It took a few years, but Co-Founders Solo Ceesay and Spencer Dinwiddie essentially turned a pile of Google docs and a crazy idea into Calaxy, which launched as the open social marketplace for creators, by creators back in August.

Just few short months later, our dynamic duo stopped by CNBC's studio in New York to debut an exciting update to the Calaxy product set to launch on Thursday, November 16, 2023...

Introducing DMs with super powers! ✉️ 🦸 👾

With the launch of v1.4 of Calaxy, users will be able to send and receive cryptocurrency and digital collectibles as easily as sending a text message.

Currently, if you wanted to send crypto, I'd need your public key—that 40-character, alphanumeric phrase you're using...it's confusing, and if you mess up one number that money is gone forever. But we think that sending crypto should be no more difficult than sending a text. - Calaxy CEO Solo Ceesay

You can watch the entire "Crypto World" episode here to hear Solo & Spence speak about the magnitude of the moment, what it was like fundraising during the bear market and what's in store for the industry in the coming months.

(And you should keep an eye peeled for the official launch of Calaxy v1.4 — and the future of peer-to-peer transactions as we know it — on Thursday.)

P.S. The door's always open and the water's always warm. Join the party at Calaxy.com.