{"id":71309,"title":"Alex Mashinsky and Celsius Are Going After All the Money in the World","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2020-05-29T12:16:28+00:00","modified":"2020-05-29T15:15:07+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/alex-mashinsky-and-celsius-are-going-after-all-the-money-in-the-world/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/alex-mashinsky-and-celsius-are-going-after-all-the-money-in-the-world.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/alex-mashinsky-and-celsius-are-going-after-all-the-money-in-the-world.json","category":"Fintech","categories":["Fintech"],"tags":["Binance Charity Foundation","COVID-19","cryptocurrency","JK Rowling","Ripple","startup company","XRP"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Alex Mashinsky knows a thing or two about building strategically valuable companies.\n\nHe has made around 120 VC investments, holds 34 patents, raised over a billion dollars, and has achieved over $3 billion in exits.\n\n|   |\n| --- |\n| [!\\[alex mashinsky celsius\\](https://coincentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/alex-mashinsky-celsius-600x335-600x335.png)](https://coincentral.com/mailster/20847/2bcc69d52fd22237722fb17a0b6d6234/aHR0cHM6Ly9jb2luY2VudHJhbC5jb20vY3J5cHRvLWludGVyZXN0LWFjY291bnQtcGlvbmVlci1hbGV4LW1hc2hpbnNreS1hbmQtdGFrZXMtb24tYmlnLWZpbmFuY2Uv) |\n| Crypto Interest Account Pioneer Alex Mashinsky and Takes on Big Finance |\n| [Feature](https://coincentral.com/mailster/20847/2bcc69d52fd22237722fb17a0b6d6234/aHR0cHM6Ly9jb2luY2VudHJhbC5jb20vY3J5cHRvLWludGVyZXN0LWFjY291bnQtcGlvbmVlci1hbGV4LW1hc2hpbnNreS1hbmQtdGFrZXMtb24tYmlnLWZpbmFuY2Uv/1) |\n\nAlex Mashinsky knows a thing or two about building strategically valuable companies.\nHe has made around 120 VC investments, holds 34 patents, raised over a billion dollars, and has achieved** over $3 billion in exits.**\n\nCelsius, Mashinsky’s eighth startup company as a founder, recently cross some significant new milestones:  53.5k BTC (about **$513,600,000**) in deposits, over 100,000 users, and close to $1B worth of deposits.\n\nIn this interview, we go over *how *Celsius is able to accomplish this, and why, according to Mashinsky, it is positioned to revolutionize the concept of an interest account.\n\nHis philosophy? 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