My new book launches today, and I couldn't be more thrilled!
"Web3: Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier" is available everywhere books are sold!
Amazon is a good place to start:
Why did I write this book?
1/x
““Galaxy S10 is built with defense-grade Samsung Knox, as well as a secure storage backed by hardware, which houses your private keys for blockchain-enabled mobile services.”
via
@CoinDesk
Mind blowing discussion with
@luigidemeo
who heads up DeFi for
@avalabsofficial
, on scaling DeFi.
If you want to know how Avalanche $AVAX grew from $300 million to $15 Billion+ in DeFi TVL in 3 Months, listen to this podcast! cc:
@Andrew__SX
Really pleased to share this op-ed I wrote for the
@nytimes
on how
#blockchain
enabled online voting could help eliminate voter suppression and improve trust in our democracy.
I am thrilled to announce the upcoming release of my new book:
Web3: Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier (Harper Collins, September 19th, 2023)
Available for pre-order wherever books are sold!
Also here:
Not only are new rendering tools needed, but spatial computing, AI, and web3 are converging.
Read this
@HarvardBizHBR
article by
@alextapscott
featuring
@rendernetwork
on how spatial computing can transform the creative industries.
Watching the new
@BillGates
doc “Inside Bill’s Brain” and I see Bill packed a copy of Blockchain Revolution for his trip! How cool is that? Hey Bill- enjoy the book! Also you prob don’t remember but we met 20 yrs ago when I was an awkward 13 yr old and I have pics to prove it :)
On today's episode of
#DeFiDecoded
, I spoke with the one and only
@buchmanster
who explained how Cosmos ($ATOM) is enabling the Internet of Blockchains, and why we need to move from "DeFi" to "ReFi," or Regenerative Finance. CC:
@Andrew__SX
For those who missed it, please check out the recording from my talk with
@el33th4xor
and
@John1wu
of
@avalancheavax
- It was a frank and detailed discussion of the current limitations to blockchain protocols and potential solutions enabled by Avalanche.
“Canada has been a resource-driven economy for 100 years. As we’re entering the second digital age, we have an opportunity to be a leader in blockchain, which will power the next era of the internet"
Pleased to contribute to this piece in
@globeandmail
Blockchain is radically scalable and global. Case in point,
@Aion_Network
, started in Canada and barely 6 months old, has a number of growing dev communities in Africa. Amazing.
@MattSpoke
In this Quartz article I share our new taxonomy of cryptoassets from the new edition of
#BlockchainRevolution
. They are:
Cryptocurrencies
Protocol tokens
Utility tokens
Security tokens
Natural asset tokens
Cryptocollectibles
Cryptofiat/stablecoins.
If Cosmos is the Internet of Blockchains, what's the role for the $ATOM token?
On
#DeFiDecoded
we talked to Sam Hart (
@hxrts
) of
@cosmoshub
on the the ATOM 2.0 plan to put ATOM at the centre of Cosmos and why some adamantly disagree (as is tradition).
I'm old enough to remember when
@osmosiszone
had only $600 million in TVL. Oh wait that was like 7 weeks ago. Check out our
#DeFiDecoded
episode from that time with OSMO co-founder
@sunnya97
Bitcoin market opens up to 1.6 Bn as
#crypto
declared halal under Islamic law. More importantly this could open up
#crypto
innovation in Islamic finance and for the
#unbanked
"Bitcoin was the first breakthrough - transforming a highly fickle Internet of information into a secure and permanent Internet of value." My first essay in a series on innovation for Canada's
@financialpost
-cc
@blockchainRI
@dtapscott
Interoperability is key to the success of crypto long term, including for enterprise use cases of DeFi. Nice to see the
@blockchainRI
spotlight
@cosmos
and
@Polkadot
, two leading proejcts.
These reports are typically behind a paywall but this one's out there so check it out!
Congrats to
@jwolpert
and the entire
@baselineproto
team. Big step forward for enterprise adoption of public blockchain tech. Honoured and humbled to be quoted and keen to continue our support!
New DeFi Decoded out with
@Psycheout86
, co-founder of
@SkyMavisHQ
and
@AxieInfinity
!
We discuss:
> Launching the first blockbuster web3 app
> Growing pains and challenges for web3 gaming
> Ownership as the killer app for games
and more!
W/
@Andrew__SX
Great to see you at
@HarvardHBS
,
@alextapscott
and to have an exchange of our books! Alex’s WEB3 latest book is a fascinating journey of new frontiers and glad to say that we recognize its critical role in our 5Cs framework on the book with
@OlafGrothSF
and
@Terencecmtse
So get
New episode of
#DeFiDecoded
with fan-fave
@sunnya97
!
1. How
@osmosiszone
is growing through a bear market
2. Sunny gets "Doge-pilled" in High School
3. Dropping out of college to go all-in on crypto
4. Privacy for individuals. Transparency for systems
After the failure of UST, many asked: will algorithmic stablecoins ever work?
@sasha35625
of
@wavesprotocol
has some thoughts. Waves' stablecoin USDN recently depegged and Sasha has a plan to help holders recover. He explains how on
#DeFiDecoded
Delighted to be joining as an investor and advisor in
@bicameralcrypto
- this team is incubating and financing some of the best new projects on the
@Aion_Network
Web3 debuted at
#5
on the
@WSJ
Business Best-Seller List!
Thank you to everyone who's bought a copy of the book. Your support means the world to me.
We are just getting started!
Until blockchain tech scales, many dApps will have limited value. Imagine launching HD video streaming in 1993 when the internet could barely handle text & images. A great idea whose time had not yet come. So who will be the Netflix of the dApp world?
"The crypto spring may have begun; but for blockchain in the enterprise, it’s becoming summertime." -
@dtapscott
sharing his perspective in
@coindesk
ahead of Blockchain Week.
