Robert Pallas

Devtailor

Devtailor is a product development company in Estonia. We produce future-proof software and hardware solutions for clients with a portfolio of over 100 projects. 

Our experiences range from IoT to financial technologies. Intelligent lockboxes allow in-trunk package delivery, car rental, theft protection and other mobility services. We build mobile banking apps and develop a payment service provider moving Bitcoins and Litecoins for strongly regulated industries.

Co-Founder, Product Leadership

I helped starting up startups as the lead developer building products and consulting how to create lean startups and agile businesses. 

Main technologies used: Angular, Node, Flutter, iOs, Android, PostgreSQL, Docker, Amazon Web Services.

Co-Founder & Lead Developer

Paype Solutions

Designing and developing mobile loyalty platform API-s and database layer. 
Start-up management.
B2B sales.
Technical partner integrations.
PostgreSQL, Node.js.

Backend Engineer

iGame Ltd

Integrated payment and gaming systems for online casinos.
Managed deployments across multiple brands and projects.
Set up and maintained logging solutions. 
Developed custom interfaces and user interactions.

Software Developer

I help European sports companies with early and growth stage digital product planning, development and tech leadership. 

I started programming in middle school 23 years ago and built a career as an engineer and software development team leader. As a startup co-founder, software leader and product consultant total number of project contributions lost count after 100.

My strength is product execution. There is always a way to solve a problem, and there are always problems for innovators to tackle.

In 2015 I co-founded development company Devtailor. We are a product team unit offering RnD, business and tech know-how. 

If you want to chat, send me a connection request on LinkedIn.

Partner & Growth

I turn 38 today.

At 37, it felt like being 17 again with 20 years of extra experience.
A mix of rediscovery and rebuilding.

I worked on 8 projects across e-commerce, AI, sports, payments and gaming.
Tried a lot, failed a lot, learned a lot.

As a birthday gift to myself I signed up for the Tour de France for amateurs. 
170 kilometers, 4 iconic climbs, 5400 meters of elevation.
Mid-life crisis officially confirmed.

Family life stayed full with 3 kids: the first off to school, her 4yo brothers turning every day into an adventure.
We somehow ended up with a cat, now asleep on my lap.
She wasn’t my idea, but she chose me anyway.

At 38 I want to be like an 18-year-old with 20 years of extra experience.
Fewer projects. Greater focus. All in.
And more LinekdIn?

How did your last year change you?

I help e-com leaders enrich product data with AI agents | CEO, CTO, speaker in AI, Web3, sports

Elvis Kolawole

Crypto Coins VIP

Owner

The Money Panda

Host

Web3 Job Roundups

Curator

NATIX Network

Community Manager

Catalyze

Social & Growth Lead

RichQuack

Marketing Coordinator

RBL Labs

Digital Marketing Manager

Crypto Rebel

Content Marketing Manager

tether.bet

Digital Campaign Manager

Trove Finance

Most humans care about things that are either quantitative (eg, money, time, data) or qualitative (eg, happiness, danger, greed). My superpower is being able to live at the intersection by harnessing these elements! 🧠

I'm a trained engineer who decided to pursue a career in marketing to make the most of this superpower. However, since my graduation, I've been formulating and implementing strategies involving email marketing, PPC, SEO, content marketing and much more. Most of these campaigns have been ROI-positive in diverse industries such as crypto, finance, sports betting, and many more. 📈✔️

Since 2021, I have gone all in on the Web3 space. Since then, my highlights include;

🎯 >$5 million in token value created,
🎯 2 NFT collections sold out,
🎯 More than 300,000 airdrop participants,
🎯 >2 million eyeballs on landing pages, blogs, newsletters, etc!

I also began:

✅ Cryptocoinsvip: a crypto news and decentralized exchange platform - in its building phase.
✅ Web3 Job roundups, a weekly comprehensive list of fresh jobs & opportunities in Web3!
✅ The Money Panda: A web3 & finance-focused podcast which I host.

I am also a big proponent of Financial Inclusion, Sustainability, and Blockchain Technology. You can regularly find me trying to further these causes with my time and resources! 

