A Few Predictions on The Next Fews Years of Crypto
Crypto sits in a strange place: adored and despised, well-studied yet misunderstood. We put forth a few end of 2025 Predictions on where we think Bitcoin et al are headed in the next 10+ years.
Crypto sits in a strange place: adored and despised, well-studied yet misunderstood. We put forth a few end of 2025 Predictions on where we think Bitcoin et al are headed in the next 10+ years.
We’ve previously argued that stablecoins will primarily benefit incumbents. Nonetheless, we think that there will be large crypto-first businesses built or strengthened off the back of stablecoins. On-chain lending markets like Aave and Morpho are one example. Stablecoin-first neobanks are another.
Stablecoins have famously been called room-temperature superconductors for financial services. Instant, borderless, and nearly free, stablecoins move value as easily as bits. But plug them into the legacy financial system, and these superconductors lose much of their super power.
Apptokens could revolutionize crypto by stabilizing apps, unlocking new business models, and driving sustainable growth.
I’m excited to be joining the investment team at Standard Crypto.
We built ZKstats.io, a simple resource to track per-project spending and volume for verifying Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs on Ethereum Mainnet. We hope these metrics are useful for monitoring the health and growth of individual projects, as well as the broader ZK ecosystem.
Adam Goldberg interviews Steven Goldfeder, co-founder of Offchain Labs (Arbitrum). They discuss key moments in Arbitrum’s rise as a leading Layer 2 Ethereum solution, overcoming go-to-market challenges, spinning out from academia, and Arbitrum’s focus on decentralization, security, and community.
Adam Goldberg sits down with Sandeep Naiwal of Polygon to chat about "company building." Polygon has accomplished a lot but it wasn't easy (nor is the job done). This isn't a conversation focused on the future. Instead, it's an attempt to unpack what it takes to go from zero to the forefront.