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 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 a proud alum of Fidelity Investments
• Bylines in the Harvard Business Review, NY Mag, Fortune, Newsweek, American Mind, Coindesk, 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, 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• The Bank Secrecy Act is unconstitutional and must be repealed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 sit on the board of Coin Metrics
• 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, and Bluechip
• I run a healthtech syndicate called Starling Ventures
• I answer weekly questions posed by holders of Nic’s Orb

disclosures

• Castle Island positions are listed on our portfolio page
• I am a personal investor in Core Weave, Stytch, Lancium, Rosaluna, Aspen Creek Digital, Coconut Cartel, STFX, Keeper, Cambrean, Studio TBD, Zbiotics, Breed VC, Siphox Health, Daniel Allan, Velo Data, Ancient Crunch, Escape Velocity, and Mythos VC
• I sit on the board of Coin Metrics and Mash

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get in touch: nic [at] niccarter [dot] info