Ten months ago I started streaming again and launched Counterparty with my cofounder @macdegods.
We had a clear vision and goal: everyone in the world is a trader, they are significantly underserved via content, entertainment finance is the next megatrend and we are going to be the biggest in the world.
Since then weโve evolved from a niche crypto stream, interviewing three crypto traders a day, to the one stop shop for everything happening across all markets - geopolitics, ai, stocks and the rest.
The team has grown from me and Malcolm in my bedroom to a full cast of killers. Our community, live viewership and talent in the pit (iykyk) only grows up and to the right. And we are partnered with two of the most dominant companies in all of finance (Phantom and Polymarket)
Itโs impossible to articulate how much has happened this last year to someone that didnโt live it. Everything about markets is always changing except for our thesis: everyone will trade.
Itโs simple; the world that traditional financial media was created in no longer exists.
The currency is being hyper-inflated, wealth inequality is expanding and the job market is being flipped on its head with ai. What worked for our parents will not work for us.
But the game always persists.
The new game is 24/7. Hyper online. Narratives, memetics and attention are just as important as traditional fundamentals. Counterparty is the first financial media company native to this world.
Always on and dedicated towards platforming risk taking and figuring out how to climb the ladder.
The game isnโt just about trading but rather an aspirational goal of how to make money, grow skills and win. Thatโs what it will always be about.
I do this everyday because I love it. I love to trade. I love to stream. I love to talk to people smarter and more successful than I am. Ultimately my only win condition is to get as close to the source as possible. I want to be part of whatever is fueling the lifeblood of the future.
Welcome to the new Counterparty