Steph Vaughan
@GoodStephV
Followers
11K
Following
31K
Media
1K
Statuses
8K
Co-founder and COO @veda_labs, Strategies @sevenseas_c prior @usmc @navalacademy @columbia_biz | no investment advice
New York, USA
Joined August 2016
After 10 minutes of meeting my date says to me: “Yea we are looking at raising a series 1” me: “you mean series A” him: “no my VC friends call it a series 1 you will learn” me: “it’s not a series 1 I’m sure” him: “let’s check it out later” me: “I think I actually have to go” (FYI.
67
2
295
@arrington I used to have a boss in crypto like that and it got to the point where I would feel physically ill when we went to be seated at a restaurant. It was partly because it painful to watch and partly because I used to date a chef and I know what they do to the meals at those tables.
4
1
82
4
10
81
20 years ago today, on June 29, 2003, I reported to the Naval Academy.
6
0
73
“I’m working on bringing more of the contract part to smart contracts” @NickSzabo4 #smartcontracts
8
7
60
A picture of my Aidan on the morning of May 27th 2022. He passed one year ago today at 11:05 PM.
18
0
63
“The best use case for digital assets is settlement” - Marjan Delatinne @ripple #wbclondon @keynote_ae
1
14
46
Elixxir Nodes initial list. @sentosumosaba made the cut.
"Ripple is experiencing dramatic growth!" An aggressive, strategic & brilliant ad driving the expanded use of XRP in Philippines / Mexico Corridors that have more than $60B of incoming remittances. I made first cut to run Elixxir NODE. #XRP @elixxir_io
0
4
48
4
11
47
Having a child brings a perspective and unbelievable love to your life that is unexplainable. People say it changes you and it truly does. I thought I loved my dog. I thought I loved ex boyfriends but nothing compares to the love for my child. It sounds cliché but real.
5
0
48
@arrington “While there, I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Mashinsky briefly. I looked him in the eyes and told him that I had entrusted my entire life’s savings to Celsius. Mr. Mashinsky assured me that my funds were safe.” This is terrible and truly evil. No empathy.
4
2
43
“No one does a million tps per sec. ” Jeff McDonald @NEMofficial. @money2020 Maybe we should look at how things scale and not focus on tps. @elixxir_io can scale linearly. BTC and ETH cannot
1
10
38
“There is no honor among thieves.”
3
5
41
“It’s going to be a cold winter. spend time with your families” @hosseeb . ”but tomorrow could be the greatest bull-run in history”. “xrp and btc” @arrington @wdas2018
2
8
35
It’s irresponsible as a VC to look at a company for any period of time, decline them and then offer no feedback. in my experience, over the past 4 years the only investors that do this are inexperienced, I have never seen an experienced high profile VC do this.
4
4
32
In Tokyo @beyondblocks_ I was able to meet with @OverstockCEO Dr. Patrick Byrne. Please checkout my latest @Blockchain_tio article about the @tzeroblockchain. @BlockXVentures #blockchain #crytocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum
1
11
34
Gm! $35 M 🍷🚀🌕
3
1
36
0
1
31
Proud to be part of the @StreetShares team who was recognized in the @wsj this morning for raising our $23 Million Dollar Series B. #fintech #veteranbusiness @MarkRockefeller
6
12
27
.@sommfinance CEO @zmanian “Cosmos SDK gives you expanding universe of economic tools with examples on how build things”
1
2
29
And $55M on Black Friday 🍷🚀🌕.
Beginning the year with $1M in TVL, Sommelier has reached an epic new milestone with $55M in protocol TVL 🤯
1
2
27
Working in an international crypto company requires sending daily international wires, inputing swift codes & aba numbers, looking up bank addresses and speaking to our bank is a huge reminder why we need crypto in the first place. It’s like taking a horse to work to build a car.
4
4
28
. @zmanian at @CosmoverseHQ discussing stable coins see for stable coin vaults providing liquidity in frax, gho and usdc, usdt and dai in real yield usd
0
3
28
Olaf Carlson Wee onstage at #tokensummit discussing #pos as a superior technical consensus with @fredwilson
0
10
25
Protocol Panel at #bbtokyo2018 “One of the issues I see in the future is (disputes between) shareholders in a company and token holders. Some of the protocols need to fix these governance structures now.” @MattSpoke
0
11
26
Learned Mrs. Thailand is a pilot on @AirAsia. they also have the highest percentage of female pilots
0
0
24
Honor to be on panel earlier today @ParisBlockWeek on Privacy: real-world applications for Zero Knowledge Proof with @Khovr @Dusk_Network , @reubenyap @zcoinofficial ,, @JackGavigan @ZCash .& @samanthawyap from @Yap Global as moderator. @elixxir_io
3
4
21
0
5
23
0
6
21
0
5
24
$20 Million TVL @sevenseas_c @sommfinance 🍷🚀🌕.
Sommelier's TVL has reached new heights, surpassing $20M and setting an all-time record for the protocol!. Explore our best-in-class vaults:
0
3
25
.@elixxir_io cmix whitepaper released today!!! I’m also in NYC for #blockchainweek. Checkout WP below
1
1
22
After years of hard work we are excited to announce Veda, the first native yield layer. Veda will forever change the DeFi and financial landscape.
1/9 Introducing Veda: the first Native Yield Layer. Veda tokenizes complex DeFi into user-friendly yield products and is the foundation of the Native Yield Stack.
5
2
24
19 hours and 15 minutes later. We arrived.
All flights are canceled from NYC to Madison until Thursday. So I’m starting a 15 hour drive with a 1 year old. #vacation.
4
0
22
Looking forward to speaking at #consensus2019 🙌🙌🙌.
