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Ever since the first cryptonetwork, Bitcoin, was created, investors have had the opportunity to earn returns by engaging in the network. In Bitcoin’s case, that was done by mining the network, effectively powering it. As the sector has grown, investors [...]  Read more

Jet lag is such a challenge for me. We got back from Japan four days ago and I was doing great. I figured that I had it beat this time. Then last night at 2am, I woke up and I [...]  Read more

Naomi posted some thoughts on changing business models in health care on the USV blog yesterday. The one that I am personally most excited about is what Naomi calls “change of venue” and within that I like the “virtual primary [...]  Read more

I like this blog to come out in the morning east coast time. I am a big fan of a routine, a ritual, a cadence. That is partly why I blog every day, and that is why I like the [...]  Read more

I got an email from the CEO of one of our portfolio companies last week. It asked a very basic question, but one that I don’t recall being asked before: I need to know if any of your LPs include  [...]  Read more

Fortune recently did a big profile on Brian Armstrong , founder and CEO of our portfolio company Coinbase and in concert with that, they made this video featuring Brian and Emilie Choi , who leads corp dev, M&A, and a [...]  Read more

I heard about a cool program that helps NYC tech companies build more diverse teams. It is called Winternships. The program is run by a group called WiTNY (Women in Tech and Entrepreneurship in NY) which is a three year-old [...]  Read more

Motion Photos is a feature available on Google’s Pixel Phones. It captures a bit of video as you are taking a photo. I’ve always wondered how to share those photos with the motion in them, which you can’t do when [...]  Read more

The last time we were in Japan, six years ago, using Google Maps was pretty frustrating. We didn’t understand the Japanese language and addresses made no sense to us. We got lost multiple times a day and often had to [...]  Read more