on the $POINTS contract to mass mint tokens (but not burn) to distribute points. Should be on a cheap L3. The project continues to build and grow its loyal user base. Before the claim date...
W3P: ptsETH - Points DeFi primitive
Problem - Points are being adopted by many apps and protocols but users have little assurance they’ll ever lead to an airdrop. We need a trust system. Enter ptsETH - Projects lock up some amount of stETH, enter a claim date, and the contract issues a non-transferable $POINTS ERC20. The project has authority on the $POINTS contract to mass mint tokens (but not burn) to distribute points. Should be on a cheap L3. The project continues to build and grow its loyal user base. Before the claim date...
W3P: ptsETH - Points DeFi primitive
Problem - Points are being adopted by many apps and protocols but users have little assurance they’ll ever lead to an airdrop. We need a trust system. Enter ptsETH - Projects lock up some amount of stETH, enter a claim date, and the contract issues a non-transferable $POINTS ERC20. The project has authority on the $POINTS contract to mass mint tokens (but not burn) to distribute points. Should be on a cheap L3. The project continues to build and grow its loyal user base. Before the claim date...
W3P: ptsETH - Points DeFi primitive
Problem - Points are being adopted by many apps and protocols but users have little assurance they’ll ever lead to an airdrop. We need a trust system. Enter ptsETH - Projects lock up some amount of stETH, enter a claim date, and the contract issues a non-transferable $POINTS ERC20. The project has authority on the $POINTS contract to mass mint tokens (but not burn) to distribute points. Should be on a cheap L3. The project continues to build and grow its loyal user base. Before the claim date...
W3P: Onchain Points App
A permissionless app where any project can sign up and distribute points to any account on any chain. Here are the rules:Contract is OwnableOwner can hand out points via cumulative merkle drop, updated as they see fitUpdates can be manual or automated based on onchain activityPoints can't be taken away, only givenPoints can't be transferredOwner can burn all points and convert to token/NFTs in one-time eventSimilar to Snapshot (see mockup), this would be a public good that any proje...
W3P: Onchain Points App
A permissionless app where any project can sign up and distribute points to any account on any chain. Here are the rules:Contract is OwnableOwner can hand out points via cumulative merkle drop, updated as they see fitUpdates can be manual or automated based on onchain activityPoints can't be taken away, only givenPoints can't be transferredOwner can burn all points and convert to token/NFTs in one-time eventSimilar to Snapshot (see mockup), this would be a public good that any proje...
W3P: Onchain Points App
A permissionless app where any project can sign up and distribute points to any account on any chain. Here are the rules:Contract is OwnableOwner can hand out points via cumulative merkle drop, updated as they see fitUpdates can be manual or automated based on onchain activityPoints can't be taken away, only givenPoints can't be transferredOwner can burn all points and convert to token/NFTs in one-time eventSimilar to Snapshot (see mockup), this would be a public good that any proje...
W3P: Onchain Points App
A permissionless app where any project can sign up and distribute points to any account on any chain. Here are the rules:Contract is OwnableOwner can hand out points via cumulative merkle drop, updated as they see fitUpdates can be manual or automated based on onchain activityPoints can't be taken away, only givenPoints can't be transferredOwner can burn all points and convert to token/NFTs in one-time eventSimilar to Snapshot (see mockup), this would be a public good that any proje...
W3P: L2 Starter NFT
With the number of L2s growing, it’s a pain to bridge new native tokens to each new chain to start using it. We need an L2 Starter NFT mint site…available on any chain…where you input the destination chain and address to send native tokens to. Site takes a small fee but otherwise passes NFT costs back to you on the destination chain. Pay for this NFT with crypto or credit card. Can be centralized, given most txs would be a very small amounts. NFT is for novelty and possibly future airdrops. W...
W3P: L2 Starter NFT
With the number of L2s growing, it’s a pain to bridge new native tokens to each new chain to start using it. We need an L2 Starter NFT mint site…available on any chain…where you input the destination chain and address to send native tokens to. Site takes a small fee but otherwise passes NFT costs back to you on the destination chain. Pay for this NFT with crypto or credit card. Can be centralized, given most txs would be a very small amounts. NFT is for novelty and possibly future airdrops. W...
W3P: LLM Dog collars
A dog collar with for expanding the communication spectrum between human and dog…stay with me...like a universal translator across species. 🐕🤝🚶♂️ A dog collar with iPhone-level sensors, a built in LLM, a Pez dispenser for giving treats (positive feedback), and shock collar (negative). The microphone and LLM is trained to the owners voice and recognizes common commands like "Come", "Down", "Go outside, pee, and come back in", etc and administers positive and negative feedback to train the ...
W3P: LLM Dog collars
A dog collar with for expanding the communication spectrum between human and dog…stay with me...like a universal translator across species. 🐕🤝🚶♂️ A dog collar with iPhone-level sensors, a built in LLM, a Pez dispenser for giving treats (positive feedback), and shock collar (negative). The microphone and LLM is trained to the owners voice and recognizes common commands like "Come", "Down", "Go outside, pee, and come back in", etc and administers positive and negative feedback to train the ...
Introducing Usernames.club
At Paymagic Labs, we pride ourselves on spotting emerging Web3 use cases and helping them mature and grow through our writing, hackathons, and products we launch.SummaryOur latest project is Usernames.club which gives a Community Namespace like .eth / .lens / .sol / etc to any crypto L2 rollup, DAO, or community that wants one. These are UsernameNFTs, a new sub-sector of the NFT space. All names are interoperable with ENS via CCIP Read at usr.id but recurring revenue from the NFTs flows back ...
Introducing Usernames.club
At Paymagic Labs, we pride ourselves on spotting emerging Web3 use cases and helping them mature and grow through our writing, hackathons, and products we launch.SummaryOur latest project is Usernames.club which gives a Community Namespace like .eth / .lens / .sol / etc to any crypto L2 rollup, DAO, or community that wants one. These are UsernameNFTs, a new sub-sector of the NFT space. All names are interoperable with ENS via CCIP Read at usr.id but recurring revenue from the NFTs flows back ...
