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In June, the SEC gave some of its most concrete guidance to date that cryptoassets can start out as centralized projects, possibly initially sold under securities laws, and eventually become “decentralized” and thus no longer sponsor-controlled, and no longer sold [...]  Read more

This seems right to me: “In post-industrial environments where foods are abundant and readily available, our cravings for fat and sugar sculpted by distant evolutionary pressures can easily go into insatiable overdrive and lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease [...]  Read more

We spent the last week getting a project we’ve been working on for two years over the finish line. I find that the last 10% is so much harder than the first 90% of any project. That is true whether [...]  Read more

Most of the apps we interact with in web2 are subscription based (Gartner thinks 80% of apps will be subscription services by 2020), but subscriptions still aren’t possible in web3. Read more

Yesterday, Brian Armstrong , the founder and CEO of our portfolio company Coinbase , announced the formation of a new non-profit called GiveCrypto.org . Joanne and I are donating some of our Bitcoin to this charitable effort. Here is a [...]  Read more

The best companies I work with have a heartbeat, they operate on a pace and a cadence and a rhythm that is perceptible to everyone in and around the company. I am not talking about just product and engineering, although you [...]  Read more