Proud to back @delta_foresight from day one. Onchain finance today runs almost entirely on dollars. JPYdf aims to bring the yen onchain, so global liquidity can finally settle in JPY. @yusukejindo was #1 nationally on Japan's CPA exam, audited crypto exchanges at Deloitte Tohmatsu, helped launch Mercoin, and was CFO of Animoca Brands Japan. He knows both the regulation and the tech, and a yen stablecoin needs both. Excited to build this with Coral Capital and the rest of the round. The yen is coming onchain. 🇯🇵

Sam Altman(@sama) built OpenAI(@OpenAI). He also co-founded World.(@worldnetwork) The person pushing AI forward faster than anyone on the planet also started a project whose whole job is proving there's a real human on the other side of the screen. I don't think that's a coincidence. The harder you push AI, the more you need a way to tell who's human. Two sides of the same problem. Narrative(@NarrativeCap) partnered with OpenAI. Founders who work with us get $10K in OpenAI API credits and 10 seats of ChatGPT Business, Codex included. This time it's Rocketpunch(@rocketpunch_kr) teaming up with World. A World ID integration and an Orb Operator partnership. So now we're working with both of the things one person built: the side pushing AI forward, and the side proving you're human. World ID is an anonymous proof of human. You get verified at a device called the Orb. The ID lives only on your phone. Rocketpunch receives exactly one piece of information: whether this person has completed verification. My own Rocketpunch profile has had a "Verified Human" badge on it since April. We quietly opened it up, and I tried it first. Now it's official. On Rocketpunch you can sign in with World ID, or link it to the account you already have. Finish Orb verification and the badge goes on your profile. Here's what actually changes once you're verified. When you reach out from a badged profile, the other side doesn't have to start by wondering if you're a person. Where the first message matters — a hire, a fundraise, a partnership pitch — that difference is big. Sign in with World ID and we also open up unlimited chats with other members and AI search. An account confirmed to be human can be trusted with more. Next up: offline. Starting with Narrative Lounge Seongsu, we're working toward bringing Orb verification to the conferences and networking events Rocketpunch hosts. What Rocketpunch is trying to do is clear: become the verification infrastructure the AI era needs. We'll keep opening up more for builders, the Rocketpunch Open API included, so they can build on the assumption that there's a real person on the other end. Unified sign-up and sign-in with Google, Apple, Kakao, Naver, and World ID is already available through the API, along with data and features for jobs, events, and posts. docs.rocketpunch.com/openapi Coverage (Korean): platum.kr/archives/294016

I tried a robot installed by @InvLambda at Network School(@ns). The opportunity I saw was not just the robot. It was the data behind the robot. Physical AI is AI that operates in the real world. It does not only generate text or images. It has to move, grab, miss, correct, and try again in physical space. To learn that, robots need real-world movement data. A person remotely controls a robot. The robot records the movement. That data helps train the next generation of robots. This can create a new kind of work. People may be able to operate robots from home, help generate training data for Physical AI, and earn income from anywhere. If we had Play-to-Earn in gaming, we may also see Teleop-to-Earn in robotics. Robotics will not stay inside factories. It can move into logistics, care, food service, homes, and offline stores. This is why I keep watching companies like Apptronik and Figure AI. The question is not only how advanced the hardware becomes. It is how fast the industry can collect the data needed to make robots useful in the real world. Rocketpunch will continue to look for these global opportunities and connect them. Not just the technology itself. The work it creates. The investment opportunities around it. The companies building it. The people who can participate from anywhere. As AI moves from screens into the physical world, the best opportunities may come from knowing where and how to participate. Rocketpunch(@rocketpunch_kr) will keep building that business network.

