When #NFTs first went mainstream in 2021, they were essentially static collectibles— unchanging images with rarity attributes and speculative price models. But in 2025, a major shift is underway: Static #NFTs are becoming obsolete. Dynamic NFTs (dNFTs) are emerging as the new standard of Web3. Dynamic #NFTs change based on user behavior, on-chain data, and progression over time. #PokémonBNB represents one of the world’s largest and most effective real-world applications of this model.1. Why s...

The year opened with motion instead of ceremony. ZABAL goes live today. Not as a theory, not as a roadmap, but as something real in the world that people can touch, question, and react to. There’s excitement in that, but also a quiet edge — the kind that comes from knowing this is no longer private work.

Here are ten things I think will happen in 2026: 1/ Gemini passes ChatGPT in terms of DAUs, MAUs, and tokens consumed in the first half of 2026, making Google the king of AI. 2/ The Democrats take control of the House in the Nov 2026 elections, bringing to an end Trump's complete control of the US government. 3/ Smartglasses finally reach product market fit in 2026, but it won't be Meta that delivers the winning approach. 4/ A majority of venture capital deals close without lawyers on either ...

Distribution 2.0: Mini AppsIn 2026, app distribution is shifting away from traditional app store model toward a permissionless structure built on social graphs. Conventional apps are increasingly constrained by crowded marketplaces, declining visibility, high user acquisition costs and long approval processes. Mini apps, on the other hand, move distribution directly into social feed, enabling a frictionless, fast and viral user experience. With mini apps, user journey starts with a single tap...

Everyone’s posting their biggest wins of the year, so I’ll do the exact opposite.

Happy New Year! And welcome to another year of this daily blog. (In August of this year, we'll enter the 14th year of this daily practice.) Exactly a year ago, I published a post talking about what might happen in 2025. It was last year's prediction post. Today, let's see how I did.Real estate development: I admitted that I had been overly optimistic in terms of how soon the market would reset (specifically Toronto). But I did still argue that 2025 would be an important turning point in terms...