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Balaji Srinivasan: Applications: Today & 2025

Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor and cofounder of multiple companies including Earn.com and Counsyl, gives an overview of “Applications: Today and 2025.” Srinivasan starts off by tracing the history of crypto from Bitcoin and Ethereum to the present. He highlights the crypto applications that have already gotten traction — infrastructure providers such as exchanges, wallets,…

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Balaji Srinivasan, an angel investor and cofounder of multiple companies including Earn.com and Counsyl, gives an overview of “Applications: Today and 2025.” Srinivasan starts off by tracing the history of crypto from Bitcoin and Ethereum to the present. He highlights the crypto applications that have already gotten traction — infrastructure providers such as exchanges, wallets, and miners; decentralized finance (DeFi) apps; and stablecoins that eliminate the volatility of early cryptocurrencies — and looks ahead to the ones that are likely to emerge in the next five years. These include personal tokenization, new financial instruments, decentralized autonomous organizations and gaming.

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134 Comments

134 Comments

  1. Bidali

    May 21, 2020 at 1:29 am

    This is amazing for someone who is not that familiar with crypto.

    • Israel Shiloh

      August 24, 2021 at 12:22 am

      I guess Im asking randomly but does any of you know a method to log back into an Instagram account?
      I was stupid forgot the login password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me!

  2. Temur Mirzosharipov

    May 21, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    great talk, thanks for sharing!

  3. Temur M

    May 21, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    great talk, thanks for sharing!

  4. Temur M (Temur M)

    May 21, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    great talk, thanks for sharing!

  5. BU

    May 23, 2020 at 12:10 pm

    Great session thank you for sharing it!

  6. Prashant Chamarty

    May 23, 2020 at 2:22 pm

    This is great. Please could we have the presentation as well. Thanks.

    • Daniil Orain

      December 23, 2020 at 6:35 pm

      Google the video name and you’ll see the first pdf link. I can’t attach the link here cause the comment will be labeled as spam.

  7. Bobby Richardson

    June 7, 2020 at 12:20 pm

    As long as people understand that if a blockchain is “a database for storing things of value” – value doesn’t mean money.

  8. Last Jedi

    August 31, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    really good video. where can i get the presentation ?

