The Ledger

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Opinion
Weisenthal: Trading Solana meme coins is not comparable to building railroads
“The premise that like investing in crypto that like investing in meme coins, which is the primary use of Solana is somewhere along the land space travel in the same conversations. Like we built the railroads, we landed on the moon and we trade coins on Solana.…”
Joe Weisenthal Mar 19, 2025 ▶ 2:53 Joe Weisenthal on Finance Podcasting, Country Music, and Response to Solana Ad.
Prediction Not checkable as stated
McCormick: In five years much of finance will run on blockchains
“And I think it's like some point in five years, a lot of finance is going to run on Solana on ETH maybe on sweet or, you know, like a lot of, I think it's inevitable that, that more and more. Finance will move over to crypto stable coins and having Stripe behi…”
Packy McCormick Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 26:36 Packy McCormick Breaks Down Ramp's New $13B Valuation and Where He's Investing Right Now.
Insight
Dixon: Blockchains' primary value is disintermediation rather than decentralization itself
“The point is not for like decentralization and kind of this new architecture of blockchains for its own sake. The point is they have specific benefits. So like, why, why would one build on a blockchain like Ethereum or Solana as opposed to a traditional, You k…”
Chris Dixon Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 10:25 Read Write Own - A16Z Partner Chris Dixon on TBPN
Assertion Supported
Dixon: Users can send money globally for under a penny in seconds
“So you can now send an arbitrary amount of money anywhere in the world for under one penny in 1:02.”
Chris Dixon Jun 5, 2025 ▶ 1:36 Read Write Own - A16Z Partner Chris Dixon on TBPN
Assertion Partly supported
Dixon: Modern Blockchains Transfer Any Amount Globally for Under One Cent
“So you can now send an arbitrary amount of money anywhere in the world for under one penny in 1:02.”
Chris Dixon May 31, 2025 ▶ 37:18 Weekend Special: Elon Recap, Balaji, Chris Dixon, Brian Armstrong, Crypto Day + Thiel Fellows
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