Extensive Cr*pto Experience, Bad GPA - TradFi possible?

Hi all,

I spent most of college (top 20) in crypto. Wrote a weekly newsletter to 350k subscribers, raised $300k for a DAO (basically a fund) and have achieved a 25% return since inception 3 years ago. Most recently was the first hire at a crypto art brokerage and helped the company from $0 to $35M+ brokered in first year. I neglected school and my GPA is a 3.3. I'm a rising senior and looking at full-time stuff for 2025. Ideally PE/VC or RE in Texas or Florida. I'd be open to NYC but given 0 experience in tradfi and a bad GPA I figure this is a non-starter. My question is, should I even bother trying to apply to full-time tradfi stuff? Are they at all interested in an applicant like me? Where should I be looking, if at all? How should I be approaching the process? I appreciate any advice in advance.

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Why Texas & Florida? Politics or purely CoL/Taxes based?

Warmth + sunlight, and yes CoL and Taxes. But I’m cognizant of the fact that beggars can’t be choosers. While NYC may never be beat, Austin excites me as a place that is growing. I’d rather be part of the cohort that builds the city and later becomes its ruling elite than go to a city where the hierarchies are static. 

 
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Think about poker players as an example. Make a resume sanitized of all specific crypto jargon and focus on the systematic/technical aspects, hopefully you have a system for evaluating probability and sizing for instance. Don't treat it as financial experience. If you could discuss general business concepts you learned you could probably get some interest from proprietary trading firms for non-traditional internships instead of PE/VC. Make the move later.

 

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