Token2049 Takeaways (Live) | Weekly Roundup

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May 7, 2025

Join a vibrant discussion from Token2049 as key players share insights on the evolving crypto landscape. The excitement surrounding institutional interest is palpable, reflecting a promising future for mainstream adoption. Explore Ethereum’s new direction with an emphasis on scaling and relevance in a competitive market. Discover emerging trends and user adoption strategies, alongside the balance between infrastructure and application development. It's a deep dive into the transformative ideas reshaping the cryptocurrency world.

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Crypto Gains Institutional Momentum

Institutional interest in crypto is growing even as prices have dropped and many natives left.
The regulatory environment is improving, fueling genuine excitement about crypto's future.

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Young Founders Revive Crypto Innovation

New young founders invigorate crypto with fresh ideas built on improved infrastructure and regulation.
Revisiting past failed experiments now works because the infrastructure is far more advanced.

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App Development Could Lead Returns

Returns have mostly come from L1 and L2 tokens, but future value should shift more to applications.
Wide user adoption could make applications the main value accrual area, beyond MEV and speculation.

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Gm! This week we're back with another weekly roundup live at Token2049. We deep dive into our biggest takeaways form the conference, Ethereum's next chapter, L1 valuations vs app development, the new era of crypto founders & more. Enjoy!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(01:39) Takeaways From Token2049

(03:54) Ads (Marinade)

(04:43) A New Era Of Crypto Founders

(07:56) L1s vs Apps

(09:24) Ads (Marinade)

(10:13) Ethereum's Next Chapter

(14:33) Launching A Chain

(16:48) Ads (Ledger, WalletConnect)

(18:18) CeFi vs DeFi Trade-Off's

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