A few of the things we’re excited about in crypto (2025)

→ An AI needs a wallet of one's own to act agentically
→ Enter ‘decentralized autonomous chatbots’
→ As more people use AI, we’ll need unique proof of personhood
→ Going from prediction markets… to better information aggregation for everything
→ Enterprises will increasingly accept stablecoins for payments
→ Countries explore putting government bonds onchain
→ We’ll see greater adoption of the ‘DUNA’, a new industry standard for blockchain networks in the U.S.
→ Liquid democracy online goes physical
→ Builders will reuse, not just reinvent, infrastructure
→ Crypto companies will begin with the end (-user experience), instead of letting the infrastructure determine the UX
→ ‘Hiding the wires’ helps usher in web3’s killer app
→ The crypto industry finally gets its own appstores, and discovery
→ Crypto owners become crypto users

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