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The past few days have been wild — and I’m incredibly grateful for the energy behind our vision. We’ve seen a surge of interest from founders, but we’re going to pause on featuring new projects for now to focus on supporting the ones already building. Our priority is making sure they have the tools and resources they need to succeed. Believe in something.

Here’s a demo of the upcoming Believe API — going live shortly. The goal of the Believe API is to make it easy for builders to create harmony between their product and coin, no matter what their product does. The first API endpoint lets builders burn their coin programmatically. For example, if Dupe's core KPI is deal searches, they could trigger a coin burn every time users do a deal search. Every action is also verifiable on chain. I can’t wait to see how builders use this.

To attract new coin deployers into the space, we need to repair the reputation of crypto — and that starts with ensuring launches are safe. Believe is committed to becoming the most trusted launchpad for traders. Here’s how we’re going to protect you against scammers: + We’re going to introduce a 24-hour hold before any creator’s fees can be claimed. + We’ll block creator fee claims entirely on any project we’re certain is a scam. + We’ll publicly display a coin’s health status for full transparency of where a project stands. Together, these mechanisms make it extremely hard for bad actors to extract value — and over time, they’ll stop targeting our platform entirely. All of this will go in the next 48 hours.

Product x Coin Integration is what is going to take projects launched on Believe to infinity and beyond. When a product is great and the coin is core to the experience, the coin wins. To make it easy, we’re building a simple API that enables founders to seamlessly weave their coin into their product. I think this has the potential to take crypto into new dimensions. Founders, traders — what are some key features you want to see in our API?

The amount of inbound from talented founders looking to launch on Believe has been incredible. We are going to revolutionize the entire startup ecosystem.

Believe will be the App Store but for coins — curated, trusted, and safe. Our most important role is to create harmony between builders and traders. CT has created an incredibly powerful ecosystem. Believe will take it to new heights. It’s going to take time to realize this vision. We will make mistakes along the way. But we are going to get it done.

I've been doing a bad job recently with regard to transparency, public trust, and community alignment. That’s on me. It’s been greatly requested that we provide more transparency related to our pending flywheel (FW). When Believe’s volume surged in May, I didn’t even know what a flywheel was. Honestly, we simply weren’t prepared to be one of the leading platforms in the space. I had to move fast and surround myself with people who had experience launching similar mechanisms at scale. Believe is now working with a team widely regarded as the best in the space for this kind of work (we’re intentionally not naming them here). To launch a flywheel in a compliant way, a specific corporate structure is required. Setting up that structure involves several prerequisites that are being expedited as much as possible. We’re now in the final innings of the process. If I knew what I know now, candidly we would have waited to launch a coin, so that we could have a FW from Day 1. I know that this has been a painfully long experience for our community and that we’ve been very poor on communication. I apologize for that. The lack of communication has damaged the trust that people have placed in us. It is on us to earn your trust back, and it will take time to do so. Once our flywheel is live, I believe it will set the gold standard for what’s expected from crypto projects. Every project with a live coin should have an attached flywheel—it’s the obvious future. Thanks to all for the input so far. We’re still so early.

Moving forward, Believe will not be the arbiter of truth. No more featured/verification. Market decides what deserves attention and what does not. I plan to interact with products that I think are interesting even more, and I encourage you to voice your opinions too. We’ve been holding builders from dropping, but we’re going to just let them rip. Lock in.

If we want to bring new creators into crypto, we need to eliminate the stigma around launching a coin. What we’re launching this week will break down that barrier in a big way.

For any coin to succeed long term, it needs a flywheel. Believe will make it easy for any creator to integrate one into their coin. Full details dropping tomorrow.

I've loaded a wallet with some SOL to support projects in the Believe ecosystem! Here is the wallet address for full transparency: DjAfkjAV7qD6U2qjjU5RdcuzXwdk1gF3CtiWwGZc8pxJ What coin should I buy first?

I’m hearing your feedback and I want to focus more on supporting our community. I’m going to be picking a few projects to start with and will be using my own personal funds to support them. One of my main focus from now on will be to spotlight our best creators and help them succeed.

Soon, every startup will launch a coin.