Congrats to ClanPlay who raises $2 million for blockchain-based gamer rewards platform built on
@Aion_Network
and funded by
@bicameralcrypto
. Time to reshape in-game economies with blockchain. Next stop- the Metaverse!
Thanks
@billbarhydt
of
@AbraGlobal
for beaming in from your Moon-base Bitcoin Citadel to talk to me and
@Andrew__SX
on
#DeFiDecoded
!
Want to understand how crypto helps us escape the debt cycle by creating economic growth and prosperity? Tune in!
New
#DeFiDecoded
👇 w/
@gregosuri
of
@akashnet_
"Why decentralized finance needs a decentralized internet"
Some benefits of the decentralized cloud:
1. Unstoppable
2. Private
3. Permanent
4. Permissionless
Check it out! w/
@Andrew__SX
We won’t remember today for Trump’s bluster, the stock market sell-off, or new tariffs. We will remember it because Mark Carney, BoE governor, called for an end to USD hegemony and proposed a new digital future for money. Seismic.
Also buy bitcoin (not financial advice).
Bank of England governor Mark Carney proposed a radical vision for the financial system that would include a Libra-like virtual currency to end the dollar's dominance
Less reported but still as amazing is the skyrocketing
#bitcoin
volumes in Argentina which is having its own (albeit less severe) currency crisis. Wonder how a global EM contagion with widespread currency debasement will affect bitcoin usage in other countries? India? Brazil?
Canada used to be a leader in Web3. Now we’re playing catch-up.
In my latest for the
@TorontoStar
I lay out 3 steps we can take to put us back on a path to prosperity for the next digital age.
I hope my fellow Canadians will read this and heed the call!
Severed from the digital economy and global financial system, ordinary Russians are turning to crypto to buy goods, store wealth and even make payroll. They aren't the target of sanctions. Cutting them off would be a mistake.
My latest in
@financialpost
"A blockchain is a highly processed thing, kind of like a chicken mcnugget." - soundbite of the year for
@dtapscott
on
@LastWeekTonight
! McNugget™ McDonalds
New DeFi Decoded! We speak with
@TimBeiko
, Ethereum core developer, about his journey into Web3 and what's next for $ETH!
Topics:
The Merge 6 months later
ETH as ultra sound money
Impact of Layer2s on ETH
Centralization risk
Account abstraction
+ more!
Very excited to sit down with
@billbarhydt
, CEO of
@AbraGlobal
, for a fireside chat as part of our
@NinepointDAG
#cryptotalks
series next Tuesday, Dec 7th.
Bill thinks $250,000 Bitcoin is inevitable. Tune in to find out why.
Spots are limited!
HO HO HODL! On this festive season finale of
#DeFiDecoded
, Ryan Selkis (
@twobitidiot
) breaks down some big ideas from his epic
#CryptoTheses
, shares some crypto and web3 predictions for 2022 and hints at what’s next for
@messari
.
Thanks to
@chtmorris
of CMCC for joining
#DeFiDecoded
as our first guest. Charlie is an OG crypto VC who has a knack for seeing what's coming around the corner. We talked
@terra_money
@cosmos
@Uniswap
and more. This one was a ton of fun- Check it out!
“We see no reason why a group of outsiders, with extravagant and impractical ideas, should be entertained, when they have not the slightest idea of the true problems involved”
Leaders of old paradigms are the last to embrace the new. Sound familiar?
On October 3rd, I wrote in
@CoinDesk
that a BTC ETF approval would clear the way for an ETH ETF and that Grayscale's Ethereum Trust (ETHE) could be a big winner.
Since then, ETHE is up 55% and the NAV discount has tightened to approximately 15% from 30%
Big thanks to friend and frequent collaborator
@scottmelker
for the terrific endorsement of
#DigitalAssetRevolution
!
There's something in this book for everyone: builders, traders, enterprise leaders, students, policymakers and more.
Pre-order now! 👇🏼
With the digital asset ecosystem growing, Digital Asset Revolution can be the resource to navigate this new terrain! Thank you
@scottmelker
for your insight. Pre-order here:
@alextapscott
@dtapscott
Thanks to the awesome
@HarperBusiness
team for helping me realize my vision for Web3!
Here's me and
@LWinstanley13
signing advance copies of the book!
Web3: Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Culutral Frontier comes out September 19th
Preorder now:
New episode of
@defidecodedpod
with repeat guest and fan fave Jelena Juric (
@jelenaaa____
) CEO of
@noble_xyz
In a few months, Noble has grown to around $100 million in circulating $USDC, becoming the de facto platform for on-chain RWAs on
@cosmoshub
Great chat! Check it out👇
We had a great chat with
@blowfishstudios
CEO Ben Lee (
@ben_at_blowfish
) on
#DeFiDecoded
Ben tells us about his newest game Phantom Galaxies and his goal to make blockchain games fun for everyone, including casual gamers.
I learned a lot. Check it out!
That’s a wrap for me on a crazy and productive
#Consensus2018
. Last night we had a huge storm that shook the windows and rattled the walls of the big bank towers and ended with a brilliant sunset. An apt metaphor indeed!
If you're flying
@British_Airways
(and run out of movies to watch), check out the in-flight magazine for an in-depth look at the next stage of the
#Blockchain
revolution.
In my latest op-ed for
@CoinDesk
I discuss how the rise of Bitcoin ETFs will put an end to public Bitcoin miners acting as a crypto proxy for tradfi investors.
To attract investor capital in the future, they will need to be well-run and profitable too. That's good for everyone
The days of rising crypto prices lifting all boats, including mining stocks, may be gone. But it still looks like being a good year for digital assets, says
@alextapscott
.