About
May-2020
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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 sometimes blog on Medium
- I have an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of St Andrews, and an MSc Finance from the University of Edinburgh
- I am an alum of Fidelity Investments
- 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
- Appearances on Bloomberg, CNBC, CBNCi, TheStreet, Euronews, TD Ameritrade Network, The Verge, The Times, Yahoo Finance, Squawk on the Street, Reason, Tucker Carlson Tonight, BBC News, and others
- I am not a Bitcoin Maximalist
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- The Bank Secrecy Act is unconstitutional and must be repealed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 co-host the On The Brink podcast
- I am a columnist for Coindesk
- I am an advisor to the Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative, Proven, Core Scientific, and Bluechip
- I’m a 1-0 amateur MMA fighter (Karate Combat)
disclosures
- Castle Island positions are listed on our portfolio page
- I am a personal investor/LP in Core Weave, Stytch, Lancium, Rosaluna, Aspen Creek Digital, Coconut Cartel, STFX, Keeper, Cambrean, Studio TBD, Zbiotics, Siphox Health, Daniel Allan, Velo Data, Ancient Crunch, The Network Firm, Friend, Breed VC, Escape Velocity, Mythos VC, Faithbase, Shinkei, Witness, Offdeal, Monad, MyPrize, Swaye, Assist Sports, Sunflower, Spot, Phylax, and Moonwalk Fitness
- I sit on the board of Coin Metrics, Mash, Mountain, Surus, and Hata
get in touch: nic [at] niccarter [dot] info