Hi Believe Community, and to those potentially considering joining us, I’ve been told my posts can feel a bit impersonal, even “ChatGPT-ish.” That’s just my natural writing style, but for this one I’m going to make more of an effort to be more open / vulnerable. When Believe launched it was very much built as an experiment, we built the first version of Believe in two weeks. It took off immediately, which we did not expect. I was still learning the basics of crypto when I suddenly found myself leading the ICM meta, an acronym I had never even heard of prior to launching. On a personal level, I went from an intentionally private life to the center of CT almost overnight. Within weeks of launching Believe, I was running a platform processing a billion dollars a week. The shift was intense. Suddenly I was being stopped on the street and had to worry about the security of myself and those close to me. I want to address the idea that I am “extractive.” When the Evelyn memes started, I leaned into them because they were absurd and I found them to be funny. Over time, the joke turned into a narrative that I might actually be one of those crypto founders who cashes out and immediately spends on extravagant things. That is not the reality. I had money before starting Believe, and I have always prioritized living comfortably because my work is so high stress and high stakes. Evelyn’s job means part of my life is public, but much of what people see is exaggerated or staged for the entertainment of her audience. In truth, our lives are pretty ordinary. We spend 90% of our time working. We have dinner together sometimes. In nearly two years of dating, we have never been to a party together. Neither of us drink alcohol. I have never bought her a handbag and I do not understand the appeal of them. I do not own a fancy watch and probably never will. My phone tells the time perfectly well. Wherever I am, I am working. This is how I have been my entire life. I do not work to live. I live to work. I am building Believe because it’s something I truly believe in! On Believe, my thinking evolves the more time I spend here. Right now, I see a coin as a representation of an idea. A community of believers forms around that idea and collectively works to make it successful. When an idea is especially powerful, it can evolve into a real product or service. In those cases, the coin can move beyond the idea stage and gain additional functionality such as utility, revenue sharing, or burning mechanisms. Believe’s role is to make that process as easy as possible for creators (starting with our API). A healthy platform should work in a loop: Investors → Creator / Platform → Investors I am a strong believer in the power of flywheels. They are one of the most beautiful things crypto enables. I know the community has been frustrated with how long it has taken us to launch a Believe flywheel. It is very much underway. We are at least 80 percent finished. The only reason for the slow launch is that we want to build it the right way and ensure it is designed to last forever. When we launch the flywheel, it will be paired with a significantly improved product. Believe will be built so that creators can turn ideas into enduring ecosystems. I know trust comes from action. Until these things are live, many will wait to see results before believing my words. That is fine with me. I simply want these intentions to be on record. I am going to ensure my personal incentives are aligned with the best outcome for Believe. Thank you to our incredible community for standing with us through the waves of doubt. Your support means everything. This project exists because of people who want to see crypto advance, and we are building every day with you in mind.

I've loaded a wallet with some SOL to support projects in the Believe ecosystem! Here is the wallet address for full transparency: DjAfkjAV7qD6U2qjjU5RdcuzXwdk1gF3CtiWwGZc8pxJ What coin should I buy first?

What Believe Projects should I take a peek at?

Moving forward, Believe will not be the arbiter of truth. No more featured/verification. Market decides what deserves attention and what does not. I plan to interact with products that I think are interesting even more, and I encourage you to voice your opinions too. We’ve been holding builders from dropping, but we’re going to just let them rip. Lock in.

I’m hearing your feedback and I want to focus more on supporting our community. I’m going to be picking a few projects to start with and will be using my own personal funds to support them. One of my main focus from now on will be to spotlight our best creators and help them succeed.

The past few days have been wild — and I’m incredibly grateful for the energy behind our vision. We’ve seen a surge of interest from founders, but we’re going to pause on featuring new projects for now to focus on supporting the ones already building. Our priority is making sure they have the tools and resources they need to succeed. Believe in something.

I've been doing a bad job recently with regard to transparency, public trust, and community alignment. That’s on me. It’s been greatly requested that we provide more transparency related to our pending flywheel (FW). When Believe’s volume surged in May, I didn’t even know what a flywheel was. Honestly, we simply weren’t prepared to be one of the leading platforms in the space. I had to move fast and surround myself with people who had experience launching similar mechanisms at scale. Believe is now working with a team widely regarded as the best in the space for this kind of work (we’re intentionally not naming them here). To launch a flywheel in a compliant way, a specific corporate structure is required. Setting up that structure involves several prerequisites that are being expedited as much as possible. We’re now in the final innings of the process. If I knew what I know now, candidly we would have waited to launch a coin, so that we could have a FW from Day 1. I know that this has been a painfully long experience for our community and that we’ve been very poor on communication. I apologize for that. The lack of communication has damaged the trust that people have placed in us. It is on us to earn your trust back, and it will take time to do so. Once our flywheel is live, I believe it will set the gold standard for what’s expected from crypto projects. Every project with a live coin should have an attached flywheel—it’s the obvious future. Thanks to all for the input so far. We’re still so early.

