The Health-Nutrition economy: a trillion-dollar opportunityThe next trillion-dollar market may be hiding in plain sight. Like the behavioral shift that fueled growth in energy and climate tech, I…Oct 25, 20239Oct 25, 20239
Building the DeFi MatrixDisclaimer: Backed Finance and its tokens are not available for US individuals, are not marketed or offered in the US or other prohibited…Feb 28, 20224Feb 28, 20224
Published inThe Aztec Labs BlogIntroducing private BitcoinTLDR: Aztec has partnered with Ren to bring private Bitcoin to EthereumJul 1, 202144Jul 1, 202144
Published inThe Aztec Labs BlogIntroducing our new team member: Cody GuntonWith a new hiring wave for us at Aztec, we’ll be publishing some short, fun interviews with our newest additions to the team. Our latest…Jun 9, 20216Jun 9, 20216
Published inThe Aztec Labs BlogBringing privacy to DeFiTwo months ago Aztec launched zk.money, which allows users to send and receive funds privately on Ethereum, in a Venmo-like fashion. We’re…May 21, 202174May 21, 202174
SPAC nuancesIn my previous post, I touched on the general thesis for investing in a SPAC, and what criteria questions an investor should ask before…Nov 27, 20201Nov 27, 20201
SPACs — Not a free lunchSo far, almost $60 billion has flown into about 160 SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) in 2020. All of those are looking or had…Nov 10, 202020Nov 10, 202020
Lessons from missed opportunities in VCThe past decade had been the most significant to tech venture capitalists’ portfolios. The result is driven by extreme growth and user…Jul 13, 2020Jul 13, 2020
Phragmen’s method in NPoSAs part of my interest to understand Blockchains, I look at sophisticated terms and try to simplify them — so I could understand their…Jul 13, 202050Jul 13, 202050
2 Years of Working RemotelyIt’s been two years since I started working remotely, after getting introduced to the idea thanks to the 4HWW. I’ve worked at a startup…Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019
Three exciting startups to watch at the Y-Combinator’s S19 Demo DayTalented teams are working hard to look in shape for the Y-Combinator demo day of summer 2019 batch (19th-20th of August).Aug 13, 2019Aug 13, 2019
Published inCoinmonksI want to live in a DAOAfter coming back from AraCon, back in January, I couldn’t stop thinking about the parallels between a DAO and my small hometown — A…Aug 4, 2019Aug 4, 2019
The Best of AraCon 2019Last week was loaded with great experiences around the events of AraCon1-the flagship event of the community of the Aragon project. I had…Feb 6, 2019Feb 6, 2019
My Kindle notes from the little book you haven’t heard of- ‘Anything you want’Most chances you’ve never heard of Derek Sivers, it still doesn’t change the fact that he is inspiring, at least in my opinion and many…Jun 24, 2018Jun 24, 2018
A Retrospect of ‘Blockstack Berlin 2018’As a tech geek and Blockchain atheist, I got excited and grateful to be invited to participate at the Blockstack 2018 Berlin…May 2, 2018May 2, 2018