About
May-2020
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
about me
- I am proud to be a naturalized American citizen
- I invest in anti-authoritarian technology
- I tweet under the handle nic_carter
- I have an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of St Andrews, and an MSc Finance from the University of Edinburgh
- In 2023, I broke the “Operation Choke Point 2.0” story, which became the subject of multiple Congressional investigations
- Bylines in the Harvard Business Review, NY Mag, Fortune, Newsweek, American Mind, Coindesk, Pirate Wires, The Block, Bitcoin Magazine, and others
- Citations in Google Scholar
- I am not a Bitcoin Maximalist
- I am a converted Catholic
some things I believe
- I believe in freedom, Lockean property rights, and free enterprise
- The Bank Secrecy Act is unconstitutional and must be repealed
- It’s absolutely imperative that we restore the private issuance of currency and create a genuine digital cash standard
- We must restore currency competition by creating monetary alternatives that introduce non-discretionary rules
- God is in control
what I do
- I am a general partner at Castle Island Ventures. We invest in crypto-financial infrastructure and the restoration of property rights on the internet
- I cofounded Coin Metrics (acquired by Talos Trading)
- I co-host the On The Brink podcast
- I blog on Substack. See my past archive on Medium and Coindesk
- I am an advisor to StablecoinX
- I’m a 1-0 amateur MMA fighter (Karate Combat)
disclosures
- Castle Island positions are listed on our portfolio page
- I am a personal angel investor/LP in Core Weave, Stytch (acq), Lancium, Rosaluna, Aspen Creek Digital, Coconut Cartel, STFX, Keeper, Cambrean (acq), Studio TBD, Zbiotics, Siphox Health, Daniel Allan, Velo Data, Ancient Crunch, The Network Firm, Friend, Breed I/ II, Escape Velocity, Mythos VC I/II, CheqPay, Shinkei, Witness, Offdeal, Monad, MyPrize, Swaye, Assist Sports, Sunflower, Spot, Phylax, Moonwalk Fitness, New Founding, Resolvr, PadelX, ZAR, Proof of Coverage, Pubkey, 2way, Timeless Nutrition, Dev.fun, Jesse and Ben’s, Robostrategy, JetPatient, Zabio, PartyBet, and Quantonation II
- I sit on the board of Mash, Surus, Project11, and Robostrategy
get in touch: nic [at] niccarter [dot] info