SecondLane

SecondLane is a Web3 private markets fintech connecting traditional finance with the digital future.

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Plan your exit from day one.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🔥 ON STAGE: Cointelegraph’s @itsciaranlyons discusses AI and crypto investing with @edenblockvc founder @lior_eth and @Second_Lane CEO @Omar_Shakeeb at Digital Asset Summit London 2026.

Messika warned that shared AI models could lead investors to make the same mistakes. Zahir urged venture funds to plan their exits from day one.

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Our CEO @Omar_Shakeeb at @blockworksDAS with @lior_eth of @edenblockvc and @Cointelegraph’s @itsciaranlyons on how AI transforms underwriting and business models in crypto.

From the risk of every investor running the same AI models to why funds should plan their exit from day one.

Thanks to @blockworks for having us!

[Digital Asset Summit 2026 @blockworksDAS]

Plan your exit from day one. Omar Shakeeb's example is that if an asset touches 3x, you take off 50% and move on.

"I'm not saying all funds are doing the same but most of them on average are horribly underperforming." @Omar_Shakeeb @Second_Lane

[INPUT Global @INPUT_global]

@GateEU_Official Asset managers have moved past whether to hold digital assets. Now it’s about building the strategy.

Moving on to “The New Asset Class: How Asset Managers Are Building Digital Asset Strategies,” joined by @IOGroup, @wintermute_t, @Second_Lane, @blockchain and @silver8capital.

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Our CEO @Omar_Shakeeb joined Ayt Belyalov (@wintermute_t), Félix Barnoin (Silver 8) and Al Turnbull (@blockchain) on the panel “The New Asset Class: How Asset Managers Are Building Digital Asset Strategies” at The (un)Banked in London today, moderated by @0xmauricio (@blockdropspod)

They covered what’s pushing asset managers into digital assets, where real innovation ends and repackaging begins, and the objections that still hold investment committees back.

The takeaway: institutional interest is real, and what turns it into allocations is clear rules, safe custody and a way out.

Thanks to @INPUT_global for having us.

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Employee liquidity and investor access are two sides of the same transaction. An employee needs to pay bills today, a new investor may be willing to hold for years. At SecondLane, we connect those time horizons through actual secondary share transfers. That gives existing holders liquidity and new investors ownership, while perp contracts add price exposure and speculation without resolving the underlying need for an exit.

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Last week at @Cointelegraph CONNECT in Singapore, our CFO @nabais_andre joined the panel on crypto’s exit problem.

According to Carta, more than half of 2019 venture funds still haven’t returned a dollar. André’s view is that an exit only counts when holders walk away with cash they can use. A thin token, a locked IPO and an acquisition paid in stock you can’t move don’t count.

Founders who leave liquidity until the unlock are already late.

Thanks @reason8eth, @pg_gpt, @al_nechaev and @The_SoniaShaw 🙌

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Private markets are heading to $65T, yet less than 2% changes hands in a year.

Today at @token2049 , @Omar_Shakeeb took the Bit Digital Stage with "Private Markets: $65T Held Hostage". The main takeaways:

1️⃣ The pressure is structural, not cyclical. 2019 VC funds have returned 4-20¢ per $1 LPs put in, and exits keep getting further away. The answer isn't a better exit window; it's liquidity investors can take along the way.

2️⃣ Illiquidity is a cost problem more than a buyer problem. One transfer takes 30-90 days and $25k-$150k in legal and process costs, whatever the stake size, so smaller positions never move. Tokenization makes settlement programmable, and AI can handle the paperwork that used to take lawyers weeks, so that cost can finally come down.

3️⃣ A listing alone isn't liquidity. Most of the work is in approvals, docs and settlement, and none of it works without the company on board. The infrastructure has to be built with issuers, not around them.

4️⃣ Once liquidity flows, holders stop betting everything on one exit, and secondaries show where capital is heading well before the headlines do.

Thank you, #TOKEN2049 for having us. 🇸🇬

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Catch our co-founder @nabais_andre at @Cointelegraph CONNECT in Singapore this Friday, 9 October, talking about the move every investor needs to plan: the exit. 👀

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

Crypto investing doesn’t end when the check is written.

At CONNECT Singapore, the conversation turns to exits, liquidity and how crypto investors ultimately turn their investments back into returns.

