Chris Ahn
@ahnchrisj
partner @HaunVentures, ex @IndexVentures @GitHub
Welcome @MarkBeylin! Mark has a unique experience as a founder and investor in crypto, and we're thrilled to have him!
I’m excited to share that I’ve joined the team at @HaunVentures, helping drive investments into world class crypto founders building the future. I met the team at Haun several months ago, and was immediately impressed by both their taste and their seriousness—every single person…
I’m excited to share that I’ve joined the team at @HaunVentures, helping drive investments into world class crypto founders building the future. I met the team at Haun several months ago, and was immediately impressed by both their taste and their seriousness—every single person…
In the Charts, Episode 7: Boomers Won’t Retire, Gen Z Won’t Bank 🎙️In this episode @diogomonica, @brxckinridg, and @ahnchrisj are joined by their first-ever guest host — @HaunVentures GC @jamesrathmell — to unpack venture exits, bull market?, and why Gen Z might skip the bank…
In the Charts, Episode 6: Less engineers but also everyone is gonna be an engineer 🎙️This week @diogomonica, @brxckinridge, @ahnchrisj discuss why it could make sense for @OpenAI to look to stablecoins, what U.S. tech employment trends say about the future of engineering, and…
In the Charts, Episode 5: Narrative Violations and Robot Revolutions 🎙️: @diogomonica, @brxckinridge, and @ahnchrisj unpack why @ethereum is defying bearish L1 narratives with net inflows despite the chatter on this website. Then, the team breaks down @Waymo's stealthy surge…
Delighted to announce we're investing in @OfficialXFX, a crypto-native FX platform solving stablecoin liquidity bottlenecks in cross-border payments. XFX is building the missing piece to make global payments as fast as the internet. More from Chris here 👇
Investing in @OfficialXFX We’re excited to share that Haun Ventures has led the Seed round in XFX with participation from @CastleIslandVC, @oakhcft, Maya Capital, @cbventures, and other strategics and angels. Stablecoin payments have emerged as one of the most widely used and…
Big news—XFX is live! We’re building the institutional infrastructure for cross-border settlement and have raised a $9.1M seed round led by @HaunVentures, @CastleIslandVC, @oakhcft, MAYA Capital, @cbventures, @Paxos, @bitso and others. The future of money movement is here 🌍
The focal point of CT this morning is @bulletxyz_. A product only possible with Sovereign SDK. I'm overjoyed. Years of hard-work will soon start paying off.
Fintech and crypto continue to merge (pun intended). Congrats to one of the most thoughtful teams out there @henri_stern @asta_li @segall_max !
1/ Today, we're proud to announce that Stripe is acquiring Privy. We couldn’t be more excited. Privy will continue as an independent product – but now we’ll move faster, ship more, and serve you even better, so you can stay focused on your users.
In the Charts, Episode 4: Crypto's Efficiency Edge 🎙️: @diogomonica, @brxckinridge, and @ahnchrisj talk charts, why crypto gives orgs efficiencies right out of the gate, the unintended consequences of GDPR, and Ethereum's cultural journey. 00:35 - Are crypto co's the most…
Welcome to the future of RWAfi. Plume Genesis is now live. Your mainnet journey begins at portal.plume.org.
1/ Introducing EulerSwap A smarter DEX with lending-boosted yield, deeper just-in-time liquidity, and native support for LP positions as collateral. Supercharged by Euler lending infra.
🚨 Ep. 32 of @TokenizedPod: The Agentic Stablecoin Bank @sytaylor is joined by: ➡️ @Elise_X_Digital, Executive Director @GlobalDigitalFi ➡️ @SimkinStepan, CEO @SquadsProtocol To discuss: 🔳 Squads unveiling a stablecoin account for businesses 🌐 Grid as the open API layer…
Watch @brxckinridge and @crabbylions discuss everyone's favorite topic: fundraising 🤩 💸at @solana Accelerate 🇺🇸
Introducing Conduit Developer Suite Nodes. Account Abstraction. And our new Indexing product. All on one platform. Launch your high-performance, custom rollup on Conduit, and instantly get access to best-in-class developer tools at industry-beating prices.
In the Charts Episode 3: Swipe, Tap, or Token? @diogomonica, @brxckinridge, and @ahnchrisj talk charts, why crypto apps remain kinda of mid, the quantum doomer spectrum, and more! 0:30 – Where are all the crypto users? 10:37 – Quantum doomer watch 20:35 – Stablecoin UX and…
"My thesis is all financial innovation is going to happen onchain." — @SimkinStepan @ahnchrisj hung out with the team at @SquadsProtocol to discuss the the launch of @tryaltitude — a stablecoin-native USD account for businesses. They also explain how @fusewallet, their consumer…
Delighted to announce our investment in @SquadsProtocol. It’s never been a better time to build programmable money applications. Stablecoin adoption continues to grow rapidly, with enterprise and remittance use cases leading the charge. @SimkinStepan and team are relentless in…