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Orange-Pilling Students...

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:28:49 -0800

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with students across multiple UK universities about Bitcoin, money, and how their everyday spending choices can quietly shape their financial future.

What started as a few informal campus conversations has now become a clear focus area for us at YouEarnBTC: meeting students where they already are, educating them in simple language, and helping them earn their first sats through normal, real-world spending.

This is not about speculation or trading.
It’s about education, habits, and long-term thinking.

Our session at Brunel University focused on first principles:

What money actually is
Why inflation disproportionately affects students and young professionals
How Bitcoin fits into a long-term savings mindset rather than short-term hype

What stood out was curiosity. Students asked thoughtful questions about risk, volatility, and whether Bitcoin had relevance beyond price charts. That curiosity is exactly where education needs to start.

At Kingston University, the conversation shifted toward practicality & students were particularly engaged in:

Earning Bitcoin passively rather than buying it outright
Using normal...Read More

Using Open Banking to Build Financial Trust

Sun, 11 May 2025 12:39:24 -0700

INTRODUCTION

Open Banking isn’t just infrastructure — it’s an invitation to reimagine finance. Over the past year, I’ve been building Verifany, a financial verification startup functioning across the UK & Europe, built entirely on top of Open Banking rails. Along the way, I discovered something powerful: Open Banking becomes exponentially more impactful when paired with trust, scale, and world-class design.

That’s why I’m applying to join Monzo’s Open Banking team as a Senior Product Manager.

WHY MONZO?

Monzo is one of the only consumer banks where Open Banking is invisible, elegant, and useful. From Easy Bank Transfers to Connected Accounts, Monzo has made Open Banking flows delightful.
TS Anil’s leadership around
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The AGI race

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BVP's Roadmap for AI Infrastructure

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My path to Verifany...

Tue, 21 May 2024 13:43:11 -0700

1. My Early FINance Career + Fascination with TECHnology

1.1. UBS Investment Bank + Malabar Investments w/ Akshay Mansukhani

Upon graduating in 2007, I embarked on my career as an Analyst at UBS Investment Bank’s Global Infrastructure & Privatization team. Recognized for my efforts, I was nominated for the UBS Thank You Award for Operational Excellence. Following this, my Director from New York, Akshay Mansukhani, brought along with him to Malabar Investments, a newly setup value investing hedge fund focused on the midcap space in India. Malabar, initially a nascent fund, today manages over $1.2 billion in assets. While I was captivated by the principles of value investing, my preference for working in the private space given my investment banking background at UBS, led me to a newly setup mine to market emerald business in London called EmeraldWorld International.

1.2. EmeraldWorld + Grant Thornton International w/ Peter Langdon

At EmeraldWorld, I served as Chief of Staff to Rajiv Gupta, where we successfully raised $33.3 million to corner the rough emerald market in Colombia. This experience highlighted the significant impact of investing in early-stage businesses and sparked my interest in startups. During this time, I brainstormed startup ideas with my college friend, Read More

PitchDeck Templates

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