  9. Cas NWK

    December 18, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    My abstract:
    (2:10) History:
    First bitcoin (2009)
    .1. Physical cash: A hands B cash -> B knows A no longer has it
    .2. Naive digital cash: A sends B serial number -> A still has a copy (double spending)
    .3. Centralized digital cash: C is a bank -> trusted to debit A & credit B
    .4. Decentralized digital cash: C is replaced by miners updating blockchain
    (5:22) Then Blockchain: a tamper-resistance database for storing things of value
    (5:44) Then Ethereum (2014): more programmable: Smart contracts => ICO boom
    (6:33) 2017-2018: ICO boom / Bust: many won’t work, some will.
    (8:05) Concepts: Technological
    .1. BC is a database to store things of value
    Cryptocurrency: digital gold and cash – BTC, ETH, ..
    Tokens: ERC20 – Digital alternative to equity -> network effects tradeable
    Digital assets: ERC721 – Nonfungible scarce assets – ingame assets .. real estate
    Identity ERC725 – Present proof of cryptoidentity .. demonstrate that you posset an asset
    .2. BTC is a protocol, payments are now packets: a fully packet-driven tx of value without reference to a bank
    .3. => machines can now hold & send money.
    The internet allowed programs to autonomously communicate
    The blockchain allows tem to autonomously transact => a fundamental prerequisity for intelligent agents.
    .4. BCs have already 10X’d gold, swift, crowdfunding
    10x better than gold
    10x faster than swift (minutes vs days)
    10x larger than kickstarter
    10x faster than delaware
    .5. BC have already created many billion dollar entities
    Coin founders (devs of new coins)
    Miners
    Exchanges (reveneus)
    .6. BC means you have a choice of who to trust (to store value)
    Before: bank
    After: bank, exchange or your computer
    .7. BC enable internet-scale cap tables: with tokens, organisations can now give users a piece of their “cap tables” programmaticaly
    Before: Excel: few shareholders, managed centraly. No custody, poor visibility, limited liquidity till IPO.
    After: Etherscan: unlimited token holders, internationally tradeable, transparent and liquid around the clock from start
    .8. BC-first is the new mobile-first
    .9. BCs break network effects
    .10. BCs transform social networks
    Before: Like, poke, Message
    After: Paid DMs, surveys, Tasks
    .11. BC is a partial move away from cloud towards privacy
    (19:16) Concepts: Community
    BC’s value derives from its community
    As context, 3 random people are not economically aligned: each of them can lose or win on their own, independently, without any impact on the others
    BC community is economically aligned. price up -> all benefit / price down / attcaked -> all lose
    Holders -> none can win unless they all win
    ..
    (23:00) Applications: 2020
    3 apps at $1B reveneu: exchanges, mining, issuance (are the infrastructure parts of crypto)
    1 app at $100M (growing) reveneu: hardware wallets
    Stablecoins at $5B+ in stored value (mainly USDT, but USDC, DAI, ..)
    DeFi now at almost $1B in stored assets (Maker, Synthetix, Compound: leaders, but many more apps)
    (25:30) Applications: 2025
    Privacy Coins + Privacy Features (Dash, Enigma, Beanstalk)
    Lending + Interest (Compound, Maker)
    Scaling (Starkware, ..)
    Decentralized Cold Storage (Casa)
    SaaS-for-gas (Starkware, ..)
    Insurance (Opyn, Nexus Mutual)
    Multiwallets with many verbs (MyCrypto)
    Security innovation (ZenGo)
    Novel financial instruments (Fomo3D, PoolTogether)
    BC games (egamers, Forte, EOS)
    Crypto social networks (Voice, Twetch)
    Decentralized DNS (ENS, Unstoppable, Blockstack, Handshake)
    Automated Market Making (Uniswap, Kyber Bonding Curves)
    Decentralized Identity (3Box)
    Personal Tokenization (CNSL, Dinwiddie)
    Mutuals + Guilds (Moloch, Gitcoin)
    Founder’s Rewards (Zcash, BCH)
    On-Chain Developer Bounties (Tezos)
    Clients for dApps
    Developer Tools (Alchemy, Bison Trails)
    Oracles and Prediction markets
    DAOs – Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
    Community-Owned Organizations
    (36:26) Q&A….

  10. Cas NWK

    December 18, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    Great video.

  11. Brandon Cheung

    January 16, 2021 at 12:42 pm

    This was a sneak peek into the future.

    • Stock Moe

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

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    • Satoshi Stacker

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

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    • MasiTrades

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

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    • Olymp Trade Global

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

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    • Target Hit

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

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    • Scott ray

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

      Bitcoin investment is profitable

    • Altcoin Daily

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

      Bitcoin investment is profitable

    • BITCOIN FIRM

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

      Bitcoin investment is profitable

    • Moneyline

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

      Bitcoin investment is profitable

    • Interactive Brokers

      January 16, 2021 at 7:09 pm

      Bitcoin investment is profitable

    • Stock Moe

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      Write my manager on what’s app to make huge profits in BTC, currently he’s trading my cryptos for me and making me huge gains in return

    • Satoshi Stacker

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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    • MasiTrades

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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    • Scott ray

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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    • BITCOIN FIRM

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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    • Interactive Brokers

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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    • Stock Moe

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      *+ 1( 9 0 8 ) 2 7 4 – 0 9 6 5*
      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • Satoshi Stacker

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • MasiTrades

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • Olymp Trade Global

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      *+ 1( 9 0 8 ) 2 7 4 – 0 9 6 5*
      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • Target Hit

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      *+ 1( 9 0 8 ) 2 7 4 – 0 9 6 5*
      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • Scott ray

