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CFTC’s Approval of Digital Assets as Collateral

Its incredibly rewarding to see the CFTC’s recent pilot program and allowance of the use of digital assets as collateral for CFTC-registered entities. Here is why it matters: The CFTC’s recent launch of the Digital Asset Collateral Pilot Program is not merely as a regulatory “test,” but is the inevitable modernization of the global clearingContinue reading “CFTC’s Approval of Digital Assets as Collateral”

The Industry of Staking

I have stated previously that my favorite class at Babson was CSCA: Competitive Structure, Competitive Analysis. The late (great) professor Lawless challenged us to think big picture about the strategic and long term choices competitors make. To me strategic decision-making for companies is like the Beta part of public market investing….be correct with your allocationContinue reading “The Industry of Staking”

To Make it in Crypto, Be Onchain

I saw a recent post by @intern on x.com And I was reminded of a lesson learned while I worked at Circle. After a restructuring of the Revenue Team, I had inherited a “sales team” that had been hired by two different managers. Some had been hired to sell Circle’s minting/redeeming API’s to corporates, someContinue reading “To Make it in Crypto, Be Onchain”

Building a Perfect Team – NYT

I previously wrote a personal blog at ARHAIK.com from 2013 – 2019. The blog was intended more for my own writing and thought-processes than for a public audience. I occaisionally post content from ARHAIK.com to Conmodum.co’s “Of Interest” section. The below is from February 2016: The below are excerpts taken from the first chapter of anContinue reading “Building a Perfect Team – NYT”

Remote Workplace Culture (con’t)

I used to write regularly at ARHAIK.com (2013 – 2019) but no longer post there. I occasionally import a blog post from that site to Conmodum.co’s “Of Interest” page. The below is from Feb 20, 2017…… I expect I will write about this subject more often.  I have spent a lot of time reading andContinue reading “Remote Workplace Culture (con’t)”

The Real Layer-Zero & The Most Important Token: Power

In the next 5 years, distributed ledgers, or blockchains, will be widely adopted. This isn’t about “crypto” and its ups and downs; it’s about using secure, distributed ledgers to improve how we store and transfer value. Here, I use “value” as a broad term. Some find value in sharing research among medical teams through zero-knowledgeContinue reading “The Real Layer-Zero & The Most Important Token: Power”

The $2 Trillion Addressable Market

Those I have worked with over the last few years know my obsession with using tokenized High Quality Tokenized Assets (HQLA) as margin collateral and a means of settling trades. Broadly defined, HQLA is cash held at banks, cash that has direct access to a Sovereign’s Repo Window, or short-term Sovereign debt like T-Bills.  🧠TheContinue reading “The $2 Trillion Addressable Market”

Pre-AI Thoughts on Machine Learning

I have used ARHAIK.com as a personal blog with the majority of writing taking place between 2016 and 2018. The below was posted March 14, 2016. “You either tell the computers what to do, or the computers will tell you what to do.” I first heard this line from Jesse Johnson, co-founder of oneZero Financial Systems,Continue reading “Pre-AI Thoughts on Machine Learning”

How Do You Know When To Hate?

I have used ARHAIK.com as a personal blog with the vast majority of writing taking place from 2016 – 2018. The below was from a post on April 7, 2016 The recent spate of state legislatures to enact, or attempt to enact discriminatory laws (North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi) has me thinking about each of our differences andContinue reading “How Do You Know When To Hate?”