About
It started with Bitcoin.
I found crypto at 12 while looking for a way to get paid. Eventually, that led me to building Estate Protocol.
The short version
At 12, I made Zynga Poker’s national leaderboard, and people started asking to buy in-game chips for real money. I was too young to open a bank account, so I went looking for another way to get paid and found Bitcoin.
I sold chips for BTC, then sold the BTC for cash through P2P marketplaces like LocalBitcoins. Later, I traded the price differences between Indian and international crypto markets and wrote about security token offerings for WazirX.
Building Estate
With Estate Protocol, I brought together property inventory, a tokenization platform on Arbitrum, and the legal structure needed to distribute the offerings. I personally closed the partnerships and worked across product, compliance, fundraising, and integrations.
We originated $13M in property supply and listed 26+ properties. About 300 investors funded purchases. I raised $550K in investment capital and secured a separate $100K Arbitrum Foundation grant.
I led 14 people over the company’s history, with up to 11 working together at once. I also served as a judge and mentor for Arbitrum Founder House programs in Bengaluru and New York City.
Outside work
I read widely, still enjoy a game with asymmetric information, and spend a lot of time following the people and ideas shaping tokenization, DeFi, and stablecoins.
Beyond the company
Sharing what I’m learning.
I speak about tokenization and onchain finance, join conversations with other builders, and support founders as a judge and mentor.
SmartCrowd’s Golden Visa offering
A partnership expansion.
Dubai · SmartCrowd
I negotiated and closed an expansion of our SmartCrowd relationship to include its Golden Visa offering. Jeremy Allaire publicly recognized the initiative. No Golden Visa was issued through Estate.
See the original recognition
The original post about the partnership.
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