
Luis
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Luis
@TrenchWeb3
Founder @tryminted | Ex @BNPParibas | Ex M&A @JNJInnovation | Builder (1 acquired) | Ex Top 25 trader on @hyperliquidx | Advisor @okx | Angel Investor



We are proud to announce that Squid has raised $6M in funding round led by North Island Ventures and backed by strategic investors! Our new chapter has begun, with more news coming soon. Today we celebrate and say thank you. CHEERS 💫

@trize_io Is Bridging Traditional Finance and Blockchain Through Real-World Asset Tokenization From real estate and private markets to compliant digital asset infrastructure, @trize_io is helping modernize how real-world assets are structured, financed, and brought on-chain. As tokenized capital markets continue evolving globally, platforms like T-RIZE are helping build the infrastructure layer connecting traditional finance with the future of blockchain-powered liquidity and investment ecosystems. #TRIZE #Tokenization #RWA #RealWorldAssets #Blockchain #DigitalAssets #CapitalMarkets #Web3 #PrivateMarkets #DigitalSecurities #Fintech #OnChainFinance #AlternativeInvestments #STO #AssetTokenization

You do NOT realize just how enormous the opportunity is on @CantonNetwork In this 7min video I'll show you, so watch until the end. They're revolutionizing finance, and it's why I built @tryMinted @CantonFdn $cc






Many have tried to build Institutional grade blockchains. They all failed. This is why @CantonNetwork is the solution. @CantonFdn $cc


Some thoughts from @consensus2026 … Despite all the buzzy headlines, sentiment was pretty weak. Clarity Act progressed, Haun Ventures and a16z Crypto announced new mega funds, Bullish acquired Equiniti for $4.2B, and Kraken acquired Reap for $600M. Yet, sentiment on the ground was mixed/bearish. All people wanted to talk about is AI. Coinbase layoffs didn't help the mood and reinforced some people's fears on what opportunities are still left in crypto (I still think there are plenty fwiw!). Other takeaways: - Lots of suits for a crypto conference. Crowd was mostly tradfi institutions, fintechs, and crypto corporates; very few startup founders. General theme was 'tokenization of everything.' - Trad institutions seem to be looking at each other to figure out their own next steps; copying each other's next moves or following similar strategies across custody, tokenization, stablecoin acceptance, trading. - Most former crypto funds are now doing crypto & AI. - VCs don't have much to share in terms of theses or new deals. Not much deployment happening. Lots of VCs raising. Though, outside of the mega VC funds announced this week, a number of other VCs have recently closed their raises and haven't announced them yet. So we will hopefully see an uptick in new startup funding over the second half of the yr. - Some policy folks think Clarity could be passed as early as end of May. - Mastercard vs Visa: Mastercard is very focused on B2B payments expansion while Visa aims to dominate agentic commerce. - Tradfi brokerages aren't just competing against each other; they see Coinbase, Kraken, and Robinhood as their direct competition and are closely tracking their moves. - In terms of chains, Canton stole the show. Lots of chatter about partnering and building on Canton; little mention of any other chains. Patterns I noticed: - More sophisticated onchain RWA infrastructure is emerging to improve liquidity, risk management, mandate enforcement, and execution (@Corkprotocol @redstone_defi @rowa_finance @temple_ny) - Interest in compute derivatives, as well as solving for data center imposed constraints on energy, water, etc. - Similar dynamic is forming with cross-border access to tokenized assets like we've seen with cross-border payments. The leaders will be those that carve out dominance within a specific, sufficiently large geo or corridor. For tokenized equities specifically, the leaders are currently being determined as they compete for market share to bridge US equities to Singapore, HK, and UAE.

Nearly a decade in institutional finance. Full-time Web3 since 2020. Now building the first Canton-native institutional payment stablecoin. Luis Cuello, Founder and CEO of @tryMinted, takes the Proof of Talk stage this June. Luis started in institutional finance across fund administration, investor relations, and M&A at BNP Paribas and Johnson & Johnson. He made the full-time jump to Web3 in 2020 and went on to advise OKX on institutional trading infrastructure. Now he's building @tryMinted, the company behind mUSD and smUSD, a Canton-native stablecoin and institutional yield engine designed around diversified credit strategies and built to be GENIUS Act compliant from day one. He's also a founder with a successful exit and the top content creator on the Canton Network (@TrenchWeb3), where he's been shaping the conversation around what institutional-grade DeFi actually looks like on Canton. On June 2–3 at the Louvre Palace, Luis joins the Proof of Talk Canton Track to talk about what it takes to build payment and yield infrastructure that institutions will actually use, and why Canton is the network he chose to build it on. Passes are moving. tickets.proofoftalk.io/passes