I'd like to hear from you. Feel free to reach out/connect!

PS; Visit https://www.elviskolawole.com 🌐

Core Member

Surprise, surprise...the Trump Family Portfolio is diversifying!

From real estate to crypto, here's a breakdown of their modern wealth streams:

🏛️ Donald: WLFI Token & Bitcoin Mining ($57M+)
👨‍💼 Eric: Majority stake in the same crypto venture
💼 Jared: $2B Private Equity Fund with Saudi PIF
👩‍💼 Ivanka: $25M+ in Consulting & Brand Deals
👶 Barron: Co-founded a crypto project at 18 (Net worth: $150M)
💎 Melania: "Melania Vision" NFT Art Projects

It’s a fascinating blend of old-school assets and new-age digital gold. 

A masterclass in making your name your net worth

Marketing For Web3 🍓| Prolific Web3 & AI Creator 🤖🌐 | Growing traffic, communities, engagement, sales, transaction volumes, and active users! 🚀

"It is not your intelligence if you are using an API key" - Paolo Ardoino

This striking statement from Tether's CEO cuts to the heart of his company's massive push into artificial intelligence. 

He argues that relying on centralized AI services does not make you smarter, it makes you a data point that strengthens another entity.

This philosophy drives Tether's entire investment thesis. 

They are building a portfolio designed to power a more decentralized future, from Bitcoin mining and renewable energy to their new "QBuck" AI project.

The goal is to create AI platforms that, in his words, "keep the data of the people with the people."

This is a direct challenge to the data extraction models of big tech.
We have seen how decentralized finance challenged traditional banking. 

Now, Tether is betting that decentralized intelligence will challenge big tech's dominance.

🇳🇬 Nigeria is Africa’s crypto capital, but also the global capital of crypto fraud.

That’s the paradox. And the numbers don’t lie.

🚫 Highest global fraud rate during identity verification: 8.3%
🚫 Identity theft +748%
🚫 Forced verifications +1,091%
🚫 Over ₦1.3 trillion lost in 2024 alone
🚫 $840M Ponzi scheme (CBEX)
🚫 Bank hacks worth billions

🎯 Meanwhile, enforcement is on overdrive:

🚨 3,175 convictions
🚨 792 arrests in a single crypto/romance scam
🚨 21.5 million units of crypto recovered in 1 year

But enforcement isn’t enough.

Fraudsters are now using:

⚠️ AI-generated documents
⚠️ Synthetic IDs
⚠️ Advanced phishing networks

Nigeria’s crypto innovation is unmatched. 

But fraud is undermining trust, investment, and global reputation.

If crypto is the future, fraud detection is the firewall.

What must happen next to build trust in Nigeria’s growing digital economy? 👇

I almost scrolled past another "prediction markets are the future" post yesterday.

Then I remembered the Charlie Kirk incident, and I couldn't stay quiet.

After his murder, contracts popped up on multiple platforms betting on whether he'd "appear again" or if civil war would follow. 

The platforms eventually removed them, but not before people placed actual bets on a dead man's legacy.

This isn't theoretical anymore. 

We've crossed a line.

I've spent years watching fintech evolve, and I genuinely believe prediction markets have potential. 

 ▶️ They've crushed traditional polls in accuracy. 

 ▶️ They've helped model pandemic risks. 

When used right, they're powerful.

But "when used right" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.

The moment you financialize death, you create perverse incentives. 

You hand bad actors a playbook: cause chaos, profit from prediction. 

And because most of these markets are thinly traded, a few players with capital can manipulate odds and create false narratives that the media then amplifies as truth.

We're dealing with assassination markets, not in a cyberpunk novel, but on platforms you can access right now from your phone.

The path forward isn't to ban prediction markets. 

 ▶️ It's to build them with integrity baked in from day one. 

 ▶️ Clear boundaries on tradable events. 

 ▶️ Real moderation. 

 ▶️ Incentive structures that punish manipulation and reward accuracy.

This industry is at a fork in the road. 

One path leads to innovation that improves decision-making across finance, governance, and public health. 

The other leads to moral hazard and regulatory backlash that kills the technology entirely.

Which future are we building?

