VeradiVerdict

Share this post
Birthplace of Ethereum
www.veradiverdict.com

Birthplace of Ethereum

VeradiVerdict - Issue #74

Paul Veradittakit
Mar 5, 2020
1
Share this post
Birthplace of Ethereum
www.veradiverdict.com

Last week, I was able to visit Toronto for the first time and catch up with folks that were involved with the start of Ethereum. The main reason why I traveled to Toronto was to attend my first session of mentoring at Creative Destruction Lab - Blockchain Track.

The session consisted of individual meetings with startups within the track and group discussions on how to help each company. At the end, there was deliberation on which startups would continue forward in the program. My impression was positive, and I thought the program did a great job facilitating value-added thoughts and interaction.

Some of the more interesting projects include:

  • Lunie - A non-custodial wallet experience for staking, providing validator options

  • Grain Discovery - A supply chain blockchain startup creating an online marketplace for agriculture traceability and transactions

  • Tokenfunder - Canada’s first regulated security token issuance platform

Later on during the trip, BitcoinBay, Sora VC, and Pantera hosted a meetup for the Toronto crypto ecosystem, and it was fun. Questions ranged from interoperability, to investing strategies, to global trends.

One takeaway was that Canada is a good test bed for products and go-to-market but it’s not a large enough market alone and figuring out how to scale globally is crucial.


DIGESTS

Why Aren’t the Candidates Talking About Digital Currency?

Today’s arrival of Super Tuesday, that 15-state do-or-die Democratic primary battle, seems like a good excuse for a retrospective on how the U.S. presidential campaign has played out until now. 


NEWS

Orchid Partners with LiquidVPN

Orchid continues to gain new partners as it seeks to build a more fair, more private, and more secure internet. Today, Orchid announces a partnership with LiquidVPN, one of the fastest and most popular VPN services.

Crypto broker Tagomi to join Libra Association

The Libra Association is reportedly set to add another company to its ranks: the crypto brokerage firm Tagomi.


IN THE TWEETS

Twitter avatar for @InstaDAppInstaDApp @InstaDApp
1/ We are announcing DeFi Smart Accounts, a platform providing users & developers with a single point of integration to access all the DeFi protocols. Our aim is to make using & building DeFi much easier.
DeFi Smart AccountsScaling DeFi for users, developers and protocolsblog.instadapp.io

March 3rd 2020

39 Retweets157 Likes
Twitter avatar for @coindeskCoinDesk @coindesk
With India's Supreme Court overturning a ban on cryptocurrencies, the blockchain industry has a large new resource of customers and developers.
ow.ly/REbo50yD4v1 by @embeddedfinanceIndia’s Supreme Court Ruling Is a Win for the Whole Blockchain Industry - CoinDeskWith India’s Supreme Court overturning a ban on cryptocurrencies, the blockchain industry has a large new resource of customers and developers.ow.ly

March 4th 2020

34 Retweets118 Likes

REGULATIONS

Facebook Revamps Libra Plans, Bowing to Regulators

Facebook is scaling back its ambitious plan to upend the global financial system with a new digital currency.


NEW PRODUCTS AND HOT DEALS

DeFi startup Compound unveils governance token in decentralization push

Open Finance startup Compound has announced a new initiative that's aimed at decentralizing the governance process for its non-custodial lending protocol.

The Libra Association is weighing a shift to a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin

The Libra Association is considering whether to abandon the existing currency-and-asset basket model in favor of a dollar-centric one for its proposed Libra stablecoin, sources say.


MEET WITH ME

Los Angeles, March 6-9

Future Blockchain Summit, Dubai, April 7-10

Toronto, April 29-30

Consensus 2020, NYC, May 11-15


ADDITIONAL INFO

Hi, I’m Paul Veradittakit, a Partner at Pantera Capital, one of the oldest and largest institutional investors focused on investing in blockchain companies and cryptocurrencies. The firm invests in equity, pre-sales/IEO rounds, and cryptocurrencies on the secondary markets. I focus on early-stage investments and share my thoughts on what’s going on in the industry in this weekly newsletter.

👋 Working on building new technologies? I’d love to hear about it, shoot me an email

🙏 I’d appreciate it if you forwarded this email to someone who would benefit from it

💡If you have any content you want to share on this newsletter, please send it to me and we can make it happen

Please click here to help me improve this newsletter and your experience by filling out this NEW survey!

Share this post
Birthplace of Ethereum
www.veradiverdict.com
Comments

Create your profile

0 subscriptions will be displayed on your profile (edit)

Skip for now

Only paid subscribers can comment on this post

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in

Check your email

For your security, we need to re-authenticate you.

Click the link we sent to , or click here to sign in.

TopNewCommunity

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2022 DBA VeradiVerdict
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Publish on Substack Get the app
Substack is the home for great writing