Kain Warwick on Drug Addiction, $30M ICO, and What Vitalik Gets Wrong
For Episode 24 of Crypto Market Wizards, I am joined by Kain Warwick, founder of Infinex and Havven/Synthetix. He shares what it was like growing up with a father who was a professional athlete. He discusses his fascination with entrepreneurship and what led to the Havven (now SNX) ICO in 2017. He shares his "lunatic" stories as a founder and what his vision is for Infinex. At the end, he opens up about his drug addiction and what he learned after two full years being sober. Guest's Twitter: https://x.com/kaiynne Check out Infinex: https://infinex.xyz/ PODCASTS: Crypto Market Wizards: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bwqqJO_txgGQySGK5-HSuTPp0LjeGqA Steady Lads: https://www.youtube.com/@0xSteadyLads Taiki is the founder of Humble Farmer Army, a community-driven research company founded in 2021 with a mission to create high-quality, digestible content that helps separate signal from noise for DeFi enthusiasts. Timestamps: 0:00 Kain's Token2049 Experience 0:57 Kain's Childhood 8:17 Importance of Money & Circumstance 13:09 Playing in a Band for 5 Years 17:13 Foray into Tech Entrepreneurship 19:50 Finding Bitcoin & Ethereum 28:06 Raising $30M ICO for Havven (now SNX) 32:51 Surviving the 2018-19 Bear Market 38:01 Having a Chip on Your Shoulder 41:15 The State of DeFi 46:45 What Vitalik Gets Wrong 51:04 Advice to Younger Self 53:29 Taking down Binance 1:00:02 Walking Away from Crypto 1:02:19 Drug Addiction