Crypto Weekender 5/3
Curated weekly reads, listens, and views.
Reads
- Crypto Mega Thesis by Kyle Samani
- 5 Differences Between Cosmos and Polkadot by Julian Koh
- Narrative Watch | Spring 2019 Edition by Nathaniel Whittemore
- Bitcoin is a Demographic Mega-Trend: Data Analysis by Spencer Bogart (survey by The Harris Poll on behalf of Blockchain Capital)
- I’m Not an International Drug Dealer: So Why Do I Need Privacy? by Meltem Demirors
- 2019: Tech IPOs = Boom for Crypto? by Scott Army (Vision Hill Capital)
- Ring Signatures (Part 1): Schnorr Identity Protocol by Joe Kendzicky
- Bitcoin — The Unseizable Asset by Rayne Steinberg
- Fast Takes: dYdX Review by Su Zhu (Uncommon Core)
- Ruined By Praise, Saved By Criticism by Eric Olszewski
Tweets
- Matthew Willemsen’s thread on crypto projects that raised funds YTD
- Spencer Applebaum’s follow-up to Messari’s initial work on Ripple’s reported sales of XRP
- Brendan (from Dharma) Forster’s thread on how a great USD to DAI on-ramp could help price DAI back at $1
Listens
- Off the Chain: Jae Kwon, Founder & CEO of Tendermint: Byzantine Fault Tolerance and Environment Awareness
- What Grinds My Gears: Tarred and Tethered — The Never-Ending Saga of Tether, the $3B Stablecoin
- What Bitcoin Did: Christian Decker on the Tech Coming to Lightning
- The Token Daily: David Fauchier, the Founder of Cambrial Capital: The Road Ahead for DeFi
- Unchained: Want to Connect Blockchains? Cosmos Has Tools for Coders
- Base Layer: Diogo Monica (Co-Founder, Anchorage)
- Blockchain Insider: Curated scavenger hunts
- POV Crypto: Blockchain Archeology with David Puell
- The Blockcrunch: Deep Dive into Crypto Valuation Methods — Dan Zuller (Vision Hill Advisors)
Views
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