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Ash Egan
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“Ethereum is maybe the most important thing happening in crypto today” -comment from an institutional investor earlier today. Institutions waking up to crypto beyond btc before our eyes- There is ~$2B of unannounced capital being allocated into US-based crypto funds rn. Funds are distributed across 3 mega funds ($300m+), 4 large funds ($100m-$300m), and 4 sub $100m funds. 2020 is gonna be a wild year.
- Made my first $USDC denominated angel investment last week, probably 50x easier than bank wire. 1) logged into coinbase 2) bought usdc 3) double checked recipient wallet address 4) $.20 transaction fee + 15 minutes later 🚀
- 0] Very happy and excited to announce Acrylic I, a $55M venture fund dedicated to backing the next generation of crypto founders 🎨 medium.com/@acrylic_/anno…
- The normalization of cc0 is going to be the next multi-billion unlock for NFTs
- Archetype III $100M to back the next generation of crypto-native founders. We don’t chase hype. We fund what becomes default.
- Met a VC yesterday who's produced ~$3B in realized gains and ~$10B in unrealized gains for their fund Asked if they felt successful having driven cash returns, as many in VC tout their paper gains. Response: "I still don't feel successful, and may never" Aspirationally humble
- Today is a particularly exciting one for me, as it's my last year as a 27 year old....and I am celebrating being promoted from Principal to Partner @Accomplices. Incredibly excited for the next year (and beyond) ahead...
- Today marks 10 years since my mom passed away. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about her, and feel lucky to have had her as a best friend and role model for 17 years. If you haven't called your parents recently, give them a ring.
- 1) If Robinhood traders haven’t yet discovered DeFi, they are about to. A short thread on DeFi, metrics, users = protocol owners, and what's next (hint: I'm excited)
- ETH as "The Internet Bond" is such a powerful, yet still under-appreciated meme
- Great time to be building core infra, picks & shovels for crypto crypto infrastructure co's founded in 2018: fireblocks, bison trails, crusoe, gauntlet, taxbit, trm labs, web3auth, blocknative, messari, falconx, talos excited for '22 vintage crypto infra
