If TradFi is compressing, where’s the upside? Ariel Navarro of Whale Capital thinks he found it.
After nearly two decades in global banking, from IPOing a fund platform in Spain to leading Citi’s Asia strategy team through the 2008 crisis, Ariel Navarro made the leap into crypto.
Why?
Because as he puts it: "If you want to see the rainbow, you might have to put up with the rain."
Now, as CEO of Whale Capital, Ariel is building a liquid token fund designed for long-term, risk-aware institutional investors.
We covered:
🔹 Why traditional finance is compressing, and crypto is expanding
🔹 Whale’s 4-stage investment process (clustering → fundamentals → momentum → optimization)
🔹 Building a long/hedged strategy to outperform through volatility
🔹 Why Solana and Bittensor are on his personal watchlist
🔹 What TradFi LPs still don’t understand about crypto
🔹 The opportunity in DeFi, AI, and the missing infrastructure across L1 ecosystems
Ariel How crypto is maturing, but still full of alpha for the prepared
A masterclass for those interested in liquid crypto funds
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