@Goodstephv and @BengerMarques will be speaking on the Changelog track at #Consensus2019! There will be an update on all things #Elixxir and a ten minute Q and A for audience members. #blockchain #NYBW
1
3
20
Hey 👋 Friends. If you are in #nyc tomorrow and at #consensus2019 please checkout @elixxir_io talk at 10:00am @chaumdotcom @BengerMarques and I will be talking. 🚀🚀🚀
2
4
23
Now over $136 M 👀 at the lates deposit @sevenseas_c @ether_fi 🚀🌕
Liquid is now at over $100M TVL, making it the largest single DeFi strategy vault. Coming soon: .- Built-in smart contract insurance. - More vaults, including a USD market neutral vault.
1
1
21
It was an honor to be on @beyonduniform discussing #cryptocurrency and #blockchain. @BlockXVentures @Blockchain_tio
1
7
22
Proud to work with @sevenseas_c and @sommfinance who have now reached $25M in TVL🍷🚀🌕.
It’s official! Sommelier has reached $25M TVL, a new all-time high for the protocol. This milestone wouldn’t be possible without our amazing community, ecosystem strategists and protocol partners.
1
3
20
.@sommfinance finance is a decentralized team including many co- founders @kpoldsam @jackzampolin Kevin Kennis and @zmanian and 40 team members all over the world.
.@sommfinance CEO @zmanian “Cosmos SDK gives you expanding universe of economic tools with examples on how build things”
0
5
20
@3YearLetterman @valeroalamobowl @CoachSBeamer @BILOSuperSaver @SenFeinstein @MeekMill @MilkStudios @HulkHogan @GovLarryHogan @blink182 @DowntonAbbey It’s sad the number of people who likely liked this for the wrong reasons.
4
0
16
"#veterans = the most powerful business network on earth" @MarkRockefeller @StreetShares #vetcon2017
0
16
17
Beyond honored to work with the @elixxir_io team and @chaumdotcom and announce our latest funding round @money2020 @chrislarsensf #money2020 #blockchain #crypto
1
3
16
$32 M 🍷🚀🌕.
1
6
20
“It would would be a lot more interesting to turn Coinbase into a Dex” @luigidemeo @Avax @CUBlockchain
0
4
19
This morning at the Swiss Central Bank with @chaumdotcom @elixxir_io #cryptovalley #crypto #blockchain #blockchaintechnology
1
1
19
A few photos below from @elixxir_io update at #Consensus2019 please take 2 minutes this week to download our #Prelixxir dApp . earlier downloads are earlier in the access list
0
3
18
$32 M 🍷🚀🌕.
New record alert! Sommelier's TVL has surpassed $32M. Learn more about us at
1
2
21
1
2
17
0
1
16
“We need to build a new community of artists who get to participate in the business model” @mattsorum @gunsnroses #blockchaintechnology
0
3
20
The Future of Liquid Staking “We want to facilitate the future of liquid staking” @zmanian co-founder @sommfinance @sevenseas_c
1
3
20
Having your dog in your headshot is a new level I haven’t reached @mark0baricevic @CosmoverseHQ 🦮🐶
2
0
18
All flights are canceled from NYC to Madison until Thursday. So I’m starting a 15 hour drive with a 1 year old. #vacation.
11
0
19
Excited to build something better 🚀.
3
0
19
.@sommfinance goes multi-chain today! Starting with @arbitrum. Can’t wait to see more vaults 🍷🚀.
Axelar enables Sommelier DeFi vaults to connect to Arbitrum
0
1
18
2
2
15
The first @eigenlayer LRT vault by @ether_fi , @sommfinance and @sevenseas_c is now live. Join the etherfi community, earn rewards and help provide liquidity today! 👇 🍷✅.
Turbo eETH Vault is live on @sommfinance ✅. Users deposit WETH and the vault manages to provide liquidity on @Uniswap, @Balancer, and lending on @aave and @MorphoLabs 💱. Depositors will get incentives in SOMM and eETH📩. loyalty points will start to.
3
2
17
I recently purchased this. All I can say is I wanted it more each time I passed by the store. Idk. I think I’m spiraling.
8
0
18
Them: “So are you here with someone?”, “Do you work on community?” “Are you in PR?”, “Are you a journalist?” Me:
1
0
16
Honored to work with @7SeasCapital and @sommfinance on the launch of the @CleargateC cellar strategies 🍷.
In order to thrive in all market conditions, @sommfinance must become a supermarket of strategies. The next cellars in the pipeline are from @CleargateC , they are better than HODL for getting in on the future recovery of the crypto markets and I’m pumped.
0
1
18
I don’t normally brag but the city is renovating the prison in my neighborhood. 😊
4
0
18
Happy to have been a part of the @VIDABWF podcast 🎙️ with @perkinscr97 from @coinfund_io @sommfinance @sevenseas_c 🎧👇.
Amazing and informative @VIDABWF #podcast with @USMC vet, @NavalAcademy grad, @sevenseas_c co-founder and @sommfinance 🍷ops head, the impressive @GoodStephV. via @YouTube.
0
7
18
Congratulations @zmanian @jack_zampolin!.
Cosmos Builders Foundation Launches to Support Expansion of Interchain Ecosystem
0
1
15
.@zmanian one of the co-founders of @sommfinance discusses Multi-chain strategies with @arbitrum and @BanklessHQ 🍷🚀.
🚨PREMIERE 🚨. @axelarcore just unlocked the new era of interoperability 🚀. - What's the TLDR?.- Why's this a game changer?.- Which chains will benefit?. Guests: .@sergey_nog.@sgoldfed @arbitrum .@zmanian @cosmos. Tap in! 👇👇.
1
3
17
“Blockchain at its core is impactful. we have two choices Incremental or systems change” @VanessaGrellet_ @ConsenSys @token2049 #Token2049
0
10
16