Over the last few months, the team at Brale has been diving deep into DeFi and it's impossible to avoid the stablecoin discussion. If you google "what is a stablecoin," the first answer you get is: Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies. The value of which is pegged, or tied, to that of another currency, commodity or financial instrument. -… Continue reading Boring Stablecoins
Operating During a Downturn
I'm not sure how this entered my feed, but it was left open on a browser tab. I hit play while doing some other work and eventually stopped whatever I was doing to listen to it. It's excellent and worth your time if you're building a company right now for the first or fifth time.… Continue reading Operating During a Downturn
Dwolla Patents
Say what you will about patents. The patent system is undoubtedly a unique one. Last week, a few patents showed up on my virtual doorstep with many Dwolla names from the past and present. I printed them out and read them to jog my memory. It was a fun throwback to some of the challenges… Continue reading Dwolla Patents
An Ecosystem Stack
The last v-sum was unique because it was the first time the tech briefings focused on an ecosystem stack or companies working together to solve different layers of a problem. Jessie came up with the idea after being a customer of Lance and loving the product. She wanted to know more about how it worked which seemed… Continue reading An Ecosystem Stack
Access Leverage
The leverage someone or something gets through access to information, a computing system, or a database. When thinking about differences between web2 and web3, this is something that continually sticks out as being unique. Granted access to a dataset or system can change the course of a project and certainly all of the human lives… Continue reading Access Leverage
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How to build a Neobank
Here is the e-mail that spawned this... "Hey Ben - Included is ______ who is starting starting a neobank to service _____ market. She's really close to the market but figuring out what providers to put together to make this work. Can you help offer some guidance?" I'm going to post my answer here because… Continue reading How to build a Neobank
Bad Ideas
A few years ago Jami bought me a notebook with Bad IDEAS inscribed on the cover. The notebook goes almost everywhere with me. It has become a stage for expressing thoughts bouncing around in my head. I cherish it. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8mCBxygucf/ After a nice New Years with our family, I opened up the book and started… Continue reading Bad Ideas
Games and Gains
My son plays Fortnite like a lot of people. He puts in real hours. I asked him to look and over his lifespan of the game he's put in over a thousand hours. We could be judgmental parents but I bet during my teenage years I put in that or more playing Golden Eye. Throw… Continue reading Games and Gains
Dwolla Interoperability
Dwolla released Virtual Account Numbers yesterday. This is interesting and beneficial for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is the interoperability VANs enable with the non-Dwolla payment world. A VAN is a routing number (RN) and account number (AN) combination that is ACH routable. This means you can plug a VAN into any… Continue reading Dwolla Interoperability