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Jacob Phillips

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Jacob Phillips

@JacobPPhillips

CoFounder @Lombard_Finance prev: Polychain, Perennial

NYC

Joined July 2019

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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Oct 30, 2025
I think this is a new DeFi First? $500mn+ asset acquisition Here's the gist of it: BTC onchain is broken. Users want the real thing — not branded wrappers, high mint/redeem fees, and gated access. At best, your current BTC wrapper is a 3rd or 4th priority for the team
The Block
@TheBlockCo
Oct 30, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Lombard Finance acquires BTC.b, Avalanche's bridged bitcoin asset, from Ava Labs theblock.co/post/376974/lo…
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Jul 2, 2024
Hey everyone, few updates: 1. I'm now building @Lombard_Finance, alongside @lukejdpearson @polychain and a killer team. 2. We raised a Seed Round & will be launching soon. 3. I officially moved to NYC! 4. I'll be at ETH CC, helping spread the Lombard gospel.
Lombard
@Lombard_Finance
Jul 2, 2024
Lombard is excited to announce our $16M seed round to kick-start the Bitcoin restaking ecosystem led by @polychain! With additional participation from @babylon_chain, @daofive, @FTI_Global, @ForesightVen, @mirana, @0xMantleEco Fund, @NomadCapital_io, @OKX_Ventures, and
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Oct 15, 2021
gm, governance is systematically undervalued. ‘Governance Mining’ is a step toward changing this. Here’s my case for it (tldr in this thread). (...) mirror.xyz/0x6507C1693c70…
Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Feb 5, 2025
Frequently getting asked what's interesting in BTC DeFi. Here’s an ecosystem overview (40+ projects that come to mind), with the need-to-know’s on each project, so you can decide for yourself: —————————————— BTC DeFi: @babylonlabs_io — Bitcoin staking protocol. built directly
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Feb 18, 2021
IBC is about to go live in a matter of hours 👀 A huge moment for @cosmos. . . but also perhaps a big moment for the whole crypto ecosystem — this launch lays the foundation for what could become an ecosystem-wide standard for inter-blockchain communication. (....)
Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Aug 20, 2025
Big moment for Lombard, nearly on our 1-year anniversary of LBTC. Liquid Bitcoin Foundation Launch $BARD coming soon $7mn Public Sale starting August 26th Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far, and surely this is just the beginning.
Bitcoin DeFi protocol Lombard launching BARD token community sale at $450 million valuation on...
From theblock.co
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Dec 21, 2021
Replying to @jack
nice
Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
May 6, 2025
Alright, you have to admit... This chart is pretty based. @eulerfinance TVL 👀
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Jul 17, 2025
The new & improved Lombard is live. We're all in on Bitcoin. We're building the full stack of infra for BTC onchain. We will lead the BTC DeFi movement. Lombard will do for BTC what Tether/Circle did for stablecoins.
Lombard
@Lombard_Finance
Jul 17, 2025
Article
Bitcoin is the most important asset of our generation.
Bitcoin will power the new financial system. Here’s the roadmap we’re executing on to bring this vision to life. Bitcoin started it all—the world’s hardest money that reimagined global finance built...
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Sep 16, 2025
BARD token economics are out. A few of the design principles: 1. Linear Airdrop: No games. Rules transparent upfront. Little to no additional twists. 2. Airdrop Vesting: half upfront, half locked for 6 months. Skin in the game is a must for any/all token distributions. The
Lombard
@Lombard_Finance
Sep 16, 2025
$BARD is the native token of the Lombard protocol. It's an economic coordination mechanism: powering growth, governing the protocol, & enabling access to Lombard’s products & infrastructure. $BARD is designed to accelerate Lombard & the digital economy for decades to come.
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Mar 5, 2025
.@SonicLabs has been a masterclass in momentum building. A 5+ year old project doing old school, things-that-don't-scale hustling — And now they're at 3+months of consistent growth, just landed @aave & @pendle, one of the only ecosystems expanding in this market. Here's a bit
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Jul 24, 2025
Excited to speak at KBW! Will be spending close to 3 weeks in Korea in September, so keen to talk about Bitcoin yield/utility/infrastructure onchain with anyone in the area.
KBW2026
@kbwofficial
Jul 17, 2025
Excited to have @JacobPPhillips, Co-Founder of @Lombard_Finance, at #KBW2025: IMPACT! Learn how Lombard is connecting Bitcoin to every chain, DeFi protocol and yield opportunity with LBTC! 📍Sept 23–24 | Walkerhill, Seoul 🎟 tickets.koreablockchainweek.com #KBW #KoreaBlockchainWeek
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Jun 27, 2025
Lombard will be the only BTC (both wrapped & LST) on @katana. @0xPolygon is going all-in on agglayer with app-specific chains. @katana is a chain optimized for DeFi, in collaboration with @GSR_io. BTC deposits vaults live with competitive rewards.
Lombard
@Lombard_Finance
Jun 27, 2025
Early liquidity wins. Katana's mainnet launches soon, unlocking a 15m $KAT reward pool for depositors ready to move first. Deposit LBTC now to start earning $KAT and incentives as soon as Katana goes live - and secure your share early! More details 👇
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Jacob Phillips
@JacobPPhillips
Mar 20, 2025
A few big winners this week at DAS: - @blockworks: contrarian bet on the US paid off - @Securitize: core of many RWA plays - @Figment_io: staking = insto onboarding - @SolanaFndn: huge force getting instos on SOL - @galaxyhq: NYCs' crypto conglomerate
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