Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Entrepreneur | Investor | CFA @banklessvc

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Ben Lakoff
@benlakoff
Apr 28, 2023
Bankless Ventures 🫡 @BanklessVC
David Hoffman
@TrustlessState
Apr 28, 2023
✨ Bankless Ventures ✨ @banklessvc - an 30m early-stage VC fund, empowering pioneers to explore the frontier 🌅 Lead by me, Ryan, and @benlakoff! With guidance from @drakefjustin and @sassal0x too An announcement, some thoughts, and our strategy: bankless.com/why-were-launc…
Ben Lakoff
@benlakoff
Aug 18
Stuck on something? Do @jaltucher “10 Stupid Ideas” The goal isn’t good ideas. It’s giving yourself permission to write 10 completely terrible, ridiculous...stupid ideas. Ideas 1–6 are safe. But 7–10 is where the interesting ones (sometimes) hide.... Sometimes they’re so
Ben Lakoff
@benlakoff
Aug 17
Great article. IMO perfectly encapsulates what a lot of us are feeling. Seafoam. Schrödinger’s bubble. Financial Psychosis. "Because the fear runs in both directions. One half of your brain says: protect yourself. The crash is coming. The other says: maybe this $1,000 check
redphone ☎️
@redphone
Aug 14
Article
Welcome to Financial Psychosis
We're either climbing the ladder to abundance or tumbling into dystopia. Money might collapse or become irrelevant. Intelligence might become free while copper becomes priceless. And your retirement...
Ben Lakoff
@benlakoff
Aug 14
Huge. Borrow against your entire portfolio (tokenized stocks, gold, crypto) at ~4% → spend it. Fiat on/off ramps. 3% cashback. ETHFI buybacks from every revenue line. Non-custodial full stack.
ether.fi
@ether_fi
Aug 13
The next generation of the ether.fi crypto neobank is live. Earn, trade, borrow, spend. One app to replace your traditional bank. What’s new: → Tokenized stocks and metals trading → An integrated @aave market on @Optimism, borrowing against your full portfolio
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Ben Lakoff
@benlakoff
Aug 2
Private credit... $2.1T asset class built on opacity. Starting to see cracks... Bring it on chain. Pass Clarity & CFTC regulates it. What could go wrong? New piece: Don't Tokenize the Garbage. Plus all of July's funding data.