Proud to share that @solana is now the presenting sponsor of the World Series of Poker, the first in 15 years and only 3rd in their 59 year history. When we thought about what kind of bets we could make to grow Solana, poker was a standout: - 100m monthly players; bigger than golf and tennis combined - Fastest growing game in Asia - The biggest “sport” where capital and economy are central to its gameplay - Future of trading looks more like poker than traditional finance - Many poker pros integrate crypto in their lives already, from settling private games to staking We approached @WSOP to see how we could collaborate deeply and came away ready to go all in. We are building together on a number of fronts: - Bringing WSOP back to @ESPN live in August with Solana front and center through the entire experience, broadcasting to 400 million households worldwide - Streaming 150 hours live from Vegas on Solana - SOL + Solana stablecoins exclusively for tournament buy-ins and payouts (already processed millions in the last week!) - Collaborating to bring poker staking into the crypto era, as well as prediction markets and other frontier products - Creating content together to educate traders on the game and poker players on trading onchain Poker is a game I’ve loved for 20 years and I’m personally excited to bring these two adjacent worlds together.