Nick Tomaino: Skin in the Game
The following episode is made possible thanks to DEGEN. 🎩 --- This episode welcomes Nick Tomaino, Co-founder of 1confirmation. He's an early adopter of Bitcoin, and former Coinbase employee, who shares his journey in the crypto space and his investment philosophy. We discuss the rise of meme coins, the value of prediction markets in providing more truth to the world, and Tomaino's core value of 'skin in the game' that drives his investment decisions. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
#169 - NICK TOMAINO
Nick is the Founder and General Partner at 1confirmation, a cryptocurrency focused investment firm. After raising its first $26M fund in 2017, 1confirmation now has over $1 billion in assets under management. The firm's early-stage investments include OpenSea, Farcaster, Worldcoin, Polkadot, Cosmos, Polymarket, dYdX, Degen, and others alike. Prior to starting 1confirmation, Nick was a Principal at Runa Capital and worked in business development in the early days at Coinbase. Follow Nick on X @NTmoney and on Warpcast @nick. For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy
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