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Ethereum
2 months agoNews Editor

1confirmation Founder: Ethereum's Potential Market Cap Could Reach $100 Trillion, a 333x Increase

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino argues that Ethereum and Bitcoin are the only assets competing for the 'credibly neutral store of value' narrative, calling all other tokens 'company coins.' With Ethereum's current market cap at $300 billion, reaching $100 trillion would imply a 333x surge. He also notes that Robinhood Chain launching as an L2 validates serious developers' preference for the EVM ecosystem.

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1confirmation Founder: Ethereum's Potential Market Cap Could Reach $100 Trillion, a 333x Increase
Polymarket
3 months agoNews Editor

1confirmation Founder: Polymarket Leads On-Chain Prediction Market, US App Still Early

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on X that Polymarket has become the leading on-chain prediction market, while its US-focused app is still in its early stages. According to data from Similarweb, which Tomaino cited, Polymarket recorded 43.1 million web visits in the past month, exceeding the combined visits of FanDuel, DraftKings and Kalshi. That achievement placed the platform among the world’s most popular fintech applications, even though its marketing expenditure amounts to only a small fraction of competitors’ spending. Tomaino argued that Polymarket’s rapid growth comes not only from being a prediction trading platform, but also from its role as a tool for users to obtain information, judge current events and understand the world. Blockchain transparency and open global access, he said, provide the foundation for the platform’s goal of “optimizing information and restoring truth.” He added that Polymarket’s US client app is still at an early stage, while product optimization and commercialization are progressing steadily.

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1confirmation Founder: Polymarket Leads On-Chain Prediction Market, US App Still Early
Polymarket
3 months agoNews Editor

Nick Tomaino says Polymarket drew 43.1 million monthly visits

Polymarket recorded 43.1 million website visits over the past month, according to Similarweb data cited by 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino in a post on X. Tomaino said that figure was higher than the combined traffic of FanDuel, DraftKings, and Kalshi, placing Polymarket among the world’s most-visited fintech apps. He also said the platform reached that scale while spending only a fraction of what many leading fintech and prediction platforms devote to marketing. In Tomaino’s view, Polymarket’s growth is being driven less by headline coverage and more by its usefulness as an information source, with users turning to prediction markets to gain a deeper understanding of real-world events. He added that Polymarket has taken a leading position in the on-chain prediction market segment, and argued that transparency and global accessibility from its on-chain structure are central to creating better information and a more accurate understanding of events. Tomaino also said the U.S. version of the Polymarket app is still in an early stage, though its product and monetization efforts are maturing and beginning to enter a faster growth phase.

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Nick Tomaino says Polymarket drew 43.1 million monthly visits
Nick Tomaino
3 months agoNews Editor

Nick Tomaino Says AI Fund Crisis Shows Elite Investors Often Ignore Risk

Nick Tomaino, founder of 1confirmation, said the crisis surrounding AI investment fund Situational Awareness LP has exposed a persistent problem in the investment world: many so-called elite investors and pools of “smart money” lack basic risk judgment. In comments posted on Aug. 3 and cited by PANews, Tomaino said he does not know all the details of the episode and does not want to comment on the specific liquidation process. Still, he argued that the deeper issue is familiar. In his view, many investors become driven by wealth and attention, then lose sight of facts, risks, and their assessment of other people. Tomaino compared the situation with the collapse of FTX, saying many people could sense something was wrong after only brief interactions with the founder, yet large amounts of capital kept investing and endorsing the company because they were chasing returns and market narratives. He said a similar pattern appeared around Situational Awareness, where investors backed a grand narrative, supplied capital, and amplified publicity, only for the fund to run into trouble after high-risk bets met a market reversal.

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Nick Tomaino Says AI Fund Crisis Shows Elite Investors Often Ignore Risk
1confirmation
4 months agoNews Editor

Nick Tomaino says crypto needs a middle ground between builders and hype-driven traders

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino said the crypto industry’s long-term builders face a marketing problem: they need to stay authentic while learning how to reach and attract Degen users, instead of dismissing speculative culture from a distance. In a post discussing the issue, Tomaino said he has tried to solve that tension for the past 15 years and has failed many times along the way. He added that while people with different asset alignments may see his position as condescending, he does not look down on Degens because he also spent his younger years speculating heavily and taking losses. Tomaino grouped market participants into two broad camps. The first is “true believers,” represented in his view by Ethereum and Coinbase leadership, who have kept building products and infrastructure across multiple cycles with a focus on long-term value rather than short-term attention and capital. The second is “hype men,” including some altcoin project teams, executives and KOLs, who are better at capturing attention, drawing in Degen users and riding hot narratives. He argued that crypto’s direction will depend on which side influences the other more: whether long-term builders can pull speculative users toward building, or whether attention-driven players can move toward creating healthier, positive-sum value over time.

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Nick Tomaino says crypto needs a middle ground between builders and hype-driven traders