A friend in Malaysia @ns paid 13 MYR for me. In the past, small amounts like this were always the most awkward. Paying back in cash feels inconvenient. Exchanging money just for a small amount is annoying. International transfers are even more complicated. That is one of the moments we are building @rocketpunch_kr Wallet for. You enter the amount in local currency. It is automatically converted into USDC @base. Then you can send it to your friend right away. The final confirmation is just one Face ID scan. Crypto often feels like a difficult technology. But the moments where it becomes useful are actually simple. Sending money to a friend you met while traveling. Settling a small payment across borders. Paying without visiting a currency exchange booth. We are not trying to make finance more complicated. We are building a global wallet that people can use in everyday life.

I’m currently at @ns in Malaysia. I was curious what would happen if founders, builders, creators, and other people who make things were brought together in one place to live for a while. My conclusion is simple: I now want to build something like this in Korea. Network School is a community created by @balajis. He was the CTO of Coinbase, a partner at a16z, and the author of The Network State. I came here through the @baseapac Network State Residency. People who had only been connected online now live, learn, work out, and work together in the same place. Over time, those shared days turn into real relationships. After spending time here, it feels less like a school and more like a small society. This kind of experiment is often called a Startup Society. It is a community where people with their own goals live together for a period of time and try a new way of being together. It is not a company, a conference, or a short-term camp. Trust forms through the simple act of living and working together. People host events, join each other’s sessions, and build relationships through repeated interaction. Balaji has written that he does not want Network School to end as just one school. He wants the people who go through it to build other Startup Societies. For the first cohort, more than 4,000 people from over 80 countries applied, and 128 were accepted. I also have a small personal connection with Balaji. We have co-invested in a few startups, and recently I distributed part of the proceeds from one of those investments to him. Being here also reminded me of an earlier experience in my life. Before founding Code States in 2015, I attended a coding bootcamp in San Francisco. Living, learning, and spending time with people there had a huge influence on me. Without that experience, I may not have built Code States in the same way. Back then, the community was for people who wanted to become software developers. Now I think we need a broader version of that. A place not only for developers, but for founders, builders, creators, investors, researchers, and others who are actively making things to live and learn together. I also met a Japanese friend at @wecandaoit_jp here who has been thinking along similar lines. We had only known each other online before. Inspired by Network School, he is now preparing to build a Startup Society in a declining small city in Japan. He is planning to run his first popup this August. Hearing that made me more convinced. If this can be tried in Japan, it can be tried in Korea too. Korea needs a place like this. Not just another event where founders, developers, designers, investors, creators, and researchers meet for a few hours and then leave. I mean a community where people live together for a while. I especially want to try this outside Seoul, in a smaller Korean city. I want to see what kind of founder community can grow in a place with a completely different rhythm of life. A good community does not stop at gathering people. It should help people ask better questions, live healthier lives, and build relationships that last longer. We were originally people who made things. We have only gradually lost that instinct inside the rules of school, companies, and society. People build better when they are surrounded by good people. So I’m left with a few questions. Who are the people who would live together in Korea, learn together, work out together, work together, and build something together? And where should the first city be? If this question resonates with you, please reach out. I’d love to build a Startup Society in Korea that we would actually want to live in.

