Dan Tapiero is the Founder of 50T Funds, a growth-stage equity fund exclusively focused on the digital asset ecosystem, and one of the few Wall Street veterans who has been publicly bullish on crypto since 2019.

In this episode, Dan reveals why crypto is the greatest macro investment of all time, why most investors will lose money despite being right, and why his $50 trillion thesis may actually be conservative.

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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.

0:00 Introduction

2:00 Kast Card Discussion

2:40 Dan’s Framework For Investing In Businesses

5:29 Why Equity Over Tokenization

12:19 Partnerships: @Trezor @BitwiseInvest

13:05 Dan’s Bullish Tweet Style Explained

19:55 The Shift That Makes Someone Confident

28:00 Partnership: @KASTxyz

28:48 Why Markets Tend To Do The Unexpected

32:23 Conviction In Bitcoin Is Becoming Much Harder

41:03 How Dan Raises Money During A Bear Market

46:24 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange @Ethena

47:07 Why Dan Is Confident Crypto Will Go To $50 Trillion

52:02 How Agentic AI Will Help Crypto Reach $50 Trillion

54:33 The Numbers Behind ETH & SOL Post $50 Trillion

58:30 Closing Thoughts

E175: Dan Tapiero: This Crypto Strategy is Boring, But It Will Make You Rich

When Shift Happens Podcast

E175: Dan Tapiero: This Crypto Strategy is Boring, But It Will Make You Rich