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"Better traders" Majority are extractors, on both sides. But hey, no crying in the casino, as they say. That’s what happens when you jump into that game and decide to follow them.

Privacy is more interesting to me when it doesn’t force institutions to choose between proving things and keeping their books private. Right now most public chains make every position and strategy visible by default. That’s fine for some activity, but it’s a real blocker for anything institutional. @primus_labs is working on the layer that sits above existing rails so you can prove what needs to be trusted (including offchain financial information) without exposing everything else. For me the useful part is being able to keep doing the same onchain activity while the sensitive details stay private. Verification without full exposure. I’d rather see more of this than another pure privacy tool that makes people change how they operate. Check it out and complete the XP tasks here: s.kaito.ai/2iMGWwg

Privacy is more interesting to me when I can use it without changing everything else I do onchain. @zama says confidential vaults reached $100M shielded in Q3. For me the interesting part is being able to shield a token in one transaction, on the same chain, without bridging somewhere else. You can still hold, send or earn on it with the balance encrypted. @MidnightNtwrk is working on another part of that experience, letting wallets and explorers listen to public events from its contracts. Different work, but it matters if private apps are going to be useful day to day. Then there's the point @Zac_Aztec made: “KYC doesn't mean handing over your data and getting doxxed.” I'd rather see more of this than another privacy ranking. Give people a way to keep doing what they already do, without making every balance and transaction public. That's what would make me actually use it.

Quantum still feels far away until the chains you use start putting dates on the transition. Justin Drake is hoping Ethereum completes its post-quantum transition by December 2028, according to Bankless. StarkWare says it's aiming for 2027 on Starknet. These are targets, not guarantees, but this is already something teams are planning around. For me the interesting part is making it practical. StarkWare's Falcon Challenge cut signature verification from 48.4M to 24.1M gas back in October. Preparing the tech is one thing, making it affordable to use is another. Good to see progress on both. I'd rather see teams doing this work early than waiting until the whole market suddenly cares.

Samsung Wallet just put USDC on @solana for Galaxy users in the US. Powered by @coinbase , people will be able to use USDC in the same place they have their contactless cards for every day shopping. I think this is a really good way to smoothen onboarding for every day people.