Waking up to the reality of modern crypto feels like a philosophical hangover 🤕

The dream was a decentralized utopia.

The reality is an "Internet Capital Market" fueled by what one might kindly call... "high-conviction liquidity" (read: gamblers).

It’s messy, it’s extractive, and it’s undeniably mainstream.

The idealist in me is grieving. 

The realist is already adapting.

Success, it turns out, doesn’t always look the way you imagined.

Sometimes, it just looks like business as usual.

A crypto company doing $20M+ in revenue was almost lured into a fake investment process by scammers posing as Binance Labs.

It was subtle, professional, and built to bypass the usual founder defenses.
Here’s how the scam was crafted, and how it almost worked.

💼 The Setup:
A certain Dana H. reached out claiming affiliation with “YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs)”.
A call was arranged, but...
➡️ No Zoom/Meet link in the invite
➡️ Said the link would be sent “right before” the call

Red flag #1 🟥

👥 The Call:
Dana was a no-show.
An Associate showed up instead sounding vague, evasive, and quick to name-drop:
“Dana is with Fenbushi Capital right now. I can connect you today.”

Classic urgency play.

⚠️ The Trap:
They pushed the team to use an obscure tool called Vironect, pitched as a “decentralized video tool.”

Claims:
Used by YZi and Fenbushi
Offers live translation

Reality:
☠️ Compromised download, likely malware

🔍 The Fake Identity:
There were two LinkedIn profiles for Dana:
One polished (Goldman, Stanford MBA)
One sketchy (random university in Frankfurt)

🔐 Founders, here’s your playbook:
• Never download tools without verification
• Always check investor identity (twice)
• Question urgency because real investors don’t rush
• If something feels off, it probably is

This is a wake-up call for every founder navigating investor conversations in a digital-first world

Full breakdown link in the comments 👇

The 🇺🇸U.S. government has onboarded to crypto.

That’s not clickbait. That’s history.

For the first time ever, the Department of Commerce will start publishing official U.S. economic stats directly on public blockchains.

We're talking:

– Real GDP

– Inflation (PCE)

– Household spending

These are the numbers that drive global markets, and now they’re available 24/7, on-chain, verified, and tamper-proof.

🔗 Chainlink is distributing the data across multiple chains

✅ Pyth is verifying it with cryptographic proof

🏛️ Kraken is handling infrastructure and wallet setup

This is no longer about decentralization vs. institutions.

It’s about collaboration.

And it just set a precedent the world is watching.

Next up?

– Jobs data

– Census numbers

– Real-time trade flows

The rails are now live.

The question isn’t if other governments will follow.

It’s when.

"AI wars is the reason the world is speeding up" - Cathie Wood

This is the powerful observation from Cathie Wood of ARK Invest. 

She positions artificial intelligence as the central engine accelerating progress across every field of innovation.

We are seeing this play out in software development right now. 

She highlights how autonomous coding systems advanced from handling just 3% of a project to a remarkable 75% in under a single year.

This is not a theoretical concept. 

It is actively being integrated on a massive scale by industry leaders. 

Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and Amazon’s CodeWhisperer are already embedded in developer environments, fundamentally augmenting how software is built.

As Cathie Wood notes, the result is that the AI "basically writes the code for the engineer."

This represents a profound shift in the nature of technical work.

If we are moving from engineers writing code to architects directing AI, are we witnessing the dawn of a new industrial revolution for knowledge work, one that will make our current pace of innovation feel like it is moving in slow motion?

"The talent density is moving to artificial intelligence." - Raoul Pal

This is the major concern facing crypto, as he noted. 

Even prominent venture capitalists are questioning if developer growth can keep up, especially when the tangible wins in AI are so compelling.

But Pal is not overly concerned. 
His optimism hinges on a fundamental belief in incentive structures.

He argues that while AI offers jobs, crypto offers a direct, accelerated path to value creation through its native asset. 

"Tokens are fast to accrue value," he states.

This is not just theory. 

We see this play out in decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), where token incentives bootstrap global hardware networks faster than traditional venture models.

Raoul Pal believes we are already in the next phase of the market cycle where this will become evident.

