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Marcus: Speculative token era is ending, shifting innovation back to Bitcoin
“I think we're done with that or almost done with that. And I think that's why you see a lot more innovation coming back to Bitcoin as well, because people have come to realize that actually building real products that solve real people's problems is the way to…”
David Marcus Apr 14, 2023 ▶ 30:52 David Marcus: How I Came to Lead PayPal; Why FB's Crypto Failed; How AI Fixes Inequality | E1001 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Marcus: Debanking crypto will push transactions into opaque peer-to-peer channels
“I think the alternative is actually that you push the entire industry to be on the fringe and on the margin and all of these transactions become peer to peer and more opaque to regulation, which is absolutely the worst outcome for everyone involved, including …”
David Marcus Apr 14, 2023 ▶ 27:04 David Marcus: How I Came to Lead PayPal; Why FB's Crypto Failed; How AI Fixes Inequality | E1001 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Marcus: Coinbase will succeed long term by playing by regulatory rules
“Brian Armstrong has done a really, really good job at balancing this and from the get-go decided that he wanted to play by the rules and has been desperately demanding clear rules from the various regulators. And, you know, certainly I think over the long run,…”
David Marcus Apr 14, 2023 ▶ 28:17 David Marcus: How I Came to Lead PayPal; Why FB's Crypto Failed; How AI Fixes Inequality | E1001 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Marcus: SEC regulatory clarity for crypto will not happen soon
“If we're staying on, on our current path, I don't think it will happen soon. But I hope that I hope that the entire industry gets gets a lot of clarity.”
David Marcus Apr 14, 2023 ▶ 29:35 David Marcus: How I Came to Lead PayPal; Why FB's Crypto Failed; How AI Fixes Inequality | E1001 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Marcus: Next few AI model versions will excel at coding
“It's good at coding, but not great. I think the next few versions will be really great at coding, which is also where potential problems might come from.”
David Marcus Apr 14, 2023 ▶ 33:29 David Marcus: How I Came to Lead PayPal; Why FB's Crypto Failed; How AI Fixes Inequality | E1001 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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