Hey everyone, I'm Jensen Asi. This is Markets Outlook on CoinDesk. This episode comes to you from

Stellary Meridian, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

There is a new $50 million fund on the block, and it's called onigiri capital launched by japan's credit

sazon the fund is dedicated to connecting brazilian and latin american founders with as as as as

onigiri capital managing partner shin and louis hello hi thanks for having me thank you for

being here now this is quite interesting.

We've been talking a lot about what's happening here in Latin America.

We've been talking a lot about the entrepreneurs and the builders.

And what Onigiri Capital is doing is connecting those folks with institutional investors in Asia.

Talk to me about that bridge.

It's a bridge that is not obvious at first glance, but what really excites us is that today, more than half of the global users of blockchain are in Asia.

So if you are not looking at Asia as you grow, you're missing out on more than half of your potential total market.

And what's unique about Latin America and Asia is that there are a lot of similarities.

There are many economies that are rapidly growing.

A lot of the infrastructure is maturing.

But more importantly, we see blockchain providing an opportunity to leapfrog.

So we don't have to just go with the traditional evolution path from paper to fintech to blockchain,

but going direct to blockchain.

We see that happening in Asia. We see that happening here in Latam.

I'm going to expose something, which is last night we had one of the best Japanese meals

I've ever had in Brazil. Oh, my God. In Brazil, so delicious. And then in mentioning that,

some people were saying there's a really vibrant Japanese community here.

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