Arka Datta | AFI 🤖
@0xriskyops
Building AI Agents @afiprotocol_ai | Co-Founder & COO @chain_risk
wanted to do a pinned tweet on my account - I'm Arka - I'm 23 - co-founder of @chain_risk - core contributor of @afiprotocol_ai - IIT dropout - comes from a middle-class family, somewhere in WB, India - national chess champion - mini-fitness freak - has caffeine and…
It's amazing how a 10% green candle turns everyone into a long-term technology believer. And a 10% red candle reveals they were just tourists the whole time. Your conviction is only real if it's price-agnostic. The rest is just LARPing.
gn guys, Whether you bought the dip, held through the noise, or just stayed curious, you’re early. Markets sleep, conviction doesn’t. Rest up. Bull or bear, we build. See you (onchain) tomorrow.
I talk to a lot of people daily and I've noticed that people who started earning before their 20s had something different in them, they - Start building financial independence early - Develop money management skills sooner - Gain work experience that boosts your resume -…
Fresh look of @SuperlendHQ risk dashboard by @chain_risk 👇
New Look, Same Trusted Insights🚨 The @chain_risk dashboard for @SuperlendHQ just got a sleek upgrade! A better UI to help you navigate market risks, utilization, liquidation trends & APR volatility - all at a glance✨
What needs to change for global crypto adoption to truly take off? A thread 🧵👇 1. Clear Regulations Harmonized global crypto laws, so builders aren't operating in legal grey zones. 2. Institutional Clarity Define crypto: asset, currency, or security? Institutions need…
Ever wonder how so many smart, ambitious people end up stuck in the endless 9-to-5 grind? It starts innocently: - student loans pile up, - you grab that "stable" job for security, and suddenly years fly by trading time for a paycheck. Society sells it as the dream,…
Where India Lags in Crypto: 1) Regulatory uncertainty, no clear framework yet 2) Harsh taxes, 30% on gains, 1% TDS on every trade 3) Low awareness, poor financial literacy slows adoption 4) Weak infra, rural internet still patchy 5) Security issues, scams & weak consumer…
Major Crypto Hacks of 2025 (Till now) 1. Bybit – $1.4–1.5B stolen 2. Cetus Protocol (Sui) – $200–260M 3. Coinbase – $400M via insider social engineering 4. Nobitex – $90M politically-motivated exploit 5. UPCX – $70M via malicious contract upgrade 6. CoinDCX – $44M breach…
Everyone says "work hard, work smart." But here's the truth they leave out: You can do everything right and still not make it. That’s not failure. That’s luck, the silent variable no one wants to admit. Right place. Right time. Right connection. Sometimes, that’s what…
My biggest fear isn't a bear market. It's the foundation. A truly strong foundation for a protocol like AFI must have: - Stable Revenue: From a real-yield engine, not temporary incentives. - Permanent Liquidity: Protocol-owned and immune to mercenary capital flight. - No…
You don’t need the perfect plan. You need courage to start. Discipline to continue. And belief to finish. That’s how mountains are moved.
Everyone around me was chasing FANG. Leetcode. Referrals. That ₹60L CTC dream. The goal? Brag rights on LinkedIn and parental approval. I get it. It's safe. It's “successful.” It makes your relatives shut up. But I couldn’t do it. Not because I wasn’t good enough, I cracked…
People from colleges take 3 years to talk about startups. I built one from Day 1 before they made their first deck. - Learn faster than others can doubt you - Ignore advice from people who never built - Speed compounds. So does clarity. - One focused builder > 10 noisy…
What’s one thing school never taught you, but should have?
holding $ETH is like being in a toxic relationship you know it’s gonna hurt you still can’t leave and every time it pumps, you believe again 💀
Things that actually got better in DeFi: - UX: No more Metamask nightmares - L2s: Faster, cheaper, and composable - Smart contract audits + bug bounties = more secure - Real yield > ponzinomics - Aggregators, solvers, bots → capital efficiency - RWAs, stablecoins, perps, all…