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