azeem (azeem)

Sharing some thoughts for Forbes Crypto this afternoon on why tokenization suddenly matters to everyone, from private equity giants to everyday investors. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t think tokenization from large financial institutions is really about creating opportunity for retail. It’s just as much about finding new liquidity avenues. It’s no secret that private equity has spent the past decade buying up everything, driving prices higher with each round. But eventually, there’s no one left to sell to, especially when so few people have access to these kinds of deals. So what happens now? Tokenization turns traditionally illiquid assets into tradable ones, unlocking new exit paths that didn’t exist before.

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The news is out! Couldn't be more excited to announce that I'm back in the ring as a builder. Coming on as a co-founder to Miden with our $25M seed fundraise being co-led by @a16zcrypto , @1kxnetwork , and @hack-vc My co-founder Bobbinis genuinely the most impressive person I've met in Web3 in the 13 years I've spent in this space. And this is no exaggeration. Brilliant, humble, and hustles like no other. Vitalik brought him into Web3 and got him working at the EF years ago on zk, then he went to Meta where he led the zk team, and is a Polygon cofounder as well. When I say the most impressive, I mean it. Privacy, scalability, and decentralization, with the ability to offer compliance. That's what separates Miden from just another blockchain. And we're going to be bringing institutions on chain with this. If you're a builder in this space, I'd love to hear from you. My DMs are open.

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Finally got my interview with Scottie Pippen up for Forbes Crypto! We had some great conversation dating back to his early NBA days where he told me almost no one invested in things, why it is he’s into web3 now, and where he’s trying to take his aspirations for the future in the space too. Laughed out loud when he didn’t want to talk about his comments around knowing Satoshi Nakamoto because Michael Saylor told him not to. And how following the lead of Michaels has worked for him before 😂😂 https://www.forbes.com/sites/azeemkhan/2025/04/24/more-than-a-game-scottie-pippens-mission-to-bring-culture-onchain/

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In the past week and a half there's been so many speculations as to what happened with Haliey Welch aka Hawk Tuah and $HAWK. From the moment the token launched, multiple things just didn't seem to add up to me. Instead of being just another account on here speculating for engagement farming though, I decided to see if I could actually tell the story with CoinDesk. That evening I reached out to overHere, and put together a story as to what happened without speculating too much either. Let me know your thoughts! https://t.co/RbqHfeTycD

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I told @garrett I'd be back and posting more here. Don't even know where to begin. Feels like so much has changed.

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The biggest meta of 2024 has absolutely been memecoins in web3. Some people are fans. Other people aren't. What I chose to write about for CoinDesk on this one is that regardless of where you stand on memecoins, they're simply not easy money. Especially easy as the way people are made to believe when they think about trading them. Unlike other critics of memecoins, I'm absolutely in favor of people trading them as much as they'd like, and I do believe if you're good about them, they do seem like the easiest way to generate large amounts of personal capital very quickly. In light of all the high FDV, low float infra tokens that have launched this year at bloated valuations that leave no upside for retail, it only made sense that memecoins would take off. A place where retail could earn double and triple digit on their money in a short period of time.

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