제품은 AI로 만들 수 있습니다. 하지만 시장의 기회는 사람을 통해 열립니다. 요즘 AI/Web3 빌더를 만나면 비슷한 고민을 듣습니다. “이제 만드는 건 빨라졌는데, 누가 진짜 쓸지 모르겠다.” 이게 앞으로 더 큰 문제가 될 거라고 봅니다. AI가 코딩의 문턱을 낮추면 제품은 더 많이 나옵니다. 하지만 첫 사용자를 찾는 일, 좋은 팀원을 만나는 일, 투자자·파트너·커뮤니티와 연결되는 일은 여전히 어렵습니다. 그래서 빌더는 제품을 만들기 전에 이 질문을 먼저 해야 합니다. 1/ 이 문제를 누가 매주 겪고 있는가 2/ 첫 고객 10명은 누구인가 3/ 그 사람들은 어디에 모여 있는가 4/ 지금 쓰고 있는 대안은 무엇인가 5/ 어떤 말로 설명해야 바로 이해하는가 6/ 누가 이 제품을 다른 사람에게 공유할 이유가 있는가 7/ 이 제품이 커지려면 어떤 연결이 필요한가 저는 로켓펀치(@rocketpunch_kr)가 앞으로 이 질문에 더 잘 답하는 플랫폼이 되어야 한다고 생각합니다. 단순히 사람과 회사를 나열하는 공간이 아니라, 빌더가 첫 사용자·팀원·파트너·투자자와 만나는 비즈니스 네트워크. 5월 30일 성수 Narrative Lounge에서 열리는 맨틀(@Mantle_Official) 서울 AI 해커하우스에서 이 이야기를 해보려고 합니다. 오후 3시 세션 주제는 “빌더를 위한 진짜 지원이란 무엇인가?” 좋은 지원은 자본만이 아니라고 생각합니다. 좋은 질문. 빠른 피드백. 첫 사용자와의 연결. 배포 기회. 같이 만들어갈 사람들. 사실 이번 행사가 개인적으로 더 반가운 이유가 있습니다. Mantle 한국 담당자 @Gem3a 님은, 이번에 함께 패널로 참여하는 @zk_bella 님이 주최한 북클럽에서 처음 만났습니다. 그때는 그냥 같이 책을 읽고 이야기하던 자리였는데, 시간이 지나 이렇게 다시 만나 협업하고, 같은 행사에서 주최자와 패널로 함께하게 됐습니다. 돌이켜보면 저에게 중요한 기회들은 대부분 이렇게 왔습니다. 처음에는 가벼운 대화였고, 작은 소개였고, 별생각 없이 갔던 자리였습니다. 로켓펀치도 결국 이런 서비스를 만들고 싶습니다. 사람들이 더 좋은 인연을 만나고, 우연한 기회가 더 자주 생기고, 그 연결이 일과 커리어와 사업의 다음 단계로 이어지는 곳. AI/Crypto 분야에 관심 있다면 오세요. 그날 하루가 내 아이디어와 팀을 다시 점검하는 시간이 되면 좋겠습니다. 📍 5월 30일 | 성수 Narrative Lounge 🎟️ RSVP: rocketpunch.com/event/lA16A0…

Pre-registration for KAIZONE at the 2026 @kaistpr Festival is now open on @rocketpunch_kr. KAIZONE is a dedicated festival viewing area for current KAIST students. For this partnership, Rocketpunch is doing more than hosting an event page. We help verify that each applicant is a current KAIST student through Rocketpunch’s student verification feature. We also check eligibility based on the education information registered on each user’s Rocketpunch profile. In other words, this is not an event that anyone can apply for. It is designed specifically for verified KAIST students. It also makes on-site check-in much easier. Students who pre-register can avoid long lines at the venue and confirm their entry quickly through QR-based check-in. Rocketpunch is a business networking platform. But we are not building just another profile service. We are building infrastructure that connects verified identity, background information, event participation, and networking. A profile should not only show who someone is. It should also help people access the right opportunities, meet the right people, and move through offline events with less friction. The KAIZONE pre-registration for this year’s KAIST Taeul Seokrim Festival is a good example of where we are headed. A festival is about the stage, the music, and the people you experience it with. But a better festival experience starts before the show, by reducing waiting time, confusion, and unnecessary friction. Rocketpunch is glad to support this year’s Taeul Seokrim Festival and help KAIST students enter KAIZONE faster, more accurately, and more comfortably. If you are a current KAIST student, please apply through the Rocketpunch event page during the registration period. If you are not a KAIST student but would like to help run the Rocketpunch booth and take part in the festival with us, please feel free to email [email protected]. @realfromis_9 @triplescosmos @BabyDONTCry_BDC @now_im_young Haon @reclaimprotocol

