{"id":"avi-felman","hidden":false,"ipfs":"QmTLv5FzLCGHo9yufgdoTEhFn5tnNm3pJpWEvsJXkx1X8s","language":"en","transactionHash":"0x581ed2c55bf8916bd258097e840afa38be7a927ef0fb742afcfc9f7b6a802a26","created":"2026-09-20T04:46:10.096Z","updated":"2026-09-20T04:46:10.096Z","title":"Avi Felman","summary":"Avi Felman is a person that is a crypto and finance professional and entrepreneur who has held trading and executive roles and founded multiple startups and media ventures.","content":"**Avi Felman** is an American digital asset trader and media executive who is the chief executive officer of [1000x](https://iq.wiki/wiki/1000x), a role he assumed in June 2026.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb) Before moving into media, he spent much of his career trading [cryptocurrencies](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) for institutional investment firms, serving as Head of Digital Asset Trading at GoldenTree Asset Management and, earlier, as Head of Trading and Co-Portfolio Manager at [BlockTower Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blocktower-capital).[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ydzr69r9kg) \n\n## Education\n\nFelman studied at Washington University in St. Louis, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering between 2013 and 2017.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ydzr69r9kg) While an undergraduate, he was active in the university's entrepreneurial community, co-founding a consulting and design venture and being selected for a Stanford-run innovation fellowship.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb)​\n\n## Career\n\nFelman's earliest business activity centered on the entrepreneurial ecosystem at his university. Between September 2015 and August 2017 he was co-founder and advisor of Bear Studios LLC, a consulting and design firm he helped establish at Washington University that allowed undergraduate student fellows to freelance with early-stage startups and to assist faculty and postdoctoral researchers in commercializing university research.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb) \n\nIn parallel, from June 2015 to August 2017, he founded VentureFocus, which he describes as a searchable and filterable database of more than 6,000 private equity firms, seed investors, and angels intended to help founders discover funding sources.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb) \n\nAfter graduating, Felman spent five months from August 2017 to January 2018 as a business analyst at Capital One, the McLean, Virginia–based financial company, working in a consulting capacity.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb) He then moved into digital assets. From January 2018 to January 2019 he was co-founder and chief investment officer of Ledger Capital, based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb)​\n\n### Digital Asset Trading Career\n\nFelman's institutional trading career began at Wave Financial, also referred to as Wave Digital Assets, where he served as Lead Trader for structured products from January to November 2019 in the greater Los Angeles area.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb) \n\nIn November 2019 Felman joined [BlockTower Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blocktower-capital), the institutional investment firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, that applies professional trading, venture investing, credit underwriting, and portfolio management across digital and traditional assets.He served as Head of Trading from November 2019 to March 2022, a tenure of about two years and four months, based in the greater New York City area. From January 2021 he also took on the role of Co-Portfolio Manager, which he describes as co-managing the firm's flagship fund alongside the chief investment officer, holding the position until March 2022.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb)​\n\nFrom March 2022 to April 2024, a period of just over two years, Felman was Head of Digital Asset Trading at GoldenTree Asset Management, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ydzr69r9kg) \n\n## 1000x\n\nIn June 2026 Felman became chief executive officer of [1000x](https://iq.wiki/wiki/1000x), a broadcast media production and distribution company founded in 2026, headquartered in Washington, D.C., with a presence in China.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb) The venture is associated with the 1000x podcast, which Felman live-streams, and the project domain 1000x.money.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-qh9mctfe40) Under the 1000x banner, Felman has recorded interviews with figures across crypto and investing, including a conversation with [Jordi Alexander](https://iq.wiki/wiki/jordi-alexander) of Selini Capital recorded at the Selini Summit in Cannes, a discussion with Andrew Kang on robotics investing, and a podcast with [Anthony Pompliano](https://iq.wiki/wiki/anthony-pompliano).[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ywbuv6a0nb) \n\n## Media Appearances\n\nIn June 2026, Avi Feldman appeared on The Pomp Podcast hosted by [Anthony Pompliano](https://iq.wiki/wiki/anthony-pompliano) to discuss his decision to sell his [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) and other [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) holdings after nearly a decade in the industry. The conversation also covered artificial intelligence, financialization, biotech, defense, rare earth minerals, and trading psychology.\n\n[YOUTUBE@VID](bJD-Ftig30M)\n\nIn August 2026, Avi Feldman interviewed [Evgeny Gokhberg](https://iq.wiki/wiki/evgeny-gokhberg), founder and CIO of Re7 Capital, on The 1000x Podcast. The discussion covered Gokhberg’s background in traditional finance and emerging markets, Re7’s market-neutral crypto strategy, [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) lending and market-making, tokenized stocks, DeFi vaults, and the potential impact of artificial intelligence on [decentralized finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi).\n\n[YOUTUBE@VID](xAVzE-OdIeo)\n","recentActivity":null,"operator":{"id":"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a"},"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"tags":[{"id":"Advisor"},{"id":"Founder"},{"id":"Influencer"},{"id":"Investor"},{"id":"Speaker"}],"images":[{"id":"QmW3Zbz6SHx4DG5C6USGVWNSrMUdEgwFXhDkF4XKwshAmA","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[{"name":"bJD-Ftig30M","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJD-Ftig30M","size":null,"type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"xAVzE-OdIeo","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAVzE-OdIeo","size":null,"type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"}],"linkedWikis":{"founders":["1000x"],"blockchains":[],"speakers":[]},"events":[],"founderWikis":[],"blockchainWikis":[],"metadata":[{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/avifelman/"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/AviFelman"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/AviFelman"},{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"ywbuv6a0nb\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn: Avi Felman\",\"timestamp\":1789879462472,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/avifelman/\"},{\"id\":\"ydzr69r9kg\",\"description\":\"RocketReach - Avi Felman\",\"timestamp\":1789879471188,\"url\":\"https://rocketreach.co/avi-felman-email_36132043\"},{\"id\":\"qh9mctfe40\",\"description\":\"Avi Felman X Account\",\"timestamp\":1789879478771,\"url\":\"https://x.com/AviFelman\"}]"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmTLv5FzLCGHo9yufgdoTEhFn5tnNm3pJpWEvsJXkx1X8s"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Apply minor edits to Avi Felman wiki"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmTLv5FzLCGHo9yufgdoTEhFn5tnNm3pJpWEvsJXkx1X8s"}],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a"},"views":4}