As the crypto market holds steady with $BTC and $ETH showing resilience builders and innovators are turning toward stable assets and real yield models shaping the next phase of decentralized finance. Meet @perkinscr97 (Christopher Perkins) the President of CoinFund, a crypto-native investment firm managing over $1 billion in assets, where he blends his U.S. Marine Corps veteran resilience surviving an IED attack in Iraq with a storied TradFi career at Lehman brothers and Citi to pioneer Web3 innovation. I drew this pencil sketch of your profile as a tribute to your vision, capturing your sharp suit and steady gaze on humble lined paper, hoping it reflects the depth you bring to building resilient systems and I’d be honored if you’d share your thoughts on it 🙏 As a key voice on the CFTC's Global Markets Advisory Committee and Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee, he champions U.S. leadership in blockchain, pushing for regulatory harmony and commodity classifications for tokens, all while co-founding Veterans in DeFi and Blockchain Web3 Foundation (@VIDABWF) and Veterans on Wall Street (@VeteransonWS) to empower vets in this space. In web3, Perkins is a driving force behind DeFi infrastructure, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and stablecoins, seeing Solana as the "decentralized Nasdaq" and Ethereum as a strategic commodity for trillions in global finance. Through CoinFund, he’s backed trailblazers like Ether Machine (@TheEtherMachine) for ETH staking benchmarks, Ford (@BitMNR) with its $1.65B on-chain public company on Solana, and Superstate/Backpack for tokenized U.S. stocks, alongside Ondo Finance’s global markets all showcasing his knack for scaling innovation. He’s vocal about fixing derivatives with "skin in the game" models to dodge crashes like October 2025’s flash debacle, supports CFTC-regulated futures, and lauds stablecoin ecosystems like Circle and Aave, tying his military-honed transparency ethos to Web3’s fight against illicit finance. This sketch aims to honor that legacy your leadership in shaping DeFi’s future is truly inspiring. ----------------------------------------- I'll share more insights on @bitdealernet later stay tuned