Crypto beyond bitcoin: 3 ways it could change the financial world – Charlie Sherry
For the majority of people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of crypto is bitcoin.
And bitcoin itself represents a volatile curiosity, a digital gold proxy, and maybe a macro hedge if you squint hard enough (although recent price action would make that vision a little clearer).
And that’s a great place to start, bitcoin is the only crypto asset with real recognition and serious mainstream capital flows behind it.
But beyond bitcoin lies a very deep, experimental and often misunderstood world of thousands of crypto assets.
A lot of it, and I mean a lot of it, is uninvestable garbage.
But there are pieces of genuine financial infrastructure, future financial rails being built and tools, networks and ideas…
