Let’s stop talking about Web3. Breakout apps need to speak for themselves. — We should stop talking about Web3 and focus on building it. As the number of thought leaders evangelizing Web3 grows unabated, I am more convinced than ever that this discourse is counterproductive. Trying to jam Web3 down the throats of consumers is bound to fail. The industry’s arrogance has seemed…

Go-to-Market Strategy for Crypto Companies — I’m excited to announce Dove Mountain Partners, a growth agency focused on helping crypto projects launch tokens and grow networks. We’re already working with some of the top early-stage teams in the space on liquidity provisioning, content marketing, business development, and community growth. …

xToken is excited to share some more details on the XTK Launch Challenge, which we previewed last week. There has been a lot going on in the xToken community. XTK, xToken’s native token, hit mainnet. …

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The xToken Community Rises We’re incredibly excited that xToken’s native token XTK is finally live (read more here). The XTK distribution model was designed to make sure that our community has shared upside in the network. …

Navigating the maze of funds and recent fundraising trends — In September 2018, I published an overview of the crypto investor landscape and a live database of all funds actively investing in the space. I started digging into the topic because I consistently heard from entrepreneurs how challenging it was to navigate fundraising. …

What crypto fundraising looks like in 2020 — On Tuesday Atomic Loans made an exciting announcement — their protocol for Bitcoin-backed loans is live and they’ve raised a $2.45M seed round led by Initialized. I’ve been using the beta product for the past few months and am super stoked to finally see them launch. Founders often have a…

The gateway to Web3 financial products — This morning InstaDApp announced that they raised a $2.4M seed round led by Pantera. I’m really excited to have played a small part of the round. I first chatted with Sowmay and Samyak in March — in the six months since that conversation, they have been on an absolute tear…

Crypto Protocols & Developer Engagement — Since the beginning of 2015, investors have deployed billions of dollars into crypto tokens that power open-source networks. These include both tokens that power decentralized application and smart-contract platforms (eg EOS, Ethereum) and ones that power protocols built on top of these blockchains (eg 0x, Maker). …