Unconfirmed: What Is the Role of Investors in a Decentralized World? - Ep.281

Four investors talk about the decentralized web, explain how the crypto industry is improving upon Web 2, and discuss what can be done to increase diversity and financial inclusion within Web 3. Featuring Rik Willard, founder of Agentic Group, Thomas France, co-founder of Cygni Capital, Dylan Hixon, president of Arden Road Investments, and Nick Grossman,general partner at Union Square Ventures . Show highlights:
 
how funding rounds for decentralized protocols differ from investing in traditional companies
what VC investors can do to 1) participate in the protocols they invest in, and 2) not take advantage of whale holdings in governance voting
how Web 3 has the potential to displace the “plantation economy”
the difference between crypto idealism (i.e., banking the unbanked) versus what has actually played out (i.e., Salvadorans being mandated to accept BTC)
what area of blockchain is delivering on the promise of financial inclusion
how to bring diversity to the blockchain + crypto industry
what can be done to solve the gender imbalance in crypto
how investors are navigating the murky waters of US regulations regarding crypto projects
how institutions fit into the Web 3 landscape
what I think about the state of sexism within the crypto industry
 
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Episode Links
 
Original Link: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8884996/video/614236078
 
Rik Willard
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rik_willard?lang=en

Agentic Group: https://www.agenticgroup.com/

 
Nick Grossman
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickgrossman?lang=en

Website: https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/

Union Square Ventures: https://twitter.com/usv

 
Dylan Hixon
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-hixon-1887803

Arden Road Investments: https://www.ardenrd.com/

 
Thomas France
Twitter: https://twitter.com/totofrance?lang=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasfrance/

 
Topics mentioned
Fereshteh Forough on Unchained
https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-actually-fixes-this-how-code-to-inspire-uses-crypto-in-afghanistan/
Discussing crypto’s gender disparity on Unchained
https://unchainedpodcast.com/cryptos-gender-disparity-what-can-be-done-about-it-4-women-weigh-in/
she256
https://she256.org/
El Salvador and BTC
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/24/why-el-salvador-is-botching-its-bitcoin-experiment/
 
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Four investors talk about the decentralized web, explain how the crypto industry is improving upon Web 2, and discuss what can be done to increase diversity and financial inclusion within Web 3. Featuring Rik Willard, founder of Agentic Group, Thomas France, co-founder of Cygni Capital, Dylan Hixon, president of Arden Road Investments, and Nick Grossman,general partner at Union Square Ventures . Show highlights:

 

how funding rounds for decentralized protocols differ from investing in traditional companies what VC investors can do to 1) participate in the protocols they invest in, and 2) not take advantage of whale holdings in governance voting how Web 3 has the potential to displace the “plantation economy” the difference between crypto idealism (i.e., banking the unbanked) versus what has actually played out (i.e., Salvadorans being mandated to accept BTC) what area of blockchain is delivering on the promise of financial inclusion how to bring diversity to the blockchain + crypto industry what can be done to solve the gender imbalance in crypto how investors are navigating the murky waters of US regulations regarding crypto projects how institutions fit into the Web 3 landscape what I think about the state of sexism within the crypto industry

 

Thank you to our sponsors!

Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021

Nodle: https://bit.ly/3AXGydJ

 

Episode Links

 

Original Link: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8884996/video/614236078

 

Rik Willard

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rik_willard?lang=en
Agentic Group: https://www.agenticgroup.com/

 

Nick Grossman

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickgrossman?lang=en
Website: https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/
Union Square Ventures: https://twitter.com/usv

 

Dylan Hixon

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-hixon-1887803
Arden Road Investments: https://www.ardenrd.com/

 

Thomas France

Twitter: https://twitter.com/totofrance?lang=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasfrance/

 

Topics mentioned

Fereshteh Forough on Unchained https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-actually-fixes-this-how-code-to-inspire-uses-crypto-in-afghanistan/ Discussing crypto’s gender disparity on Unchained https://unchainedpodcast.com/cryptos-gender-disparity-what-can-be-done-about-it-4-women-weigh-in/ she256 https://she256.org/ El Salvador and BTC https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/24/why-el-salvador-is-botching-its-bitcoin-experiment/

 

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