Co-founder CMCC Global | https://teapaw.org/t.co/FEx2MawWuZ
Toronto, Ontario
Joined January 2011
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Late last year, a mind-blowing whitepaper was released by @informalinc and co-authored by the likes of @buchmanster and @socrates1024
Cycles Protocol: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Clearing System
I’ve been wrapping my head around it. Let’s explore “tldr style”
1/n 🧵
One of the reasons I left the UK was that I felt I couldn’t start a company there because I was not experienced enough and people wouldn’t take me seriously.
I landed in HK and instantly felt an energy and positivity. I could say I was starting a company and people instantly took me seriously. Being white and with an Oxford education helped. But even without that, there is a general acceptance to entrepreneurialism and risk taking in HK that there isn’t in the UK. This is even more the case in the US.
This negative attitude towards innovation is a large reason why I doubt I’ll ever live in the UK again.
Charlie Morris retweeted
Welcome @Martin_CMCC, Co-Founder of @CMCC_Global, to The Future of Capital Markets. He will be talking tokenised funds, and where investor access is headed beyond stablecoins and bonds.
Details: thefutureofcapitalmarkets.co…
Charlie Morris retweeted
We've closed a strategic round from @CMCC_Global and @cbventures to become the one-stop shop for prediction markets liquidity 🚀
Prediction markets are growing faster than the infrastructure beneath them. This July, the sector passed $50 billion in volume, more than all of 2025 combined (roughly $44 billion). As new exchanges keep launching, Raven powers them by providing the liquidity their users need to trade comfortably, and by supporting their teams on product, tech and ecosystem initiatives.
Founded in 2023 by Petar Kostov and Yuriy Myronovych, Raven trades around the clock across major centralised and decentralised exchanges in US, APAC and the EEA.
Thank you to @AnanyaBChetia and @CNBC for the coverage, and to @CMCC_Global, @cbventures, @hack_vc and @wmt_ventures for their support.
Read the story on CNBC: cnbc.com/2026/09/29/coinbase…
🔔 We're also hiring! Check out our open roles at: raven-trading.com/careers
Charlie Morris retweeted
Banks need not fear CLARITY - they should embrace it!
Successful firms have long embraced new technologies - from the telegraph to the internet- to access new markets, onboard new customers and offer innovative products.
This time is now different.
My latest for @CoinDesk
Charlie Morris retweeted
The world’s biggest investors are descending on Toronto for the first-ever Canada Investment Summit.
They’ll be pitched shovel-ready projects in oil and gas, mining, power generation, infrastructure and more.
I hope we see some major deals announced.
But I also hope our guests learn that Canadians are not only “hewers of wood and drawers of water.”
We are also some of the world’s boldest innovators in AI, next-gen compute, space, blockchain and more.
Invest in Canada, yes! Help us build the physical infrastructure to become a global energy and industrial powerhouse.
But also help us build the digital infrastructure needed for Canada—and the world—to thrive in this new technology order.
Our startups are shovel-ready.
Venture capital is shovel-ready.
Builders are shovel-ready.
I will be at the Canadian Global Growth Forum today, hosted by @cvca making this case to global investors
If you want to invest in Canada while pushing the frontier forward, consider Canada’s builder community.
CC: @EvanLSolomon @FP_Champagne @buildcanada @lucyhargreaves4 @Ben_Bergen @cvca
Charlie Morris retweeted
I'll be speaking at #OutEastSummit next week, hosted by @TheTieIO
Looking forward to the discussions, and to catching up with friends and colleagues.
If you're planning to be there, hope to see you!
You can request a ticket here: outeastsummit.com
Charlie Morris retweeted
1/ 🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day.
Today, let's remember one of the most important moments in our history: The Last Spike.
When Canada finished building the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, a single ceremonial spike united a country.
Today, we need to drive the First Spike for Canada's digital future.
Charlie Morris retweeted
Today, @dtapscott and I published a guest essay in the @globeandmail based on our new report for the @blockchainRI -- Rebuilding Canada for the New Technology Order.
Canada faces two defining forces: a new geopolitical order and the rise of AI.
Our challenge isn't a lack of talent, capital, entrepreneurship, or resources. It's that we've failed to build a digital-first architecture for economic growth, productivity, and national power.
A thread 🧵
Charlie Morris retweeted
1/ The U.S. move to suspend foreign access to frontier AI models should be a wake-up call for Canada.
We need a serious plan to future-proof our economy and safeguard our sovereignty in the age of AI.
To address this, @dtapscott and I have published a comprehensive new report with @blockchainRI:
"Rebuilding Canada for the New Technology Order: A National Moonshot for a Prosperous and Sovereign Canada."
Our Titan Fund is proud to support @cyclesmoney as they bring privacy-preserving clearing infrastructure to crypto markets and stablecoin payments.
Clearing is one of the most powerful ideas in finance and Cycles is building the open network to bring it onchain.
Onwards 🚀🚀
Charlie Morris retweeted
New @defidecodedpod is out!
