With the total value of all cryptocurrencies passing $1 trillion, and many solid projects gone live, the crypto industry seems to have officially entered the Roaring Twenties. Join us and Sasha Hudzilin, Head of Business Development at Near Protocol, as we discuss what to expect, what to avoid, and how to capture the new opportunities that are emerging from the industry in 2021.

Video Timeline:
0:00 BAF intro
1:04 Sasha Intro
1:46 The crypto industry now compared to 2017
9:04 Promising crypto industry projects
11:34 Personal tokenization/community tokens
13:37 Governments and crypto, what’s coming
18:00 The U.S government and the crypto industry
19:23 Blockchain tech trends
24:23 Is crypto disrupting software startups?
28:54 Customer acquisition in the crypto space
32:28 Is it hard to attract people that are outside of the web3 industry to the crypto space?
39:15 How to solve the crypto education barrier to entry that keep people from entering the crypto space
45:20 Do you need to tokenize your projects to have success?
48:10 Why should someone build on Near?
50:33 How does Near validate its ledger (Consensus Mechanism)?
51:34 Tax complexities in the crypto space
53:10 Near’s grant program
54:42 Why did Near go with a sharded blockchain?
56:30 Near VS Solana – a healthy competition
58:39 About cross-chain explorers (NFTs)
1:00:12 Advice for non-technical people that want to enter the space
1:05:04 Will companies hire “less” crypto-native people?
1:07:45 How can one get grants to fund startups in regions not open to crypto?
1:09:40 Conclusion


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Meeting resources:
-Why the US Government and Crypto Ecosystem Must Work Together: https://medium.com/electric-capital/the-case-for-collaboration-why-the-us-government-and-crypto-ecosystem-must-work-together-4de0e97396a
-Cross-app communication (Ethereum Serenity, NEAR, Polkadot, Cosmos):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzYAokCVgM&t=1436s
-Flux protocol: https://www.fluxprotocol.org/
-Usability of blockchain applications on Near: https://medium.com/nearprotocol/on-usability-of-blockchain-applications-398963798ab3
-Near Protocol Sharding Design: https://near.org/downloads/Nightshade.pdf
-Near grant: https://near.submittable.com/submit/15043d17-fb5e-4d31-b2dd-1be728aefb72/near-foundation-grants-program
-Near grants(2): https://gov.near.org/t/tools-missing-in-the-ecosystem/75
-Sharding vs No Sharding fireside chat: NEAR Protocol & Solana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIxWutfZ-U
-Whiteboard Series with NEAR, Technical Deep Dive Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9tzQn_TEuFWweVbfTbaedFdwVrvaYPq4
-Sasha's favorite app on Near: https://berryclub.io/