Let me introduce you to MMM. While decentralized finance and digital asset companies bend over backwards to be customer centric and reform financial services (each in their own way), MMM is a pretender. It is a pretender that has stolen the language of the crypto economy to create a cancer in its body.
DeFi and Cefi, while both playing in the same ball park, have critical differences essential to the development of digital finance.
This week, we cover these ideas:
That absurd Paul Krugman article about Bitcoin. Also Jim Cramer has things to say about financial regulation.
If all the prices are down, which they are, does that mean that everything is bad and wrong?
How timing is a personal financial planning problem, not a market value problem
Powered by their $300-million fundraise over the summer, Fireblocks is looking to drive infrastructure efforts of digital banking and crypto companies as the industry is poised for explosive growth.
VC3 brings decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) to venture capital by using the power of a very selective crowd.
As the invasion of Ukraine progressed, NFTs played a significant role, with many joining the conversation, and donating.
This week, we look at:
Pipe’s $150 million raise at a $2 billion valuation to turn annualized revenue run-rate into a new peer-to-peer asset class
BitClout’s $200 million of Bitcoin contributions and its mechanisms to turn social media profiles into digital assets
How both projects trade future performance for current monetization