Why small hackathons often lead to big opportunities: what I’ve learned from the @solana ecosystem Solana’s global hackathon, @colosseum FRONTIER, is now open. @rocketpunch_kr will also be running a side track for Korean builders together with @SuperteamKorea. If you submit a project to the global main track, you can also apply to the Seoulana x Rocketpunch side track. On the surface, this might look like just another hackathon. But in my experience, the real value has much less to do with prize money and much more to do with the people you meet, the ecosystem you get pulled into, and how quickly those connections can turn into real opportunities. Solana is one of the few ecosystems where that happens especially fast. I’ve learned that by being part of it. My involvement in the Solana ecosystem led to opportunities to work with the @SolanaFndn and to help connect Solana ecosystem projects with major Korean exchanges. Staying active through tools like @phantom Wallet also opened up investment and business opportunities. Some of the people I first met through a fellowship program we built later became real collaborators. One of the teams we introduced at the last hackathon went on to win a side track award, and another Korean team received investment from @balajis at Network School. Most big opportunities do not begin in big, dramatic moments. More often, they start in smaller places: a niche community, a small hackathon, an early introduction, or a simple decision to show up. Those smaller moments are often what open the next door. The total prize pool for the global main track is $250,000, and the Seoulana x Rocketpunch side track offers an additional $10,000. Superteam Korea is also putting real support around the process, including a build station, mentor feedback, a pitching clinic, a demo video clinic, and a builder community. So this is not the kind of hackathon where you build alone, submit, and just hope for the best. There is a real system in place to help builders improve the quality of their submissions and get useful feedback along the way. If you’ve been wanting to build on Solana but have not found the right starting point yet, or if you already have a prototype and need a strong next step, this could be a very good opportunity. If that sounds like you, I’d strongly encourage you to give it a try. frontier.superteamkr.com/ superteam.fun/earn/listing/s…

Long profile URLs are over. Now, one link — ingikim365.rockets.app — does both: share my profile and receive gifted assets. It’s short, clean, and intuitive. Perfect for your social bio, business card, or intro deck. But this isn’t just a profile link. With Rocketpunch Wallet, you can receive gifts in ETH, stablecoins, stocks like SPY, Tesla, and NVIDIA, and even commodities like gold. One profile link becomes both your identity and your value-transfer address. That’s what makes Rocketpunch (@rocketpunch_kr) interesting. Try it yourself: Leave your Rocketpunch profile link in the comments, and I’ll send QQQ ETF tokens straight to your wallet.

The real bottleneck of AI isn’t models—it’s IP‑cleared, real‑world data. And @StoryProtocol is building the foundational layer to unlock this $70 trillion IP economy. Story is no longer just a creative‑IP chain—it’s expanding into the frontier: physical AI (robotics, healthcare, autonomous systems) that require trustworthy, permissioned, programmable data. Zion is a powerful example of this evolution. They’ve fully implemented Story’s licensing and royalty modules to tokenize text‑based IP like cover letters—transforming them into privacy‑preserving, monetizable digital assets with attribution. While cover letters were the starting point, the system is designed for any text asset: memos, essays, research, resumes, product feedback, and more. Zion’s model addresses four critical IP challenges: 1/ Preserving privacy while enabling AI to learn from personal documents. 2/ Monetizing personal content—turning effort into revenue streams. 3/ Ensuring transparent attribution and traceable on‑chain provenance. 4/ Enabling creative value from personal IP beyond traditional media. And it’s not just theory. The team behind Zion operates a consumer app with over 600K users. They won the Story track at @buidl_asia—and now, at @NarrativeCap, we’re working closely to bring this to market. The goal is clear: unlock a new category of monetizable IP—personal text—that AI systems actually need. This is what Chapter 2 of Story is about: Not just tokenizing art or music, but making structured real-world data usable, traceable, and monetizable—from user-generated content to operational workflows Looking ahead, imagine a future where Story works with data consumers—autonomous vehicle companies, robotics firms, and healthcare innovators—to transform rich, permissioned data streams into powerful AI inputs. Picture @teslasi or other advanced robotics firms purchasing verified, licensed data to train better driving models or robotics systems. Tesla already uses real-world fleet data to train its Full Self-Driving and develop robotics—this IP layer could turn data into a tradable commodity, accelerating development and ensuring accountability At Narrative, we’re investing and co‑building toward this vision: Story as the sovereign IP layer for data‑powered AI. Envision: – Robots and autonomous systems trained on verified, licensed real‑world datasets – Healthcare AI built on opt‑in biometric and sensor data, tracked and compensated – Creators licensing UGC and enterprise text with automated royalties and provenance This is Chapter 2: scaling IP tokenization from music and art to the lifeblood of AI—real‑world data. Let’s build a future where every byte of value is tracked, licensed, and monetized—on‑chain, permissioned, and ready for the AI era.

