"I took one bite and I could taste it. This restaurant's been taken over by private equity."
@ericries on the force that quietly hollows out every brand you've ever loved.

💰Full episode in the replies 👇

Reid Hoffman says starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling a plane on the way down.

Ten years ago today, I jumped. I incorporated Norio Ventures on 10 November 2016 with three kids under six and no salary.

Two years earlier, it started with the Bitcoin home from Paris. Then, four fund efforts didn’t make it to launch. Along the way came 330 episodes of @MNSShow and four cohorts of @Techstars Web3, and this year Norio became a Central Bank of Ireland-registered AIFM.

The plane is mostly built. Thank you to everyone who handed me a part on the way down.

Read 'Still Scouting' on MoneyNeverSleeps on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-22…

“What’s more boring, football or baseball?”

That was my 11-year-old’s verdict after I spent a walk explaining baseball stats to him. I wrote it up anyway.

Before WAR, every scout had his own read on a player. Tokenization is in the same spot: five wrappers of one stock that put a share onchain, and the incumbents deciding which box wins.

To connect the dots, I looped back through 5 recent chats on @MNSShow with Justin Swart of @BITKRAFTVC, Steve Whyman, @A_gutierro of @SuperteamIE, @benedettobio of @FolksFinance and @AndreaMYellie of @Beezie.

Still Scouting - link below. 👇

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“It’s not using DeFi.”

That’s @benedettobio, co-founder and CEO at @FolksFinance, with me on @MNSShow. TradFi likes the onchain loan, just not the permissionless lending market.

So DeFi adapts, and that’s exactly what Folks Finance is doing.

This is just one snippet of a DeFi episode links below. 👇

New Episode! "DeFi vs Onchain Finance: Where Will TradFi Land? | Benedetto Biondi | Folks Finance [EP. 329]"

This week nearly half the companies on the OKX-ICE tokenized stock list opted out, and in…

Player links & show notes: moneyneversleeps.ie/e/141420902368…

We have proof that picking the winners at Dublin Demo Day wasn’t easy.

@Shiny_Bird @mcgirrh @PeteTownsendNV

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Most tokenized stock trading happens while Wall Street is asleep. For now, it's people, but that will change.

That's @A_gutierro, lead at @SuperteamIE, with me on MoneyNeverSleeps.

@Solana never rings a closing bell, so the night shift on Wall Street is already taken. The next ever clock off.

This is just one snippet of an after-hours story - full episode links below. 👇

New Episode! "What Becomes Code? AI Agents and the Tokenized Fund | Alejandro Gutierrez | Superteam Ireland [EP. 328]"

Alejandro Gutierrez of Superteam Ireland is back to take on Matt Walsh's challe…

Player links & show notes: moneyneversleeps.ie/e/141420902108…

New Episode! "Where the Next Founders Come From: An Irish Story | Eoghan Powell | WorkIQ [EP. 327]"

Pete Townsend is joined by Eoghan Powell, who runs WorkIQ, a new innovation centre for founders an…

Player links & show notes: moneyneversleeps.ie/e/141420901718…

New Episode! "Bring the Funders to the Founders | Derek O'Doherty | West x West [EP. 326]"

Pete Townsend is joined by Derek O'Doherty, founder of West x West, the two-day tech, venture and culture f…

Player links & show notes: moneyneversleeps.ie/e/141420901534…

New Episode! "The Love-Hate of Tokenization: A Trader's Reckoning | Steve Whyman | [EP. 325]"

Steve Whyman spent 20 years trading fixed income at Bear Stearns, ABN AMRO, and BlackRock, then ran digi…

Player links & show notes: moneyneversleeps.ie/e/141420901384…

I pity the fool who misses @colosseum.

Build Station Dublin is back.

Register now 👇

Register here: luma.com/snogksij

Tokenisation is the thing a lot of people in finance nod along to and quietly hope nobody asks them to explain.

Belfast, Wed 23 Sep, 6pm. Part of @BelfastTechWeek, with @SuperteamIE joining us. Come ask the questions you've been sitting on.

Powered by @CryptoMondaysIE - link n us!👇

Got an idea worth building?

Pitch it. Test it. Shape it.

We’re kicking off Crypto World’s Fair with an Ideathon this Friday Sept 11th at @dogpatchlabs

💰 $1,000 up for grabs for the strongest ideas.

Come with an idea, leave with something worth building. ⚡️

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Castle DAO is the biggest and boldest thing I’ve ever seen from the Irish crypto and blockchain ecosystem - so proud to have @NorioVentures supporting all of the builders at Slane Castle!

Watch/Listen to Justin Swart from @BITKRAFTVC on MoneyNeverSleeps:

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YouTube: youtu.be/rAc7TedwmpI

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/con…

"Tokens will do to finance what the shipping container did to trade and logistics."
That's Justin Swart, Partner at @BITKRAFTVC, with me on @MNSShow, riffing on an idea from @alekslarsen at @bcap that stuck with him.

This is just one snippet from our longer riff - full episode links below. 👇