The only constant in crypto is change- as reflected in this year's 2025 Founder Survey Results.
Distribution has unseated finding PMF as the biggest challenge!
>100 founders representing $48B in mkt cap and $4.2B in funding shared their thoughts
I'm so excited to tell my mom I got into Harvard! Well, the Harvard Club of New York City for a few hours.
So thankful for the @bloccelerate VC team for putting on the amazing BCVC Founder Summit in NYC. So many great discussions and debates throughout the day. It was a joy to join an awesome group of panelists to explore how tokenization can benefit the broader financial system.
On Friday I moderated the "what breaks crypto first" debate at @bloccelerate Summit: AI or quantum?
The takeaway: attackers don't need to break the cryptography. Vulnerable code and compromised devices are the way in.
🙏 Thank you to my panelists and the BCVC team!
That's a wrap on the 5th Annual BCVC Founder Summit. The 2nd Annual BCVC Founder of the Year goes to @rleshner of Superstate. Thank you to every speaker, moderator and guest at the Harvard Club of New York. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBJi41
Great conversation on The Future of Digital Twins with @manoliskellis; co-mods @johnjdagostino + Katie Gu (@EdisonSci). Cognitive cartography maps ideas to rebuild trust; toxicity signals emerged unprogrammed; treat AI as a map partner. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBIKet
Debate: If intelligence is the new oil, who is the new Standard Oil? @__sishir, @harrygrieve, Anand Radhakrishnan and Bobby Jan (Bessemer Trust) take it on. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBIKet
That's a wrap on Machines With Money: AI Commerce. @psneville: agents start on treasury/idle cash, not retail; Spencer Spinnell (@circle): agent tx still early/subscale; Verina Youssef: banks catching up on risk; mod @NValentineTV. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBJi41
Great debate on What Breaks Crypto: Quantum or AI? @rcarback: Q-day ~3-4 yrs; @proof_of_sam: AI is the live threat (zero-days + contract exploits); @sjbreck wants human-vs-agent rails; Anat Veredgorn: dual post-quantum sigs. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBIKet
Debate settled? Truth machine or casino: @BrianQuintenz (@Kalshi) vs Dan Berkovitz (Millennium), mod Noah Solowiejczyk (@FenwickWest). Sports ~80-85% of volume; both see SCOTUS ahead; split on any vs substantial hedging purpose. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBJi41
Great conversation with @Scaramucci and @johnjdagostino. Big-exchange hacks raise the trust bar; CEXs trade some libertarian ideals for governance; RWA tokenization needs escape velocity—from ~$40B toward hundreds of billions. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBIKet
Debate settled? Timeline for Tokenization: Immediate vs. Eventual. @Stevie_Satoshi (https://t.co/BPtuGICRTN) vs Gurpreet Oberoi (@krakenfx), moderated by Kate Laurence. #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBJi41
Just wrapped: Navigating Regulation: A Practitioners' Guide, with Rebecca Rettig (Jito Labs), Sunayna Tuteja (formerly Federal Reserve) and Erik Rettig (Rain), moderated by Colleen Sullivan (Brevan Howard Digital). #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBIKet
Just wrapped: Post-Midterms Regulatory Outlook for AI & Crypto for 2027, with @giancarloMKTS, Taylor Lindman (SEC) and Scott Bennett (Sidley Austin), moderated by Scott Lee (IIF). #BCVCSummit2026 https://t.co/QrOXfBIKet