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      *+ 1( 9 0 8 ) 2 7 4 – 0 9 6 5*
      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • Altcoin Daily

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      *+ 1( 9 0 8 ) 2 7 4 – 0 9 6 5*
      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • BITCOIN FIRM

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      *+ 1( 9 0 8 ) 2 7 4 – 0 9 6 5*
      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

    • Moneyline

      January 16, 2021 at 7:10 pm

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      Do well to Tell him I referred you to him

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  12. Juan

    April 18, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    TWETCH.app

    • MixVidz Entertainment

      July 25, 2021 at 2:47 pm

      What for

    • MixVidz

      July 25, 2021 at 2:47 pm

      What for

  13. Geetesh Iyer

    April 24, 2021 at 5:04 am

    He sold a company for 375 . Damn, no respect for millions .

  14. bhavesh rughwani

    May 10, 2021 at 7:03 am

    This is gold

  15. Moe Basij

    June 3, 2021 at 7:24 am

    I just cant wait to build some great products. Find me if you want some brain to brainstorm

  16. Imkong Akum

    June 7, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    Is he the ceo of 21inc HPZTokken??

    • Arun Krishnamoorthy

      July 1, 2021 at 6:36 am

      I would like to know about hpz token? Is it really a part of 21 inc?

    • Imkong Akum

      July 1, 2021 at 7:56 am

      @Arun Krishnamoorthy I doubt

    • Arun Krishnamoorthy

      July 3, 2021 at 7:07 am

      Is there a way to contact this guy directly to know more about hpz? I have trying to get any contact available for some time.

    • shahnam iqbal

      July 13, 2021 at 6:24 pm

      @Arun Krishnamoorthy I hv invested in hpztoken , n getting money credited daily. Still I am thinking of further investing n wanted to recheck n came across this video.

    • Christina

      July 14, 2021 at 10:01 am

      I want to knw the same

    • sulaiman blessed

      July 22, 2021 at 1:28 pm

      @shahnam iqbal oh you too invested?

    • Š Ø Š

      August 2, 2021 at 12:55 pm

      Wt iz HPZ TOKEN
      REAL OR FAKE
      ?

    • BABA IMTIYAZ

      August 2, 2021 at 12:55 pm

      Wt iz HPZ TOKEN
      REAL OR FAKE
      ?

    • parag choudhuri

      August 14, 2021 at 11:36 pm

      Hpz token is a fake company.. I have lost my money… They are showing there real colors this days

  17. Udit Chugh

    June 22, 2021 at 2:20 am

    Great presentation by Balaji but also great questions by the audience.

  18. Cryptobros_Flo

    June 29, 2021 at 10:18 am

    Great! Thanks a lot for that amazing video and the essential information on crypto applications

  19. lucky mehta

    July 1, 2021 at 2:18 pm

    It’s fake I lost so much money in it

    • lucky mehta

      July 30, 2021 at 7:20 pm

      @KANGLEI INSTA REEL it’s a fake one I wish I can file crime case against fraud companies after couple of days

    • Amona Lysa

      July 30, 2021 at 8:20 pm

      @lucky mehta Did you really lost money in hpztoken?
      Currently I’m making money in hpztoken.

    • lucky mehta

      July 31, 2021 at 3:23 am

      @Amona Lysa it’s a fake application firstly they used to say to invest you and then suddenly stops ur payments and start saying referral to people and there is no guarantee of ur hard earned money bullshit company

    • Amona Lysa

      July 31, 2021 at 5:01 am

      @lucky mehta how many days you did?
      For me now it’s been 1month

    • Amona Lysa

      July 31, 2021 at 5:06 am

      @lucky mehta bro, please share your true experience with hpztoken. Now many people are doing this. Let’s save all of us

    • Vito Shohe

      August 8, 2021 at 1:37 am

      @Amona Lysa he is fake trying to mislread hpz token

    • lucky mehta

      August 9, 2021 at 4:15 pm

      @Vito Shohe who is fake bro I wish I could file a complaint against such fraud companies

    • Vito Shohe

      August 9, 2021 at 4:23 pm

      I got payment the company is till running

    • lucky mehta

      August 9, 2021 at 5:14 pm

      @Vito Shohe great u earn dont teach me atleast I have faced the worst and bastard hpz token company people who used to invite us and makes fool of us. And looted our hard earned money.

