Cofounder & CEO of Liquifi (acq by @coinbase)・Opinions expressed = my own
Joined February 2016
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Robin D. Ji retweeted
Liquifi 🤝 @coinbase
On February 28, Liquifi officially becomes Coinbase Token Manager.
We’ll be saying goodbye to this account, but the journey isn’t over. Follow @CoinbaseInsto for updates on what’s next for us.
🧵(1/2)
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Big news: Coinbase has acquired @echodotxyz! 🔥
Echo complements our recent acquisition of @liquifi_finance and existing platform, setting us up to support token issuers and investors across the full lifecycle - from launch to fundraising to secondary markets
Robin D. Ji retweeted
New episode with @ShanAggarwal @coinbase out now! @JasonYanowitz
We discuss:
- Acquiring @echodotxyz for $375m
- Coinbase's end goal
- IPOs & tokenization
- Advice for founders
- Prediction markets
- The acquisition process
- Exchange listings, crypto venture & more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Shan's Background
05:42 Acquiring Echo
15:49 Ads (Blockdaemon, Peaq)
17:01 Coinbase's End Goal
21:19 Coinbase Listings
25:02 Coinbase Ventures
29:30 Ads (Blockdaemon, Peaq)
30:42 Advice for Founders
33:08 The Acquisition Process
41:27 Ads (Katana, Mantle)
43:04 Thoughts on Predictions Markets
57:56 Do Cycles Still Exist?
Robin D. Ji retweeted
couldn’t be more excited to welcome @echo to @coinbase, so I had to hop on @theempirepod to tell the story and talk business
thanks for having me on @JasonYanowitz!
teapawt.net/theempirepod/status/19…
New episode with @ShanAggarwal @coinbase out now! @JasonYanowitz
We discuss:
- Acquiring @echodotxyz for $375m
- Coinbase's end goal
- IPOs & tokenization
- Advice for founders
- Prediction markets
- The acquisition process
- Exchange listings, crypto venture & more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Shan's Background
05:42 Acquiring Echo
15:49 Ads (Blockdaemon, Peaq)
17:01 Coinbase's End Goal
21:19 Coinbase Listings
25:02 Coinbase Ventures
29:30 Ads (Blockdaemon, Peaq)
30:42 Advice for Founders
33:08 The Acquisition Process
41:27 Ads (Katana, Mantle)
43:04 Thoughts on Predictions Markets
57:56 Do Cycles Still Exist?
Robin D. Ji retweeted
We started building Echo around 2 years ago in an attempt to try and change the market dynamics around crypto fundraising.
Today, we're joining Coinbase, but the mission stays the same.
We're gonna use the firepower of this behemoth to provide better opportunities to investors and better fundraising options to founders.
Just getting started. Cheers.
Cobie
Bringing back Up Only was just the warm up.
We’ve acquired @echodotxyz, the leading onchain capital raising platform.
→ Joining builders with community capital
→ Giving investors access to new opportunities
→ Growing economic freedom worldwide
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Looking forward to another great @a16z @a16zcrypto Tech Week!
Calling allllll SF crypto/protocol builders on 10/7 at our event with @deel
Sign up & see you then!
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hi! we just launched SF + LA Tech Week and it’s crazy to say (I know I say this every time) but it really is true - it’s the biggest one yet. we’ve broken more records and now have 1,500+ events, over 2x last year’s launch!
SF Tech Week: Oct 6-12
LA Tech Week: Oct 13-19
Register for events here: tech-week.com/calendar
SF is on fire, on track to be home to the biggest Tech Week. When we first started @Techweek_, it was right after COVID, and we saw so many founders relocating outside the Bay Area to cities all over the US. That first year, SF Tech Week was actually the smallest. This year, it’s set to be the largest. We’ve doubled the number of SF events at launch year over year, a clear signal showing just how much the AI wave is fueling the city’s growth. And this is shaping up to be *the* week for tech in the city.
LA was home to the very first Tech Week, and it’s special for me to see how much it’s grown. What makes LA unique is the mix of industries here. We’re seeing two in particular take off - AI in entertainment and deep tech. The best part is how the ecosystem really comes together around Tech Week to champion the city, with so many LA investors and GPs hosting.
One of the biggest pieces of feedback we’ve heard from attendees is that now that Tech Week has gotten so big, we need more ways to discover events most relevant to you. So, this year we’ve put together curated tracks: future of work in SF, entertainment in LA, investor-focused events, hard tech, fintech, hackathons, and more.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Proud to welcome @robindavidji @olivertang_ and @liquifi_finance to the Coinbase family!
A big step forward in helping builders launch, grow, and scale faster with fewer blockers – all under the Coinbase roof
Big news:
We're acquiring @liquifi_finance, the leading token management platform for early-stage teams building onchain.
Together we can support builders earlier in their journey, accelerating the path to economic freedom.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Excited to bring @liquifi_finance into Coinbase to make it easy for any startup to issue a token, manage their cap table, and eventually raise money.
Big news:
We're acquiring @liquifi_finance, the leading token management platform for early-stage teams building onchain.
Together we can support builders earlier in their journey, accelerating the path to economic freedom.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Very strategic acquisition by @coinbase of @liquifi_finance—token & vesting management has been a huge pain for everyone in the industry. As more assets get tokenized, this is going to end up looking like a really smart way to entrench their institutional business.
Congrats to the @liquifi_finance team on a great outcome! 🫡
🚀 Big news: Liquifi has been acquired by @Coinbase!
