Nicole Lappin

And I want to double click on all of those points, but let's start at the beginning. What was your entry point into crypto? Was it something that you got into casually? Were you a serious investor? What was the deal?

And I want to double click on all of those points, but let's start at the beginning. What was your entry point into crypto? Was it something that you got into casually? Were you a serious investor? What was the deal?

And I want to double click on all of those points, but let's start at the beginning. What was your entry point into crypto? Was it something that you got into casually? Were you a serious investor? What was the deal?

So during COVID, did you sell off your more traditional investments or did you ride it out? Did you use cash that was sitting on the sidelines for dabbling in crypto? What does your overall portfolio look like?

So during COVID, did you sell off your more traditional investments or did you ride it out? Did you use cash that was sitting on the sidelines for dabbling in crypto? What does your overall portfolio look like?

So during COVID, did you sell off your more traditional investments or did you ride it out? Did you use cash that was sitting on the sidelines for dabbling in crypto? What does your overall portfolio look like?

Stocks, bonds?

Stocks, bonds?

Stocks, bonds?

And when you say that you were using bots to capitalize on a sideways market, that's real nerd stuff. You weren't a newbie investor. You weren't just dabbling in the market for the first time. You were in tech. You had already invested in more traditional vanilla investments before you got into this.

And when you say that you were using bots to capitalize on a sideways market, that's real nerd stuff. You weren't a newbie investor. You weren't just dabbling in the market for the first time. You were in tech. You had already invested in more traditional vanilla investments before you got into this.

And when you say that you were using bots to capitalize on a sideways market, that's real nerd stuff. You weren't a newbie investor. You weren't just dabbling in the market for the first time. You were in tech. You had already invested in more traditional vanilla investments before you got into this.

When you first dabble in crypto, I mean, the sort of entryway, ideally, is Bitcoin. FTX was more fringe at the time, although they did put a ton of marketing into it, and we can talk about that. But how did they first come across your radar? What initially drew you into FTX?

When you first dabble in crypto, I mean, the sort of entryway, ideally, is Bitcoin. FTX was more fringe at the time, although they did put a ton of marketing into it, and we can talk about that. But how did they first come across your radar? What initially drew you into FTX?

When you first dabble in crypto, I mean, the sort of entryway, ideally, is Bitcoin. FTX was more fringe at the time, although they did put a ton of marketing into it, and we can talk about that. But how did they first come across your radar? What initially drew you into FTX?

Originally, crypto was supposed to be a hedge for traditional assets. Now we've seen with a little bit of time that crypto investments, especially the bigger ones, move in lockstep with the overall market, not as a hedge to it. But at the time, you thought it could be.

Originally, crypto was supposed to be a hedge for traditional assets. Now we've seen with a little bit of time that crypto investments, especially the bigger ones, move in lockstep with the overall market, not as a hedge to it. But at the time, you thought it could be.

Originally, crypto was supposed to be a hedge for traditional assets. Now we've seen with a little bit of time that crypto investments, especially the bigger ones, move in lockstep with the overall market, not as a hedge to it. But at the time, you thought it could be.

That's how it had been sold to everybody as, you know, a new type of currency that can hedge against traditional equity fluctuations and things like that. But FTX, if anyone's confused, was it a coin or not? It was a platform analogous to like a Coinbase where you could buy and sell. Yeah. Right. There was a specific coin, but we'll get into that in a second.

That's how it had been sold to everybody as, you know, a new type of currency that can hedge against traditional equity fluctuations and things like that. But FTX, if anyone's confused, was it a coin or not? It was a platform analogous to like a Coinbase where you could buy and sell. Yeah. Right. There was a specific coin, but we'll get into that in a second.