Aiming to bring rigour to crypto in 2020, Simon Dedic, Blockfyre

Irishtechnews interview with crypto influencer Simon Dedic, from Blockfyre

What is your background briefly?

Well my background is rather unconventional. I have studied Biology and always wanted to become a Cancer Researcher. However, during my PhD I found out that this is not the direction I want to work in for the rest of my life. Then I met Jonathan Habicht who started Blockfyre. Since crypto was always my biggest passion since early 2017, I decided to join him and Blockfyre, so we started to scale it up and have both managed to make this our full-time job.

Aiming to bring rigour to crypto in 2020, Simon Dedic, Blockfyre

Does it seem like a logical background to what you do now?

Partially yes. I might now work in a lab anymore, however I am still a researcher. My Biology studies have taught me analytical thinking and to critically question facts, which is very helpful for me today when I am doing my due diligence on crypto projects.

1 min pitch for what you are doing now?

I am now the Co-Founder of Blockfyre and Managing Partner of Moonrock Capital.

With Blockfyre we are releasing in-depth research reports about crypto projects to provide retail investors with a thorough review and an unbiased opinion on it. In addition to this, we are currently also about to release a Due Diligence format, which will be limited to strictly facts only and will be a service for Liquidity Provision firms and Digital Asset Exchanges.

Moonrock Capital is our own bootstrapped venture capital fund. We are highly selective with the projects that we chose to work with, but when we do, we hold a particular amount of their token and work closely together with them to grow and accelerate these projects within the crypto space, as it is still very much the Wild West. In doing this, projects can concentrate on building their actual product while we take care of the rest.

Why did you get involved with Blockfyre and Moonrock Capital?

In my opinion there is still way too little professionalism in the space. To be honest, I have been rather unprofessional before joining Blockfyre as well with my previous social media account. However, I decided to change that for our company’s sake. It seems that our clients highly appreciate that, as many are traditional business men rather than typical “crypto moonboys“. This crypto space is still part of the game though. So projects really appreciate us as the bridge from the very unconventional crypto space to professional business.

You mentioned Jonathan Habicht as your partner. Is it just you two taking care of these two brands?

Well, not really. With Blockfyre we have our first employees onboarded and are already in the process of hiring more people.

With Moonrock Capital there is a third partner on board, Alex Smith. He is also the Founder and CEO of The Daily Chain, so it’s not surprising we often are collaborating very closely on different projects, as The Daily Chain is also a great news platform and one stop-shop for all crypto related content.

How were the last 12 months?

To be honest: astonishing. We would never have thought that we would be where we are right now half a year ago. It seems like we skipped several steps on our roadmap (laughs). Having said that, we are very thankful about that and have to thank our community for that, which was always highly supportive, but also very rational and organic.

Why do you think it is such a powerful idea?

It’s not a groundbreaking idea, but something that is actually needed. Our strength is rather in the delivery, as we always stay 100% focused and professional. I think that’s not taken for granted yet in this space, and thus probably also the reason why our clients always have been so content with our work.

How can people find out more about you & your work?

You can find out more on our actual websites blockfyre.com and moonrockcapital.io. Other than that, just follow me on Twitter, then you will most probably never miss out on any news from our side!

We are hiring ?

As we are looking to expand our research team, we are accepting applications for the role of a Lead Analyst at Blockfyre.

If you're highly ambitious, enthusiastic about researching and well experienced about crypto, send your application to: [email protected] pic.twitter.com/DZGbWlXdT6

— Blockfyre (@blockfyre) October 1, 2019

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