Predictions for “the next cycle”?

Lots of unexpected things happened this past cycle, just as many that were predictable

cycle-centric thinking is quite un-helpful IMO

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The next cycle will be dominated by new platforms that let builders harness the value props of crypto:
- authenticity
- censorship resistance
- privacy

The next cycle will not be dominated by products that expose crypto underpinnings — wallet/tx-free decentralized apps will win.

by 1999, AOL had ~20M subscribers paying $21.95

This is more than all crypto uses combined across all chains this cycle 

By analogy the next cycle should focus on delivering actual value to mainstream consumers, which probably will be Metaverse + NFT

I think the dominance of Uniswap will be on full display next cycle. It’s already so enormous right now, but hardly gets the headlines of Coinbase/Binance. https://i.imgur.com/WbK9VMD.jpg

I could see public utilities powered by crypto and becoming DAOs. Like Helium and WeatherXM. But I'm sure reality will be much more interesting than our predictions.