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 YouTube: Spotify: