Variant had its annual investor meeting on Tuesday. This is the gist of what I told LPs about the last few years and where I hope we're going: 

https://jessewalden.com/beyond-speculation-and-stablecoins-cryptos-next-phase/

It's hard to overstate how important regulatory clarity is imo

I binned plans to launch a capital markets startup leveraging crypto rails for one reason: I'd spend (nearly) all of my time dealing with lawyers and regulators rather than solving the problem of companies' access to capital