McLeod: Alongside's on-chain crypto index funds are a revolutionary Web3 product
Tom McLeod · Winning at Startups and the Future of Culture · Aug 25, 2022 · at 1:00:59
Tom McLeod discusses Web3 projects he finds compelling, highlighting Alongside, founded by former employees from his previous startup Omni.
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“There's a company called Alongside that's doing like cross network giant index funds. I'm personally just a big index fund person. Like I don't think I'm, I have, I don't have the patience to pick a winner. Like I'm not a day trader, but the idea that you can get a on chain full basket of, you know, let's say at the top, 100 cryptos, but not, not in a weird, like literally Provably backing a token and an asset seems like kind of a revolution. So I'm super bullish on them.”
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