• @nabais_andre, Co-Founder & CFO, @Second_Lane
• Pulkit Gupta, Investment Research, @NomadCapital_io
• @al_nechaev, Partner & Head of DeFi & DA, @FundersVC
• @The_SoniaShaw, CEO, @OneAsset_io

Oct. 9 | Singapore

See you there: https://t.co/YHbKHHsLuf

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

We're heading to Singapore for @token2049 🇸🇬

Our CEO & co-founder @Omar_Shakeeb takes the stage to talk about private markets: a $65T asset class in the making that barely moves. Why it's stuck, and what it takes to unlock liquidity.

🎤 Private Markets: $65T Held Hostage
📍 Bit Digital Stage, Level 5, Marina Bay Sands
📅 8 October, 4:15pm

@miguelnabais and @nabais_andre will be joining him there. If secondaries are on your mind, we'd love to meet. Reach out to set up time.
#TOKEN2049

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Our CEO @Omar_Shakeeb is speaking at the Agentic Finance Summit by @moreandmorebdduring during TOKEN2049 Singapore week. 🎤

He joins leaders across finance and technology to discuss how AI agents are reshaping payments, trading and financial infrastructure. If AI is part of your 2027 strategy, this is the room.

📍 Suntec Singapore, 8 Oct, 14:00-20:00
https://t.co/xegjgndzc6

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Three of our co-founders are heading to LA next week for the All-In Summit, and will be meeting with the people moving private markets. If secondaries are on your mind, reach out to @Omar_Shakeeb, @miguelnabais, or @nabais_andre to set up time.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

Cointelegraph CONNECT lands in Singapore on Oct. 9 during TOKEN2049 week.

CONNECT: Singapore brings together leaders across the Web3 ecosystem who are building and shaping what comes next.

Featured speakers:
• @MikeSilagadze, CEO, @ether_fi
• Alex Pack, Managing Partner, @hack_vc
• @MiguelMorel, CEO, @arkham
• @_MinTeo, Managing Partner, @etherealvc
• @ShiliangTang, CEO, @monarq_mgmt
• @ashtokyo, CCO, @Mercuryo_io
• @nabais_andre, Co-Founder & CFO, @Second_Lane
• @frank_liquid, CEO, @liquidtrading
• Ilya Podoynitsyn, FinHarbor

More speakers to be announced soon.

Applications are open: https://t.co/G3y1xbIu1G

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

You can have all the money and still get shut out of the best AI companies.
Passport now beats price. @Omar_Shakeeb explains why 👇
https://t.co/mkjIx8rtD5

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Everyone loves a 10x. The problem starts when it stays on paper because no one knows when to sell.

@OmarShakeeb on how “wait-and-see” has killed $1B funds, becoming one of the most expensive habits in fund management 👉https://t.co/3tHaffWFHI

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Singapore, New York, London, and now Napa Valley!!

So grateful to everyone who joined us for our SecondLane dinner during @theallinpod Liquidity Summit.
A special thank you to @Jason Calacanis and @JakePaul, and to all the investors, founders, and friends who made the evening memorable.

Another step in bringing private market conversations closer to real liquidity.

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Our CBDO & Co-Founder @miguelnabais is in San Francisco next week, meeting with founders, teams, VCs, exchanges, brokers, and operators across the investment ecosystem.
If you’re around from 3–5 June and want to discuss private market access or structured liquidity, please reach out.

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

Pre-IPO markets are getting weirder, faster, and more interesting.

Our CEO @Omar_Shakeeb spoke to @TheBlockCo about SpaceX, pre-IPO perps, and why new pricing signals are emerging where private market liquidity is still hard to access.

Read it here 👇
https://t.co/zxwAwtjxT6

[SecondLane @Second_Lane]

SecondLane announces a new leadership structure, with @Omar_Shakeeb appointed CEO as the company enters its next phase of growth.
More on the full leadership team update: https://t.co/aYhOGCoZ7a

“While our roots are in digital asset private markets, the opportunity across private markets broadly is significant, and growing. Liquidity remains constrained across every segment, and institutional expectations are rising fast. We are building a stronger, more scalable company to meet that moment: the leadership, credibility, commercial reach, operating discipline, and regulatory foundations to go the distance", said Omar-Shakeeb Zahir.