Ross Trachtman
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Ross Trachtman
@cryptoscoe
Jamming on what’s next | prev. Principal @BHDigitalAssets, TMT L/S | Proud @UCBerkeley 🐻 | Views are my own

Today is a big day for ARQ as we welcome @sequoia and @foundersfund as partners. This milestone reflects conviction in the opportunity ahead of us — and in the exceptional team we are assembling to pursue it. We are in a quest to redefine finance in the Americas, and we feel privileged to advance this long-term effort alongside such remarkable partners. We thank @andrew__reed and @Vanthienen_m for leading the respective investments, and are also grateful to @ycombinator (@aaron_epstein ), @KaszekVentures (@HernanK), and @BHDigitalAssets (@TheChicagoVC) for their continued support. For the builders: we operate with long-term ambition and absolute conviction. If you are exceptional at what you do, this is a defining moment to join us. We are building one of the most important financial institutions in the world — and assembling the team to make it happen. More details in our careers portal in the thread.

You know a startup CFO hates to see this coming for their cap table

So did Kalshi get word that Polymarket was opening a free grocery store in NYC and then try to pre-empt? 🍿 competition is great for consumers

The insanely worded California SEIU-UHW asset seizure and unrealized gains tax would *bankrupt* many startup founders with super-voting shares if implemented They're trying to kill and eat the golden goose of technology startups in California taxfoundation.org/research/all/s…

This is a problem of societal importance, and we’re working to fix it



Dougie discusses how crypto is in its post imagination phase. "From 2020 to probably 2024, we were in the imagination phase. Everyone thought crypto was going to change the entire world. At some point, this phase came to an abrupt end and reality set in."


Crypto got everything it wanted - ETFs, adoption, legitimacy - and prices are still down. We valued casino flow like recurring software revenue. “Dear LPs, we outperformed ETH… and still lost 80% of the fund.” Full post: open.substack.com/pub/obviously/…




Legion has raised $5M to reimagine fundraising as Wall Street moves onchain. Led by @vaneck_us and @BHDigitalAssets with participation from @krakenfx, @cbventures, @cryptocom_cap and more. And yes, we’ve saved room for you in the round (on Legion, of course). 🧵


Legion has raised $5M to reimagine fundraising as Wall Street moves onchain. Led by @vaneck_us and @BHDigitalAssets with participation from @krakenfx, @cbventures, @cryptocom_cap and more. And yes, we’ve saved room for you in the round (on Legion, of course). 🧵




