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Olaf Carlson-Wee: Polychain Capital – The Rise of Protocol Tokens

Episode Summary

Polychain Founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee joined us to talk about Polychain Capital, a new hedge fund focused solely on investing in cryptocurrencies and protocol tokens.

Episode Notes

Writing his college thesis on Bitcoin in 2012 and becoming Coinbase’s first employee in 2013, Olaf Carlson-Wee has been at the forefront of cryptocurrency for many years. Recently, he left Coinbase to start Polychain Capital, a hedge fund focused solely on investing in cryptocurrencies and protocol tokens. Olaf joined us to discuss his journey in the industry and the investment thesis behing Polychain.

Topics covered in this episode:

• How Olaf Carlson-Wee became Coinbase’s first employee
• The investment thesis behind Polychain Capital
• Why protocol tokens represent a huge investment opportunity
• The current state of tokensales
• Why the blockchain crowdfunding campaigns will start resembling VC deal structure
• His view on the state of the Bitcoin network and community

Episode links:

• Polychain Capital
• Beyond Bitcoin: The future of cryptocurrencies - The Signal
• Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—It's Something Way Weirder | WIRED
• The Golden Age Of Open Protocols – AVC
• Blockchain Tokens and the dawn of the Decentralized Business Model
• Fat Protocols | Union Square Ventures
• a16z and USV invest $10m in new digital asset hedge fund
• The future is a decentralized internet | TechCrunch

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/173