A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonYesterday’s announcement that our portfolio company Coinbase is launching a suite of institutional products for the crypto market made me step back and think about the evolution of their institutional business. Coinbase started out as a place for individuals to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin. They […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOne of the benefits of decentralization is that you can build “censorship-resistant” applications. The best example of that is Bitcoin, a store and transfer of value system that governments can’t interfere with. Censorship resistant money, as it were. But if these transactions are going across a […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonAt our annual CEO Summit, which took place last week, we kick things off going around the room with each attendee (there are over seventy at this point) mentioning something they are struggling with right now. When it got to my turn, I said that I am struggling to be “all in” on crypto and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from World After Capital is about labor. In it I describe what I call the “job loop” and how it has become central to both the economy and sadly also our view of human dignity. Before we can get to attention, though, we need to discuss the changing role of labor in […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIt is a bit strange that we set aside one day a year to honor Mom and motherhood because where I sit it is something we need to honor every hour of every day. Motherhood is one of the most beautiful things about life. The combination of unrelenting love and equally unrelenting demands is a potent […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonOne of the most important questions in crypto land right now is “whither Ethereum?” To get a sense of the answer to that question, it helps to listen to the important speeches Vitalik gives. This one, at Edcon in Toronto last week, was quite helpful to me. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
