{"id":518201,"date":"2022-11-30T01:54:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/learn-from-ftx-and-stop-investing-in-speculation\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T01:54:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:54:54","slug":"learn-from-ftx-and-stop-investing-in-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/learn-from-ftx-and-stop-investing-in-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"# Learn from FTX and stop investing in speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2554cbbc7ca\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2554cbbc7ca\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/learn-from-ftx-and-stop-investing-in-speculation\/#%E2%80%9D_Learn_from_FTX_and_stop_investing_in_speculation_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Learn from FTX and stop investing in speculation &#8220;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/learn-from-ftx-and-stop-investing-in-speculation\/#What_is_the_value_schism\" >What is the value schism?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/learn-from-ftx-and-stop-investing-in-speculation\/#Navigating_a_new_paradigm\" >Navigating a new paradigm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/learn-from-ftx-and-stop-investing-in-speculation\/#The_rise_of_functionals\" >The rise of functionals<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Learn_from_FTX_and_stop_investing_in_speculation_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Learn from FTX and stop investing in speculation &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTEvOTAwNmM1NDEtMDI5OS00MzRkLThhNDUtOWUzZGU5NjFmNDgwLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-b8b12140>The FTX collapse marks more than just the failure of another crypto exchange. It signals the time has come for the industry to grow up and embrace value. The value schism is here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FTX was the world\u2019s second-largest crypto exchange. Now, it is a meme for the death rattle of absurd amounts of money being poured into refurbished centralized business models whitewashed in faux decentralization.<\/p>\n<p>As legendary investor Warren Buffet famously said, \u201cOnly when the tide goes out do you discover who\u2019s been swimming naked.\u201d It seems there were more than a few nude bathers in this last cycle. But we\u2019ve seen this before, right? Actually, not quite.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) emerged at the start of the longest financial market bull run in history. The industry it spawned proliferated, literally, in the best of times. But all good things must end. Crypto is now facing the unh<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y confluence of worsening macroeconomic conditions and regulators hungry for control.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>FTX fiasco means coming consequences for crypto in Washington DC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Traditional markets, meanwhile, are seeing the return of cautious, value-based investment. The reason is simple: When rates were at rock bottom, money was free. Now it\u2019s not. The dizzying ascents of the Ubers, Airbnbs and DoorDashes were possible because when cash was free, businesses generating it weren\u2019t valued. But promises no longer cut it. Investors will demand evidence of value before fronting up their increasingly expensive capital. <\/p>\n<p>With the demise of FTX, crypto markets too will, for the first time, be subject to value-driven investment. Tokenomics was never real \u2014 see FTX Token (FTT). And however much we ignore its lessons in boom times, economics decidedly is. There is supply, and there is demand. When in balance, markets function. If they are not, markets do not. <\/p>\n<p>We know now centralization in crypto markets does not work. There are too many opportunities for profiteering charlatans to prey on those with a weak grasp of opaque technologies. The result? Shattered illusions of those who believed in the pot of gold at the end of the crypto rainbow. <\/p>\n<p>But among the debris, there is a shimmering light of hope: the value schism. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_value_schism\"><\/span>What is the value schism?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Crypto is in the midst of, in industry parlance, a \u201chard fork.\u201d Those remaining once the FTX dust settles can choose to hunt for value that can be harvested and delivered to users, or they can persist with naked bets dependent on finding a \u201cgreater fool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>From the NY Times to WaPo, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> is fawning over Bankman-Fried<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some will stick with the latter path. Old habits die hard. But they will fall away as investors demand more. Meanwhile, we will see the rise of Web3 projects that drive real value by returning to basic commerce. <\/p>\n<p>For those that succeed, rewards will be massive. For those offering merely the empty cheerleading of the past, the end will be swift.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Navigating_a_new_paradigm\"><\/span>Navigating a new paradigm<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are two guideposts to consider within the value schism. The first refers to cryptocurrency as a financial asset class; the second to blockchain as technological scaffolding. <\/p>\n<p>The stumbling block to assessing crypto as a financial asset class is that there is simply no functioning model for valuing protocols \u2014 not unexpected in a nascent industry. In the earliest stages, no yardsticks existed to assess these networks. Retrofitted ones were built for mature markets.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto has evolved since. We now have some grasp of different ways decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are being used, allowing us to categorize networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>It\u2019s time for crypto fans to stop supporting cults of personality<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin, a proof-of-work chain, is highly distributed \u2014 slow but secure. We can see how many wallets hold Bitcoin as well as how those wallets interact with the chain. The value moving across the secondary transaction layer, the Lightning Network, can be calculated. <\/p>\n<p>Ethereum is a proof-of-stake chain. While more centralized than Bitcoin, it is the beating heart of DeFi. With DeFi has come a tool to help assess value: total-value-locked calculations. Although they have their limits, the emergence of advanced financial gauges outside traditional institutions is of great interest. Clearly, traditional finance thinks so \u2014 hence the increased regulatory focus. <\/p>\n<p>The point is that in 2016, trading Ether (ETH) or Bitcoin felt similar. With increasing differentiation, we now have a range of data-driven gauges to assess these networks. Cryptocurrency is maturing into a real, measurable asset class. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_rise_of_functionals\"><\/span>The rise of functionals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Functionals are non-financial Web3 assets: products and services delivered via blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Take a zero-knowledge (ZK) proof. A homebuyer wants to show a real estate agent they have enough to cover their purchase without revealing the contents of their account. They can pay for this service to be executed through a ZK. In this case, they are paying solely for a privacy-preserving service, not speculating on an asset \u2014not holding or trading. <\/p>\n<p>Many such data-handling projects are emerging, offering services such as identity tooling, cloud storage, and search and indexing. Their decentralized infrastructure means they are priced very competitively relative to centralized counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse of FTX is not unique, nor is it over. Contagion is working its way through the system, complicated by downward pressures exerted by macroeconomic forces. But when all is said and done, FTX will become a growth ring in the cryptocurrency narrative \u2014 evidence a fire passed through, leaving hardened systems that will drive value. <\/p>\n<p>The value schism will force blockchain ecosystems to choose one of two paths: Continue to use hype cycles to generate speculative profits, or build models that surface real user value. <\/p>\n<p>Just as personal computers migrated from hobbyists\u2019 garages to the desks and pockets of the world, blockchain-based systems are growing up at last.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"background: rgb(239, 239, 239); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 10px;\"><strong>Joseph Bradley<\/strong> is the head of business development at Heirloom, a software-as-a-service startup. He started in the cryptocurrency industry in 2014 as an independent researcher before going to work at Gem (which was later acquired by Blockdaemon) and subsequently moving to the hedge fund industry. 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