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Through Scenius Capital, I’ve invested in 12 crypto funds and done diligence on over 300 blockchain venture funds and liquid token hedge funds.
Here are my 5 biggest takeaways on crypto fund investing 👇
Ben Jacobs
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Ben Jacobs
@bennypjacobs
Managing Partner @sceniuscapital
- My home and all of my family’s belongings were burned to the ground in the Palisades fire. We are incredibly blessed to be safe and evacuated, but it feels surreal to have lost absolutely everything we owned. Sharing our story and raw reflections on X because it feels important
- WE NEED MORE LIQUID FUNDS!!! LIQUID FUNDS NEED MORE AUM!!! I’ve seen these takes a lot lately. I’ve also invested in 20+ liquid token funds and regularly talk to fam offices and institutional allocators. Let’s peel back the proverbial onion on current liquid token fund and
- A year ago today I quit my traditional tech start-up job and went full-time crypto. One of the best decisions of my life 1/n 🧵
- Important PSA 🚨 There is a very sophisticated social engineering scam/hack that I nearly fell victim to yesterday. 5 other industry friends suffered the same hack attempt recently. This is clearly the current weapon of choice by malicious actors. Sharing details so you know
- Scenius Capital keeps a finger on the crypto pulse by tracking, diligencing, and investing into liquid token hedge funds and blockchain VC Funds. We just published our Annual Letter. Below are 5 reflections and forward-looking insights into the crypto asset management industry👇
- In the second episode of Scenius Studio's mini-series "The Use-Case", I sit down with @0xdrej Co-Founder of @getgrass_io. Grass gives users the ability to earn ownership in the Grass network by supplying the protocol with their unused internet bandwidth for data scraping
00:00 - Replying to @bennypjacobsLife is pretty fucking dope when you take a chance on yourself and have support from awesome people. Go all in on crypto. You won’t regret it. Cheers to another incredible year 🍻
- Replying to @bennypjacobsI obviously love crypto and think “alts” will eventually become core pieces of our economy in the future. But the current crypto hedge fund design needs a makeover. There are probably 5 firms with $500m in liquid token strategies. The majority are struggling to raise assets or
- Replying to @bennypjacobsIn one tweet thread, it is hard to account for all nuance regarding the 5 takeaways above. Happy to double click into any specific topic, fund, or strategy if there is interest. We should all be striving to level up as LPs, GPs, and builders. DMs are open!
- How to get involved in a DAO? Show up in a Discord and raise your hand to help. DAO expertise or crypto knowledge isn't necessary. Your efforts will be rewarded 🚀
- Replying to @bennypjacobsThe crypto advocates inside these deep-pocketed institutions are all trying to sell their bosses on a larger and broader crypto allocation. Here’s how that conversation probably goes: 31-year-old VP: “We need crypto exposure. Gensler is gone and Trump is changing everything.
- Replying to @bennypjacobs1⃣ Being early to innovation is only half the battle. Due to the advent of liquid tokens, crypto-native venture capital funds need to know how to trade and manage risk like hedge funds do. DPI is all that matters at the end of the day.
- Wow. Didn't realize that many people cared about crypto fund dynamics and the asset mgmt ecosystem! Will start sharing more on Twitter. My DMs are actually open now. Always happy to chat funds, strategies, portfolio construction, etc 💪
