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He got his first taste of growth inside Apple retail. Now he negotiates Web3 partnerships for a living — same instinct for what moves people, much higher stakes. Meet Tim Stanyakin, Head of Growth at ChangeNOW. He built his first Web3 network from the ground up, then grew into driving business growth across ChangeNOW's entire holding. Today, he's building the kind of partner network that is all about win-win agreements that keep paying off for ChangeNOW's users years down the line. His team has a contact in nearly every company that matters in Web3, and a fair few outside it. Catch him at Token2049 Singapore, October 7-8

Moves fast. Thinks fast. Builds partnerships that last. We're starting a series of posts with introduction ChangeNOW media personalities. Now meet Martin Masser, Director of Strategic Partnerships at ChangeNOW. Background: Traditional banking → Web3. Professional focus: Strategic partnerships, tailored infrastructure and connecting the right people before the first meeting even happens. Unfair advantage: A network built on reputation — and the technical depth to spot what a partner actually needs. Operating speed: Very British. Very direct. Usually three steps ahead. Off-chain mode: Yoga teacher for 9+ years — because moving fast only works when you know how to slow down. Martin joined ChangeNOW in August 2026, bringing experience, industry weight and the occasional opinion LinkedIn may not be ready for. His mission: make complex financial technology useful, accessible and eventually invisible to the people using it. Want to meet him before Master Martin takes the mat? Find Martin at TOKEN2049, October 7-8.

TOKEN2049 side event, 7 October, Singapore: Retrofuture Soiree by ChangeNOW The photos are from our event last year in Singapore. This year the scale is larger! Retrofuture Soiree by ChangeNOW: Singapore Edition runs on 7 October, after day one of TOKEN2049 Singapore. Welcome at 8:00 PM. The venue is a bar with 1960s interiors that match the design of our booth at the conference. Custom cocktails, a cigar bar, late-night food, a photo space, and a limited-edition item for every guest. Pauline Shangett and Martin Masser will be there. The address goes out to approved guests. TOKEN2049 side events book out early, If you are picking crypto events in Singapore for that week, request an invite now: https://luma.com/1phznwy6

Martin Masser, Director of Strategic Partnerships at ChangeNOW, spent years inside traditional banking before he moved into crypto. He came out of it convinced the two systems end up on the same rails. In this conversation with Scott Melker, Martin shares his take on stablecoins, institutional adoption from the banking perspective, the evolution of the altcoin market, privacy, and one of crypto’s biggest remaining challenges: making the user experience simple enough for mainstream adoption. Watch the full interview below!

A logo and a clean paragraph of copy cost nothing to reproduce, and a sender name is easy to spoof. We asked Albert Quehenberger, CEO of AQ Forensics GmbH and ChangeNOW Ambassador, what is actually worth checking in an incoming email. Red flags: — urgency or fear — any request for a seed phrase or private key — unexpected downloads — instructions to move funds — a wallet signature request you didn't initiate Clicking the link opens a page. The wallet is at risk one step later, when a seed phrase gets typed in or a signature approved. The guide explains how current email phishing works and ends with a 30-second checklist to run before acting on an unexpected message. Full guide: https://lnkd.in/dv4JJ7st

It took one of crypto's most careful reporters a decade to admit that Bitcoin is the opposite of untraceable. Here's why "anonymous" was always a story, not a fact; and what you can still control: https://lnkd.in/dKa9Z9h7

You have a crypto wallet with traction. Swaps are the obvious next revenue line. Here's what the integration decision actually looks like before you hand it to your team as a task. Five decisions, and pricing is the easy one: — Build vs. buy. Your side: business logic, pair selection, pricing, routing. Provider's side: liquidity, nodes, uptime, risk calls. — One rate vs. a comparison screen. A counterparty returns a single price; an aggregator shows several and makes your user choose. In a wallet, that extra screen costs you conversions. — How to judge a provider once the rate looks fine. Look at payout-to-estimate accuracy, how often transactions stop for KYC, and how the API holds at peak. — Commission math you control. From 0.4%, adjustable per pair, per asset, per swap size. — What happens when deposits fail or funds get flagged? Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/dgvaWe_p

The best UX upgrade is the one your users never notice. Sounds like a paradox. But for xPortal it became a metric. Ornella breaks down how a single integration reshaped the swap economics inside their super app — and why nothing on the screen changed at all.

Robinhood Chain gas went 25x in 11 days From 0.020 to 0.511 gwei. At peak gas: → ETH transfer: ~$0.37 → Pons token launch: ~$67 → 15,112 swaps paid more in gas than the trade itself And 79% of the added gas demand came from just eight addresses, mostly trading infrastructure. Pauline Shangett, Chief Strategy Officer at ChangeNOW, cuts to the point: “Paying more in gas than your actual trade size isn't financial democratization.” High activity looks good on a chart. Retail users care about what it costs to actually trade. Full breakdown: https://lnkd.in/dmKsTSuC Adoption, meme season, or both?

Can a Dogecoin finally reach $1? At ChangeNOW, we know firsthand how wild DOGE liquidity can get. Back during the May 2021 peak, the trading volume literally broke global crypto exchanges. We chose to take a loss on purpose just to keep DOGE swaps live for our users while other platforms froze. Dogecoin has spent 13 years outliving thousands of other tokens. But at a $15 billion market cap, it’s playing a different game today. The chart is currently caught between two massive triggers: the recent launch of DogeOS, bringing smart contracts to the network, and the upcoming SpaceX DOGE-1 moon launch. To build a realistic price prediction, our latest market piece breaks down:  — Market sentiment and shifts in retail attention — The clash between new tech utility and hype — Expert insights on why DOGE has turned into a survival asset Read the full analysis here: https://lnkd.in/dY4G9_43