back in high school i lived inside a little united nations: 170 teenagers from 80 countries, every accent echoing off the dorm walls.
tuition was covered by donors who believed in socioeconomic diversity, but plane tickets home were on us.
when breaks came around we would band together to raise money for friends whose families could not wire funds fast enough, or simply could not afford it.
gofundme existed, yet it only accepted u.s. or eu cards and we were sixteen with no credit history. so we hacked around the rules…one kid would front the charge, another’s aunt would paypal him, someone else would convert rupees to dollars at the kiosk, and once an envelope of cash went “missing.” every trip home for many of my friends felt like an obstacle course of middlemen and mistrust.
internet capital markets end that maze.
a borderless wallet funds the flight in stable‑value tokens that settle in seconds. no bank holidays, no “card not supported,” no hidden chargebacks. donors can see the funds land onchain in real time, students can redeem them for an e‑ticket, and every step sits in an open ledger that cannot be taken away.
that is the promise: capital that moves at the speed of friendship, unconstrained by zip code, age, or the whims of companies.
the next generation should not learn financial improvisation just to hug their families for the holidays.
let’s continue to build rails that treat a sixteen‑year‑old in kenya with the same respect as a hedge fund in new york.
that is the internet capital market, and we are shaping it.
back in high school i lived inside a little united nations: 170 teenagers from 80 countries, every accent echoing off the dorm walls.
tuition was covered by donors who believed in socioeconomic diversity, but plane tickets home were on us.
when breaks came around we would band together to raise money for friends whose families could not wire funds fast enough, or simply could not afford it.
gofundme existed, yet it only accepted u.s. or eu cards and we were sixteen with no credit history. so we hacked around the rules…one kid would front the charge, another’s aunt would paypal him, someone else would convert rupees to dollars at the kiosk, and once an envelope of cash went “missing.” every trip home for many of my friends felt like an obstacle course of middlemen and mistrust.
internet capital markets end that maze.
a borderless wallet funds the flight in stable‑value tokens that settle in seconds. no bank holidays, no “card not supported,” no hidden chargebacks. donors can see the funds land onchain in real time, students can redeem them for an e‑ticket, and every step sits in an open ledger that cannot be taken away.
that is the promise: capital that moves at the speed of friendship, unconstrained by zip code, age, or the whims of companies.
the next generation should not learn financial improvisation just to hug their families for the holidays.
let’s continue to build rails that treat a sixteen‑year‑old in kenya with the same respect as a hedge fund in new york.
that is the internet capital market, and we are shaping it.
institutions are plugging into crypto with futures desks and etfs, but the order books they’re hedging in are puddles in comparison to the equities oceans they’re used to.
until we pool liquidity into one deep onchain hub, we can expect strange candles.