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Iggy Ioppe
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Iggy Ioppe
@iggyioppe
CIO @Theo_Network.
Prev: Co-Head @PolygonVentures, Head of Long/Short @CreditSuisse, @BainCapital, @HarvardHBS.
NYC, Global
Joined October 2008
- Some personal news: Iβm joining the @Theo_Network team as Chief Investment Officer. I started working with the team earlier this year (initially as an investor) and have been impressed by their vision and depth of understanding when it comes to both onchain and offchain markets.
- I have had more conversations with TradFi institutions about crypto over the last 6 months than ever before, and one thing theyβre repeatedly interested in is HL. There is appeal in trading infrastructure built by traders, for traders. thBILL's HyperEVM integrations tap into1/ thBILL is live on @HyperliquidX & HyperEVM Access and utilize an institutional-grade onchain money market fund on the leading perps DEX and its EVM ecosystem today. Here's an overview:
00:00 - Issuance is not enough. This is a founding principle of ours at Theo. I had a great conversation with Professor Jo on this topic earlier this week. Read more about how Theo goes Beyond Issuance below:<μ§§κ² μμ보λ 'Theo'> Theo (@Theo_Network)μμ μΈν°λ·°μμ μΈμ κΉμλ μ μ, λ°νμμ₯κ³Ό μ ν΅μμ₯μ λμμ λ€λ£¨κ³ μλ€λ μ μ΄μμ΅λλ€. λλΆλΆμ RWA νλ‘μ νΈκ° μμ°μ βν ν°μΌλ‘ λ°ννλ κ²βμ μ§μ€νκ³ μλ€λ©΄, Theoλ κ·Έ μ΄ν, λ°νλ μμ°μ΄ μ€μ λ‘ κ±°λλκ³ , μ λμ±μ κ°μ§λ©°, λνμ΄
- Excited to join @RealMissAI tomorrow to discuss thBILL, the right way to usher TradFi participants onchain, and other high-quality assets @Theo_Network is bringing onchain. It's going to be a good one!If you haven't heard already... @Theo_Network is enabling on-chain capital to access traditional financial markets by tokenizing high-quality assets. First, they unlocked T-bills with thBILL. Next up, they will unlock gold with thGLD. Looking forward to recording an episode of
- Had a lot of fun talking to Ran (@neoran97) about the future of RWAs and @Theo_Network Thank you, Ran, for the insightful questions! Also thanks to @with_blockmedia for hosting in their cool studio! Looking forward to this being published
- Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. I could talk for hours on these topics, but we packed the best into this interview. Give this clip, and then the full interview, a watch! Couldn't be more excited about where Theo is headed.Thank you to @therollupco for having our Chief Investment Officer, @iggyioppe, on The Rollup TV. Don't miss this one β Iggy covers: - Theo's mission to build genuinely useful RWAs - Why market conditions are ripe for mass adoption - RWA perps with Hyperliquid's HIP3
00:00 - Daily volumes regularly hitting $10M+ on thBILL prove the whole point of Going Beyond Issuance. We didn't just tokenize Treasuries, we built an actual liquid market for them. There's a massive difference, and it's showing up in the numbers. Great work all around, but we are nowJust over two months ago we launched thBILL, an institutional-grade Treasury fund with unmatched onchain utility: deep DEX liquidity, lending markets, and more. With thBILL's first quarter coming to a close, let's see the numbers π
- There is limitless potential for blockchains once we get all asset classes onchain with the right supporting ecosystems, partners and liquidity. At Theo, we are making bringing this potential to life. Couldn't be more excited for what's to come!Reimagining global markets, one asset at a time.
00:00 - This is how you create markets on par with TradFi. Users shouldn't have to think about which chain they're on or wait around for bridges. Just seamless Treasury access wherever they want it1/ Going Beyond Issuance with @LayerZero_Core We're excited to announce our integration with LayerZero, making Theo RWAs instantly deployable across 100+ blockchain networks.
00:00 - Most tokenized Wall St products force users to compromise on something: access, liquidity or composability. thBILL does not. This is exactly why I joined Theo as CIO: to help build products that bridge TradFi and onchain markets - without compromises.1/ Introducing thBILL: Theoβs institutional-grade, onchain money market fund built in partnership with Standard Charteredβs Libeara A thread breaking down thBILLβs mechanics and launch sequence as we begin rolling it out across ecosystems π§΅
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- This was a lot of fun! Looking forward to the next oneLast week, we put the "Global" in Reimagining Global Markets. Check out some pictures from our thBILLionaire Party in Seoul below:
- A lot of chatter about this in TradFi circles. The arms race for such traders is in its infancyTheo co-founder @kt_nowk recently sat down with @FinancialNewsβ @bilaljafar00 to discuss the growing demand among TradFi asset hedge funds, market makers, and HFTs for crypto trading talent.
