I can’t imagine any move that would be more effective in addressing the tremendous amount of dysfunction, litigiousness, and suppression of talent in the financial industry.

I’m glad that the FTC’s press release mentions American dynamism, as that’s exactly what’s at stake.

I’m extremely proud of my wife Hannah on the launch of her new business, Fremont Design (fremont-design.com), a home decor e-commerce platform and design studio.

I watched Hannah bring this company from concept to launch in a matter of four months, completely bootstrapped…

Thank you Jim Toes and the Security Traders Association SecurityTradersAssn. for having me on the STA Open Call! We covered specific applications of LLMs and other ML techniques in quantitative trading strategies and compliance, how advancements in AI compare to the previous arms race…

I’m back on X after a brief hiatus (parenting, fundraising, building). Some thoughts and observations on recent developments:

1. In-flows and AUM for spot BTC ETFs have obviously exceeded even the most optimistic expectations. The lesser-told story is the degree to which…

Startup founded by former FTX exec closes second funding round ow.ly/QpJG105gXSp

Former FTX US President Brett Harrison has raised another $12 million for his multi-asset trading startup.

It's getting ready to launch its own derivatives trading platform in coming months, and plans to eventually jump into equity, too.
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I’m thrilled to announce Architect Financial Technologies has completed a $12M investment round, led by BlockTower Capital and Tioga Capital. We are excited to welcome new investors CMT Digital, ParaFi Capital, A Capital, and Twelve Below, and are thankful to our founding investors Coinbase Ventures 🛡️,…

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Happy New Year’s Eve to everyone pushing commits and opening pull requests tonight

Next they’ll sue people who learn to write books by reading other books

Merry Christmas and belated Happy Hanukkah from our family to yours!