🔥 A16z warns of 2 strategies for crypto builders in 2026
1. Trading should be a stopover, not the destination
- Many crypto companies pivot to trading due to fast revenue and immediate product-market fit.
- When everyone does trading, the market becomes saturated, and only a few major players win.
- Pivoting too early means missing the opportunity to build products with long-term advantages.
- Trading is important, but it doesn't create a sustainable moat for crypto businesses.
2. New regulations will eliminate industry distortions
- Legal uncertainty leads founders to avoid laws rather than focus on building products.
- Result: lack of transparency, reactive tokenomics, and performative governance.
- Upcoming crypto market regulations will establish clear standards for fundraising, tokens, and decentralization.
- Blockchains will operate according to the true nature of open and neutral networks.
=> Crypto 2026 has changed: The era of speculation and ambiguity is ending; the era of patient builders, transparency, and real value creation has begun.
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