After bootstrapping our cybersecurity firm w/ my cofounder @halbornsteve to a staff of 100+ and a client count of 200+, @HalbornSecurity announced our $90m Series A! A thread on our journey 🧵👇

Crypto Security: Risks, Reality, and Road Ahead by: @francescpicc of @AlmanaxAI @robbehnke of @HalbornSecurity @idobn of @blockaid_ @PulchraMens of @LightNodeVent Full video below 👇🧵

Blockchain technology is rapidly moving from vision to implementation 🚀 At ACCESS 26, @robbehnke joined @thinkingcrypto to talk about his background, how Halborn helps institutions with security, and recent developments shaping the digital assets space.

Conspiracy theorists right now 🥂

Kicking off our 3rd year at NYSE. Never gets old.

It is absolutely wild to me that the U.S. is printing money out of thin air and debasing the dollar by ~8% a year and yet 99% of people have literally ZERO idea it’s happening.

As an avid TCG collector, I approve of this initiative. 🫡 ⁦@keoneHD⁩ Happy to be / pull a foil.

lots of sophisticated phishing attacks going around lately. all of these have been attempted on me. sadly seen a lot of cases where people did lose funds in these ways: - real person (hacked) you've interacted before DMs you on TG and asks to catch up, send a zoom, looks like a real-ish zoom URL, asks you to download a client to "fix" audio, everything drained - credible/real news org DMs you out of the blue on their official X account, asks for an interview, send you to a (fake) TG account, sends the (fake but real-looking) zoom link. this has happened to me with (major) news orgs that didn't even know they were hacked - one of your "colleagues" asks for funds via email, email looks real, but headers are faked - blitz of messages saying your coinbase has been hacked, yadda yadda, "support" calls and asks you to move your assets to a temporary address with some time pressure ("the "hackers" submitted the transaction but you still have time!") general rules of thumb (not exhaustive) - use @CasaHODL - use @River for a custodial option - don't keep a ton of funds on browser wallets like m*tamask or ph*ntom - don't google crypto platforms and click the first link (hackers buy ads to put fake links in there) - secure everything, not just wallets. this includes google, telegram, icloud, etc. - don't answer phone calls from "support". hang up and call back on the official support line if you have to - don't trust anything you hear on the phone especially if you're being pressured to do something - don't answer calls from unknown numbers even if they seem like they're from "Google" or "Coinbase" - be suspicious of emails or DMs from your "colleagues". know that email headers can be faked (ask AI for help analyzing headers if youre suspicious) - double check that DMs from "friends" are real and they haven't been hacked - make sure you have physical 2fa + authy/google authenticator on everything - avoid SMS based 2fa wherever possible

CULTURE! CULTURE! CULTURE! I’m beyond proud to share that @HalbornSecurity has been officially Great Place to Work-Certified! When you treat your people with empathy, give them a real stake in the journey (yes, stock options matter!), give engineers hard problems to solve with the most important names in the industry, create space where they can really contribute and continue to learn... you don’t just build a business. You build loyalty, passion, and a top culture. Entrepreneurship is relentless. It tests your will at every turn. But through every challenge, we’ve stayed laser-focused on what matters most: our culture. And today, that focus has been validated in the best way possible. To our amazing team of Halbornauts, THANK YOU! This is your achievement as much as it is ours. Here’s to continuing to make Halborn not just a great place to work, but the best place to grow, innovate, and thrive together. 🚀 Oh, by the way, we're hiring! halborn.com/careers

ChatGPT turned my prompts into a @wizards_magic card. Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Founder Taps for idea tokens and mana. Perfect with meta artifact/token decks. Slayer of unoriginal ghiblis and action figures.

Thrilled to join @Crypto_ISAC as a founding member and drive best in class threat intelligence sharing for the industry. This partnership aligns with Halborn’s mission to enable the next wave of financial innovation, especially as blockchain adoption grows amid rising cyber threats.

I'm exceptionally supportive of holding onto our country's seized bitcoin. I'm not at all supportive of holding onto anything else / never supportive of using tax dollars to be Cardano's exit liquidity. The last administration debanked, jailed, censored, and indicted us, defying the rule of law. Now, this administration welcomes and encourages us in the industry. reuters.com/technology/trump…

Convinced some chains have more Luma RSVPs than users

US Senate Banking Committee: "we're giving you regulatory clarity in the next 100 days! Like you've been asking for for years!" Market: "meh, nothing burger, sell it all."

Volatility is a gift to the faithful.

This week, our team came together in the heart of 🗽 NYC’s financial district for technical and sales training 💡 The goal? To deliver best-in-class #cybersecurity services, create exceptional partner experiences 🌟, and reach escape #velocity as we kick things off for 2025 🚀

Pour one out tonight for former SEC Chief Accountant Paul Munter, the co-architect of SAB 121. Completely unemployable outside of a role on Elizabeth Warren's staff or at Better Markets

Incredible week so far of internal technical and sales training for the @HalbornSecurity Team! 🚀 We've been diving deep into cutting-edge cybersecurity techniques and sharpening our sales strategies to better serve our financial services clients. The energy and commitment from our team have been nothing short of inspiring! All roads lead to Friday’s Access Summit at the #NYSE! We're gearing up for an event where we'll showcase our latest in blockchain security, connect with industry leaders, and discuss the future of securing digital assets. Access.Halborn.com

Forget democrats or republicans. Libertarians are winning big under Trump already.

Just heard this weekend called a “Trump & Pump”… it was right there in front of us the whole time. #TrumpandPump

lest we forget Trump is a casino magnate. He believes in our right as Americans to gamble our life savings away if we so chose.