Lesson 11 of 1,000 · Adjusting Mentalities, Crypto Isn't Money
#11 Owning The Bank
For the first time in history you can be your own bank, custody, settlement, and rules. Understand the power and the responsibility.
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Key ideas
- For the first time in history you can be your own bank, custody, settlement, and rules.
- Understand the power and the responsibility.
Do it now
- UnlockLet an agent work Pendle yield by your rulesBANDIT shows where each Pendle YT sits in its own 90-day range and runs an agent on Robinhood Chain that trades your rules only when SERV Reasoning agrees.
- UnlockMint your art on your own contract with a resale royaltyManifold lets you deploy a contract you own and set a royalty that marketplaces can read and pay on resales. Many marketplaces now treat royalties as optional, so it is a request, not a guarantee.
- SolutionMy bank account got frozen, what can I doOften the fastest fix is to ask the bank in writing exactly which papers it needs, then send them promptly. Then build a backup that keeps working on any weekend: a small self-custody USDC wallet, or a family Safe that any two of three relatives can release. Skip these: anyone offering to unfreeze accounts for a fee.
- SolutionFund a community project without a bankYour group can run its own treasury today: a Safe shared by three organisers, where any spend needs two approvals, raising USDC that every donor can track. Give the group one ENS name, apply to a Gitcoin or Giveth matching round so small gifts unlock more, and pay builders by milestone. Skip these: one person's personal wallet as the treasury.