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Parter at QED Investors, Former Obama Treasury
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Feb 1, 2022 12 tweets 4 min read
Today we're excited to announce our investment in @heytint, along with @Deciens @nyca. A thread on guarantees and innovation.

Henry Ford probably never said “If I had asked people what they wanted,
they would have said faster horses.” hbr.org/2011/08/henry-…

But it really is true that people thought cars were just a scary fad.
Dec 14, 2021 16 tweets 3 min read
The StableCoin Problem: Out today with @pymnts and @karenmpd to talk about clarifying our approach to crypto and financial regulation. pymnts.com/cryptocurrency…

TLDR: we are experiencing mass civil disobedience on financial regulation, which is very unusual, but not innovative. Every generation has taken old ideas and dressed them up in new language. Lowering cost by circumventing regulation is an age-old strategy.

Some crypto players don't want to comply -- that's fine for them.
Apr 24, 2021 10 tweets 3 min read
1/ @ChrisOdinet and I published an essay in @protocol arguing that the @CFPB must go beyond access and give consumers CONTROL of their financial data.
protocol.com/cfpb-rule-cons… 2/ For years, fintechs and banks have been in a battle over access and control of consumer financial data, but an uneasy détente between banks, fintechs, and aggregators has mostly given fintech consumers the illusion of control.
Apr 14, 2021 20 tweets 7 min read
1/ What about government? #OpenBanking #CBDC? Final of 7 essays w/ @NateSoffio is here qedvc.com/APIsPart7
@QEDInvestors @whartonfintech today, the evolving API-mediated marketplace, look forward to no-code/low-code movement and SCOTUS giving legal certainty. 2/ APIs are everywhere, every SaaS company must turn into an API-first company to survive. For the last 6 weeks we’ve laid out a guide for the next generation of SaaS built on the foundations of API-first development.