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A lot of founders / teams have been asking if they should be adopting a cryptocurrency strategy.  This is understandable given the frenzy of fundraising recently and the ongoing dialogue about the potential for cryptocurrencies as an alternative business model [...]  Read more

Our portfolio company Dronebase announced something interesting and fun this week . They have partnered with Getty Images to provide opportunities for drone pilots to fly “creative missions”. Read more

I got this question on Twitter yesterday: Are there any parallels you can draw between ICOs and private investment rounds? — Daniel Olshansky (@olshansky) June 13, 2017 And I responded with this: Yes, buyer beware. Do your homework. Don’t be [...]  Read more

That’s a line from one of my favorite films, The Warriors . But this post is not about those Warriors. It is about the Golden State Warriors. Who are now the world champions for the second time in three years [...]  Read more

The problem of finding an optimal structure for a token sale is quite difficult. For starters, the objectives between teams and investors are potentially different. Furthermore, these are not homogenous groups. Teams vary widely along at least two dimensions: intent [...]  Read more

I remember back in 2011 when I first learned about Bitcoin, we started talking about the technology and the model internally at USV. My partner Albert had done a lot of reading about it and he raised the 21mm hard [...]  Read more

I woke up Sunday morning in Europe to the news that our monthly match campaign for The Human Utility had crossed the $20k mark and thus our $20k match was fully funded. That was great news but then I saw [...]  Read more