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February 23, 2025

My principles for product design

Clear design should…Above all, be useful. Get the user's job done, and get out of the way as fast as possible. But also while at it, it should… Be unambiguous. Only one possible interpretation should exist for every design element. Be predictable. Design elements should help people accurately and consistently predict what happens when they interact with your product. Be helpful. Design should help people answer all these questions:Where am I? How did I get here? What can I...

#design#ux#product
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September 6, 2023

Open source onchain equity protocol.

TLDR: Real world assets (or, how crypto calls them RWAs) are essentially shares of existing assets that are tokenized 1-to-1. At the time of this wri...

#rwa#tokenized securities#transfer agents#defi#regulation
April 25, 2023

Every type of security, defined in a sentence

TLDR: The purpose behind the instrument determines the type of security it is. 1933 Securities Act outlines every type of security in the first parag...

#tokenized securities#dex#defi#regulation
November 8, 2022

When a token is not a security.

TLDR: Token is less likely to be a security when: 1) it launches on a fully developed product/protocol/network, 2) token is meant for consumption and...

#regulation#utility tokens#sec
September 29, 2022

What classifies a token as an investment contract.

TLDR: An investment contract is a type of security. Many securities exist, and they don’t have to be typical stocks and bonds. When selling an invest...

#regulation#investment token#sec
September 22, 2022

Are DAO tokens securities according to the SEC?

Are DAO tokens securities according to the SEC?TLDR: If you sell someone an instrument or a contract that promises future returns because of the work...

#regulation#security tokens#sec
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