By Fred Wilson—Nov 30, 2020

We learned last week that the US Treasury wants to regulate crypto wallets like bank accounts. On the surface, one can understand that temptation. If people store, send, receive, and sell crypto assets in crypto wallets, then surely they should be regulated like bank accounts. Except that is only […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 29, 2020

I learned yesterday of the passing of Arnold Waldstein. Arnold was as regular a reader of this blog as there ever was or ever will be. His warmth is what I will remember most. He cared about people. Arnold was a born and bred NYer who went to Silicon Valley and built a career in […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 27, 2020

I’ve been biking several times a week in NYC this fall and every mask I’ve worn has caused me problems with fogging my glasses and making it harder to breath. I’ve tried a bunch of different masks and nothing works great. So when I saw this project to make something better for working out on […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 26, 2020

As years go, 2020 is not one that generates a lot of gratitude in my mind. Global pandemic, racial struggles, millions without jobs, local merchants closing up, a surreal election here in the US, and that is just what comes to mind in the time it takes me to write this. And yet, I am […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 25, 2020

I have New York State’s exposure alerting app on my phone and check it every day. It gives me great statistics about what is going on in my location. You can download it here for iOS and Android . It will also notify me if anyone who is using the app and has been with […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Nov 24, 2020

I saw this tweet in my feed yesterday and read the New Yorker piece when I woke up this morning: @fdestin @MacConwell @HarryStebbings any VC ‘fairy godfathers of success’ viewpoints? “Building a solid business, but the V.C.s wanted fantasy....the hope that one lucky wager would more than offset […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)