Hans Thomas got his start in 1999 working on InternetCash, an early digital currency project, before founding a mortgage company and later building data and analytics tools that were used by Wall Street trading desks and credit hedge funds during the mortgage crisis. At 10X Capital, he has chaired the firm's SPAC efforts, including the REE Automotive merger, worked on bitcoin and BNB treasury strategies, and notes that many CEOs he has backed later became investors in his fund after their companies were sold.