This profile traces how Aquanow co-founder and CEO Phil Sham built a global liquidity and infrastructure business - not by chasing the market, but by standing his ground. As digital assets move from speculative conversation into institutional strategy, his story offers a different kind of founding narrative: one defined by market structure, discipline and the long work of building infrastructure that actually holds.
Key themes explored:
- How Phil Sham's background in equities and electronic trading shaped the way he saw crypto as a market structure opportunity — not a movement
- Why Aquanow chose to build foundational infrastructure rather than a single product, and what that means for institutions entering digital asset markets
- What survival as an operating discipline looks like in a market where euphoria and fear can distort judgment in equal measure
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