The competition between AI and crypto is often framed as a technology battle. 

But what if it is actually a grand experiment in human motivation, testing whether a traditional corporate career or a global, open network has a more powerful pull on the world’s brightest minds?

While everyone debates crypto prices, the real architectural revolution is happening quietly in the background 🤫

This chart proves it.

We're not looking at speculative projects, we're looking at established players executing multi-billion-dollar strategies with completely different tech stacks.

▶️ One is built on existing distribution. 

▶️ Another on a native stablecoin. 

▶️ Another on planet-scale tech. 

▶️ Another on proven institutional trust.

The common thread? 

They're all using blockchain to rebuild the financial system on their own terms.

The future is already here. 

It's just not evenly distributed yet.

What if you could send a text to your 2016 self? 

"Buy Bitcoin. And for the love of god, write down your password."

Kevin Durant just lived out that fantasy. 

His $650 coin is now worth $117,000. 

This story isn't just about a lucky athlete. 

It's a powerful reminder that in tech and finance, being early and  staying in is a superpower most of us underestimate.

Donald Trump’s August 2025 executive order could change a lot in crypto adoption to date; unlocking the possibility for trillions in US retirement savings to flow into digital assets.

401(k) plans hold between $8.7 and $12 trillion in assets for 70–100 million Americans, but until now, direct crypto investments were largely off-limits. The new order instructs the Department of Labor, Treasury, and SEC to update retirement plan rules so 401(k)s can include “alternative assets” like crypto, private equity, and real estate. This means employers and plan providers could soon list Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other crypto funds alongside traditional options, with protections under ERISA.

Even a small allocation would be huge. A 1% shift of total 401(k) assets equals $120 billion in crypto buying power. At 3%, it’s $360 billion. At 5%, $600 billion; more than the total impact of spot Bitcoin ETFs. With $50 billion in fresh 401(k) contributions every two weeks, steady inflows into crypto could create consistent demand and a potential price floor.

The impact could be transformative. Automatic paycheck deductions mean continuous buy pressure, regardless of market swings, while mainstream retirement plan inclusion cements crypto as a legitimate, tax-advantaged investment class. Tens of millions of Americans would gain easy access, no need to open an exchange account or worry about custody.

This changes won’t be instant. Providers like Fidelity and Vanguard will take time to design and roll out crypto products, and regulators will ensure guardrails to address volatility, fiduciary duty, and investor education. But over time, this could make crypto as embedded in the financial system as blue-chip stocks or government bonds.

In short, this isn’t just a door opening, it’s the potential for a floodgate. With every paycheck, millions of new investors could enter crypto markets by default, changing demand, pricing, and the very role of digital assets in the global economy.

Not all DEXs are created equal, and here's what the data actually shows 👇

Been diving deep into the perpetual DEX landscape, and the differences are wild.

Three major players. 

Three completely different approaches:

🎯 𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 
→ Live now, multi-chain focus, aggressive growth strategy
→ $20B September volume, $2B TVL at launch
→ High leverage plays for experienced traders
→ Backed by CZ (Binance)

⚡ 𝗛𝗬𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗗 
→ The steady builder
→ Already hit $200B+ trading volume
→ $6B+ TVL with proven infrastructure
→ Layer 1 infra, deep order books
→ 16 permissionless validators

🌅 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗣 
→ The upcoming challenger
→ TRON ecosystem integration
→ DEX 2.0 with advanced perps
→ Justin Sun backing
→ Pre-launch, high opportunity/risk

The reality is each serves different trader profiles.

Early-stage volatility vs. proven liquidity vs. ecosystem integration.

Which approach wins long-term?

That's the billion-dollar question.

"swipe to bet while taking care of business 🚽" - Kyle Samani 

Bathroom trading is our future, folks 😅

He just described a future where you can't consume content without being invited to trade on it. 

And honestly? It's already here.

His vision is Internet Capital Markets embedded everywhere. 

🗞️ Reading about Fed rate cuts? Bet on them via 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗵𝗶. 

⛹️ Watching Steph Curry line up a three? Trade it in real-time. 

🏉 The next NFL pass? That's a market now too.

