Pantera's 19-Year-Old Whiz Kid Hired by Coinbase Founder's Fund

  • Charles Noyes dropped out of MIT to join crypto hedge fund
  • He’ll now hold partner title with Coinbase, Sequoia veterans
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In the cryptocurrency world, if you haven’t made partner before you turn 20, what are you doing with your life?

Charles Noyes, an Orange County, California, native who left high school early in 2016 to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is exiting his job at crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital to help two finance titans start a digital-currency fund. He’ll be a partner alongside Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of crypto exchange Coinbase Inc., and Matt Huang, a former partner at venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital, which will be an investor in the new company.