crypto

some crypto product things i'm excited about for 24-25
(quick list, not exhaustive)

- mobile become the default
- stablecoin rails get good enough for global fintech adoption, accelerates institutional/regulatory validation
- surprising formats for prediction markets emerge
- nfts have another surprising evolution
- interplay btwn creator tools/token launchers gets more interesting/safer
- farcaster channels become wallets/daos, do weird/big things
- telegram leans into mini-apps/wallet/payments
- frames/blinks find a large-scale social mini-app; validates the 'headless' gtm as a way to bootstrap marketplace liquidity.
- data DAOs/tokenized marketplaces onboard new users to earning tokens
- for crypto natives, real skin-in-the-game returns to token distributions, resulting in more loyal/engaged users/owners

crypto infra things i'm excited about for '24-25 (quick list, not exhaustive) 

- institutions start staking
- chain/wallet abstraction works well enough that users get finally get a superior ux (this is the benefit of all the work on scaling/interop/intents etc)
- modularity matures, second-generation frameworks package integrated-modules that solve fragmentation, maintain customizability
- zk has a breakthrough app at the intersection of privacy/offchain-data/onchain action
- security vulns become far less common (e.g. in defi/interfaces)
- decentralized compute starts to compete on cost AND performance
- mev market structure matures, optimistically this benefits users.

Exciting times ahead! Looking forward to institutions embracing staking, improved user experiences through integration and abstraction, and the potential of zk tech. Also, as security strengthens and decentralized compute advances, the ecosystem feels poised for transformative growth. 🚀