Sean Li

making crypto mainstream @newtonlabs @magic_labs
cocreator of @docker desktop

[Sean Li @seanli]

Companies are staying private longer, and more of their value is being created before they ever IPO.

Pre-IPO tokenization is the future of crypto.

The opportunity isn’t just bringing private markets onchain. It’s making private investments more accessible, programmable, and liquid.

Excited to partner with @l2iterative to help build this future at @NewtonLabs.

https://t.co/ZUkpjH4xrW

[Sean Li @seanli]

Vietnam's trade hit a record $930B in 2025, and $888B in just 9 months this year.

Yet many exporters still start from zero with every new foreign buyer.

GOE x Newton are changing that: identity, trade docs & history verified onchain before deals settle. 🇻🇳

[Newton Foundation @NewtonFndn]

Newton Foundation and GOE Alliance are partnering to bring Vietnam’s trade standards onchain

Newton Protocol turns these standards into programmable rules to verify business identity and trade documents before settlement

Read more:
https://t.co/GVg6hZTZyP

[Sean Li @seanli]

@dotpem The new tabs vs spaces

[Newton Labs @NewtonLabs]

Tradfi and DeFi are converging. Here’s how.

[Sean Li @seanli]

@GoogleDeepMind @antigravity Cooked on this one

https://t.co/fipX137UFg

[Sean Li @seanli]

@0xSigil @a16z @khoslaventures @HummingbirdVC @AnthropicAI @MenloVentures @patrickc @naval @rauchg @polynoamial @Thom_Wolf @Mascobot @tszzl @OfficialLoganK @UnderdogAI @ConwayResearch Huge congrats Sigil!

[Sean Li @seanli]

@0xSammy My deepest condolences

[denniswon @0xdenniswon]

Thanks to @cryptauxmargaux for interviewing me in the first installment of her Founder Series on tokenization.

We talked about what we're building at @NewtonLabs : pre-IPO stocks onchain, with compliance checks on every transaction instead of only at mint or wallet approval.

Blockchains settle instantly, but they never had a native authorization layer. That's the gap Newton is built for, and it's what institutions kept asking me about while I worked with regulators and central banks in Asia.

The platform with L2 Capital will bring $500M in tokenized holdings within the first years of launch.

If you're a family office, allocator or institutional builder trying to understand where tokenized assets are heading, follow Margaux's Substack, The Cryptaux Edge. Ex-CoinDesk Ethereum reporter, sharp questions, no hype. I'd trust her read on this space.

Read the interview and subscribe: https://t.co/eRE1a8Q54Y

[Newton Foundation @NewtonFndn]

Pre-IPO AI shares, coming onchain with Newton

[Sean Li @seanli]

@klee_049 @NewtonLabs Absolutely thrilled to partner up on this 🔥

[Kevin Lee @klee_049]

Private markets are where most of the value now gets created, and most investors can’t reach them.

Proud to partner with @NewtonLabs as founding sponsor of a tokenization platform where the fund’s rules are checked before every transfer settles, with a signed record of each decision.

More soon.

[The Defiant @DefiantNews]

EXCLUSIVE

L2 Capital Signs On To Tokenize $500 Million Of Pre-IPO AI Shares With Newton

L2 Capital, a Hong Kong technology investment firm, has signed on as founding partner of a tokenization platform Newton Labs is developing for private and public-market holdings. The firm is targeting $500 million of tokenized holdings in late-stage, pre-IPO technology and AI companies within 24 months of the platform's launch, according to a release shared exclusively with The Defiant.

Read more here:
https://t.co/3epGPsI3Ze

[Sean Li @seanli]

@TD_bbboys258 yes the game is changing, like insiders, retail should get the upside early instead of gambling at the IPO

[Sean Li @seanli]

Companies are staying private longer, and more of their value is being created before they ever IPO.

Pre-IPO tokenization is the future of crypto.

The opportunity isn’t just bringing private markets onchain. It’s making private investments more accessible, programmable, and liquid.

Excited to partner with @l2iterative to help build this future at @NewtonLabs.

https://t.co/ZUkpjH4xrW

[Sean Li @seanli]

@andyyy Especially pre-IPO stock tokenization 😉

https://t.co/b8iaxtj9UU

[Sean Li @seanli]

@NewtonLabs @l2iterative LFG! 🔥

[Newton Labs @NewtonLabs]

Today we are excited to announce our private-market tokenization platform, targeting $500 million in tokenized holdings, with @l2iterative joining as founding partner!! 🎉

Read more ↓

[Newton Labs @NewtonLabs]

"They say not your keys, not your money. That is true in blockchain, but then mainstream adoption won't happen."

Newton Labs co-founder and CTO @0xdenniswon on why investor protection, the thing TradFi and regulators require, has to come before institutional capital moves onchain.

[Sean Li @seanli]

@useKled Another banger - LFG! 🔥

[Newton Labs @NewtonLabs]

Our CTO @0xdenniswon on the @0xEastPoint main stage with @Cindyshi0907, @ethermage and Joe Hwang of @googlecloud, moderated by Jongsub Lee of SNU.

Dennis's take on agent payments: using stablecoins safely takes an approval layer that sets limits and conditions.