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Back w/ a new roundup of great writing over the past week or so in the 37th edition of Paragraph Picks — check them out & let us know which is your favorite!

@yekim.eth argues that crypto’s biggest challenge isn’t a lack of consumer products, but a flawed playbook overly reliant on speculation and token-based incentives instead of building long-term, behavior-driven engagement.

"Speculation can be a growth accelerant, but it can’t be the foundation."

@yekim.eth argues that crypto’s biggest challenge isn’t a lack of consumer products, but a flawed playbook overly reliant on speculation and token-based incentives instead of building long-term, behavior-driven engagement.

"Speculation can be a growth accelerant, but it can’t be the foundation."

https://paragraph.com/@pit/behavior-greater-token

@jaredhecht.eth reflects on the power of deliberate, coordinated action — both in companies and in building AI — arguing that moving carefully and intentionally is ultimately the fastest path to meaningful progress.

"AI is non-deterministic. Nobody really knows what’s going to come out of it when we put something into it."

@usv | jared.xyz | formerly founder of groupme and fundera 

@jaredhecht.eth reflects on the power of deliberate, coordinated action — both in companies and in building AI — arguing that moving carefully and intentionally is ultimately the fastest path to meaningful progress.

"AI is non-deterministic. Nobody really knows what’s going to come out of it when we put something into it."

https://jared.xyz/slow-is-smooth,-smooth-is-fast

@sterlacci argues that crypto should embrace its irrational, meme-driven roots rather than conform to traditional financial metrics, as true value often emerges from culture and belief — not fundamentals.

"It’s ok to reject fundamentals, because there is something at play that is much more important."

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@nor envisions a future where capital flows toward ideas rather than companies, enabling a more decentralized, efficient, and incentive-aligned system for funding innovation.

"What will change is that the constituent elements of a company will become unbundled, and it will be possible for investors to upregulate individual ideas, markets, approaches, and desirable outcomes with the expectation of profit."

@nor envisions a future where capital flows toward ideas rather than companies, enabling a more decentralized, efficient, and incentive-aligned system for funding innovation.

"What will change is that the constituent elements of a company will become unbundled, and it will be possible for investors to upregulate individual ideas, markets, approaches, and desirable outcomes with the expectation of profit."

https://paragraph.com/@ngi/capital

@boona writers about his early experiments with tokenized podcast episodes and celebrates the growing clarity and potential of onchain media to empower creators through direct monetization and community alignment.

"Creators can now unlock new ways of not only monetizing their craft, but building tighter and more aligned communities."

@boona writers about his early experiments with tokenized podcast episodes and celebrates the growing clarity and potential of onchain media to empower creators through direct monetization and community alignment.

"Creators can now unlock new ways of not only monetizing their craft, but building tighter and more aligned communities."

https://paragraph.com/@boona/early-to-onchain-media

@nyewarburton argues that blockchain must evolve beyond finance and hype to serve everyday people with intuitive, useful applications—because no one cares about crypto itself, only what it enables.

"Crypto’s biggest challenge isn’t regulatory hurdles or technical limitations — it’s relevance."

@nyewarburton argues that blockchain must evolve beyond finance and hype to serve everyday people with intuitive, useful applications—because no one cares about crypto itself, only what it enables.

"Crypto’s biggest challenge isn’t regulatory hurdles or technical limitations — it’s relevance."

https://paragraph.com/@nyewarburton.eth/making-crypto-not-suck

That's all we have for this week — how'd we do? What did we miss?

@sterlacci argues that crypto should embrace its irrational, meme-driven roots rather than conform to traditional financial metrics, as true value often emerges from culture and belief — not fundamentals.

"It’s ok to reject fundamentals, because there is something at play that is much more important."

https://paragraph.com/@slow-tokens/crypto-needs-less-fundamentals-not-more,-return-to-magic-internet-money