Swaraj
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Swaraj
@bhajipav
If it’s resilient and settles fast, I’m into it. Preferably permissionless, occasionally over-engineered.
Katılım Mart 2017
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The Crypto Fundraising Landscape
New Episode w @wyatt_khos from @CastleIslandVC
We discuss:
- Changing Appetite for Equity Investing in Crypto
- Stablecoin and Cybersecurity Businesses
- Survival of the Fittest for Crypto Venture Funds
0:34 - Wyatt and Castle Island Ventures' background
2:58 - Evolution of Crypto Investing since 2023
6:08 - Equity vs Token investing
9:33 - investing in the Stablecoin category since 2020
12:00 - understanding moats w Stablecoin businesses
14:30 - AI's impact on earlier stage teams
17:49 - concentration of funds in specific verticals(?)
21:07 - will we see a decrease in crypto funds this cycle(?)
26:07 - extremely bullish on Cybersecurity
29:20 - Castle Island Venture Winners
30:11 - "are there any missed deal opps that keep you up at night?" (@jito_sol)
31:27 - #1 advice to founders raising in the current environment
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@jjjjacobx Its so funny that its 2026 and these problems still exist
As someone who loves building consumer apps I would like to thank you for pursuing this problem statement so passionately
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We are going LIVE TWICE today on @CRSHMARKET.
At 3:30PM ET, we’re bringing on a creator somehow even more unhinged than @evannrama with 121K followers.
Then Evan goes LIVE again at 5:30PM ET.
You can now predict on the most insane live outcomes in real time:
• Is his credit score over/under 750?
• Will she rate his outfit over/under 6.5?
• Will he get arrested?
This is the future of livestreaming. Multiple creators. Multiple concurrent streams. Always something live to predict on.
You now have TWO chances to tune in and place bets today.
Sign up: crshmarket.com
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Update:
I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined @blend_money as Africa Lead. I’ll be building alongside one of the strongest teams @mannyornothing, @BlockChainJimbo & @criptolawyer to solve a painful problem for fintechs and neobanks.
The last year of my career has honestly felt unreal. I joined Alchemy as the only African on the SDR team and left a far better operator than when I joined. Grateful to @glennonchain and the entire team for the experience 💙
Now comes Blend, a team I’ve admired for years. From the first conversation, the clarity, execution speed, and long-term vision were obvious. It genuinely felt like a project I should have been part of from day one.
Why Blend?
Over the last two years, my focus shifted heavily toward stablecoins. Not because of hype, but because stablecoins became a financial lifeline across Africa when local currencies failed, banking rails broke, and cross-border payments became painful.
Fintechs solved access and movement of money. But most still lack the one thing that keeps users coming back to traditional banks: a savings layer.
The problem is that launching compliant yield products is hard. You need DeFi expertise, treasury management, compliance infrastructure, audits, monitoring, integrations, legal coordination, and months of engineering work just to get to market. Most teams either avoid it completely or take on unnecessary protocol risk trying to build internally.
Blend changes that.
Blend is essentially plug-and-play savings infrastructure for fintechs, neobanks, wallets, and stablecoin products. One integration gives teams access to diversified yield infrastructure across tokenized T-Bills, RWAs, and institutional-grade DeFi strategies, fully non-custodial, compliant, and live in hours instead of months.
No overhead.
No DeFi team required.
No custody risk.
No massive integration cycle.
Just a simple way to help users earn on idle stablecoin balances while creating a new revenue stream through yield spreads.
My Mission: Ensure I provide value for fintechs & Neobanks across Africa, If you’re building a fintech/neobank product, we just opened a 15-partner cohort with integration support + 0bps for 90 days.
And if you’re a regional lead for a chain or neobank, I’d love to work together to bring the best businesses onchain.
To my new team, I can’t be bullish enough & the next few months will be explosive. 💚
LFG!

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Bullish on community members who dont sleep
Swaraj@bhajipav
Bullish on founders who dont sleep
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@bhajipav For sure, I've seen it firsthand, those long nights are where the magic happens. Keep pushing!
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@bhajipav I'm not a founder but unfortunately, I don't sleep either
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