$ETH turns 10 at the end of the month. Itโs fascinating to think how far weโve come since then. To celebrate this monumental anniversary Iโve dug up some lore-filled memories from the vault -> ๐งต
what if, instead of hating on data centers, we realised that:
1. ai is not going away
2. itโs creating *more* jobs over time (esp blue collar) and will create new job sectors, higher salaries, economic prosperity etc
3. states that adopt data centers can reduce taxes for their residents, increase spending on state-wide infrastructure (schools, hospitals etc)
4. data centers do not consume copious amounts of water. itโs all recycled. your local golf course uses 10x more water.
@TrustlessState Honestly probably @TuongvyLe12 at @veda_labs. She was a star before them and she will be a star after. Amazing unbiased contributor and has done a ton of policy work w/ 3 letter agencies
pretty sure the glasses are staying on from now on. Excited to be working on something new!
Thanks @JolyOnChain and the whole team at @Flight3official for having me!
every industry leader I've asked in the last 6 months has named the same meta to chase
@Jennasis just made it unanimous
full Between Us episode with the 5x founder now inside CoinFund is live, and she doesn't hold back
"most VCs aren't qualified to give founders advice" (her words, said from years of industry experience)
capital allocation, reading decks, business models that dont exist and technical jargon - conceptually, ai could take over all of these areas, but will it?
has the industry made anyhting valueable enough for you want to want to pay to be a member of? Jenna brought an alternative view that crypto has worked the other way, with airdrops and free money leading to nil retention and an all too familar result
Chapters:
00:09 The privilege of failure
01:11 Will AI agents replace capital allocators?
02:54 Is crypto drunk on airdrops?
05:28 Why most VCs aren't qualified to give advice
07:48 The bifurcation of venture capital
10:38 Privacy and freedom in 2036
link in replies ๐ฌ
wdyt on the airdrop point, necessary bootstrapping or free money that bought us nothing
crypto VC is dead
at least that's the timeline take
so I put it to @Jennasis prev @coinfund_io, the fund that backed Ethereum, Polkadot and Dapper Labs before any of it was obvious
(she also smashes ironmans in her spare time, casual)
new Between Us episode. we got into
> is crypto VC dead as we know it
> is revenue the only meta in town
> how funds actually differentiate to win the best deal flow
my take on the deployment drought: the hope premium is gone and VCs got stuck in high FDV low float positions with zero liquidity. that forced the reset. meanwhile the founders winning right now are building without a token at all
wdyt, broke model or broke pipeline
@Flight3official
AI Memory stocks have been the best-performing asset class of 2026, so far averaging a 550% price increase in <12 months... but it gets better:
$DRAM launched 30 days ago... giving investors exposure to the top 3 memory stocks.
It's already up 100%, making it the #1 fastest-growing ETF of all-time with $6 billion of inflows.
this begs the question: why are memory stocks exploding.. and are we too late to invest?
We unpacked all of this and more in todays episode ๐