Thoughts

Looking back, there has always been a point in every emerging tech cycle when the tech starts becoming visible to everyone and not just the builders. You no longer say I want to surf the internet or I going on the World Wide Web, you'd rather say let me just Google that. Stablecoins are approaching this level, and teams that understand adoption as a deliberate, multi-layered stack are the ones who will define what comes next. Stablecoin's growth has been explosive, hitting ~$

With everything happening in DeFi now, is it safe to say this is the end of DeFi? Well, how did it all begin? The concept of decentralized finance was born in 2009 when bitcoin launched, became more practical when Ethereum came onboard in 2015, before it became a mainstream in 2020 during DeFi Summer. Now it looks like the end is here. Except that things become more stable and we study previous key events. This year has been a tough one not just for DeFi and companies operati

Take a pause... While there are blueprints from years of experience on how to run a startup community, there isn't one direct way to start from scratch and grow your startup community. This is because different startup have different mission and scope, the community needs to be tailored to help the team achieve their mission, and the community needs to get value for their support and contributions. If you've ever jumped into a community, find them discussing things that are o