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Brief: Banks are increasingly replaceable. "Embedded finance" makes it easy to deliver financial services in context. Over time, that may result in money gravitating towards influencer-run financial institutions. This could have significant ramifications for how society manages its surplus.

Numerous startups are attempting to help creators set up their standalone, owned properties online; earn more from fewer, truer fans; and lessen their dependence on social media platforms. But unless we radically change the foundation of the creator economy—how creators find and connect to a community in the first place—these solutions are... See more

As you consider the who and what, ask yourself:

• Could you draw a picture of the exact person, or a few people, who you want to see/support/read/go to your thing?


• Where do they live, and how old are they?


• What do they do for work or fun?


• Perhaps most importantly, what do they read/watch/listen to, and where do they go for their news and entertainment?

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We learn that cheapness is not a strong appeal. Americans are extravagant. They want bargains but not cheapness. They want to feel that they can afford to eat and have and wear the best. Treat them as if they could not and they resent your attitude.

Today, America needs balls. And so balls are what we must reward.

-SOLANA