its shocking to see that one of the most under noticed L2 @Celo is seeing the the most amount of gas used, with over 1B transactions made on the chain the next phase for chains will be anchored on the “real world” thesis on 2 metrics: distribution + retention and celo showed both: #1 L2 by daily active users 790k peak #1 usdt transport by weekly active users 3.3m peak @minipay which already did 11m wallets / 300m tx celo 2025 is quietly winning L2 + 99.8% cost reductions + ~10x revenue = pmf + unit economics.

Some people build companies in garages but he built one from a bathroom, and it became a $15B machine: > Found crypto at 14 (pirated music rabbit hole) > Emailed the SEC as a teenager asking how to create new markets > Bought ETH early (presale era) > NYU → dropped out fast > Walked into Genius HQ uninvited… got hired anyway > Tried crypto project after crypto project — all failed > Nearly broke in Manhattan, counting his stuff to make rent > 2020 lockdown: disappears into a bathroom, ships a product > Regulators hit him in 2022 (fine + U.S. ban) > Kept building offshore > 2024 election: Polymarket called it early; billions flowed in > Then a 6am raid. Devices seized. > He posts: “new phone, who dis?” > By 2025, reports say the probes were closed < Oct 2025: NYSE-owner ICE invests ~$2B for 25% → valuation ~ $9B > 27 years old. Youngest self-made billionaire (reported) That kid is @shayne_coplan, founder of Polymarket.