VC is dying. If I were starting a company today, I wouldn’t raise any. Founders don’t need it anymore. With AI, it’s possible to go far with little outside capital. “$X raised” used to be the flex. Now it’s ARR and MRR. Two years ago, no one put these metrics in their bios — now they're hard to escape. That said, people still need a spark to get going. Something to think about.

Hi Believe Community, and to those potentially considering joining us, I’ve been told my posts can feel a bit impersonal, even “ChatGPT-ish.” That’s just my natural writing style, but for this one I’m going to make more of an effort to be more open / vulnerable. When Believe launched it was very much built as an experiment, we built the first version of Believe in two weeks. It took off immediately, which we did not expect. I was still learning the basics of crypto when I suddenly found myself leading the ICM meta, an acronym I had never even heard of prior to launching. On a personal level, I went from an intentionally private life to the center of CT almost overnight. Within weeks of launching Believe, I was running a platform processing a billion dollars a week. The shift was intense. Suddenly I was being stopped on the street and had to worry about the security of myself and those close to me. I want to address the idea that I am “extractive.” When the Evelyn memes started, I leaned into them because they were absurd and I found them to be funny. Over time, the joke turned into a narrative that I might actually be one of those crypto founders who cashes out and immediately spends on extravagant things. That is not the reality. I had money before starting Believe, and I have always prioritized living comfortably because my work is so high stress and high stakes. Evelyn’s job means part of my life is public, but much of what people see is exaggerated or staged for the entertainment of her audience. In truth, our lives are pretty ordinary. We spend 90% of our time working. We have dinner together sometimes. In nearly two years of dating, we have never been to a party together. Neither of us drink alcohol. I have never bought her a handbag and I do not understand the appeal of them. I do not own a fancy watch and probably never will. My phone tells the time perfectly well. Wherever I am, I am working. This is how I have been my entire life. I do not work to live. I live to work. I am building Believe because it’s something I truly believe in! On Believe, my thinking evolves the more time I spend here. Right now, I see a coin as a representation of an idea. A community of believers forms around that idea and collectively works to make it successful. When an idea is especially powerful, it can evolve into a real product or service. In those cases, the coin can move beyond the idea stage and gain additional functionality such as utility, revenue sharing, or burning mechanisms. Believe’s role is to make that process as easy as possible for creators (starting with our API). A healthy platform should work in a loop: Investors → Creator / Platform → Investors I am a strong believer in the power of flywheels. They are one of the most beautiful things crypto enables. I know the community has been frustrated with how long it has taken us to launch a Believe flywheel. It is very much underway. We are at least 80 percent finished. The only reason for the slow launch is that we want to build it the right way and ensure it is designed to last forever. When we launch the flywheel, it will be paired with a significantly improved product. Believe will be built so that creators can turn ideas into enduring ecosystems. I know trust comes from action. Until these things are live, many will wait to see results before believing my words. That is fine with me. I simply want these intentions to be on record. I am going to ensure my personal incentives are aligned with the best outcome for Believe. Thank you to our incredible community for standing with us through the waves of doubt. Your support means everything. This project exists because of people who want to see crypto advance, and we are building every day with you in mind.

Believe will be the App Store but for coins — curated, trusted, and safe. Our most important role is to create harmony between builders and traders. CT has created an incredibly powerful ecosystem. Believe will take it to new heights. It’s going to take time to realize this vision. We will make mistakes along the way. But we are going to get it done.

100% of platform fees to a flywheel?

Product x Coin Integration is what is going to take projects launched on Believe to infinity and beyond. When a product is great and the coin is core to the experience, the coin wins. To make it easy, we’re building a simple API that enables founders to seamlessly weave their coin into their product. I think this has the potential to take crypto into new dimensions. Founders, traders — what are some key features you want to see in our API?

To attract new coin deployers into the space, we need to repair the reputation of crypto — and that starts with ensuring launches are safe. Believe is committed to becoming the most trusted launchpad for traders. Here’s how we’re going to protect you against scammers: + We’re going to introduce a 24-hour hold before any creator’s fees can be claimed. + We’ll block creator fee claims entirely on any project we’re certain is a scam. + We’ll publicly display a coin’s health status for full transparency of where a project stands. Together, these mechanisms make it extremely hard for bad actors to extract value — and over time, they’ll stop targeting our platform entirely. All of this will go in the next 48 hours.

The flywheel is now live. 100% of new ecosystem fees will be directed to buybacks. An initial buyback of $1M using existing fees has already been deployed over the last few days. Strap in.

More creators would launch a coin if they knew how easy it is to launch one

Believe is making a major investment in bringing top talent into the ecosystem. More details dropping later this week.