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86 universities. 650 students. 800+ attendees.
Sponsors including @coinbase, @circle, @galaxyhq, @Gemini, @Polymarket, @ethereum, @solana, and more.
Introducing @MBC_Conference by @college_xyz 🧵
The largest student gathering in blockchain.
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7 days left to apply for the UBC Student Founder Stage 🎤
→ $10K prize from @USC_VEDA
→ Judged by @nemild, @evanbfish, @n8levine, @henry_harris4
→ Pitch on the main stage
Past UBC alumni built @totalistrading, @payna_co, @SynthesisTrade, @PayWithLocus.
Apply by Oct 25 👇
My fiancée’s father is a physician who’s been using transcription tools for over 20 years. He loves his routine but I convinced him to give @WisprFlow a shot.
Within a week, he’s absolutely obsessed. He keeps sending me screenshots of his WPM. He says the accuracy and functionality are 10x his old provider, while also being cheaper.
He has one request for the @WisprFlow product team:
He'd love the option to see words populate in real time as he speaks, rather than all at once when he finishes.
He explained that physicians sometimes lose their train of thought and like to reread what they've dictated to stay on track.
@tankots — help me show my new in-laws that I have pull 😂
Stand With Crypto @standwithcrypto is looking for 5 college students to lock in for the next 3 weeks.
The Clarity Act didn't pass. The next shot at good crypto policy is electing the right people on Nov 3, and many of SWC's endorsed races are close enough that a few thousand voters can decide them.
What you'd do:
→ Virtual phone banking
→ Door knocking with your state chapter
→ Work directly with SWC's national team
This isn't a lucrative paid gig. It's a shot to work with a team hustling on a 3-week sprint to put the industry in a better place. You'll get out what you put into it.
If you're serious about contributing, DM me and I'll set you up.
Anyone want to sponsor the @UBC_Conference closing party? Found a sick venue but too expensive for us
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Tomorrow: @masonlynaugh speaks with @college_xyz and students about the importance of midterm elections for crypto and how to get involved.
Join @masonlynaugh, Executive Director of @StandWithCrypto, for a conversation on the future of crypto policy, the upcoming November elections, and how students can get involved and make their voices heard.
7 PM ET. Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Register: luma.com/yz8gkuo8
Got discounted hotel blocks for UBC 2026 attendees
Check it out and book your stay here: drive.google.com/file/d/1MH9…
UBC 2026 is almost here—Nov 20–21 at UT Austin.
Now’s the moment to lock in your stay. We pulled together a stay guide with standout hotel and Airbnb options, plus several hotels just a 10‑minute walk from campus.
Guide: drive.google.com/file/d/1MH9…
ALT Plan your stay for UBC 2026. College.xyz x University Blockchain Conference, Nov 20-21, Austin TX.
Are you a founder under 25?
Here's your chance to pitch in front of some of the top investors in the game. All while competing for a $10,000 non-dilutive grant from @USC_VEDA.
Open to founders across all stages and sectors.
Apply now:
universityblockchain.org/pro…
20 founders under 25 will take the stage at @UBC_Conference 2026 to pitch in front of top investors from @ycombinator, @PortalVentures, @colosseum, @Collab_Currency, @CastleIslandVC and more.
🏆 One team will walk away with a $10,000 non-dilutive grant from @USC_VEDA.
Open to founders building in crypto, AI, frontier tech, and more.
Apply now 👇
Promised @rebhioweis a warmer location 🤝
We’re proud to welcome back @coinbase as a sponsor of UBC 2026 🤝
Coinbase has been one of the strongest on-ramps for student talent in crypto, hiring 50+ interns each year — including countless UBC alumni.
Excited to continue working together to bring top talent into crypto 💙
Like many Americans with 9/11, every Jew remembers where they were when they first heard about the atrocities of October 7th.
Unfortunately, the past three years have only brought more hatred and hostility toward Jewish people. But we will continue to stand together, as we have throughout our history.
Wishing everyone love, strength, and support today. May the victims rest in peace, may the survivors remain strong, and may nothing like this ever happen again.
If your University is not listed below you are asleep at the wheel
400 students from 85 universities are officially registered for UBC 2026 🎉
We’ve had a ton of speakers, sponsors, and students ask to see the full list of universities represented this year.
