what came out of the @raikucom townhall
solana almost went down. for real - 5% away from a full network halt. infrastructure provider TerraSwitch crashed and dragged 109 validators down with it. but that's the whole point - the other 590+ didn't even notice. everything was fixed in 40 minutes. GitHub was down for 12 hours last week, and here it's 40 minutes and we move on. decentralization works, who would've thought.
Jupiter dropped Lend v2 - deposits in vaults now earn both standard APY and trading fees at the same time. no need to set up a separate LP. yield is 5-8% for now, modest, but the direction is right.
MoneyGram entered solana. 60M users, 500K locations, 170 countries - all through one API. remember how in 21-22 you had to go through Coinbase with their fees and KYC just to get money on chain? yeah that's slowly going away.
Trezor got hit with a data breach - names, shipping addresses, phone numbers leaked. you buy a hardware wallet = you have crypto = you're a target. ZachXBT straight up said hardware wallets are garbage and it's better to keep a separate iPhone purely for crypto. hot topic.
Flash Trade is shutting down. guys were bootstrapped, no funding, competing against Hyperliquid and Phoenix. founder said the foundation ignored them and crowned competitors. but honestly, if your project lives or dies based on whether the foundation retweeted you or not, then maybe you should've built a better product.
90% of crypto projects exist to sell a token. when people stop buying - they die. that's not a tragedy, that's the market finally growing up.
yo, i finally finished mafia for @raikucom
took me a while, but here it is - alive and working.
already tested it with some cool people, it was fire, we got hooked for several games in a row
for those who don't know - mafia is a classic. during the day everyone's yelling at each other in voice chat trying to figure out who's mafia, voting, kicking people out. at night mafia quietly takes someone out. the town tries to find all the mafia, mafia tries to survive and not get caught. the whole game is about bluffing, logic and being able to lie with a poker face in voice chat. Addicting as hell
besides the usual mafia and civilians there are a lot of other interesting roles that keep things fresh and won't let you get bored
as for the details: you need at least 5 people + 1 host. the host creates a room and controls the phases. we play on PC, voice chat in Discord
link: raiku-mafia.up.railway.app/
this is a beta, so there will be bugs - that's normal. if you catch something or have ideas on what to improve - hit me up, i'd appreciate any feedback. wanna get it to a solid state
gather your party, come test it out
Raiku dropped a quiz - 7 questions about the project, answer all of them correctly and you get a personalized PFP with a green background and glasses. after that you can mint it as an NFT right on solana.
i already got mine, here it is ⬇️
the quiz itself is easy, but i like the approach - instead of just handing out PFPs, @raikucom make you learn about the product. as for what happens with these NFTs next - we'll see. i wouldn't ignore it.
quiz.raiku.com
seeing a lot of new faces in the community and constantly the same questions about NFTs - what are these NFTs, why, why don't I have one. ok, breaking it down so you don't get confused anymore:
▫️ Townhall NFTs -> you get one for showing up to the Raiku Townhall and staying till the end. bots get filtered out hard, if you afk'd - you missed it. plus every time 1 golden NFT is up for grabs
▫️ Anti-Slop NFTs -> Chad/rkuSOL Platinum/rkuSOL Gold role holders vote on content through the slop or not slop system. the most active reviewers get a chance to win. only 5 per week
▫️ World Cup NFTs -> the rarest in the collection. were given out for the predict2win challenge, only for rkuSOL Gold and rkuSOL Platinum. if you missed it - you missed it
▫️ Gamer NFTs -> fresh drop, came as a replacement for the old Raiku Gamer role. win an event or place at the top - NFT lands straight in your wallet
and the main thing:
these NFTs have no value. they're simply a way to recognize those who actually help the @raikucom community. collectibles for the real ones, nothing more
Recap of Solana Circuit @raikucom - guest from @sunrise (Wormhole Labs)
what is Sunrise?
gateway for ALL assets to Solana. tokens, and now STOCKS. native versions via NTT/OFT, not wrapped garbage.
stocks on solana - already reality
-> SpaceX, SK Hynix, Micron, SanDisk, Intel - all live
-> 1:1 backed by real shares via Backpack Securities
-> you can withdraw to Charles Schwab
-> 6-7 out of top 10 stocks on solana = Sunrise
-> HYPE did $1.5B+ volume in 2 months
listing ≠ throw 100 stocks and pray
competitors did exactly that. three had liquidity. Sunrise curates by perp OI, volume, catalysts. Intel listed the day before earnings. that's how you do it.
fat takes:
-> in the bear market capital stays onchain - rotation SOL → HYPE → SpaceX → back. no offramp needed
-> before bitcoin hits new ATH institutions will seriously look at crypto rails
-> Robo Strategy - $12M volume on Solana on a Sunday. Nasdaq on Monday - $9M. let that sink in.
