Over cryptocurrency’s ten-year history, this space has been beaten to hell and back by skeptics who don’t think (or don’t want) the innovation to succeed. Yet, one Bitcoin-friendly venture capitalist claims that there’s an inevitability to the crypto space. Better yet, he remarked that even those sardonic towards this space have an inkling of a feeling that this paradigm-shifting innovation could potentially garner traction the world over.<\/p>\n
Chris Burniske, a partner at Placeholder Ventures, recently broke down his thoughts on this subject matter in his most recent installment of his insightful Twitter thread series. He notes that while crypto isn’t the darling of the mainstream conversation<\/a> or consciousness, it remains “latent” in the mind of the majority. Citing personal conversations, the former head of ARK Invest’s crypto branch added that when he delves deeper down the cryptocurrency rabbit hole with people he meets, there is a number that sees it as the “next big thing.”<\/p>\n 1\/ In the last bear market, telling someone you worked in the #bitcoin<\/a> industry still drew blank stares. <\/p>\n In this bear market, telling someone you work in #crypto<\/a> elicits some kind of reaction, good or bad.<\/p>\n — Chris Burniske (@cburniske) February 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n