It’s been almost a month since Token2049 in Singapore, and what a wild few days those were! We've met an incredible number of new, interesting people at all kinds of events, including a couple of amusing closed-door ones. With this amount of crypto people in town, it felt like every other person was in the space, leading to some pretty weird situations, and some people we barely know are still messaging us on Telegram with various offers and sharing photos we took together :)

We also met quite a lot of VCs, and agreed to share deal flow going forward. When it comes to the value of in-person meetings, while Zoom is undoubtedly an indispensable tool these days, nothing beats the personal connection of face-to-face interaction. We managed to connect with a couple of tier-1 startup founders who had previously told us their rounds were closed and that they didn’t need more capital. But after meeting in person, we were able to change their minds. Will writing soon about the startups we invested in — a few of them are absolutely on fire!

As for startups, the founder of Directly.xyz was also in Singapore. It's a project that lets people buy real estate directly from developers with crypto and get a kickback (4-8%) in USDT — a commission usually pocketed by agents. They also have plans to tokenize real estate and launch a P2P crypto rental market in Dubai. During the few hours we spent together, we randomly met two amazing ladies, which led to some exciting follow-up. Soon, Cointelegraph will be covering his startup, and the founder will be pitching Directly on stage in just a few days at Blockchain Life in Dubai. Considering the launch was initially scheduled for January 2025, our brief stroll definitely accelerated things into hustle mode.
There’s so much more we could share, but we have to mention the epic parties every night — they were just awesome!