Robinhood Chain?
what's the point of a new chain when you can do the same on solana but faster? they just want to own the sequencer and charge fees. just use solana.
the future is every asset on solana.
every time you pay the spread on a perp on @solana - part of that spread is not risk, not volatility, not liquidity. it's the market maker pricing in the chance that their cancel just doesn't land. you're paying for broken infra and you don't even know it.
hyperliquid understood this before everyone else and built an entire chain to solve one problem - cancel priority over incoming trades. an entire chain. for one feature.
@raikucom is trying to give the same thing but on solana, without a separate chain. and if they pull it off - it's a serious blow to the appchain thesis. why build your own chain if you can buy a guarantee on the shared one?
but the question goes deeper. solana right now fundamentally can't settle. it can trade. settlement is not "sent it and if it didn't go through i'll send it again". it's "either at 4pm or breach". visa, blackrock, dtcc are not going to lower their standards for a blockchain. either the chain meets them, or they settle somewhere else.
and this is where it becomes clear that solana's real competitor is not ethereum and not sui. it's swift and dtcc. and as long as a transaction on solana is "it'll probably land" - that's not competition.
Raiku built a sidecar to the Solana validator that lets validators sell blockspace through AOT and JIT auctions. developers and traders bid for guaranteed inclusion - revenue goes to stakers.
→ sub-50ms pre-confirmations
→ >99.9% tx reliability
→ AOT reserves slots up to 100 blocks ahead
→ JIT - same-slot execution for MEV bundles
live from launch: Sanctum, Kamino, Loopscale, Exponent, Phantom, Jupiter.
the point: the more demand for Solana blockspace - the more yield for rkuSOL. staking + MEV + blockspace auction revenue. regular LSTs simply don't have this layer.
tradFi has been monetizing execution for 40 years. @raikucom is bringing this model onchain.
raikou townhall - what's the facts:
rkusol has been live for a month, stake is growing. this week shinobi and facelabs joined the delegations, still in talks with jpol and devault.
exponent finance is pulling in the most users. plus they're quietly onboarding testers for a new product - details under nda but they say they got top names into early access.
solana ecosystem is looking fat even in this market: tvl keeps growing, defi exploits are hitting other chains (even aave got touched) but solana is clean so far. perp wars are starting - gtax already live, bulk coming soon, gonna be a bloodbath for who takes the crown.
collect crypt passed pump.fun in revenue - solana is finally shaking off the memecoin reputation.
jupiter added gacha packs with cards right in the app, rwa on steroids.
ilus proposed a burn mechanism for sol to cut supply and push price up.
french are massively getting into the solana ecosystem through superteam france - at every event like mountaindao there's more and more of them.
prediction markets both called gambling with extra steps - polymarket is essentially centralized and just dodging regulation, whales manipulate oracles before every major news drop.
binance is losing europe because of mica, users are moving to dex - hyperliquid proved that perps on dex can be just as good as cex and now everyone wants a piece of that pie.
@raikucom is quietly building their lst, growing stake, testing a new product and collecting partnerships - while the market is whining they're getting ready for the next cycle.
Finally getting around to posting about some items I've been eyeing for a while but haven't pulled the trigger on yet. Here's the first one on the list.
1/ Re-Ment Gemstone Collection: Shining Miracle of the Mysterious (Gengar)
This is an officially licensed figure from a blind-box collection released in April 2025. Gengar looks fantastic here, surrounded by translucent purple crystals and gems set on an ornate, glass-style display stand. The use of high-quality transparent and pearlescent materials gives it a really premium look. Since it's a blind-box series, hunting for the specific one you want can be a lottery, so I'm looking for an opened-box listing to snag Gengar directly without the guesswork. It's a small, stylish piece that would look great on any display.
@oshikatsu_co
2/ FLARE Mari Illustrious Makinami (Evangelion Store Limited Edition)
The result of the collaboration between illustrator Shunya Yamashita and sculptor Mitsumasa Yoshizawa. This figure dropped back in 2017 as an Evangelion Store exclusive and disappeared from retail pretty quickly. Nowadays, you can't find it in stores anymore, it's strictly a secondary market hunt, so the prices are, to put it mildly, all over the place. Still, the quality of the design with that pink and white plugsuit and the sniper rifle is just too good, so I'm still keeping an eye on listings, hoping to snag one at a reasonable price.
3/ And for the final item on my list - a piece of absolute classic anime history that I've been hunting for.
