Have you heard of the Gartner Hype Cycle?

It suggests that disruptive technologies go through 5 key phases...

1. Technology Trigger

The emergence of a potentially disruptive technology.

2. Peak of Inflated Expectations

Early publicity creates hype for tech with an unproven market fit. In the speculative NFT bubble of 2021, Beeple sold a collage of his artwork "Everydays: the First 5000 Days" for $69 MILLION. Similarly, NBA Top Shot sold hundreds of millions of $ of video-collectible moments

There’s a lot of fear in the bear market. Every day, new predictions are calling for doomsday scenarios sending the crypto market to 0.

Even in the bear market, things aren’t as bad as you think.

Let's explore some numbers...

There are 4 MILLION monthly downloads for the "ethers" package used by web3 devs to develop dapps. (Up from 1M/month in Jan 2021)

There are 2.4M monthly downloads for the competing web3 package. i.e - devs are still developing.

There are over 51.3 MILLION smart contra

Is crypto going to 0? Let's explore what could destroy crypto.

The last few months have been BRUTAL for everyone invested in crypto.

In a bull market, there's an endless parade of moonboys predicting $1M BTC.

In a bear market, there are just as many doomsdayers calling for $0 BTC.

Given recent events, I went back to revisit my fundamental crypto investing thesis to see if it has been invalidated.

In this article, I'll explore my fundamental thesis and how it could be wrong.

What can destro

We talk a lot about the practical use cases of crypto, but if you ask your friends and family, chances are that 99% of them aren’t actually using any dapps.

And aside from the crypto casino, they probably don’t have any interest in it.

So where are the real users? Why aren’t all these “use cases” taking off?

Why do most dApps feel like ghost towns?

In this post, I’ll explore a few useful applications of crypto and explain why they aren’t actually being used by the masses just yet.

First, a