Fais Khan, author of the Startups and Econ newsletter, dives into his recently published research report, "You Don't Own Web3": A Coinbase Curse and How VCs Sell Crypto to Retail. Show highlights:
- whether tokens perform better before or after being listed on Coinbase

- what relationship a16z, a venture capital firm, has to Coinbase

- why Fais believes that the poor performance of VC-backed tokens after being listed could be the result of insiders dumping

- other reasons for a token’s poor performance after being listed on Coinbase besides insiders dumping

- what type of coin/token went up 1,800% in 2020

- why Fais is suspicious of how quickly certain VC-backed tokens were listed on Coinbase

- whether Fais believes Coinbase or a16z is actually doing something nefarious 

- what sort of regulatory actions he believes would improve crypto

- what advice Fais has for token investors

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Episode Links

Fais Khan

- https://twitter.com/Faktastic11 

Article

- https://startupsandecon.substack.com/p/you-dont-own-web3-a-coinbase-curse