Lightspeed’s India & SEA Crypto Landscape

To bridge this gap, venture capital will likely prioritize projects that simplify onboarding processes and offer intuitive user interfaces . Applications with clear value propositions, catering to both retail and institutional audiences, will take center stage. Examples include wallets with seamless fiat-to-crypto transitions, decentralized finance... See more

The institutional ETFs are here en masse and there is now regular traditional media coverage of the crypto startup scene. It mostly lacks nuance but it’s permeating the mainstream zeitgeist. The maturation of market structure also helps here as liquidation cascades are simply less prevalent given the enormous liquidity provided by these traditional... See more

Right now, many of the successful applications for crypto technology are in finance or finance-adjacent fields. For example, people are using crypto to send cross-border remittances to family members abroad and Wall Street banks using blockchains to settle foreign transactions.