the future of money and finance is very hot 🔥 alps, very cold ❄️
short thread (w charts) 📈
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as this week's #Davos2020 headlines reveal, we are about to enter a new era of digital money where we bank with bitcoin (and other digital currencies)
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the big battle is no longer for physical assets, but for control over our digital lives (data!)
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welcome to your digital overlords
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exhibit A: the rapid growth of investments in technology and growth stocks, as Wall Street (and in PE and VC too) as investors chase short term financial returns over long term value
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we are going to see a rapid shift in how the world trades, transacts, and interacts with money. bitcoin was just the beginning, and everyone wants a way to play.
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@venmo is an early example of payment -> social
@WeChatApp is social -> payments
add bitcoin to this, and things start to get really fascinating
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this is where bitcoin really shines - we build the tools for the resistance. more choice, more platforms, more control back in your hands.
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cashless economies
touchless payments
competing sovereign and non-sovereign currencies
governments lose control of monetary hegemony
banks lose control of payments
tech giants become megaliths
and networks rule us all
the race is on 🏁