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📣 We are hiring a Quantitative Trader! 📣 Want a front-row seat in the evolving landscape of blockchain and DeFi? Join us at RockawayX and be responsible for developing innovative algorithms, analyzing complex blockchain network data, and researching software that will shape the future of decentralized finance. We offer: -      extensive opportunities for growth, -      competitive salary with bonuses tied to the fund performance, -      modern offices with a fridge full of snacks, -      flexible working hours, -      educational lunches, regular offsites and team events, -      and much more. Any questions? Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us.

We’re excited to head to Paris for Proof of Talk 2024. In its second year running, this carefully curated event is designed for more substantive discussion, with tactical roundtables and workshops.    If you’ll be there, give us a shout – would love to say hi. RockawayX Chief Growth Officer & Investment Partner Samantha Bohbot will be speaking on a panel about Crypto Markets in 2024 alongside representatives from CNBC, 21Shares, and LSEG.   Can't make it, but curious about a topic or looking for a 'pulse check' on the ground? Message us.    #ProofOfTalk2024 #RockawayX

Web3 and Crypto are the New Normal: The Latest from #Consensus2024 ⤵️ Investors, disruptors, and thought leaders descended upon Austin this week for Consensus 2024, the world’s largest and most influential crypto event. Running across three days, with more than three hundred sessions featuring some six hundred speakers and some fifteen thousand visitors, the conference was a parade of visionary thinking, bringing together a who’s who list of crypto personalities – from Cathie Wood to Tom Emmer (and our very own Samantha Bohbot!). Here are our key takeaways from Consensus 2024: 1. Crypto is no longer a partisan issue. There is no reason why crypto can’t reach the same apolitical status as stocks, bonds, or other financial instruments. NYSE President Lynn Martin, and Tom Farley, CEO of Bullish, agreed that the US is poised to roll out regulation on a bipartisan basis that will clear up political differences over this issue. Rep. @Patrick McHenry, the chief sponsor of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) bill, predicted that the momentum to embrace crypto on The Hill will materialize into a Digital Assets Law by next year. 2. Crypto is *the* election issue. In the last few weeks, major pro-crypto inroads have been made within the Democratic Party. Similarly, Republican nominee Donald Trump has shown his support of crypto solutions all throughout the year. These are some signs that crypto is a pivotal issue in the 2024 election, and the sentiment was only confirmed by a16z crypto and Ripple announcing $50M of donations to Fairshake, a pro-crypto nonpartisan super political action committee, and the third richest super PAC in the 2024 election cycle. 3. More crypto ETFs are on the way. The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs is only the beginning of a larger trend, argued Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse. With ether ETFs making great progress toward final approval, it is possible that XRP, Solana Foundation, and Cardano will all soon have their respective ETFs. 4. RFK stands up for crypto. In a rousing speech, U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy doubled down on his pro-crypto stance. “My objective if elected president,” he said, “is that crypto is a transactional currency. That people can have transactional freedom. That people have a choice as to whether they can buy it.” There were just too many visionary insights and ground-breaking ideas at Consensus 2024, but the feeling as the event drew to an end was that crypto is here to stay. 

Don’t miss our Managing Partner, Viktor Fischer, at the upcoming FT Crypto Summit. Be sure to grab a ticket while you still can! #FTCrypto #blockchain #crypto #web3 https://lnkd.in/eAHaAuPF

Our Chief Growth Officer & Partner, Samantha Bohbot, shared her views on European crypto startups to watch with Sifted. She highlighted Ethena Labs, the DeFi startup that is behind uSDe, an on-chain structured product with an inventive design that has lured investors with yield as high as 113% in March, Union Labs, a modular interoperability layer that lets web3 builders choose what L2s and appchains that want to build on and frees them from hacking together smart contracts, and MatrixONE, that is launching an AI character protocol on the #Solana blockchain, that will let users easily create ownership-tracked from Day 1 human-immersive AI and distribute it across applications. Read more about these startups and the ones other top European VCs selected ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dcBC7dUx

Congratulations to Kamino Finance on the successful launch of its $KMNO governance token! This marks a significant step forward, empowering $KMNO holders to influence the project's development. Kamino Finance is designed to simplify the management of digital assets with features like automated liquidity, lending, borrowing, and yield farming. It has already secured $1bn in Total Value Locked (TVL) and leads as the top USDC venue on Solana. Innovative features, such as the Unified Liquidity Market and kTokens for leveraged liquidity, give us high conviction in Kamino’s potential. The founding team's strong execution and deep market knowledge make it a leader in Solana DeFi, and we’re excited to continue supporting them on the journey ahead! Some more thoughts ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/d69QPV_6 #DeFi #Solana #Blockchain #Investment #Innovation #RockawayX

Last week's TOKEN2049 conference in Dubai confirmed the city's position as a global crypto epicenter. Prominent speakers including the Telegram Messenger CEO Pavel Durov, Tether.to CEO Paolo A., Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire, and founders from Solana Foundation (including Raj Gokal) and Polygon Labs (Sandeep Nailwal) underscored the event's significance. RockawayX's Managing Partner, Viktor Fischer, shared the main stage with industry leaders like Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink Labs), Justin Schmidt (Ondo Finance), and Max Boonen (PV01) to discuss the future of Real World Assets (RWAs). They highlighted the benefits of #RWA for unlocking the use of diverse assets as collateral, the ability to improve transparency and access to financial assets such as bonds, and the massive growth opportunity they therefore see in this space counting 100s of trillions of dollars. Dubai's strategic position fosters unparalleled opportunities for blockchain innovation, making it an ideal hub for digital asset advancements. RockawayX is committed to leading the charge and spending more time in the region.  #TOKEN2049 #Blockchain #CryptoInvestment #DigitalAssets #Dubai #Innovation

Two weeks into #2024, we're exhaling from early sprints and are excited for what's ahead:    💸 We surpassed USD 1.2B in assets under management across our investment and operational divisions.   🫱🏼🫲🏽 2023 saw 16 new companies join our portfolio ranks, and we're not slowing down – we've kicked off the year with 2 new investments and have many potential big winners in the pipe.   ⚙️ Over $0.5 billion is staked on our servers across 15 blockchains, we are in the Lido Finance active set, and we have achieved top validator status on Ethereum. We are pursuing new R&D opportunities in crypto use-case-specific data centres and programmable hardware.   📈 Our credit fund continues to be a leading liquidity provider to projects across the space, while yielding stable returns for our investors. After an innovative partnership with deBridge, our team is in talks with other high-quality projects seeking working capital.    💡 Our Labs team continues to provide unique technical support to portfolio projects and build industry-leading products where it sees gaps in the space. Got an idea for a use case that should be built on your protocol? Our door's always open.   We're committed to serving a unique role on cap tables – as a technical-first shop – and we're excited to be "in the trenches" with so many talented founders around the world. We're also #bullish on our backyard; Europe's regulatory clarity and engineering talent make it primed to grow as a crypto startup hub.   Here is to a great 2024! And what a better way to start than with an approval of #BitcoinETF…   ...Lastly, if your 2024 resolution is to go full-time #crypto, now's the time and our portfolio companies are hiring! Check out newly posted roles at:  PlayMakers RISC Zero Safe Ingonyama - Zero Knowledge Proof Hardware Acceleration

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A new episode of the Fundamentals podcast is out! This time, we had the pleasure of hosting Viktor Fischer from RockawayX, a product VC building and investing in the Web3 space. Tune in below!