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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 employeeThe investment thesis behind Polychain CapitalWhy protocol tokens represent a huge investment opportunityThe current state of tokensalesWhy the blockchain crowdfunding campaigns will start resembling VC deal structureHis 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 was hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture, and is availble on YouTube, SoundCloud, and our website.
