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Tomaino: Crypto fund managers must beat a 50/50 BTC/ETH benchmark
“I mean, as a venture manager, you get paid two and 20, maybe more, maybe a little more, maybe a little less, but those are meaningful fees. The reason that you get those fees is because you can outperform you know, an index and you know, every private equity F…”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 27:42 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Tomaino: Controversial VCs still get deal flow from prestige-seeking founders
“There are certain founders that that go for the prestige. You know, maybe they get some hate from a non's on Twitter or something, but they're still, they get you know, press and they have prestige.”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 25:03 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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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
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Tomaino: Frequent Crypto Hacks Are an Unspoken Secret in the Industry
“It's kind of a big unknown secret. You know, unspoken secret, I should say in, in crypto, like how many people actually get hacked and no one really talks about it”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 13:51 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Tomaino: Best crypto projects blend purists and tourists
“There's purists and there's tourists, and the best crypto projects were kind of at the intersection of purists and tourists.”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 58:07 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Tomaino: Early Bitcoin community was aligned by shared belief and incentives
“They weren't aligned by physical location, but they were aligned by shared belief system and economic incentives.”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 2:17 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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