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HODL Me Closer: Your 2025 Guide to Dating During the Great Romantic Correction

Welcome to 2025, where Bitcoin has a better shot at $1 million than your Hinge match has at emotional availability

Jan 7

HODL Me Closer: Your 2025 Guide to Dating During the Great Romantic Correction

Jan 7

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Summering in the Hamptons Bingo!

Drink every time you meet an adult man called “Skip”, “Trip”, “Tuck” or some other leg motion

Jun 13, 2022

Summering in the Hamptons Bingo!

Jun 13, 2022

Bits: Passing the Fintech baton to DeFi

Where and why should DeFi fit into a fintech roadmap?

Jun 28, 2021

Bits: Passing the Fintech baton to DeFi

Jun 28, 2021

Bits: Governance is the next unlock

Summary: Crypto is ready to pave the way for sustainable decentralization (DAOs), but governance is still unsolved.

May 24, 2021

Bits: Governance is the next unlock

May 24, 2021

Bits: Decentralized Fintech

Why DeFintech is inevitable and imminent

Apr 27, 2021

Bits: Decentralized Fintech

Apr 27, 2021

Bits: Crypto’s Center of Gravity

Why Coinbase’s advantages are poised to grow

Apr 21, 2021

Bits: Crypto’s Center of Gravity

Apr 21, 2021

How Creators will wag the NFTs Tail

Creator economy x NFTs is a natural combo, but which one will wield the power?

Apr 20, 2021

How Creators will wag the NFTs Tail

Apr 20, 2021

Bits: Contextual NFTs

By directly connecting artists to curators and fans, Audius Collectibles can contextually supercharge NFTs

Apr 8, 2021

Apr 8, 2021

Bits: Adaptable NFTs

Lilmiquela hints at an NFT that adapts with time, collection and engagement

Apr 7, 2021

Bits: Adaptable NFTs

Apr 7, 2021

Bits: Programmable Gov’t Money

The pros and cons of CBDCs as China starts experimenting

Apr 6, 2021

Bits: Programmable Gov’t Money

Apr 6, 2021

Bits: NFT Infrastructure

Who will build NFT infrastructure with meaningful network effects?

Apr 5, 2021

Bits: NFT Infrastructure

Apr 5, 2021

Musings on: Modular Work in times of COVID

This the finale of a 4-part series on remote work, which last covered the New Employee Experience

Sep 22, 2020

Musings on: Modular Work in times of COVID

Sep 22, 2020

Musings on: the New Employee Experience

This is a continuation of a series, which last covered Unbundling Meetings for a Remote World

Aug 26, 2020

Musings on: the New Employee Experience

Aug 26, 2020

Musings on: Unbundling Meetings for a Remote World

This is a continuation of a series, which last covered Spontaneous Collaboration in a Remote World.

Jul 21, 2020

Musings on: Unbundling Meetings for a Remote World

Jul 21, 2020

Musings on: Spontaneous Collaboration in a Remote World

This is a continuation of a series, which last covered Fintech for All.

Jun 25, 2020

Musings on: Spontaneous Collaboration in a Remote World

Jun 25, 2020

Musings on: Fintech for All

The last 3 months have felt like 3 years in terms of how drastically our lives have changed. After spending endless hours reflecting on…

Jun 9, 2020

Musings on: Fintech for All

Jun 9, 2020

Crypto in 2019: Kleiner Perkins 5 Focus Areas

Upon joining KP, I took the opportunity to scan the broader ecosystem and reflect on where we are in the journey of crypto. As…

Mar 8, 2019

Crypto in 2019: Kleiner Perkins 5 Focus Areas

Mar 8, 2019

Security Tokens — The Players

While security tokens are disrupting a well-defined space, the platforms surrounding them are still nascent and are testing a range of…

Jul 31, 2018

Security Tokens — The Players

Jul 31, 2018

E-ownership: The Next Wave of Securitization

The rationale behind the recent launches of security token platforms and protocols.

Jul 31, 2018

E-ownership: The Next Wave of Securitization

Jul 31, 2018

Facebook’s (hypothetical) crypto strategy

Facebook’s newly forged blockchain group represents a massive strategic decision for Facebook, with top executives like David Marcus…

May 11, 2018

Facebook’s (hypothetical) crypto strategy

May 11, 2018

Monica Desai

Monica Desai

All things fintech, consumer, crypto. Currently @kleinerperkins ex @blockchain, @harvardhbs @jpmorgan @quartethealth @segoviatech @cornell @stuyvesanthigh.

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