Most people think crypto is about coins, memes, and speculation.

Iggy thinks it’s about something much bigger: rewiring a $1.5 quadrillion financial system onto better rails… and letting anyone in for as little as $1.

Iggy is the Chief Investment Officer at Theo Network, a protocol that takes real-world assets like US T-bills, gold, and stocks and actually makes them usable on-chain.
Not “tokenization theatre.” Real liquidity. Real yield. Real access.

Before Theo, he:

• Ran billion-dollar prop books on Wall Street
• Raised hundreds of millions for hedge funds
• Co-led Polygon Ventures, seeing almost every serious crypto deal in the market

Now he’s betting the next decade on one mission: give on-chain capital access to the world’s best financial assets, starting with people who’ve never had a brokerage account.

In this episode of DealFlow Founder Stories, we unpack:

• Why today’s financial system still runs on tech from the 50s–60s (COBOL, Fedwire)
• The three phases of RWAs: scammy STOs, “tokenization theatre,” and why Theo is playing Phase 3
• How Theo’s first product – tokenized T-bills (THBL), is strictly better than stablecoins
• Why the market is already pricing Theo’s points + yield at double-digit returns
• How Theo hit $175M+ TVL and top-tier RWA trading velocity before going hard on marketing
• The playbook for turning RWA tokens into actual volume: perps, market making, and Hyperliquid alignment
• Why Korea and emerging markets (Thailand, Turkey, Argentina, etc.) are ground zero for on-chain finance
• How someone with $1–$100 could one day build a proper diversified portfolio entirely on-chain
• The brutal truth about fundraising: “heat-seeking missile” VCs vs real “truffle hunters” and how to get your first lead
• How to choose partnerships that move the needle vs “Barney deals” (I love you, you love me PR)
• Why founders should obsess over revenue, not vibes, as their North Star
• Iggy’s personal story: from signing papers with the KGB in Russia → loading trucks in Canada → physics, hedge funds, VC, and now Theo
• The one mindset shift that lets you make multi-million dollar decisions without losing sleep

If you’ve ever wondered how Wall Street actually comes on-chain beyond the buzzwords, beyond the press releases, this conversation will finally make it click (even if you’re not crypto-native).

Guest

Iggy – Chief Investment Officer, Theo Network (X: @IggyIOP)

Theo Network – https://theo.xyz/

Host
Keira – https://x.com/RealMissAI

DealFlow – https://x.com/dealflowpodcast

MH Ventures – https://www.mhventures.io/