Pinned 15 years ago I was running pubs in Hong Kong while still in uni Then a random conversation with a regular got me into a hedge fund Today I'm at @animocabrands building the future of education Here's the weird path that got me here: One night, a regular from the UK came in one
EDU is starting to show up in conversations about institutional treasury allocation, and it's not what you'd expect. Can't share specifics yet, but we're talking to education companies about adding EDU to their balance sheets. This is huge because it's completely different from
Chat, does senior mean I’m officially old..?
Yesterday we hosted EduFest at Token2049. Hearing from governments, investors, and infrastructure players in one room showed the path forward is obvious for OpenCampus Some things that stuck with me: - Our partners on the ground relayed that government officials from emerging
Just crossed 100 hours of flights working on EDU partnerships this year. Government meetings, institutional partnerships, implementation plans. All that travel is about to pay off. Can't share much details yet, but soon.
Story time: I joined Animoca because of a random coffee chat I was building in the Blast ecosystem and the project was going nowhere. Jonah and I were both in the same NFT community, so we grabbed coffee when he was in town. At some point he just asked, "Why don't you join
Everyone asks why we chose Education over DeFi It's very straight forward: DeFi has product-market fit with degens and technical investors. Education serves billions of people who want to learn but can't access affordable financing. The math is pretty obvious. One market is
Picture this: 2035, you just moved to a new country and want to apply for a job Your employer instantly verifies your degree, courses, and skills onchain No paperwork, no waiting, no fraud That's the future we're building at Open Campus
That coffee meeting with the random guy you almost skip might be the one that changes everything for you It happened twice to me A regular walked into my pub in Hong Kong 15 years ago. He worked in finance, we got talking. Two months later I was at a hedge fund. Years later, I
never fade education, it’s too important
student loan delinquencies spike to 7.7% now, more than ever, students and graduates need innovative financing solutions that ensure their student loans don’t bankrupt them