Four years ago, we set out to solve a simple problem: token management was broken. Today's announcement represents validation that infrastructure-first thinking can transform an entire industry.
To our customers at @Uniswap, @Optimism, @ethena, @Zora, and dozens of other protocols: this is just the beginning. With Coinbase's resources behind us, we're building the institutional-grade token infrastructure the industry deserves.
To our incredible team: we did it. From spreadsheets to Coinbase. What a journey.
And, the next chapter is about to be written.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Liquifi helps us go deeper in supporting builders and businesses that want to launch and scale onchain. This is a key part of bringing 1B people onchain and I couldn't be more excited to welcome @robindavidji @olivertang_ and @liquifi_finance to Coinbase.
Big news:
We're acquiring @liquifi_finance, the leading token management platform for early-stage teams building onchain.
Together we can support builders earlier in their journey, accelerating the path to economic freedom.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Huge congrats to @robindavidji and @olivertang_ on this! Genuinely two of the hardest grinding founders I’ve had the pleasure of backing. Excited to see what you all do at Coinbase and beyond 👏
Big news:
We're acquiring @liquifi_finance, the leading token management platform for early-stage teams building onchain.
Together we can support builders earlier in their journey, accelerating the path to economic freedom.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
📣 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹! 201 Token Launching Class starts in 2 hours!
Join Liquifi, Anchorage Digital, AnchorZero, and Teknos Associates for a session on tax and compliance-optimized token launches!
You'll learn about the latest solutions, including how to eliminate capital gains taxes on pre-launch tokens. 👀
Register for the event here 👇
Robin D. Ji retweeted
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In an election mired by accusations of fraud and rampant media misinformation, it was painfully clear why the world needs Polymarket now more than ever.
Polymarket heavily favored Maduro for months leading up to the vote, and last night offered live insight into a deeply contentious struggle for power.
People deserve honest answers about the future of their governments, even if it upsets them. We are betting everything that free market data, available to all as a public good, is by far the best way to make that possible.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Unfortunately no one coming to me for advice either even though I was a capital markets investment banker for years
But agreed token launches are beyond f*cked
And there are some easy solutions ar.ca/blog/the-issues-potent…
Robin D. Ji retweeted
The airdrop meta in 2024: Users frustrated, protocol fundamentals declining.
Key insights from @Delphi_Digital's "Do Airdrops Hurt More Than Help" report.
Essential for users and a must-read for founders ↓
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Points aren't going anywhere.
Lean into the meta and learn how to best leverage them in a first-of-its-kind guide to Pointenomics👇
mirror.xyz/kenton.eth/WLQ98T…
Inspired by chats with point issuers and research into 20+ point programs, this 3700-word essay unveils the benefits, criticisms, and practical applications of pointenomics for both new and existing point issuers.
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Tier 3 gaming tokens are down - most are trading between the range of $5m to $15m.
Is listing your token on tier 2 CEXs worth it at this point?
Tier 2 CEXs (ByBit, Kucoin, OKX, Huobi, etc.) charge $100k-$400k each. On top of that you allocate a budget of $50k-$500k for KOLs & marketing agencies. Allocate $500k-$5m for potential buybacks to support the price. Add $50k-$100k to cover lawyers, tokenomics consultants and others.
Launching and managing a live token is expensive - token is a standalone product and its expenses add on top of your game development & product marketing expenses. If you have a limited budget and by definition these tier 3 games typically have a cumulative funding of $2m-$20m, you should reconsider your token listing strategy.
I get it - your investors are pressuring you to launch a token asap so their vesting schedule can initiate before the bull ends but copy pasting the current meta in a fatigued market will lead you to slaughter.
MetalCore’s $MCG token got listed yday and is trading at $9m mcap ($53m FDV)
🔴 $MON $22m mcap
🔴 $NYAN $13m
🔴 $FAR $13m
🔴 $ELIX $12m
🔴 $QORPO $11m
🔴 $MCG $9m
🔴 $PARAM $8m
🔴 $BLS $7.5m
🔴 $G3 $7m
🔴 $NRN $7m
🔴 $BLOCK $5m
🔴 $BUBBLE $5m
🔴 $UNA $5m
🔴 $MXM $3m
🔴 $MOJO $1m
If you’re a game studio considering launching a token and are looking for objective advice/feedback on your token launch strategy - DM me for a free call
Robin D. Ji retweeted
The biggest audit contest ever
$1.35M to find bugs in @MakerDAO Endgame
🗓️ July 8th - August 5th
📍sherlock.xyz/endgame
Robin D. Ji retweeted
Narrator: FDV was indeed not a meme
Since this post, I've been speaking to OTC brokers to try and understand secondary market structure for the assets I'm shorting. The findings were pretty revealing so thought I'd share
TLDR: I don't think these will be bullish unlocks
FDV is not a meme - many of you will learn this the hard way this cycle as unlocks hit the market
However, not all FDVs are created equal. The single most important factor in comparing FDVs is figuring out what % of a token's FDV is unrealised profits for investors/team. The higher the % the worse for you as a tokenholder
Robin D. Ji retweeted
So the new $DJT Coin
- LP is not locked
- Funded from Kucoin
- Not a standard contract
- Single source pirate wires
- Top owner concentration 67%
- Build the wall to prevent selling
- Trump doesn't want to be the first take credit or tweet about it etc? No shot.
I lean scam