Diogo Mónica co-founded Anchorage Digital, America's only federally chartered crypto bank managing $60+ billion in digital assets.
After helping a crypto fund recover their lost $1.5 million Bitcoin wallet, he realized the massive need for institutional crypto custody and built crypto's most trusted institution.
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PARTNERS
🚀 Jupiter is the most used Decentralized Exchange in Crypto and the largest DEX by volume on Solana: https://jup.ag/
💳 KAST is a global financial platform that enables users to manage and spend stablecoins and cryptocurrencies using a Visa Card or Apple Pay. Available in over 100 countries: https://kastfinance.app.link/SHIFT
🔓 Trezor is the safest cold storage wallets for crypto security and financial independence.
Buy your Trezor Wallet (use PROMO Code from the video for a 10% discount): https://trezor.io/?transaction_id=1026f18ed46409e495c6db4bff90ab&offer_id=133&affiliate_id=35356
🌱 Bitwise Asset Management is the crypto specialist asset manager with more than $10 billion client assets and more than 30 crypto solutions across ETFs, index funds, alpha strategies, staking, and more.
https://bitwiseinvestments.com/
💧Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible.
https://sui.io/
🔘 Mantle Network enhances dApp development with Ethereum's security, low fees, and quick transactions through innovative layer-2 technology. Users can stake ETH for mETH, contributing to a transparent, community-driven ecosystem governed by $MNT token holders, fostering innovation and collaboration.
https://www.mantle.xyz
★ Forza! is Coinsilium's Gibraltar-based Bitcoin treasury company. Coinsilium’s shares are traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQUIS:COIN) and on the OTCQB in the US (OTCQB:CINGF).
Find out more at https://www.coinsilium.com/
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• Website: https://diogomonica.com/
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DISCLAIMER
The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.
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0:00 Introduction
1:29 Please Subscribe
1:54 Partnerships
2:44 Beauty Privilege Is Real
3:26 Why Fitness Builds Trust
8:30 Who is Diogo Mónica?
9:56 Self Custody w Trezor
12:03 Why I Left San Francisco
15:52 The Crypto Traveling Circus
20:36 Ambition Through Discomfort
23:17 Retirement Is a Myth
25:25 The Evolution of Jack Dorsey
29:10 Working Sundays & Culture
33:51 Missionaries vs. Mercenaries
36:26 The Loneliness of Founders
38:09 Why Starting Is Easier Now
43:13 Hiring Self-Starters Only
45:29 Why Most Startups Fail
51:56 Is Life a Single Player Game?
55:43 The $1.5M Bitcoin Mistake
58:13 The Magic of Zero to One
1:00:02 Scaling From One To Hundred
1:05:10 Proactive Mental Health Care
1:07:24 Founder Burnout Is Common
1:10:35 Founder Vs. Venture Investor
1:12:41 Why VCs Seem Arrogant
1:15:13 Why Founders Make Bad VCs
1:19:01 The Accountability Gap In VC
1:21:19 Why I Joined Haun Ventures
1:23:39 Balancing Work And Family Life
1:26:42 When Family Changes Priorities
1:28:26 What Does Enough Mean?
1:32:35 Contrarian Views on AI
1:37:41 The New Default Career Path
1:39:07 Crypto’s Incentive Problem
1:42:07 Prediction for the Next 12 Months
1:43:30 Concluding Remarks
When Shift Happens Podcast 
