Istari Ventures is a venture fund focused on crypto payments and blockchain finance, investing in early-stage companies with proven use cases and real utilities in the blockchain sector.

Istari Ventures

Istari Ventures is an early-stage blockchain venture fund founded with a simple philosophy – to support great founders with the capital, connections, and long-term commitment needed to succeed. We make highly asymmetrical bets on teams and companies with the potential to disrupt Web3 incumbents.

🎉 We successfully hosted the 1st Istari Ventures Blockchain Payments & DeFi Summit at Consensus 2024. We were honored to be joined by a stellar lineup of speakers who shared their original insights on venture investing, stablecoins, institutional adoption of crypto, DeFi, Web3 onboarding, and crypto in emerging markets.

👏 Thank you to everyone who attended. We hope you enjoyed the event and made some new friends!

🎬 You can watch the full recordings of 6 panels at our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/enpDfUh6

Bala Varadhan Boris Revsin H. Joshua Rivera Tracy L. David Nage Anthony DeMartino Louisa Bai Jack Jia Zach Abrams Samuel Leichman Patrick White Megan Knab Hadley Stern Luther M. Christian Narvaez Jackie Bona Christophe Fonteneau David Yao Sami Start Jaemin Jin Shawn Cheng Daniel L. Alex Hoffman Omkar Mate Eyhab Aejaz Mike Silagadze Ryan O'Shea Cameron Coombes

Two significant developments underscore the accelerating adoption of blockchain technology in global finance:

1. Tether's record growth in Q4 2023 💰
a. $2.85B in profits, rivaling top traditional banks
b. Majority of reserves now held in cash and cash equivalents
c. Over $80B in U.S. Treasury holdings

2. BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) announcing a blockchain-based payment system 🌍
a. Leverages digital currencies for an independent, low-cost global payment network
b. Aims to reduce reliance on U.S. dollar in international trade
c. Major economies deploying blockchain for critical payment infrastructure

Tether's astonishing financial performance, achieved with a fraction of the staff of legacy institutions like JPMorgan, highlights the disruptive potential of blockchain-native fintech.

Meanwhile, the BRICS initiative to build a new blockchain payment rail validates the core thesis of Istari Ventures – backing the specialized web3 protocols that will become the backbone of mainstream finance. Our portfolio of pioneering startups are building the decentralized equivalents of established leaders like PayPal and Visa.

These developments strongly signal that the future of global payments and financial infrastructure will be built on blockchain.

Exciting times ahead! 🚀

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