Thoughts from the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz, Switzerland

Marc and I have just returned from a wonderful week at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz, Switzerland, officially announcing Two Prime and our first token product, FF1, with some great media coverage. The conference gathered some of the world’s top investors and financial experts, including The Winklevoss Twins and Meltem Demirors.

Here’s what we learned:

1. Putting Steam Behind Crypto Finance

The vast majority of the discussion at this conference revolved around financial applications and investments in the industry. As compared to other conferences in past years, discussion around theoretical uses of blockchain for obscure technology applications rarely arose. People are tired of being pitched ideas in a whitepaper. Instead, they want to know how we get from the current market to widespread adoption. The financial applications of blockchain are where we have seen the most promise. Influencers in the industry are eager to professionalize crypto and take the financial applications mainstream.

2. Crypto Finance’s Reality Check

Marc’s keynote on the 12 Hard Truths to Crypto Abundance was well received. Recognizing that the killer apps of crypto are financial and that…