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Richard Chen

@richardchen39

Founder @VarrockVC. Previously General Partner @1confirmation. DMs open

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At this point investing in consumer is virtue signaling, but empirically speaking most of the money is still made in infrastructure. Example of stated preferences vs revealed preferences.

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Drumroll, please… 🥁 2025 + Buenos Aires + November = #DuneCon2025 🇦🇷 🌎 New continent. 🔥 New energy. 💃 Way more tango.

Drumroll, please… 🥁

2025 + Buenos Aires + November = #DuneCon2025 🇦🇷

🌎 New continent. 🔥 New energy. 💃 Way more tango.
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It's interesting how every VC firm's website has the same cliché buzzwords like "0 to 1", "disruptive markets", "bold visionary founders" but don't answer the most commonly asked question from founders during pitches: "What check size do you write?"

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Been seeing lots of stablecoin + emerging markets projects lately. My main question is TAM. US/Europe/East Asia GDP is far bigger than the GDP of EM countries combined. You quickly hit a ceiling on growth in an EM, and expansion is difficult given each country's economy, laws,

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Tune in to Market Cap for timely and in-depth conversations with sharp participants. Joining us is Richard Chen, Founder at Varrock . Get the latest on surging VC funding, stablecoin startups and data-driven insights. Live on X. Thursday 10am ET. Notifications on.

Tune in to Market Cap for timely and in-depth conversations with sharp participants.

Joining us is <a href="/richardchen39/">Richard Chen</a>, Founder at <a href="/VarrockVC/">Varrock</a> .

Get the latest on surging VC funding, stablecoin startups and data-driven insights.

Live on X. Thursday 10am ET. Notifications on.
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Token markets are becoming lemon markets. We can solve this with credible signals. I believe this is the biggest problem in the industry… but I also believe it is solvable. Thank you for having me at Research Day DBA youtu.be/99XsVSN_doQ?si…

Richard Chen (@richardchen39) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People complain about the crypto industry being a casino, but isn't Bitcoin PoW the original sin? The cynical view is that Bitcoin mining is like pulling the slot machine – you got a 0.000001% chance of hitting jackpot and winning the next block reward.