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Arnav Pagidyala

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
160 total appearances

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Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

In fact,

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Coinbase and Robinhood, of course, they have their own crypto wallets as well.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

So they are product competitors in that world.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

What do you think of the continuation of the fat wallet thesis?

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Do you think that's going to accrue more value in 2026?

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Now, a dark horse here I want to throw at you for this category, the fat wallet thesis category, Arnav, is existing social media apps and platforms.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

In fact, this has always been a backburner narrative that I feel like we've had.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Well, wait until meta enters or wait until X enters.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

You can actually, if you squint, you could see the possibility with something like

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

X entering the fat wallet space in general.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

And what would they need to do?

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Well, all they need to do is integrate some decentralized DeFi protocols that the Coinbases and Robinhoods of the world already have.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Maybe a Morpho, for instance, and with a few bells and whistles and some product positioning and added features, they too could have some sort of crypto fat wallet

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

In fact, they already have the social element that Coinbase has kind of been going for with its creator coin push that you saw smart tags being added to X just this week, which is the idea of like social trading.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

You'd have to squint to see it.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

And it would take some product finagling, of course.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

But can you see an existing social media company enter this space in 2026?

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

Let's talk about AI a little bit and maybe sort of vibe coding and the possibilities that open up for small development shops.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

So Opus 4.5, I know you've been playing a lot with models like that lately.

Bankless
The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

What do you think this is going to do to builder velocity, especially with smaller teams?