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Travis Scher
@TravisScher
Co-Founder @NorthIslandVC
New York, NY
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    Travis Scher
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    Jun 9
    At NIV, we've been seeing tremendous growth clustering around the intersection of AI, Stablecoins, DeFi, and Fintech. This has led us to believe that agentic finance, defined broadly, will be one of the biggest trends of the next decade. Indeed, we believe that 1) AI agents are
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    Jun 14, 2023
    Replying to @MattWalshInBos
    In an alternate universe, you'd have been a legendary investigative journalist
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    Nov 15, 2022
    Can an expert on white collar and/or international law please explain why SBF hasn't been arrested? And can anybody explain why @yaffebellany @nytimes would fail to mention the backdoor accounting software, the Bahamian withdrawals sham, or the $500M "hack" on Friday?
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    Travis Scher
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    Apr 30, 2024
    Replying to @davidfrum
    The "humanitarian aid" comment is too good. They are consumed by the desire to be victims, and cosplaying the palestinians in gaza
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    Aug 20, 2021
    Gary Gensler is right. Crypto is a bit like the Wild West right now. But the US didn't round up the settlers and force them back east - it encouraged them to explore and develop. The "Wild West" turned into 10+ American states, including California.
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    Travis Scher
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    Apr 25, 2018
    I just published “Why We’re Obsessed with Decentraland” medium.com/@TravisScher/w…
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    Travis Scher
    @TravisScher
    Jan 13, 2019
    While mainstream interest in crypto has cooled substantially, there's so much competition brewing behind the scenes right now - tons of brilliant, well-capitalized teams are diligently creating better protocols, exchanges, and other innovative products. 2019 is going to be great.
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    Travis Scher
    @TravisScher
    Feb 4, 2021
    Excited to talk about what we've been building for the past year @NorthIslandVC - a new $72M crypto-focused VC co-founded by me, @James_Hutchins1, and Glenn Hutchins
    New crypto VC fund attracts Wall Street billionaires and LL Cool J
    From finance.yahoo.com
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    Travis Scher
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    Nov 15, 2022
    Replying to @TravisScher
    Over the past week, SBF has admitted to each of the WSJ and NYTimes that he, Caroline, and others stole billions in user funds. Yet he is still free to chat up his buddies at the NYTimes, tweet nonsense, and devise other ways to keep stealing and destroying evidence
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    May 20, 2024
    If the SEC concedes that ETH is a commodity by approving the ETF, how can they simultaneously claim that other L1 tokens are securities? Is ETH simply grandfathered in as a commodity because it wasn’t enforced against in the early years, and now younger networks/new entrants are
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    Travis Scher
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    Dec 28, 2016
    Heard on CNBC: "Is Bitcoin the new gold?"
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    Travis Scher
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    Mar 20, 2018
    The most expensive parcel in @decentraland (coordinates: -12,-2) is available for 8 million MANA ($725k) or $708 per square foot. The average price of Manhattan real estate is $1773 per square foot. market.decentraland.org
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    Travis Scher
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    Sep 13, 2022
    We are thrilled to announce that @NorthIslandVC has raised $125M for our second early-stage venture fund. This new fund empowers us to continue backing the smartest, most ambitious founders in crypto.
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    North Island Ventures Closes Second Venture Fund
    From businesswire.com
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    Travis Scher
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    Nov 15, 2022
    Replying to @TravisScher
    fwiw I am a hyper-rationalist, anti-conspiracy theorist - my default is to be extremely skeptical of non-consensus narratives that lack hard evidence But this is all so, so bizarre