Markets are seasonal; crypto is no exception. Summers give way to the chill of winter, and winter thaws in the heat of summer. Advances made by builders during dark days eventually re-trigger optimism when the dust settles. With the recent market downturn, we may be entering such a period now.

Takeaway: 1. This is the first cycle in which crypto is intertwined with the rest of the macro economy. Traditional funds and their portfolio companies agree on that each founder should limit their budget and keep improving.

As is well-known in the crypto ecosystem, the economic interest in crypto comes in waves — we have already gone through two waves of this and are in the middle of a third one. However, all through this, the ecosystem has been maturing quietly and resolutely underneath all the hype and noise. As a result, the crypto opportunity has significantly... See more