    • Aryan Gupta

      August 10, 2021 at 2:13 am

      @Vito Shohe bro you’re not getting the withdrawals done , my withdrawal are also stuck from 5-6 days and also they’re not responding to the texts , their number is responding as not reachable. If you know they have any other number so let me know please .

    • Human Beans

      August 12, 2021 at 2:24 pm

      Withdrawals are pending since July 30th in Hpz, I have invested a decent amount there and I feel so idiot now. Hoping and praying to recover my capital amount and nothing else 😭.

    • Julia Pamei

      August 12, 2021 at 10:26 pm

      Hpz token was paying on regular basis until 30th July, now payments are stucked and in the whatsapp admin. Kept on saying everything will be back to normal by 15th Aug, and all of a sudden yesterday they announced we’ve to recharge for 3000 rupees to continue with Hpz VALID members , if not all our investment would be frozen. And now we’re to make up our mind before 15th August. I would like to know if anybody here has done the recharge of 3000rs yet?

    • anmol behera

      August 13, 2021 at 7:01 pm

      @Julia Pamei even I’m confused to put 3000 or not .

    • Julia Pamei

      August 13, 2021 at 9:47 pm

      @anmol behera I’m not sure of anything but I just took my own of risk and did the recharge of 3000rs n now I’m in a new group of Hpz members with over 200+, fingers crossed. Admin said I will be able to withdraw by 15th once again. I’ll keep you all updated.

    • Amazing

      August 14, 2021 at 6:04 pm

      @Vito Shohe I haven’t got my withdrawal yet, it has been 12+ days and now I have to recharge 3000 otherwise my account will be frozen ..
      Any suggestion??

    • Vito Shohe

      August 14, 2021 at 6:14 pm

      @Amazing fraud dnt recharge

    • lucky mehta

      August 14, 2021 at 6:43 pm

      @Deekshitha Deekshu I reachage 19800 plan they ask me again to reacharge 6800 for 2 people I did but after that they stopped my income then again I reacharge for 2 more person 5570 to each member after 4 days of earning they stopped all my team accounts 56 accounts

    • Amona Lysa

      August 14, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      @Julia Pamei for you 3000rs, for me 5000rs. I don’t know why. It should be 3000rs for me also

    • Amona Lysa

      August 14, 2021 at 7:14 pm

      @Amazing same thing happened to me. More than 1.2Lakh is stuck

    • Julia Pamei

      August 15, 2021 at 5:08 am

      @Aryan Gupta I myself haven’t spoken to our group manager so far, but I do have her whatsapp no. And she replies time to time. Let me know if you still want her whatsapp no.?

  20. lucky mehta

    July 1, 2021 at 2:19 pm

    Stop make fool of people

  21. An- Unknown World

    July 16, 2021 at 3:22 pm

    Is hp token is his company??? Plz reply me

    • MixVidz Entertainment

      July 25, 2021 at 2:49 pm

      I think so

    • parag choudhuri

      August 14, 2021 at 11:34 pm

      In hpz token they have told that… But this is completely wrong… I lost my money in hpz 😔

    • MixVidz Entertainment

      August 15, 2021 at 3:22 am

      @parag choudhuri me too

    • MixVidz

      August 15, 2021 at 3:22 am

      @parag choudhuri me too

    • Lousing Ed

      August 15, 2021 at 3:22 am

      @parag choudhuri me too

    • An- Unknown World

      August 15, 2021 at 6:19 am

      @parag choudhuri I have an recovery app

    • parag choudhuri

      August 15, 2021 at 6:24 am

      @An- Unknown World really..?

