Like a lot of people, I first looked at Bitcoin years before I actually did anything about it. In 2014, I evaluated BTC for an international remittance payments startup—turns out, there wasn’t enough volume back then to support even smaller corridors like US → PHL. I wrote it off. Big mistake. Fast forward to 2017—I was still skeptical. I remember saying, "Ethereum... it's 'Ethereal'—it’ll never last." That aged well. Watching the ICO mania unfold was something else. I’ll never...

Like a lot of people, I first looked at Bitcoin years before I actually did anything about it. In 2014, I evaluated BTC for an international remittance payments startup—turns out, there wasn’t enough volume back then to support even smaller corridors like US → PHL. I wrote it off. Big mistake. Fast forward to 2017—I was still skeptical. I remember saying, "Ethereum... it's 'Ethereal'—it’ll never last." That aged well. Watching the ICO mania unfold was something else. I’ll never...

On January 22, 2025, I closed the book on an 8-year journey. Rebooted in 2020 from Beyond Games, Laguna Games set out to build mobile free-to-play games, landed a publishing deal with WB, turned down an acqui-hire offer, and ultimately pivoted into the wild west of crypto gaming with Crypto Unicorns. It became my greatest success—and, in the end, my greatest failure. At its peak, Crypto Unicorns sold $25M in digital assets, hit $100M TVL in The Dark Forest: Act One, and launched a token at a ...

On January 22, 2025, I closed the book on an 8-year journey. Rebooted in 2020 from Beyond Games, Laguna Games set out to build mobile free-to-play games, landed a publishing deal with WB, turned down an acqui-hire offer, and ultimately pivoted into the wild west of crypto gaming with Crypto Unicorns. It became my greatest success—and, in the end, my greatest failure. At its peak, Crypto Unicorns sold $25M in digital assets, hit $100M TVL in The Dark Forest: Act One, and launched a token at a ...