2026-02-10
If you're young, early in your career, and just want to be around insanely smart people, Tempo is an unbelievable place to work
The Block
Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, along with the team at Merkle, join stablecoin startup Tempo, weeks after Merkle sold Farcaster to Neynar
Quick Take — Romero and Srinivasan's move follows Farcaster's sale to Neynar and the founders' exit from day-to-day leadership of the protocol.
2026-01-24
Farcaster isnt a scam b/c it didnt become Facebook, most startups fail. Ive used it daily for 3yrs, Dan built in public & worked his ass off. We need more Dans Crypto does have scammers but calling every failed startup a fraud cheapens the word & distracts from the actual crimes [image]
Bloomberg
R&D firm Merkle, which sold Farcaster, says it plans to repay VCs the $180M they invested in the social media project, and says Farcaster is not shutting down
2026-01-23
Farcaster isnt a scam b/c it didnt become Facebook, most startups fail. Ive used it daily for 3yrs, Dan built in public & worked his ass off. We need more Dans Crypto does have scammers but calling every failed startup a fraud cheapens the word & distracts from the actual crimes [image]
Bloomberg
R&D firm Merkle, which sold Farcaster, says it plans to repay VCs the $180M they invested in the social media project, and says Farcaster is not shutting down
The software firm behind a crypto-oriented social-media platform plans to repay venture capitalists the $180 million …