In the Charts, Episode 7: Boomers Won’t Retire, Gen Z Won’t Bank 🎙️In this episode @diogomonica, @brxckinridg, and @ahnchrisj are joined by their first-ever guest host — @HaunVentures GC @jamesrathmell — to unpack venture exits, bull market?, and why Gen Z might skip the bank account entirely. 00:30 – Venture-backed exits are weird rn 05:54 – Spectrum of exit opportunities (onchain IPOs) 08:00 – Bull market? 15:00 – Gen Z's fintech future: wallets > wire transfers 22:00 – Social platforms as the fintechs of the future 25:00 – Boomers aren’t retiring. What happens next?

In the Charts, Episode 7: Boomers Won’t Retire, Gen Z Won’t Bank 🎙️In this episode @diogomonica, @brxckinridge, and @ahnchrisj are joined by their first-ever guest host — @HaunVentures GC @jamesrathmell — to unpack venture exits, bull market?, and why Gen Z might skip the bank account entirely. 00:30 – Venture-backed exits are weird rn 05:54 – Spectrum of exit opportunities (onchain IPOs) 08:00 – Bull market? 15:00 – Gen Z's fintech future: wallets > wire transfers 22:00 – Social platforms as the fintechs of the future 25:00 – Boomers aren’t retiring. What happens next?

This Thursday, I'm releasing a 100-minute conversation with @diogomonica, General Partner at @HaunVentures, President at @NEARProtocol, and co-founder of @Anchorage Digital. Diogo Mónica is a powerhouse at the cutting edge of crypto and fintech. He’s investing in the next wave of blockchain innovation and serves as the Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S. Additionally, he chairs the NEAR Foundation, shaping the future of the NEAR Protocol ecosystem. We talk about: - Balancing life with 2 young kids with a demanding job - Why he believes that in the next 12 months, we will see the first on-chain IPO - How DEFI will never work - unless founders have four-year cliffs and seven seven-year vesting periods - How anger can be a positive driving force when harnessed properly - Leaving Portugal to move to Silicon Valley - How discomfort leads to growth - Working with Jack Dorsey - How starting your own company accelerates knowledge building And much, much more... Out this Thursday!

Thank you, Congressman Hill, for your leadership and longstanding, thoughtful voice on the role of blockchain in financial innovation. The GENIUS Act brings much-needed clarity for founders shaping the future of our financial system 🇺🇸

🚨Big moment for the inevitability of crypto.🚨 Legislative clarity is the foundation for long-term growth, and this week brought real momentum 🇺🇸The House just advanced three major bills: 👉The GENIUS Act passed with 302 votes: this is a massive, bipartisan show of support and is now headed to President Trump’s desk to sign into law. It will set the regulations around stablecoins. This means they have the full faith and credit behind them. 👉The CLARITY Act passed with 294 votes: also with serious bipartisan support. This is the first step on creating clear rules around broader market structure issues, impacting every kind of digital asset. It will be essential as more asset classes come onchain for builders to have clear guidelines of what’s legal. That bill now heads to the Senate, where members on both sides of the aisle stand ready to dig in. 👉The Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act: also passed the House and is headed to the Senate. This legislation would limit the Fed’s ability to issue a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) without clear Congressional approval.

From zero to global: ChatGPT one of the first great examples of how fast internet businesses can now go global in reach and scale. @ahnchrisj

A wave of crypto-native companies is prepping to go public in 2025, driven by strong valuations, easing regulations, and renewed investor appetite. @diogomonica talks to @Yogita_Khatri5 about crypto's IPO window.

The engineering job market has shifted dramatically post-COVID. @diogomonica on what’s changed and what it means for builders today. 📉📈📉

In the Charts, Episode 6: Less engineers but also everyone is gonna be an engineer 🎙️This week @diogomonica, @brxckinridge, @ahnchrisj discuss why it could make sense for @OpenAI to look to stablecoins, what U.S. tech employment trends say about the future of engineering, and whether institutional de-dollarization threatens stablecoins at all. 00:45 – Only 2.5% of ChatGPT’s users pay 06:00 – Can stablecoins unlock OpenAI’s next growth phase? 12:30 – The drop in U.S. tech jobs 16:00 – Will everyone become an engineer? 24:00 – The real story behind dollar outflows 30:00 – Do local stablecoins matter?

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