I sit down with Anthony Bassili, President of Coinbase Asset Management.
We discuss:
The role of crypto in a portfolio
Bridging Wall Street to Web3
Getting investors 'off zero'
Their new $CUSHY yield product
and more!
@CoinbaseAM @SmartestBeta
Episode 234: Getting Institutions Off Zero with Anthony Bassili of Coinbase Asset Management
@alextapscott @SmartestBeta @CoinbaseAM @coinbase @CMCC_Global
0:00 Introduction
3:07 Anthony Bassili’s journey from BlackRock to Coinbase
6:20 What institutions actually want from crypto (and what they don’t)
10:05 Bitcoin as a macro asset and portfolio cornerstone
16:40 Beyond Bitcoin: indices, diversification, and crypto exposure
22:00 Tokenization as the next evolution of asset management
24:10 CUSHY: bringing real-world credit onchain
31:30 Stablecoins, yield, and global demand for dollar exposure
36:00 AI, tokenized funds, and the future of investing
39:05 Closing thoughts
Charlie Morris retweeted
New @defidecodedpod is out!
I sit down with @buchmanster of @informalinc and @cyclesmoney .
Ethan is an outside of the box thinker who loves asking big questions, like:
"What can biology teach us about building a more balanced and efficient financial system?"
"Can blockchain help us overcome barter's coincidence of wants problem?"
"How would banks survive if they could never again make money on the float?"
"Can money be a local and global phenomenon?"
And a lot more.
Check it out!
Episode 232: The Past, Present and Future of Money with Ethan Buchman of Cycles
@alextapscott @buchmanster @cyclesmoney @informalinc @CMCC_Global
0:00 Introduction
2:36 What is Cycles? Clearing more debt with less money
6:52 Money, barter, and the graph of obligations
11:45 Bootstrapping the network: consortiums vs product-led adoption
14:39 Why privacy matters for onchain business payments
18:01 From crypto trading firms to a global clearing network
23:04 Trade credit, invoice factoring, and unlocking hidden liquidity
28:13 The cold start problem and Cycles Pay
30:23 Float, settlement, and reducing the need for money
32:07 Biology, network flows, and the deeper inspiration behind Cycles
37:03 AI, trust, and the connection between Cycles, Quint, and Informal
40:35 Closing thoughts and where to learn more
Charlie Morris retweeted
New @defidecodedpod with my friend @mikebelshe, Founder and CEO of @BitGo.
We talk:
1. Quantum - FUD or Real threat?
2. Building the Bank of the Future
3. Why the world needs CLARITY
4. What crypto has taught TradFi
4. BUIDLing for the long-term
and more!
Check it out 👇
Episode 231: Quantum FUD, CLARITY, and the Bank of the Future with Mike Belshe of BitGo
@alextapscott @mikebelshe @BitGo @CMCC_Global
0:00 Introduction
1:23 Guest intro: Mike Belshe and BitGo
2:10 Quantum computing risk: what’s real vs hype
5:45 Timeline and urgency: why this is a long-term but growing concern
9:00 Institutional perspective: investor concerns and narratives
10:15 Broader Bitcoin risks: mining, AI, and network dynamics
12:25 Tokenization boom and expanding crypto use cases
14:10 BitGo’s evolution: custody to full market infrastructure
18:20 Market structure risks: custody, leverage, and exchange design
23:00 Why regulation (CLARITY) matters for capital markets stability
26:10 Retail vs institutional protections and custody gaps
30:05 Stablecoin yield debate and incentives
33:10 Crypto vs TradFi: convergence and competitive dynamics
35:30 Will CLARITY pass? politics and probabilities
38:35 Regulation vs innovation: who should decide
40:05 Closing thoughts and outlook
We are thrilled to be supporting @satraj @rmarini and the @rails_xyz team. A stacked team with exceptional experience and drive.
The platform is rapid, smooth and highly liquid. 💧
Give it a try:
trade.rails.xyz
We’re excited to announce the official launch of Rails today. We’ve also raised an additional $14 million USD, bringing our total funding to $20 million to date. With this new capital, we’ll be focused on deepening platform liquidity and scaling up the team ahead of several exciting product launches later this year.
One of those launches will introduce core utility for the Rails token, tightly integrated into the platform’s trading and incentive systems.
As I often tell the team — who’ve done a fantastic job — this is just the beginning. We’re ambitious, focused, and fully committed to the work ahead.
Links below:
coindesk.com/business/2025/0…
fortune.com/crypto/2025/06/0…
decrypt.co/323619/kraken-bac…
30) At the end of the discussion, the paper re-establishes the real world use cases.
Eg. Cycles could become a treasury dashboard - showing firm’s assets, overdraft facilities and payment obligations.
It is migrating DeFi into real world company finances.
31) You can read the white paper in all it's glory here:
cycles.money/whitepaper.pdf
It's offers one of the most interesting advancements in crypto and monetary theory that I've seen in a while.
Excited to see this go live!
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