Mo Shaikh
@Moshaikh
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Co-Founder and General Partner @MF__xyz prev @aptoslabs @Meta @BCG @BlackRock @ConsenSys @MeridioRE
Joined July 2010
I can count on one hand the number of crypto VCs with operator experience. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of great investors in the space right now. But too many funds write checks and too few help founders actually build. And it's holding the industry back. @neilhar_
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On my first day as a Marketing Intern at Google, the CMO asked me "What is good marketing?" I responded confidently, "It's all about creative branding, advertising, and effective PR. Essentially Mad Men." She laughed, "No. Now query these product data tables and tell the
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JUST IN: Giant Bitcoin advertisement seen in Times Square, New York 👀 "No man should work for what another man can print" This is why we Bitcoin! 👏
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The ability to remix, repurpose, and reapply tech has never been easier. Crazy value unlocks happen when this is done right. Congrats on the creativity @bscholl !
A new product, a new customer, a new financing! Introducing Superpower: a 42MW natural gas turbine optimized for AI datacenters, built on our supersonic technology. Superpower launches with a 1.21GW order from @CrusoeAI Backstory 🧵👇
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a fully financial-focused network was always the vision beyond diem/libra, the kind of backbone that would’ve been a perfect fit for the new L1 wave in 2022. good to see @matthuang and team running that playbook in 2025. execution and timing are key difference-makers in
Tempo testnet is now open to anyone. It's been a pleasure working with great design partners to shape the chain: from teams moving billions across borders, to banks testing tokenized deposits, to AI companies exploring agentic flows. Come check it out!
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Imagine thinking we’re in a bear market and not the first innings of the biggest supercycle in history.
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We believe in the founders before their mothers
When we write a check, we're usually the first people to believe in a founder. (After their mother, of course.) And that belief had value beyond the money. Having "Draper" next to your name opens doors. It gives you credibility. It signals to other investors, customers, and
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Step 1: Bring U.S. government data onchain with Chainlink. Step 2: Bring all other government data onchain. @howardlutnick at the Chainlink-sponsored Policy Summit Gala on why he will "get all of our numbers put out ... and the rest of the government to use the blockchain."
We're excited to announce that Chainlink and the United States Department of Commerce (@CommerceGov) have worked together to bring U.S. government macroeconomic data onchain. https://t.co/qHIw8DyEgX These new Chainlink Data Feeds securely deliver critical information around key
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.@neilhar nails it. The noise may seem chaotic, but it’s where the next rails always first show up. This is how every major financial architecture has ever started.
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we can burn off the dead weight of the old system and build the rails for whatever comes next
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So, basically: Crypto = internet capital markets
Crypto only has 6 real use cases 👇 💰 Store of value: Bitcoin 📈 Trading: price discovery 🚀 Capital allocation: launchpads 🧠 Speculation: Prediction markets & perps 🏦 Yield: Lending & staking 💲 Payments: stablecoins Everything else is noise
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They are doing $500m seed rounds in AI at $5b and you’re shipping the 69th perp dex
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ONE RULEBOOK FOR AI I wanted to share a few thoughts on AI preemption and address some of the concerns. First, this is not an “AI amnesty” or “AI moratorium.” It is an attempt to settle a question of jurisdiction. When an AI model is developed in state A, trained in state B,
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Understanding the market is the only way you can really build a product and get to PMF. And understanding the market does not mean do GPT research and wake up one day claiming you care about financial inclusivity
I'm not an expert but Ive been looking at crypto startups for 5 straight years now 99% of cases your "marketing problem" is that you built something no one needs, you're bad at product hard pill to swallow the only marketing problem in crypto is that it's mostly marketing
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Bell Hooks wrote: “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
bell hooks wrote, “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power — not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
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3.5 years ago I was pushed out of the company I founded. I’ve never shared this. They’re doing great work and I wish them the best. I just want people to know I’m not a quitter. All in on the mission. Always have been.
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