Oct. 25 at 12:01 AM
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That better choice i was talking about: Last post on this board, good luck everyone!
Early investments / advisory: Kidd is widely reported as an early investor/advisor in many major fintech and crypto names — Twitter, Square (Block), Coinbase, Robinhood, Solana — and specifically early involvement with Ripple and Uphold (and others like Brave). His VC firm Hard Yaka is the vehicle for many of these investments.
Vast Bank: Kidd invested to become the majority shareholder of Vast Bank (an FDIC-insured/nationally chartered bank), positioning it to issue on-chain U.S. dollar deposit tokens and support tokenized retail deposits
Background / prior roles: Kidd has experience in payments at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, worked at Booz Allen, served at Promontory Financial, and has led identity projects (GlobaliD). He’s spoken publicly about deposit tokens, tokenized banking mechanics, and crypto/banking integration.
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