March 2023 Much has been said about the Bitcoin ecosystem since the 2008 whitepaper detailing a decentralized network & the genesis of the first block of Bitcoin days later. However, what has stayed true is Bitcoin's hardened stability and security as a network layer ever since. While other networks have…

February 2023 Annually the Power List 200 rankings are produced to celebrate the remarkable achievements of visionary individuals who have made lasting impacts in their respective fields through unwavering determination, exceptional skills, and a forward-thinking approach. I’m honored to have been included (#121) in this year’s Power List of the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023 alongside the likes of Adam Grant, Kathleen Hogan, Tim Ferris, Kim Kaupe, Erin Meyer, Whitney Johnson, Angela Maiers, fellow TEDx speaker Cindy Solomon & many other inspiring individuals. Thank you to those who voted to include fellow award winners and me along with the team at leadersHum.

December 2022 It comes only once a year, the Stackies. A time of celebration and recognizing those within the Stacks ecosystem for their many contributions. I was welcomed back this year as host for the awards, a cherished honor to wrap up 2022. Following last year’s tradition of adding a…

December 2022. Web3, oh Web3, How clever you are, With your decentralized ways, And your trustless bars. No more middlemen, No more control, We’re free to choose, And make our own goals. With blockchain technology, And smart contracts galore, Web3 is the future, We couldn’t ask for more. So here’s to you, Web3, Our hats off to you, We’ll use your power, To make the world anew.

June 2022 Closing out last year [2021], the Web 3.0 industry was preparing for a year set to provide the next massive expansion from new technical advances to maturing categories & infrastructure upgrades to recording-breaking metrics in venture capital dollars & active users. On the capital side, the investors poured…

June 2022 It’s been exactly a year and a half since the Stacks Foundation released the highly anticipated Stacks 2.0 Whitepaper, which built on two years of R&D and brought utility to Bitcoin via Stacks that would see mainnet launch thirty-one days later. Fast forward to 2022, the ecosystem continues…

June 2022 Arriving in Austin this week began with a sense of reflection on what the web 3.0 industry has provided us throughout the last five years, specifically the summer growth spurts — each themed with the likes of “DeFi/2020”, “NFTs/2021”, “DAOs/2022ish”, etc. When looking ahead this summer, something feels…

Masa’s decentralized credit protocol bridges off-chain data with on-chain data to create the world’s first Hybrid Credit Protocol & Decentralized Credit Bureau — May 2022 Following our investment in PngMe, we continued to double down on the ecosystem being built by contributing to Masa Finance, a first-of-its-kind hybrid credit protocol, Pre-Seed funding round for $3.5 million USD (closed in November 2021) with Unshackled Ventures, executives from GoldenTree Asset Management, Flori Ventures (Celo-focused fund)…

All journeys must start somewhere. In this case, it’s the voyage to bring Bitcoin into Web3 and a future with programmable money. As a Co-Chair, the $165 million Bitcoin Odyssey Pledge was designed to propel Bitcoin builders into this future and what comes next. …