philanthropist
product development advisor
seed investor
сrypto-economic builder
philanthropist
product development advisor
seed investor
сrypto-economic builder
philanthropist
product development advisor
seed investor
сrypto-economic builder
Somehow I lucked out when I learned about Satoshi and the Bitcoin white paper in 2012.
Eventually, it led me to New York, where I volunteered at the NYC Bitcoin Center
NYC Bitcoin Center, located right next to the New York Stock Exchange.
I spent most of 2013-14 evangelizing Bitcoin and meeting interesting people, like Joseph Lubin and Ashley Taylor, who introduced me to a new project called ConsenSys.
I was able to join ConsenSys in early 2015 and then spent the next 7 years working on building the Ethereum ecosystem
Along the way, I made some lifelong friends, like my brother from another mother and Polygon founder, Mihailo Bjelic. I turned a new page and began my tenure at Polygon in early 2021.
Likewise, I met Fereshteh Forough in 2014 when we traveled together from New York to the 2014 Bitcoin in the Beltway conference in Washington DC.
I learned about her story as an Afghan refugee from the Soviet invasion who grew up in Iran and later earned a master's degree in computer science from the Technical University in Berlin. She returned to Afghanistan to teach but was forced to flee due to attempts on her life by the Taliban, so she came to the US as a refugee.
Сode to Inspire’s students learn how to code
Since then, I have had the great honor of helping her establish Code to Inspire, the first coding school for girls in Afghanistan.
To date, we’ve put nearly 600 girls through our program where we teach them how to code and then help them find jobs as freelancers or remote workers.
We also pay the girls with BTC or ETH as it is very hard for women to have bank accounts in Afghanistan, but they can safely, securely, and privately receive payment on the blockchain.
We partner with corporations like Google, Github, PwC, startups like ConsenSys, Cellarius, and others
So when girls graduate from our coding academy, these private sector partners offer them jobs like web design, mobile app design, back-end, project management, etc. If you would like to donate, please visit here
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Our ETH account has not changed since 2017 and is labeled on Etherscan
At the moment I'm mostly involved in venture capital for crypto startups
Exploring the wild frontier of quantum cryptography
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A complete suite of trusted products to build anything in web3
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Smart capital navigator to manage risk and optimize yield across dozens of protocols with real-time deep data & ML
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Universal lending protocol for the tokenized economy enabling using any token as collateral
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Hybrid L2 that combines the security of Bitcoin with the versatility of Ethereum
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Web3 development platform empowering developers to build Web3 games and DApps with ease
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A trustless data network from which to explore and interact with blockchains, enabling the best crypto experience
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Interactive music streaming + experiences
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Liquidity infrastructure for asset issuers to participate in the Interchain economy
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Value Transfer Layer that aligns tokenholder incentives through token vesting, mass airdrops, and secure token locks
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Environmental commodity specifically designed to align Bitcoin mining with climate action
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Automated water treatment systems to restore the ocean’s natural ability to capture and store CO2
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Carpooling for packages platform
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Fully permissionless, oracle-less, non-liquidatable, fixed maturity lending & borrowing protocol
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Esports platform which combines automated tournaments, social gaming, and blockchain payment tech
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Fully on-chain cafe tycoon, where you can build, farm, cook, and earn
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Instant Cross-border B2B Payments with 10+ local currencies, stablecoins, and digital currencies
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Crypto friendly business banking partner
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Enabling an infinitely scalable web of sovereign blockchains that feels like a single chain. Powered by ZK tech
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Personal AI companion to simplify complexity, avoid scams, and make secure transactions
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Order book DEX that allows liquidity providers to post arbitrary smart contracts (hooks) as offers
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Major contributor to the Internet Computer blockchain
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Crypto venture firm that invests in permissionless networks
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Modular Layer 1 to power chain abstraction
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Next-generation Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) Layer-1 blockchain network
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Fully self-custody, multi signature platform where one can apply rules, policies, and controls to any wallet
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Trustless and efficient lending primitive with permissionless market creation
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Hyper fast L1 for gaming use cases
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Trustless and efficient lending primitive with permissionless market creation
See the project
Fully permissionless, oracle-less, non-liquidatable, fixed maturity lending & borrowing protocol
See the project
Liquidity infrastructure for asset issuers to participate in the Interchain economy
See the project
Order book DEX that allows liquidity providers to post arbitrary smart contracts (hooks) as offers
See the project
Smart capital navigator to manage risk and optimize yield across dozens of protocols with real-time deep data & ML
See the project
Environmental commodity specifically designed to align Bitcoin mining with climate action
See the project
Enabling an infinitely scalable web of sovereign blockchains that feels like a single chain. Powered by ZK tech
See the project
Modular Layer 1 to power chain abstraction
See the project
A trustless data network from which to explore and interact with blockchains, enabling the best crypto experience
See the project
Hybrid L2 that combines the security of Bitcoin with the versatility of Ethereum
See the project
Next-generation Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) Layer-1 blockchain network
See the project
Major contributor to the Internet Computer blockchain
See the project
Fully self-custody, multi signature platform where one can apply rules, policies, and controls to any wallet
See the project
Personal AI companion to simplify complexity, avoid scams, and make secure transactions
See the project
Web3 development platform empowering developers to build Web3 games and DApps with ease
See the project
Esports platform which combines automated tournaments, social gaming, and blockchain payment tech
See the project
Hyper fast L1 for gaming use cases
See the project
Fully on-chain cafe tycoon, where you can build, farm, cook, and earn
See the project
Instant Cross-border B2B Payments with 10+ local currencies, stablecoins, and digital currencies
See the project
Value Transfer Layer that aligns tokenholder incentives through token vesting, mass airdrops, and secure token locks
See the project
A complete suite of trusted products to build anything in web3
See the project
Automated water treatment systems to restore the ocean’s natural ability to capture and store CO2
See the project
Exploring the wild frontier of quantum cryptography
See the project
Universal lending protocol for the tokenized economy enabling using any token as collateral
See the project
Interactive music streaming + experiences
See the project
Crypto venture firm that invests in permissionless networks
See the project
Carpooling for packages platform
See the project
Crypto friendly business banking partner
See the project
For the next chapter I'm very grateful and honored for the opportunity to work with the Telos Foundation
I work with Human Longevity in San Diego for early-stage cancer and other disease detection to ensure all of our founders have a very good preventative healthcare approach
If you test routinely, then you are far more likely to detect early and therefore far more likely to survive any potential cancer or other medical ailments. I encourage and help support all of my portfolio companies to pay them a visit to Human Longevity Clinics.