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Samani: Crypto projects focused on distributed AI training will not work
“The distributed training stuff, there's a whole bunch of people trying it. I, I'm pretty skeptical. I don't think any of it's going to work.”
Samani: Satellite networks cannot compete on cost with GEODNET ground stations
“There's no chance they can compete on cost, because just sending things to space, satellites, that's so, I mean, these GeoNet base stations are a few hundred bucks. Like, you're just not gonna compete on cost with GeoNet.”
Samani: Solana can process over one billion daily transactions under a penny each
“Modern blockchains like Solana can actually process now more than a billion transactions in a day at an average cost of less than a penny per transaction.”
Samani: Congress will pass the Clarity Act by early 2026
“And in the next few months, we expect Congress is going to pass the Clarity Act, which is going to answer a number of open questions about how crypto market structure should be regulated.”
Samani predicts DeFi access directly through Robinhood, Coinbase, and SoFi apps
“Soon, you're going to be able to access crypto-native protocols, such as JITO, Drift, Kamino, and a lot of others, directly from these regulated financial super apps.”
Samani: Future media content will be largely derived from prediction markets
“As this kind of a behavior proliferates, we expect that the nature of media itself is going to change because a lot of media is now going to be derived from the prediction markets.”
Samani: Tens of thousands of streamers trade with fans daily on Solana
“There are today tens of thousands of streamers all over the world streaming content and trading with their fans and their audience members, and this is happening every day on Solana.”
Samani: Internet capital markets will absorb all capital formation and trading
“Just as software has eaten the world over the last 20 years, internet capital markets are going to absorb every function of capital formation, trading, settlement, and risk.”
Samani: 2025 will be the inflection point for internet capital markets
“When we look back in 20 years, the year 20 25 is gonna be remembered as the year that the dam broke. It's gonna be akin to how the Telecommunications Act of 1996 unleashed the power of the Internet.”
Samani: GEODNET revenue will more than triple in the next 12 months
“In terms of where the business at, the business just crossed about eleven million dollars in annualized run rate a few days ago. And it's growing more than three X year over year. I think it's gonna probably more than triple over the next 12 months.”
Samani: GEODNET uses 80% of its revenue to buy back tokens
“So today the GeoNet network is taking, of that eleven million in revenue, roughly excuse me, 80% of it is being used to make open market purchases of Geo tokens. And this is all visible on the Solana blockchain. They have all the addresses are published and st…”
Samani predicts embedded financial betting will drive sports TV engagement
“By betting on a game, it makes it way more entertaining and engaging, and putting finance as that second screen experience alongside the sports is gonna drive all new engagement in sports TV.”
Samani: Millions already trade crypto using Telegram bots
“Millions of people actually already trade crypto assets using Telegram bots that are not too dissimilar from this illustrative example I'm showing here on the screen”
Samani: Group chat sports betting will go viral
“Being able to chat with your friends and make bets on sports in a group chat is going to go viral.”