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Ari Paul is the co-founder and chief investment officer of BlockTower Capital, a crypto and blockchain investment firm he started alongside Matthew Goetz in 2017 with backing from Andreesen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures. He started his career as a trader at Susquehanna International Group, and later found his way to the University of Chicago endowment as a portfolio manager, overseeing an internal hedge fund portfolio and assessing risk for the university\u2019s $8 billion endowment. \xa0 Our conversation covers Ari\u2019s early lessons in trading, discovery of crypto while at University of Chicago endowment, obstacles for institutional participation, and launch of BlockTower in 2017 as a result.\xa0 We discuss active management in the crypto markets, research and trading, portfolio construction, opportunities in NFTs and gaming, risks, and the exciting landscape over the coming years. \xa0 While this episode concludes our current mini-series, we\u2019ve just scratched the surface on crypto, blockchain protocols, and institutional engagement in the space. In the coming months, we\u2019ll dive deeper into the evolving ecosystem with more key participants and ideas.

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