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Monster 100+ page #crypto report from @AutonoFinTech: next.autonomous.com/crypto-utopia/ First takeaway graph shows crypto-penetration per country, Japan in the lead w/ 83% awareness 
2/ Succinct narrative of 3 waves of #crypto funding:
Bitcoin startups, Enterprise blockchain, ICOs.
#ICO funding in 2018 nearing double that of 2017.
Bitcoin startups, Enterprise blockchain, ICOs.
#ICO funding in 2018 nearing double that of 2017.
3/ Smart contract platforms other than #Ethereum are growing... but w/ the top (@wavesplatform) at ~30 ICOs, all still pale in comparison.
0/ A Brief History of Decentralization in Venture Funding (a thread)
1/ In the early days of venture capital, funding sources were centralized to a few big players with deep pockets handing out checks to entrepreneurs. (e.g. Rockefeller's investment in Fairchild Semiconductor)
2/ In the 60s - 70s, more VC firms emerged as a response to the market's demand for access to outsized returns. Venture capital deployment was gradually decentralized as GPs were entrusted to invest LPs' money in their disparate networks.
1/ The bad news: #ICOs are dead. The good news: their rebirth is just around the corner. Safer, cheaper, legal. Most importantly: healthier.
2/ Let’s start with the death notice, especially since it seems like ICOs are at all time highs in every imaginable measure.
3/ In a newsletter (that I didn’t sign up for), it was claimed that past week alone more than 400 ICO projects were launched. That’s crazy!
