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Uncertainty Wednesday: Interlude (Random Variable vs Distribution)
Albert Wenger – Nov 1, 2017
Super short Uncertainty Wednesday post today as I have a crazy busy week featuring our annual meeting (where we meet with our Limited Partners). The last few weeks we have been digging into sample means and expected values. We saw [...] Read more
Ledger Nano S
Fred Wilson – Oct 31, 2017
I got my hands on a Ledger Nano S last week and set it up over the weekend. The Ledger Nano is a “Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet” which means it is a device you can store your Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other [...] Read more
Some Thoughts on the State of Bitcoin and Ethereum
Albert Wenger – Oct 30, 2017
Upfront disclosure: I am long both Bitcoin and Ethereum (personally and also indirectly via USV). In preparation for the annual meeting at USV, we have been putting together some slides on the cryptocurrency market. Looking back at the last year [...] Read more
I Scam Yous
Fred Wilson – Oct 29, 2017
I read a Nathaniel Popper piece in the NY Times today about celebrities endorsing ICOs. It made me want to throw up. Readers know that I have been and continue to be excited about the emerging blockchain/crypto/token opportunity and I [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Polychain
Fred Wilson – Oct 28, 2017
Late last year, USV funded a new hedge fund called Polychain Capital , which invests only in crypto-assets. I talked about the reasons for that investment in this blog post . In the video of the week, Polychain founder Olaf [...] Read more
The USV Portfolio Network: Now 70 Companies Strong
Bethany Crystal – Oct 26, 2017
At Union Square Ventures, we spend a lot of time thinking about networks. Financial networks, social networks, data networks, and yes, even decentralized networks. But the most “meta” version of this is the network we’ve spent the past seven years cultivating among the employees of our active portfolio companies -- our USV portfolio network. Read more
Blockstack – A New Decentralized Internet
Fred Wilson – Oct 26, 2017
Our portfolio company Blockstack is building a development platform for decentralized applications built on top of the blockchain. This video explains what they are doing and they just published a whitepaper outlining how their token works to support this application [...] Read more
Blockstack – A New Decentralized Internet
Fred Wilson – Oct 26, 2017
Our portfolio company Blockstack is building a development platform for decentralized applications built on top of the blockchain. This video explains what they are doing and they just published a whitepaper outlining how their token works to support this application [...] Read more
Blockstack Update
Albert Wenger – Oct 26, 2017
I last wrote about Blockstack early in 2016 when the team announced the goals of the project. Since then a lot of progress has been made. The team has released a browser which is now available for Mac, Windows and [...] Read more