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The cryptocurrency industry is rare in that the strong returns from Bitcoin and Ethereum allow venture capitalists to avoid the early-stage risks they must make in other industries, according to a venture capitalist. “VCs have slowed investing in crypto by a lot, and it’s a bit of a nuanced reason,” Adam Cochran, partner at venture…

Trendy buzzwords and crypto go hand in hand, especially given the cyclical nature of crypto market cycles. What is popular in one financial quarter could be a totally obsolete concept by the arrival of the next. Some great examples might be music non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Bitcoin Ordinals or blockchain-based gaming. The list goes on and on, and it…

“Good user experience is not about the average case, it is about the worst case,” wrote the Ethereum co-founder. In a new blog post published on Feb. 28, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin documented the continued need to improve the namesake network to better facilitate ETH as a means of payment. In one instance, Buterin shared how…

The bankruptcies of once high-profile crypto players are “painful” but helpful, according to Michael Saylor, but industry oversight is still needed. High-profile crypto bankruptcies and a hearty price crash are necessary evils to help the industry grow, while greater regulation is a must, according to MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor. In a Feb. 3 interview on CNBC’s Squawk…

The hedge fund manager instead wants to see an “inflation-linked coin” be brought to the masses which would serve to ensure consumers secure their buying power. Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has described fiat currency as being in serious “jeopardy” as an effective store of wealth but doesn’t believe Bitcoin and stablecoins will be the solution either….

While the reluctance of traditional players is a deterrent to crypto’s adoption in the short term, CZ argues that the decision might backfire over the next two decades. As traditional institutions proactively reduce exposure to cryptocurrencies as a reaction to ecosystem collapses in 2022, Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao believes this move could potentially have…