The thesis has really played out.

In the last two weeks, we've seen almost as many contracts deployed to flow as in the entirety of the two years before that.

So it's starting to gain a lot of momentum, make it a lot easier for people to jump in.

And that just means more utility, more value, more portability for consumers.

Sam, how are you doing?

Hey, every, I'm doing great.

I got to say, excited for today's show.

We have a lot going on.

We have a great guest in Roham, CEO, co-founder of Dapper, talk about all things happening in their world.

But first, it's been a wild couple of days, Avery.

I got to tell you, we broke the story this morning, so it's still on my mind about how

much North Korea has infiltrated the crypto industry.

Anyone who wants to see this, check out Sam Kethler's article on North Korean crypto.

There's someone who quoted that said, up to 50% of developers applying for jobs in

crypto are actually North Korean hackers who are coming in.

Not great. Not great, soon. Not great.

Not great for the industry.

I hate to say, like, maybe is this a reason to, like, not have remote work?

I don't know what's going on, but it's just, it's a crazy story.

So everyone should go read that.

But actually, the story I wanted to talk to you about today, Avery, they just announced that

Open AI now has a new valuation, $157 billion for context.

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