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As it turns out, there’s a surge of excitement in each and every crypto person’s approach, as Bitcoin had another strong week, emerging more than 15% to around $44,000, over a seven-day period, according to CoinMarketCap’s knowledge. to around $2,300.
Overall, the overall crypto market cap has risen by as much as 14%, from around $1. 4 trillion to $1. 6 trillion over the past week as more capital enters the crypto market.
As Bitcoin rises, it also joins the top 10 most sensible “assets by market cap” globally. Bitcoin ranks ninth, along with stocks such as Nvidia, Amazon, Google, Saudi Aramco, Microsoft, Apple and valuable metals such as gold and silver, according to the data. of BusinessMarketCap.
Bitcoin’s overall market cap currently hovers around $854 billion, which is more than a portion of the overall crypto market cap.
For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed David Pakman, managing partner and head of venture capital investments at CoinFund.
Prior to CoinFund, David spent 14 years at venture capital firm Venrock. He also ran the Series A and B of Dollar Shave Club, which he acquired through Unilever for $1 billion. And in 1991, David co-created Apple Music while part of Apple’s formula software product marketing group.
We discussed the state of the crypto venture capital environment, the spaces it focuses on for investments, and what he thinks investors are lacking.
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