. @NarrativeCap and @rocketpunch_kr hosted the @Scroll_ZKP & Friends community event together with Scroll. Scroll is a ZK-powered Layer 2 focused on real-world financial use cases, offering fast transaction speeds and low fees. During the event, the team shared their roadmap toward practical on-chain finance, including Cloak for payment privacy, the expansion of the USX stablecoin, and deeper integrations across DeFi and real-world assets. @ether_fi goes far beyond a traditional staking protocol, building an integrated financial experience across Stake, Earn, Cash, and Trade. As one of the leading DeFi banks and crypto-native neobanks, ether.fi is clearly ahead of the curve. Its roadmap was particularly impressive, Korean language support, an Android app launch, cashback in ETH or stablecoins, expanded trading features, and even hotel and flight bookings—showing how DeFi is steadily becoming part of everyday financial life. RocketPunch shared its vision of expanding into events, digital asset wallets, group chat, global onboarding, and decentralized social content. Moving forward, RocketPunch aims to evolve beyond hiring and education, becoming a platform that connects people to a much wider range of networking and opportunity-driven experiences. The panel discussion covered practical topics such as the definition of DeFi banks and crypto neobanks, their relationship with traditional finance, why leading projects chose Scroll, differentiation in the stablecoin space, and the biggest challenges in building successful neobanks. With founders, investors, influencers, and industry leaders all in one room, the conversations and networking were especially meaningful. Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the event. Narrative and RocketPunch will continue connecting people and opportunities across hiring, education, events, and investment, while actively supporting teams in Korea and globally who are driving the next wave of innovation in Web3 and AI. If you need support or want to explore opportunities together, feel free to reach out anytime.

지난 몇 달간 @ether_fi 캐시 카드를 직접 사용하면서, “미래 금융(Neobank)의 표준이 이런 모습이겠구나”라는 확신이 들었다. 단순한 크립토 카드가 아니라, 스테이킹/결제/투자/트레이딩/대출이 모두 하나의 경험으로 통합된 완전히 새로운 네오뱅크 생태계다. 이제는 이더파이에서 호텔/항공 예약까지 더 저렴하게 가능하고, BTC·ETH·USDC·USDT는 물론 HYPE 토큰 예치까지 지원한다. 앞으로 토큰화된 주식/RWA 투자 및 담보 대출/결제, BNPL 기반 신용카드 경험까지 확장될 것이라고 생각한다. Web3 기반의 글로벌 금융 서비스가 이렇게 빠르게 현실화되는 것을 직접 체감하고 있다. 마침 이더파이에서 Cashmas 이벤트가 열리고 있다. 12월 1~10일까지 친구를 초대하면 나도 10%, 친구도 10%, 총 20%의 결제 캐시백을 12월 동안 받을 수 있다. 저와 함께 미래의 금융 경험을 해보고 싶은 분들은 아래 링크로 가입해보면 좋겠다. 사업/투자 관점에서 Narrative/로켓펀치/이더파이와 협업에 관심 있는 분들도 로켓펀치에 가입하고 저에게 편하게 연락주길 바란다. etherfi Cash 자세히보기: abit.ly/etherfi