Author: jlk

  • The Fog of War: Three Themes Crypto Investors Should Pay Attention To Now

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC “War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty” —Clausewitz The unspeakable violence and aggression that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine and its people is the first…

  • Labor in the 21st Century: Cryptoeconomics, Communities and Global Markets

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC Today is Labor Day in the United States, a day when we are supposed to reflect on everyday people who work hard to make sure our economy works. The past two years have upended the 20th century industrial model of working – with COVID, many workers…

  • 2020: The Year that Contained Multitudes

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC There were days this past year that felt like decades, and days that flew by. I can’t quite remember another year of my life that was filled with so much grief and sadness but also hope. Hope for a future that will be better than the…

  • $20,000 in 2020: Bitcoin’s Point of No Return

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC Three years ago (almost to the day), I wrote about Bitcoin reaching $10,000: Bitcoin is at $10K — and that’s just the beginning of how it will revolutionize money. We know how that story ended. CNBC put together a clip of my comments on the currency,…

  • Bitcoin: Resilience in Crisis

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC As investors try to navigate the COVID-19 world, they’re taking a hard look at their portfolios and solving for the new normal. In the midst of highly volatile traditional financial markets, savvy investors are searching for new avenues for not only higher returns, but the best…

  • World on Edge: How Edge Computing Can Make Us More Resilient in Times of Crisis

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC “Edge computing” has been heralded as a way to increase access to real-time information and to analyze that information more efficiently. But in this moment of public health crisis, we should recognize a potentially significant opportunity that these technologies offer beyond efficiency: the ability of edge…

  • India: A Historic Crypto Ruling

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC India’s Supreme Court today announced a historic ruling: they overturned The Reserve Bank of India’s 2018 circular that effectively banned cryptocurrency trading, making it illegal for crypto exchanges to link to bank accounts. The Court has now ruled that circular as “unconstitutional”. This has re-opened up…

  • The Final Edition

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC Over two years ago, in the early days of the ICO boom of 2017, we launched the Blockchain Weekly. When we started the newsletter, there was a plethora of misinformation in the space and we wanted to create a trusted source to sift through it and…

  • What’s Libra? China Takes the Stage

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC While company after company pulled out of Facebook’s Libra project, the US Congress grilled Mark Zuckerberg, the SEC halted Telegram’s token offering, and several US legislators called for a digital dollar, China had a few words for the world… In the first of a flurry of…

  • SEC Fines and Libra Woes

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC This past week, two companies within the token ecosystem announced settlements with the SEC. The SEC has been pursuing enforcement action for the past couple of years in wake of the ICO boom and bust of 2017. Neither of the companies who settled admitted fault, but…