    • Gajanan Dixit

      August 16, 2021 at 5:22 am

      @parag choudhuri kit na loss

    • parag choudhuri

      August 16, 2021 at 5:58 am

      @Gajanan Dixit 580 de kar machine kharida tha… Kuch hi dino main 800+ ho gya tha

  22. Andy Kale

    July 26, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    HPZ Token App is Real Or Fake

  23. Srihari bavi

    July 29, 2021 at 3:12 pm

    Hope is fake or real …on cash credits

  24. Srihari bavi

    July 29, 2021 at 3:13 pm

    All are investing in hzp by seeing web page by him

  25. k

    August 2, 2021 at 1:29 pm

    Can we trust balaji srinivasan and invest money

  26. regal Bombay cream

    August 2, 2021 at 1:29 pm

    Can we trust balaji srinivasan and invest money

  27. lucky mehta

    August 8, 2021 at 6:51 pm

    Stop making fool of us

  28. Mr. D

    August 8, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Funny he said he is bearish on uniswap lol

  29. DavidRandoll•ETH

    August 8, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Funny he said he is bearish on uniswap lol

  30. David

    August 8, 2021 at 7:44 pm

    Funny he said he is bearish on uniswap lol

  31. Balakrishna kulal

    August 12, 2021 at 12:23 pm

    Apka Naam pe HPZ tocken investment chal raha he … Apko patha he kyaa

  32. ARMA DeaDLy ATtACK IN WORLD wiDe

    August 12, 2021 at 12:23 pm

    Apka Naam pe HPZ tocken investment chal raha he … Apko patha he kyaa

  33. Amazing

    August 14, 2021 at 5:49 pm

    Anyone know anything about this hpz Token …
    Cause I have already invested there but now I haven’t got my withdrawal yet.
    Is hpz token fake or real??

    • parag choudhuri

      August 14, 2021 at 11:33 pm

      Fake…

  34. Shahroz Khan

    August 18, 2021 at 12:35 pm

    A big scam by HPZ Tekken

    • Amit kumar

      August 27, 2021 at 2:37 am

      HPZ 1000 cr

  35. Time Stone Gaming

    August 18, 2021 at 12:35 pm

    A big scam by HPZ Tekken

  36. Dillayer R Marak

    August 22, 2021 at 1:44 am

    Helo great scammer, where is news about hpztoken, much cry little wool.

  37. Pratik Indani

    September 10, 2021 at 5:34 pm

    Amazing

  38. vidhound

    September 15, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    That slide with the presumably-then-current crypto prices, showing Bitcoin at $3,594 and ETH at $114, is so weird to see now!

    • Snow Ventures Animation and Design

      November 11, 2021 at 7:01 am

      haha

    • Indranil Mukherjee

      November 11, 2021 at 7:01 am

      haha

  39. Annelies Powell

    October 1, 2021 at 4:00 am

    Why crypto it’s relevant for noobs, in noob language. Fucking brilliant.

  40. Annelies

    October 1, 2021 at 4:00 am

    Why crypto it’s relevant for noobs, in noob language. Fucking brilliant.

  41. sirius eneegy

    October 13, 2021 at 6:31 am

    1. blockchian is a database of storing value (8:35)
    2. packet driven transmission (9:41)
    3.autonomous transaction (10:20)
    4.gold equivalent (11:00)
    5.coin founders , miners , exchangers (12:45)
    6. a choice of who to trust (13:43)
    7.blockchian enabled cap table (14:03)
    8.(blockchian disruptors)15:28
    9.(network effects) 16:26
    10.blockchian transforms social networks (17:48)
    11.private key is kept in local than in cloud (19:02)

  42. kishore reddy

    November 6, 2021 at 3:49 pm

    By far the best explanation on crypto’s ..

  43. Snow Ventures Animation and Design

    November 11, 2021 at 7:03 am

    Great session. Can’t wait for all of this to be a global phenomenon sooner than what Balaji predicted.

