E81: Tangent Co-Founder: How to Get Rich in Crypto (without getting lucky)
Description
Jason is a full-time crypto native angel investor and the Co-Founder of Tangent, an evergreen prop investment firm that supports founders in both early-stage and liquid crypto markets.
He is also the Host at the @theblockcrunchpodcast and was previously a General Partner at Spartan Capital, one of Asia’s first institutional crypto funds. He co-led investments in over 80 companies and helped scale the Spartan fund from $9M in to $500M in Assets under management.
In this conversation, we dive into:
- Discovering Crypto
- Biggest Loss Ever
- How to get Rich in Crypto without Luck: key principles
- Dunning-Kruger Effect in Crypto
- Unpopular Crypto Beliefs
And much more!
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PARTNERS
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DISCLAIMER
The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.
#Entrepreneurship #Crypto #howtogetrich
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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Our Valued Sponsors
2:11 Who is Jason
3:13 Moving to Singapore
5:42 Growing Up in Hong-Kong Vs USA
6:56 Interning at Bridgewater
9:27 Personal Growth
10:40 Discovering Crypto
13:41 Sticking with Crypto
14:56 Starting a Crypto Podcast
19:00 Networking on Steroids
21:31 Joining The Spartan Group
23:46 The Spartan Experience
30:03 Dvin Sponsorship
30:28 Resilience After a Huge Loss
33:14 Financial Advice
36:32 Profit-Taking Rules
41:59 Big Blow-Ups this Cycle
43:27 Favorite Books
46:00 How to get Rich Without Getting Lucky
47:25 Narratives VS Traction
49:41 Fundamentals in Crypto?
53:01 Networking = Wealth
54:27 Compounding Investments
59:54 Risk Adjustment for Volatility
1:05:07 Don’t Bet What You Don’t Have
1:07:10 Self-Comparison Curse
1:10:21 Leverage Does Not Equal Genius
1:14:33 Dunning-Kruger Effect in Crypto
1:17:22 Crypto Running on Narratives
1:19:03 Spotting Crypto Narratives
1:21:21 Paying Forward in Crypto
1:27:57 Root Causes of Anxiety
1:30:42 Venture Investing Issues
1:32:55 Apps VS Protocols
1:36:57 Optimistic VC Investing
1:38:53 Meme Coins
1:40:15 9GAG & Meme Land
1:46:31 Beginners Coming into Crypto
1:48:40 Ethena
1:51:30 Sei Network
1:52:50 Farcaster
1:54:22 Unpopular Crypto Beliefs
1:55:56 Predictions for the Next 12 Months