The evidence 📊

🎯 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 hit $3B in volume, people betting on everything

📱 FanDuel and DraftKings transformed sports (80% of betting is now live)

📺 ESPN BET launched inside ESPN because they realized sports media IS betting

💬 Millions already trade via Telegram bots on 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮, group chat trading is real

Samani points out Twitter tried the "second screen" a decade ago with social feeds next to live TV. 

Epic fail. 

People didn't want tweets, they wanted skin in the game. 

Bet365 figured this out fast.

But it gets wilder. 

He sees trading embedded in podcasts (imagine buying Uber shares while listening to Jason Calacanis on All-In), group chats (roasting your friends' trades in real-time), and live streams. 

Jim Cramer yelling BUY BUY BUY is "Entertainment Finance 1.0." 

Roaring Kitty and Dave Portnoy trading WITH their audiences? That's 2.0.

Companies like Drift Protocol, SuperState, and Robinhood are building this infrastructure right now.

Samani's vision is inevitable. 

I just can't decide if it's empowering or if we're building the world's most entertaining way to lose money.

Probably both? 🤷‍♂️

The next decade will be defined by a single concept: Provable Truth 🔒

We are moving from a world of trust-me to a world of show-me, and the implications are staggering for our data, our health, and our economy.

This is the tangible power of blockchain. 

In our latest episode, we dissect the frontier of:

* Sovereign Data: A future where your personal records are yours alone.

* Tokenized Knowledge: Where a breakthrough can be both a cure and a capital asset.

* Universal Ownership: Fractionalizing everything from real estate to intellectual property.

This isn't just an evolution of tech, it's a revolution of trust. 

Hear the full conversation on Money Panda in the comments 👇

Unlocking the real-world power of blockchain. 💡

Hearing from Web3 marketing leader Adil Ashfaq on how it goes far beyond finance.

He breaks down 3 fascinating use cases:

🔒 Certified Medical Records - No one can tamper with your health data.
🧬 Protein Models on Chain - Revolutionizing biotech and research.
📈 New Asset Classes - Tokenizing real-world value.

A masterclass in Web3's tangible impact.

Full conversation with Elvis Kolawole in the comments 👇

"Sometimes an app gets so big it has to become the platform itself." - Balaji Srinivasan

That’s the powerful shift Balaji identifies. 

He argues that tech giants can no longer just react to regulators. 

They've outgrown the "app" stage and must now build the foundational rules themselves.

His blueprint is breathtakingly ambitious:

- Define the ideal legal framework for your industry.
- Use AI to draft model legislation for all 50 states and 190 countries.
- Deploy a "sales team" to champion it, starting with the most pro-tech jurisdictions.

We see early signs of this. 

The Crypto Council for Innovation actively drafts and advocates for model bills worldwide, aiming to create a coherent global framework rather than fight disparate local battles.

Balaji Srinivasan puts it plainly: "We have to stop being reactive to Lena Kahn."

It reframes regulatory strategy from a defensive cost to an offensive moonshot.

Given the sheer scale of drafting laws for 190 countries, this isn't just lobbying, it's a form of legal terraforming

$499/month to have strangers remotely pilot a robot around your home while watching through its cameras so it can 'learn' to fold your laundry autonomously... someday 👀 

This is just gig work with cyberpunk aesthetics.

You're not buying automation, you're buying the world's most expensive webcam with limbs. 

The 'iPhone moment' is realizing we could've just... hired someone for way less? 🫤

''We have solved the blockchain dilemma." - Charles Hokinson

He makes this confident declaration, arguing that Cardano has cracked the code on balancing high scalability with true decentralization. 

He points to demonstrations achieving over a million transactions per second and a governance model that is fully decentralized.

While other ecosystems chase short-term trends, Hoskinson emphasizes a focus on "long arc trends" and building durable foundations.

This is evident in their work on real-world assets, decentralized identity, and secure bridging technology, aiming to provide the plumbing for the next generation of the internet.

As Hoskinson notes, "We have an on-chain government that is the largest and most sophisticated."

This positions Cardano not just as a cryptocurrency, but as a potential governance and coordination layer for a global digital society.

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