  44. Indranil Mukherjee

    November 11, 2021 at 7:03 am

    Great session. Can’t wait for all of this to be a global phenomenon sooner than what Balaji predicted.

  45. Algolxxxxxx

    November 11, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    Some good arguments.

  46. V Vv

    November 30, 2021 at 9:23 am

    Open ended question.. how long you think lads when we get the first LED BULB on a BLOCKCHAIN. no reason absolutely useless still an led on blockchain….

  47. Raymond Baldasaro

    December 10, 2021 at 6:30 am

    Well said, and very informative. Plus in layman terms so anyone can understand.

  48. Mayurr

    December 12, 2021 at 11:47 am

    Just found this.. awesome video

  49. Mayur

    December 12, 2021 at 11:47 am

    Just found this.. awesome video

  50. gankala8

    February 2, 2022 at 3:54 pm

    Balaji is the new God of Crypto!

  51. monkins1010

    February 7, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    One soundbite that struck a chord with me from that is

    *Blockchain means you have a choice who to trust – I think this is a better framework than saying trust-less, the goal is not to trust no one but have a greater choice who to trust with custody of valuable assets*

    We can expand on that and educate people by highlighting that the current metric most people use to trust people in the blockchain space is most probably a centralized entity, which has its own profit making in a rent seeking fashion agenda which may not be the best for the individual. Therein lies the problem….. The solution: Verus Identities! the only fully self sovereign, revocable, recoverable, ability to hold funds complete decentralized identity system out. With Verus Identities we can make better choices with better information on who we trust with the credence of an individual, cooperation, project backed up by blockchain security and decentralization.

    Bad actors are whittled out and easily seen because blockchains / tokens / projects are spawned from an ID system which is in L1 UTXO blockchain and underpins the foundation of everything created on Verus.

  52. Mairu Gupta

    February 10, 2022 at 7:54 am

    Love the high representation of women in the crypto startup school, need more of this in India!

  53. Linh

    February 10, 2022 at 1:06 pm

    With ZK-rollups, privacy is retained and all good L1 should have privacy functions, so privacy coins might not be as relevant. The rest of the predictions are interesting though

  54. William Schaeuble

    February 19, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    Chainlink is lucky to have him! And he is lucky to be apart of Chainlink!

  55. William S

    February 19, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    Chainlink is lucky to have him! And he is lucky to be apart of Chainlink!

  56. Sanki King

    May 30, 2022 at 11:15 pm

    Most dry ending to a talk, the moderator was terrible.

  57. DanTooRP

    June 4, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    Bearish on AMM’s take aged badly 😅

  58. Kpop Sociology

    August 12, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    Fascinating – the last piece about multiple pseudonymous identities was particularly interesting!

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Ben Horowitz’s cozy relationship with the LVMPD – and why it matters | Equity Podcast

Over the last few years, VC Ben Horowitz has donated at least $7.6 million to fund police department purchases – including the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s new drones from a16z-backed Skydio. Skydio is not the first of a16z’s portfolio companies to benefit from these donations, either. Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey and Margaux MacColl dig…

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Over the last few years, VC Ben Horowitz has donated at least $7.6 million to fund police department purchases – including the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s new drones from a16z-backed Skydio. Skydio is not the first of a16z’s portfolio companies to benefit from these donations, either.

Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey and Margaux MacColl dig into the implications of Horowitz’s approach and why others in the VC world should maybe hold off on praising the controversial move

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Marc Benioff says it’s ‘crazy talk’ that AI will hurt Salesforce | Equity Podcast

Today on Equity, TechCrunch Editor Julie Bort is sitting down with Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce and one of the tech industry’s biggest hype men, about his latest work with Time Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, and why he thinks AI agents are the next big thing for enterprise software.  Equity is a show about…

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Today on Equity, TechCrunch Editor Julie Bort is sitting down with Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce and one of the tech industry’s biggest hype men, about his latest work with Time Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, and why he thinks AI agents are the next big thing for enterprise software. 

Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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