cryptocurrency

11 statements across 10 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Jun 12, 2017 by Kevin Rose · across every show →

Everything said about cryptocurrency, oldest first

Jun 12, 2017 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kevin Rose refuses to invest in cryptocurrencies that merely tweak Bitcoin
“I'm not going to buy into a cryptocurrency that is just a somewhat slightly version or somewhat slightly tweaked version of Bitcoin. It has to be something that is truly novel and unique”
Kevin Rose Jun 12, 2017 ▶ 10:31 20VC: Kevin Rose on Putting The Entire Fund Into Uber, The Future For Mobile & Whether Angels Should Have Super Pro-Rata Rights?
Sep 15, 2017
Insight
Lee: Lack of central adjudicators makes crypto forks highly unpredictable
“There isn't one. That's why the forks are so unpredictable, and you never know when consensus gets formed where a fork will actually happen.”
Charlie Lee Sep 15, 2017 ▶ 9:17 20VC: Litecoin Founder, Charlie Lee on Why ICO's Are The Biggest Threat To Crypto, Why Ethereum Will Run Into Huge Scalability Problems & How To Assess The Trade Off Between Decentralisation & Scale
Dec 4, 2017 negative
Opinion
Investing just to 'have a play' in hot sectors is bad advice
“So whether that's cryptocurrency, or Google Glass, or whatever the hot category is of that year, of that couple of years, I think it's not good advice to quote-unquote have a play in X category. Because if you are able to pick the best, that may be the company…”
Rich Wong Dec 4, 2017 ▶ 21:02 20VC: Accel GP, Rich Wong on When Is The Right Time To Scale A Startup, Optimising Initial vs Follow-On Investment Decision-Making & The Globalisation of VC In Recent Years
Aug 27, 2018 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Silicon Valley will solve its housing crisis and remain the tech hub
“I think we will. I think Silicon Valley has managed to produce significantly harder innovations than fixing housing, but I think that's the ticket to becoming the home for things like cryptocurrency and longevity, because ultimately people need to be able to a…”
Daniel Gross Aug 27, 2018 ▶ 19:51 20VC: The Commonalities In The Makings Of Truly Great People, How Silicon Valley Will Become The Home For Crypto and Frontier Tech Once Again & Why Games Are Such A Good Tool To Understand Human Motivation with Daniel Gross, Founder & Pioneer, Head of AI
Oct 22, 2018 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Xie: China will eventually create its own national cryptocurrency
“China in terms of crypto, I actually think that they're going to be a big player in this industry. I think they will really start using this blockchain tech And be building out different tech themselves. I actually think they might even create their own crypto…”
Linda Xie Oct 22, 2018 ▶ 38:13 20VC: Scalar Capital's Linda Xjie on Who Will Win The Smart Contract War, The Future of Exchanges: Centralised or Decentralised & The Pros and Cons of Differing Privacy Coins
May 17, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Deven Parekh notes Insight Partners' top cryptocurrency expert is 25 years old
“The smartest person about cryptocurrency at Insight, 25. And if I want to learn about it, I have to go back to first principles and learn it As if I'm 25, too.”
Deven Parekh May 17, 2021 ▶ 33:09 20VC: Insight Managing Director, Deven Parekh on The Current Funding Mania, Compression of Round Timelines, Fund Deployment Speeds Increasing & How To Think Through Price and Time Allocation Across the Portfolio
Jan 10, 2022 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Carney: Successful cryptocurrencies must eventually integrate with central monetary systems
“And my view at least is that the value of the crypto asset, the cryptocurrency that links over time, there's a Laffer curve, the more successful it is, Ultimately, the more it will need to be brought into the core of the system, perhaps linked with a stable co…”
Mark Carney Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 14:56 20VC: Former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney on Why "Only the Niche Will Survive" in Crypto, How Governments and Central Banks Retain Control in a World of Decentralised Finance & The Winners and Losers in Crypto Exchanges and NFTs
Oct 30, 2023 neutral
Insight
Tomaino: Bitcoin and pop stars derive value from mimetic desire
“A lot of why people think she's good is because other people think she's good. And I think that can, that, that applies to cryptocurrency too. Why does everyone think Bitcoin is valuable? Because other people think it's valuable.”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 45:19 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 26, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ripley Claims Most 2024 US Presidential Candidates Are Pro-Crypto
“The majority of the candidates out there are you know, pro Bitcoin, pro cryptocurrency.”
Dave Ripley Jan 26, 2024 ▶ 11:12 Dave Ripley: Are the SEC Overreaching with its Approach to Crypto? Should Gensler Step Down? | E1108 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 26, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ripley Predicts the US Will Elect a Pro-Crypto President Soon
“Over the coming set of elections, we will have a pro-Bitcoin, pro-cryptocurrency president, because crypto and Bitcoin are naturally going to grow.”
Dave Ripley Jan 26, 2024 ▶ 11:39 Dave Ripley: Are the SEC Overreaching with its Approach to Crypto? Should Gensler Step Down? | E1108 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 28, 2025 negative
Opinion
Hoggett: UK financial regulation disenfranchises retail investors while leaving crypto friction-free
“And so under the guise of protecting retail, we've arguably disenfranchised them a bit. We've made it harder to access advice. We've made it harder for them to access regulated markets and yet our user journey in the cryptocurrency world is incredibly straight…”
Julia Hoggett Mar 28, 2025 ▶ 3:50 Julia Hoggett, CEO @ LSEG plc: The Myths and the Reality of The London Stock Exchange · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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