So, here it is 👇
All 85 universities currently registered for UBC 2026, ranked by number of student signups:
1. Boston College
2. University of Texas at Austin
3. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
4. Ohio State University
5. University of Colorado Boulder
6. Cornell University
7. University of Maryland, College Park
8. University of Oregon
9. Rutgers University
10. Texas Tech University
11. Georgia Institute of Technology
12. University of Southern California
13. Boston University
14. Purdue University
15. University of Michigan
16. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
17. University of Waterloo
18. New York University
19. California State University
20. University of Texas at Dallas
21. Dalhousie University
22. Pennsylvania State University
23. University of Texas at San Antonio
24. University of Toronto
25. San Diego State University
26. California State University, Fullerton
27. Oakland University
28. University of Massachusetts Amherst
29. University of Wisconsin–Madison
30. Miami University (Ohio)
31. 42 Paris
32. Villanova University
33. University of Chicago
34. Claremont McKenna College
35. Stanford University
36. Vanderbilt University
37. University of Pennsylvania
38. Rice University
39. Georgia State University
40. Clemson University
41. Dartmouth College
42. Georgia State University College of Law
43. Carnegie Mellon University
44. University of Houston
45. Livingstone College
46. University of Lagos
47. Davidson College
48. Columbia University
49. Tulane University
50. ESILV (Leonard de Vinci University, Paris)
51. Albert School x Mines Paris – PSL
52. EPITA
53. University of Kansas
54. Collin College
55. University of Central Florida
56. Technical University of Munich
57. Saint Louis University
58. Santa Clara University
59. Leibniz University Hannover
60. Western University
61. University of Georgia
62. Tufts University
63. Wilfrid Laurier University
64. University of Ottawa
65. McMaster University
66. LeMoyne-Owen College
67. Ivy Tech Community College
68. Stevens Institute of Technology
69. EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
70. Princeton University
71. UC Santa Barbara
72. Universidad Austral (Argentina)
73. Yonsei University
74. Virginia Tech
75. UCLA
76. Queen's University
77. University of Mary Washington
78. Fordham University
79. Northeastern University
80. Oregon State University
81. New Jersey Institute of Technology
82. Bentley University
83. UC Irvine
84. Indiana University
85. Auburn University
Evan Solomon retweeted
trench house @UBC_Conference 2026
we just booked this airbnb and looking for 4 more degens, cracked devs, dropouts, sneaker alum
house stats so far:
-10+ hackathon wins
-100k+ followers
-8 figures trench vol
perks:
-hot tub
-next to conference
-core memories
dm to join
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Every machine waits for a signal. When it breaks, everything goes blind.
We started Offline Protocol by keeping people connected when networks failed. Today, that same technology runs on hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide.
Now we're taking it further: resilient coordination for physical systems. Machines, people and AI agents that keep working together over whatever path remains.
Where we are today:
→ 350,000+ devices across 140+ countries
→ Nearly 20,000 new accounts in August alone
→ 11,500+ local networks active this month
→ 60,000+ SDK downloads
→ 440,000+ location proofs received in the last 30 days
→ Zero paid acquisition
Earlier this year, we closed a new round led by @DraperVC to turn our consumer scale into a rapidly growing enterprise business.
Over the past month, we've begun working with partners including a global wind-energy manufacturer, an agricultural IoT provider, a fleet telematics platform, a physical AI operating system, and a data streaming platform, alongside teams in aerospace and satellite systems, embedded silicon and consumer wearables. Our pipeline also spans maritime and industrial monitoring, equipment custody, secure device identity, airline catering and restaurant operations.
Wherever machines operate, Offline Protocol coordinates.
Learn more at offlineprotocol.com
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A Cornell student told me he doesn’t want to work for a Jew, and then raised $20,000+…
An Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar saved 174 Israelis from a terrorist who tried to crash their flight yesterday from Dubai to Tel Aviv. He risked his life to save strangers, and now he is severely wounded. So we are raising money to show appreciation and help him. Every dollar counts!
Donate here:
gofundme.com/f/help-captain-…
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I'll start from the end: I have joined @VineVenturesLP. I'm excited, a little emotional, and mostly grateful to continue living my life.
This morning @BusinessInsider published an interview with me. Thank you to @meliarobin and @JamieHeller for listening and for telling my story with sensitivity and nuance.
For many people, I'm Noa Argamani, who was rescued by the IDF after 246 days in Hamas’ captivity. That's part of me, and it always will be. But it's not all of me, and I'd like you to get to know me in my new role too.
If you're building something, have an idea you can't stop thinking about or you’re in the Valley and looking to help the most ambitious founders in Israel succeed, I hope to be a bridge between the two ecosystems.
Noa Argamani spent 246 days in Hamas captivity. Two years after her rescue, she's joining Vine Ventures to help Israeli founders turn their companies into global category leaders. bit.ly/47ooM4W
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Want your research published and put in front of hundreds of people across top companies, startups, investment firms, and universities?
Complete the bounty below for a chance to have your article featured in the official UBC 2026 magazine 👇
@USTABlockchain x @college_xyz
New bounty with @USTABlockchain 📝
Students: submit a ~2,000-word article on a current crypto, blockchain, or digital asset topic for the UBC Research Article Bounty.
Selected pieces get published in a magazine distributed to industry leaders, regulators, and 1,000+ UBC conference attendees.
Submit below👇
Time to share one of my favorite stories ever:
My senior year at Michigan, I had the opportunity to moderate a session with @HesterPeirce after she cold emailed [email protected] saying she was coming to Ann Arbor and wanted to chat with some students. (A sick story in itself.)
Naturally, after the session, I invited her to speak at @UBC_Conference 2025. And because she is the best, she said yes.
But this time, I figured we should have someone more experienced moderate her session.
While promoting for the conference, I went on a pod with @intangiblecoins and mentioned that moderating Commissioner Peirce was one of the coolest experiences I'd ever had but I wouldn't do it again because next time we needed someone more experienced and deserving.
Fast forward to a week before UBC: our moderator had to cancel.
So I thought -- I know Commissioner Peirce well. I've spoken with her team. I know what she wants to talk about and how she wants to inspire students. I'll just run it back.
Conference day comes around. I see Commissioner Peirce that morning and say:
"Looks like we're running it back!"
She looks at me and goes:
"Yeah, I heard on a podcast recently that you said you would never do a fireside with me ever again." 😅😂
Thank you, Commissioner Peirce, for everything you've done for Americans, the crypto industry, and for your years of public service.
More personally, thank you for always taking the time to engage with students, hear their perspectives, and inspire the next generation.
Wishing you nothing but the best in your next chapter!!
