Not quite the Milk Road headline but it does allow a more interesting header image. It was the 3 metrics that were in the Q2 report, that got my attention and got me thinking about possibly getting some exposure. While not exactly hidden, more buried under the headline figures. Probably cause these 3 are not earning anything yet.

the Crypto Bro

The platform was founded in 2012 by two crypto bros.

It was first platform we used in 2017 to buy Bitcoin. Came recommended by lil Luke and trusted him as he was the first Crypto Millionaire we knew of.

Took about two weeks to get account operational. Then they would only allow maximum $200 buys per week for 6 weeks. Bitcoin had gone from $3,000 AUD to over $6,000 AUD in those 6 weeks.

Was the first to introduce a Crypto Earn Program. Could earn up to $50 USD of the promoted token for watching a simple video and referring 4 people to the program. It was really its only redeeming feature. They had the absolute worst customer service. We soon parted ways.

The 3 Metrics

If you haven’t already guessed then this should be the giveaway:

• 99% of onchain agentic commerce last quarter ran on USDC
• 97% of it settled through x402
• 90% moved over Base

And the Crypto Bro owns all three

There was more that gave the above 3 more context, but not today.

How to get exposure to the Crypto Bro

1. Buying a stock listed on the Nasdaq is not straight forward. Especially for a Crypto Bro who has come to like the idea of self custody.

Commsec use Interactive Brokers as their international custodian (aka legal owner of the shares).

2. Base Protocol token is an option. But we are talking about a disillusioned Crypto Bro, who doesn’t see a direct correlation blockchain activity and token value. Have moved on from playing the Crypto Casino. And to make matters worse Base has no native token, thats a positive. ETH is utilized as the utility token for paying gas. While good that the Crypto Bros decided not to print yet another token, it doesn’t help get exposure.

Beware: of tokens trying to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. This one comes in at # 5895 and keeps a 1:1 peg with crypto’s total market cap

3. Just finished cleaning up, after making Blueberry Chocolates and the 💡moment. Of course a tokenised stock. There is a direct correlation between the Crypto Bros generating value and the value of the share. And you can store it in your Ethereum wallet. 

Base Protocol is a Ethereum L2 that leverages Optimism's OP Stack

DISCLAIMER: I promise no AI was harmed in the researching, editing and publishing of this. But lots of CO2 was produced, doing my bit to make planet earth green.

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