📢 My First Two Weeks in AI & Crypto

When I decided to dive back into AI, crypto, and DeFi in 2025, I was equal parts excited and daunted. On one hand, it felt like entering a brave new world where pioneers were shaping the future. On the other, the sheer complexity was intimidating.

My very first “win” was a small one: I bought a little crypto in 2014, sold a portion of it, and suddenly had enough profit to cover Christmas that year. That rush was intoxicating — proof that this wasn’t just theory, it worked. But just as quickly, I realised: this isn’t easy money. The learning curve is steep, and few people around me in those days even understood what I was talking about. Some were deeply sceptical and not afraid to say so, loudly, in public.

So recently I decided to have another go. The wave is building and its time to get ahead of the now inevitable tsunami that AI is going to make on our lives. It all seemed iimpossible but I have waded in and the “aha” moment this time around came when I built my first interactive digital game with AI. It took me, with zero gaming or porgramming experience, three hours in an airport layover — something that would have taken a whole team weeks a few years ago — and I had something that made those around me laugh out loud. That was the spark. This was real, AI was here, and it was already changing what I can achieve way beyond what evenI expected.

Then came the practical side. Setting up crypto wallets is a far cry from ordering a meal online. I watched $100 in USDC immediately turn into $93.44 on Binance and wondered where the $6.66 disappeared to. The Edge wallet was simple enough, but hardware wallets were more nerve-racking — what if the house burned down with my seed phrase? I began to see the constant tension between individual empowerment and risk.

With Nuria, we decided to commit together financially into the space. I agreed to contribute my time in research and responsibility. That mix of partnership and pressure sharpened my focus. We agreed on a philosophy: not just chasing stocks or currencies, but understand the problem each type of technology solves before backing it. At the same time, keep a slice of “learning money” on the side for experimentation.

I decided to organise my thinking in another note-taking app called Notion. At first it felt like “yet another app,” but quickly it gave me a way to tame the chaos — pages for vocabulary, investment themes, reflections, and test results. I realised this would matter not just for me but for anyone who came after me. If I could map this out clearly enough, others could follow the path without stumbling over the same obstacles.

The biggest surprise? AI and I are forging a partnership. It helps me reflect, organise, and even run experiments I could never have imagined doing alone. Admin tasks, reminders, critical payments — I can already see a near-future where AI carries those burdens so I can focus on strategy, learning, and creating.

And as I look forward, I’m not just investing money. I’m investing in becoming a practitioner, investor, and thought-leader — someone who can explain this world to others and open doors for them. My son Otto may one day look at these notes and see that his Dad got in early, deeply, and meaningfully. For me, that’s reason enough to keep going. PS I am keeping notes of my journey and once I have neough to be of interest to others, I plan to share them so that people can follow the pathways and learn themselves. See my public Notion page for updates at this link https://www.notion.so/Public-Updates-24d3ab9e005080de9deadf9e58daba95?source=copy_link