💥Crypto rant 💥
If the expressions "It's dangerous!" "It's volatile!" " " It's no use ! » come to your mind when talking about bitcoin, cryptos or the blockchain: you have it all wrong 👇
You might think that I have a bias, whether through my activity within Cryptech or because my Linkedin network is made up of 70% people in the sector. It is not so !
It suffices to take the necessary step back to see the progress of these subjects and their omnipresence in our society.
In 10 years, we have gone:
❌ from a currency of criminals
✅ to a legal currency in some countries
❌ A fad
✅ to a few unicorns (including the French Ledger and Sorare) and several thousand jobs
❌ From a presentation of #BTC in front of 100 people by Andreas Antonopoulos
✅ At international conferences such as Paris Blockchain Week or Surfin' Bitcoin
❌ From a subject ignored by the media...
✅ daily on BFM Business (BFM Crypto)
✅ to a specialized press (cryptomatin.com, Cryptoast, Coins.fr, Cointelegraph France, Journal du Coin, The Big Whale, #20mint…)
❌ …and governments
✅ to European regulations (MiCa) - even if there is a lot to say, see Benjamin Allouch's recent post -
❌ Of a technology ignored by all
✅ to a technology used by the largest banks on the planet as well as many brands for issues of transparency, security and traceability
❌ Of a dangerous / useless / destined to disappear asset
✅ to an asset class in its own right, eyed by family offices around the world and traded by most institutions
I could continue this list almost indefinitely, evoking and mixing blockchain, web3 or crypto subjects in turn (obviously different from each other).
As Twitter founder Jack Dorsay put it in a recent interview with Grand Angle Crypto:
“Europeans and Americans, we live in a bubble. There, #BTC is more about desire than necessity. Whereas if you're looking at Central America, South America or Africa, it's a necessity."
It's beautifully summed up.
👉 Blockchain technology is here to stay.
👉 Crypto-assets as well.
And above all: this is only the beginning of a magnificent industry in full swing, full of talents and innovative ideas that will, I am sure, change the face of the world.
Not seeing it is a mistake.
On good terms.
Source: Benoit de Jessey
#blockchain #web3 #crypto
