The crypto industry is currently experiencing a significant shift towards consumer applications, driven by improved infrastructure and user experience. Coinbase's Smart Wallet and OnchainKit, along with CoinbaseDev Paymaster, are highlighted as key innovations enhancing the user experience on the Base blockchain. This development is expected to make Base a leading platform in consumer crypto. Moonwell's integration with Coinbase Wallet and the new quest on layer3xyz further illustrate the advancements in the space. The industry is also seeing a growing emphasis on gradual growth and sustainable revenue models over instant financialization. Despite the challenges and skepticism, there is a strong belief among some investors that the improved infrastructure will enable crypto apps to succeed at scale for the first time.
we talk a lot about how crypto has lost its values, but the hardest thing to watch is how a space built on contrarianism has become so conformist that every 5-year "thesis" is built on that day's prices so many can only see the present when asked to peer into the future
there's two types of investors in crypto. the conformists assume what they've seen: because apps have underperformed for a decade, they'll never work. the contrarians try to explain this: apps underperformed because the infra wasn't good enough. and now that it is, they'll win.
there are consumer experiences in crypto that focus on revenue velocity OR revenue durability. to date, 99% of start ups are focused on the former. the market responds when attention significantly shifts towards the latter. https://t.co/YZEZvE3A6k