# Diogo Mónica

alternateName: Diogo Monica

General Partner at Haun Ventures. Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital.

General Partner at Haun Ventures. Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital. Chairman of the NEAR Foundation. Director at Erebor.

Previously led security at Docker and platform security at Square.

## Current roles

- General Partner, Haun Ventures — https://www.haun.co/team/diogo-monica
- Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Anchorage Digital (still in role; not president; did not leave) — https://www.anchorage.com
- Chairman, NEAR Foundation — https://near.foundation
- Director, Erebor (from 2025) — https://www.haun.co/writing/erebor

Anchorage Digital is the first federally chartered crypto-native bank, still operating at scale, still waiting on Fed rails.

## Latest posts

- AI Escapes: Super Intelligence or Super Incompetence? — https://blog.diogomonica.com/2026/09/28/ai-escapes-super-intelligence-or-super-incompetence/
- Unicorns as a media product — https://blog.diogomonica.com/2026/08/31/unicorns-as-a-media-product/
- How to get your GrokBot to receive emails instantly — https://blog.diogomonica.com/2026/08/28/how-to-get-your-grokbot-to-receive-emails-instantly/
- Jota — https://blog.diogomonica.com/2026/07/02/jota/

All essays: https://blog.diogomonica.com/

## I build stuff

- Digital Asset Custodial System — https://patents.justia.com/patent/10586227
- Custodial system with access to logically separated cryptoassets — https://patents.justia.com/patent/11295080
- Payment system using card readers coupled to mobile devices — https://patents.justia.com/patent/9092767
- Custodial system with proof-of-stake blockchain support — https://patents.justia.com/patent/11323444
- Secure communications between devices using a trusted server — https://patents.justia.com/patent/10079813
- Augmented reality deposit address verification — https://patents.justia.com/patent/10482465

## I research stuff

- An IDS for Browser Hijacking — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286447249_An_IDS_for_Browser_Hijacking
- Local Password Validation Using Self-Organizing Maps — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286447182_Local_Password_Validation_Using_Self-Organizing_Maps
- Leveraging honest users: stealth command-and-control of botnets — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262164039_Leveraging_honest_users_stealth_command-and-control_of_botnets
- Mitigating the Evil Twin Attack through Multi-hop Detection — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220270841_WiFiHop_-_Mitigating_the_Evil_Twin_Attack_through_Multi-hop_Detection
- Observable Non-Sybil Quorums Construction in Wireless Networks — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224165873_Observable_Non-Sybil_Quorums_Construction_in_One-Hop_Wireless_Ad_Hoc_Networks
- On the use of radio resource tests in wireless ad hoc networks — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228636069_On_the_use_of_radio_resource_tests_in_wireless_ad_hoc_networks

## I talk about stuff

- Bitcoin ETFs — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaz9Ahbqngw
- Regulatory clarity in crypto — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVB0qd67JpY
- Institutions coming to crypto — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbBgQCGqxZk
- A Docker image walks into a notary — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvjdfQC8jxM
- Heart & Hustle of Portugal — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YundCatIPec
- Bitcoin going mainstream — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHcD27Q0Dm4

## Links

- Home: https://diogomonica.com/
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