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Introducing: Strobe BlockTower VC is now Strobe. After years of building one of crypto's most trusted investment platforms, we're starting a new chapter with a sharper focus on what matters most: backing founders who are...

it’s clear there’s a new paradigm in 2025. agents are launching coins. companies are getting funded via onchain investment platforms and token launchpads. the role of crypto venture is changing.

learn more about how we think about the world here:

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personally, i have more conviction than ever in consumer-facing interfaces across defi, social, AI, depin, and more.

we’re experiencing a tectonic shift in technology. this next decade of onchain apps has the potential to redefine consumer behaviors and transform how we all engage with one another

we recently spun out of blocktower and started strobe, a new early-stage venture fund focused on backing bold founders who are leveraging onchain primitives to create new markets and replatform industries.

BlockTower's venture unit spins out as Strobe Ventures, plans $100 million Fund II Strobe Ventures, led by Thomas Klocanas, will double down on early-stage crypto investments with a "high-conviction" strategy.

it’s not every day that you get to work with people you love and love what you do. I feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to do both with strobe.fund

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the world is moving onchain and we will see more and more companies being built on stablecoin rails... whether the end user knows it or not.

every week, i chat with companies (esp those who are transacting across borders) that are building on crypto rails.. but it's just being completely abstracted

Digitized | Spotlight Ep. 14: Clanker - Tokenizing The Creator Economy w/ Alex and Jack Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Alex and Jack, who co-founded Clanker - an autonomous agent for deploying tokens. We also bring on the founders of ecosystem apps Clank.fun, a marketplace and launchpad for Clanker tokens, and Native, a digital city and social network powered by Clanker. We discuss trends in creator tokens, social behaviors on Farcaster and Base, where AI-human social interactions are heading, and more! ----- Timestamps: 00:00: Intro 4:37: Clanker Founding Story 10:42: Clanker's Interface Design 16:24: Creators Using Clanker 23:21: Clanker Fees + Value Accrual 25:45: Types of Coins Launching on Clanker 29:30: Solana vs. Base Trading Culture 33:08: Clanker's First Ecosystem Hackathon 36:30: Clanker Closing 38:12: Mini Segment on Ecosystem App Native 47:27: Mini Segment on Ecosystem App Clank.Fun 55:38: Podcast Closing ----- Resources: Try Clanker | https://warpcast.com/clanker Follow Alex | https://x.com/_proxystudio Follow Jack | https://x.com/JackDishman Try Clank.fun | https://clank.fun/ Join Native | https://www.native.fun/ Follow Derek | https://x.com/derekbrown ----- Stay connected with Spotlight: Subscribe to Digitized | https://ccdigitized.substack.com/subs... Follow Digitized | https://twitter.com/digitizedweekly Follow Amanda | https://twitter.com/amanda0x Follow Winnie | https://twitter.com/winnielaux_ ----- Disclaimer: Collab+Currency, BlockTower Capital Advisors LP and/or its affiliates (“BlockTower”), or other participants in this podcast (collectively, the “Participants”), may be an investor in the projects that appear in Spotlight. Information regarding any company or investment in Spotlight should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation of that company for any purpose whatsoever, either for purposes of investment or otherwise. The Participants may be long or short in cryptocurrency positions about which a Participant may knowingly or unknowingly discuss; nothing should be construed by a viewer of this podcast as a means to buy or sell cryptocurrency based on advance, non-public knowledge or information that the listener believes can be obtained through this podcast. Any person receiving Spotlight or accessing any of the Participants’ websites is encouraged to consult with his or her own financial advisor, tax advisor and/or attorney before making any decision to invest. The above material and content is educational in nature and should not be considered to be a recommendation to invest. Investing in digital assets, NFTs or cryptocurrency is highly speculative and volatile. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Additional Disclosures | https://bit.ly/466bbfY

on this week's digitized weekly pod, we sat down with the team to chat about all things going on within the clankerworld.

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clanker has facilitated 50k+ token launches and generated $17m+ in fees with creators getting 40% of the 1% fee from trading volume. as of today, all coins launched via their partner Interfaces will receive a split of 40% creator, 40% interface, and 20% clanker.

clankeronbase is a free-to-use platform where users can launch tokens through casts (posts) or by summoning the Clanker bot on farcaster.

within two months of launch, clanker has attracted 20+ projects building on its protocol, including agent frameworks, ai games, and other DeFi experiments.

Digitized | Spotlight Ep. 14: Clanker - Tokenizing The Creator Economy w/ Alex and Jack YouTube video by Digitized by Collab+Currency

starting a new series call onchain fun to chat about things happening in consumer crypto

$clanker has become a launchpad for ideas, memes, and companies. what started as a straightforward mechanism for token creation has evolved into a new ecosystem that has generated $17.3m in fees

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what do you think will be bluesky's "frame" moment that brings more people onto the app?

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Twitter: where you DM people from Bluesky

do you have any thoughts to share with the team, Steven?

just wondering - are folks cross posting similar content across Twitter / Farcaster / Mastodon? Or are you posting more specific types of content for each? How do you decide what to share / use on each platform?

gm, bluesky! ✨