Base - East Africa @BasedEastAfrica 2025 was the year of the Builder! It's been 9 months since we began building @BasedEastAfrica: - 25 meetups across 7 cities in EA - 100+ Hrs of technical workshops - 1000+ active builders on @base - 2 startups accepted to Network School - 2 Startups won $40k in Base Batches 44 5:19 PM • Dec 31, 2025 Nine months into its journey, Based East Africa has become one of the most visible forces shaping onchain development across the region. What began as an effort...

AuraSci 2025: DeSci wins in funding rails, knowledge graphs & bounties. Friction: DAO power concentration, AI hallucinations (court-sanctioned), Digital Divide gaps. 2026!

​​I see warships in the distance, not hunting me, but guarding ever-narrowing trade routes. It’s so absurd. The world is huge, full of infinite resources, yet these governments choose artificial scarcity, driven purely by the greed and fear of loss. They are actively choosing to disrupt the complex, interconnected web of the global economy—what we now call Globalization—because they prioritize perceived national control over collective prosperity.

The start of a new year always invites predictions. Most of them are noise. What matters more is stepping back and asking a simpler question: What did 2025 actually teach us? Not in headlines. Not in price charts. But in behavior.Crypto in 2025: Big Numbers, Bigger EmotionsCrypto spent much of 2025 reminding us that it has grown up — and that growing up isn’t always comfortable. Bitcoin reached levels many thought would take years. Then, just as quickly, confidence gave way to volatility. Pol...

When #NFTs first went mainstream in 2021, they were essentially static collectibles— unchanging images with rarity attributes and speculative price models. But in 2025, a major shift is underway: Static #NFTs are becoming obsolete. Dynamic NFTs (dNFTs) are emerging as the new standard of Web3. Dynamic #NFTs change based on user behavior, on-chain data, and progression over time. #PokémonBNB represents one of the world’s largest and most effective real-world applications of this model.1. Why s...

The year opened with motion instead of ceremony. ZABAL goes live today. Not as a theory, not as a roadmap, but as something real in the world that people can touch, question, and react to. There’s excitement in that, but also a quiet edge — the kind that comes from knowing this is no longer private work.

Here are ten things I think will happen in 2026: 1/ Gemini passes ChatGPT in terms of DAUs, MAUs, and tokens consumed in the first half of 2026, making Google the king of AI. 2/ The Democrats take control of the House in the Nov 2026 elections, bringing to an end Trump's complete control of the US government. 3/ Smartglasses finally reach product market fit in 2026, but it won't be Meta that delivers the winning approach. 4/ A majority of venture capital deals close without lawyers on either ...

Distribution 2.0: Mini AppsIn 2026, app distribution is shifting away from traditional app store model toward a permissionless structure built on social graphs. Conventional apps are increasingly constrained by crowded marketplaces, declining visibility, high user acquisition costs and long approval processes. Mini apps, on the other hand, move distribution directly into social feed, enabling a frictionless, fast and viral user experience. With mini apps, user journey starts with a single tap...

Everyone’s posting their biggest wins of the year, so I’ll do the exact opposite.