Akira Graph Book (1988)
This isn't a figure, but a rare collection of production materials for Katsuhiro Otomo's legendary film Akira. Across 110 pages, it features everything from interviews with Otomo to detailed design concepts for characters, mecha, and background art. Since it's long out of print, finding one means scouring the secondary market. Prices fluctuate wildly based on the condition of the book, ranging from around 3000 yen at auction to much higher for well-preserved copies. It's a total must-have for any Akira fan, so I'm keeping a close eye on listings to snag a solid copy.
a shelf i didn't plan
-> Rem (Re:Zero) - scale figure, bought online, caught her when she was back in stock. took a month to arrive, unboxed her at 2am. placed her in the center. she stays there, nobody touches her
-> Asuka (Evangelion) - found her on aliexpress, price was so low i just clicked buy to see what would show up. she showed up. stands there smiling. for that price she has no right to look this good but here we are. asuka is asuka
-> Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) - watched the anime, was looking for a figure a week later. just sits there reading, unbothered by everyone. respect
these three made the cut. the rest didn't
@oshikatsu_co
ok so i shipped quorum.work
career AI that doesn't spy on you. three agents running on @ritualfnd:
-> resume agent reads your CV and gives you a real score + what to fix
-> market agent finds jobs from live boards
-> coach agent grills you with interview questions and rates each answer
>>> ritual-quorum-work.vercel.ap…
everything's private - resume data lives in TEE, request history tied to your wallet, your job search stays yours
micropayments onchain, 0.001 RITUAL a pop. that's it
built it in a few days, lmk what breaks
finally launched Siggy Soul Forge - our AI assistant for the Ritual ecosystem. #EngineerSiggysSoul
we've made it as practical as possible for everyone in the community: it covers everything from technical docs to the internal Discord role system.
powered by Hermes-4, so it keeps the answers sharp and straight to the point.
Check out the project here: siggy-soul-forge-kappa.verce…
Built this together with @edward_evm and @andrey_versus
the Ritual has begun.
@ritualnet | @ritualfnd
EXPOSED
looking under the hood of 90% of current ai agents is genuinely terrifying.
instead of decentralization, it's just a python script on a founder's rented server.
smart contracts holding millions in liquidity take direct execution orders from a completely blind off-chain source.
so the only logical play right now is looking at the infrastructure layer.
what ritual is building with infernet is the actual fix for this problem.
they are building a verifiable coprocessor for the evm.
the contract routes the heavy math to their node network.
the node computes and returns the answer packed with a cryptographic proof.
the contract verifies the math on-chain. zero trust in a web2 backend.
without this security layer, letting ai agents touch real liquidity just doesn't make sense.
@ritualnet | @ritualfnd
HARD STOP
all these threads about how cool it is to give an ai agent a wallet are going nowhere.
it's literally a speedrun to losing your entire deposit.
one llm hallucination or a bad prompt, and your bot drains all your liquidity into some honeypot at max speed.
nobody in their right mind would deploy a script to mainnet with full access to real money.
this thing will only work in prod if a hard leash is baked into the protocol layer itself.
let the bot route pennies for gas and data parsing across thousands of transactions by itself.
but if it tries to move an amount over a set limit - everything should freeze dead and wait until you personally approve it with a ledger.
from what i gather, @catena_labs is currently trying to hardcode this exact kill switch into their base layer.
so the agent physically cannot bypass human approval on large sums.
because building "fully autonomous" agents without a built-in manual brake is just stupid. sooner or later it ends with an empty wallet.
so this is the reality of the "on-chain AI" meta right now.
everyone is shipping AI agents and claiming they are decentralized.
BUT
smart contracts are completely blind. you literally cannot run a neural network inside the EVM, it's mathematically impossible. so 99% of these agents just ping a centralized AWS server via an API and blindly trust whatever answer comes back.
if you're putting real money into a defi protocol that relies on a centralized python script not getting hacked or manipulated, you're going to lose your money.
using a verifiable compute network like Ritual’s Infernet just makes sense here.
instead of blind trust, you get cryptographic guarantees:
> smart contract requests the AI compute
> node runs the model off-chain
> node returns the result + a cryptographic proof to the chain
> the contract mathematically verifies the proof before executing the trade
if execution is good, verifiable compute like this just becomes the standard baseline. basically what chainlink did for price feeds in 2020, but for AI inference.
@ritualnet | @ritualfnd
BEYOND VMS
all new chains do the same thing - they force nodes to constantly re-chew smart contract code. it's slow and just heavily loads the network.
PiSquared doesn't even have its own vm that devs have to break their habits for. they are building a universal verification layer.
you write in whatever you want, whether it's c++ or rust. the network doesn't run your code, it just checks the math (zk-proof). if there's a proof, it means everything executed perfectly.
checking a formula is simply faster and cheaper than running code across all servers. that's exactly why they are polishing fastset right now - to snap these proofs in batches without delays. and through allset, other networks will hook into this base.
in fact, a single hub for web3 is being built without clunky bridges.
@PiSquared | @Pi2_Labs
