Tim Grant of Deus X Capital only wants to tell the real story when talking to others in the crypto industry.
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Deus X, led by CEO Grant, started with approximately $1 billion in assets and operates around the world with offices in London, Malta and the UAE. Grant is scheduled to speak at CoinDesk’s Consensus Hong Kong conference in February 2026.
The company deploys capital through private equity, venture capital, venture structuring and capital allocation to support and build innovative companies across everything from trading infrastructure and broker-as-a-service platforms to digital asset ventures.
“What I saw was a powerful new toolset and an opportunity to address those inefficiencies in a practical way, with faster payments, lower costs, and more transparency, by integrating with traditional finance rather than replacing it,” Grant said of entering crypto.
I was early in my career and had no prior knowledge of Bitcoin. BTC$88,110.41 He said he was lucky enough to meet with the executives of both Ripple and Coinbase (COIN) in San Francisco, where everything changed. By the end of 2015 he was in the digital assets space and has been there ever since.
“Our growth strategy at Deus X is intentionally pragmatic and infrastructure-driven,” he said. “We believe that combining both investment and operations is a powerful combination to achieve growth and generate strong risk-adjusted returns.”
Grant said this means building, supporting and operating companies across multiple layers of the digital finance stack, from payments and treasury to institutional DeFi, prime services, market infrastructure and execution tools.
He said Deus X’s portfolio of ventures has expanded through businesses like Deus X Pay, Cor Prime and Solstice, with each company targeting a specific problem but primarily working together to accelerate growth and share infrastructure.
He said that for Grant, the consensus is about substance, not spectacle, and given its wide portfolio of investments and companies, companies are always operating in all sectors, both as providers of capital and as investors in their own businesses.
“We are looking to work with institutions, regulators, and builders who are focused on bringing digital finance into production, especially in regulated payments, treasury, tokenization, prime services, and institutional DeFi,” he said.
