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March 5, 2024

State of Wallets - Part 2: Smart Accounts

"Smart Accounts" (or “Smart Wallets”) – which we define as smart contract wallets (SCW) with “Account Abstraction” features – have become a top-of-mind conversation among crypto developers. Account Abstraction (“AA”) launched in the EVM ecosystem in Q1-2023 and is beginning to see an uptick in adoption. This document explains the value proposition, adoption inflection, and implications for the broader ecosystem.

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February 26, 2024

State of Wallets - Part 1: Wallet Technologies

The two most important technologies created in crypto/web3 are the concept of blockspace and cryptographic keys/wallets. Wallet technologies have now expanded beyond self-custodial wallets, and we believe within the next 5 years wallets will change dramatically – marking crypto’s “iPhone” moment. In this part, we will cover the various wallet technologies. In the future parts, we will cover related trends like how data and identifiers will be attached to wallets.

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January 29, 2024

State of Bridging

Bridges have emerged as core infrastructure for protocols, service providers, and users in accessing crypto use-cases. This report is meant to capture the current state of the bridging landscape, the future trends in bridging, and the implications for the broader crypto ecosystem.

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January 16, 2024

Understanding the Zero-Knowledge Landscape

This report analyzes the emerging Zero-Knowledge (ZK) landscape and its growing impact on unsolved problems in web3 (today) related to blockchain scalability, privacy preservation, and trustless interoperability.

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August 30, 2023

Request for Builders: Startups I Would Build Today

Coinbase Ventures will host its first-ever Coinbase Ventures Summit in LA this October to bring together top aspiring builders in a highly curated, intimate setting to spend time with me and the Ventures team discussing ideas to advance the space.

Blog

February 28, 2023

A developer’s guide to the web3 security stack

An analysis of core security considerations at each stage of the web3 development lifecycle and emerging solutions that can help developers prevent and mitigate security threats.

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December 21, 2022

Decentralizing social media: a guide to the web3 social stack

How web3 social networks can give users control over their data, identity, and relationships, enable permissionless innovation, and rewire the power structures of social media (with a spotlight on Farcaster).

Coinbase Ventures Blog

November 5, 2022

Coinbase Ventures Q3 recap and market outlook

On the ground observations from Q3, including an overview of the ventures landscape, web3 developer activity, institutional staking, the Cosmos & Move ecosystems, and more.

web3 dev stack

September 1, 2022

A simple guide to the web3 developer stack

A guide to the projects and companies working to make web3 development as easy as web2.

lightning network

August 9, 2022

Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network for real?

A look at how the Lightning Network can potentially disrupt the $150B a year payment and remittance industry.

Q2 Recap

July 21, 2022

Coinbase Ventures Q2 recap and market outlook

Ventures landscape overview, web3 gaming, web3 social, Solana's momentum, UX improvements, and more.

Downturn explained

June 9, 2022

The crypto market downturn explained

A macro overview of the crypto market downturn, from the COVID market shock to today.

Q1 recap

April 21, 2022

Coinbase Ventures Q1 recap and market outlook

A market outlook through the lens of our Q1 activity.

Crypto’s emergence as a geopolitical force

March 17, 2022

Crypto’s emergence as a geopolitical force

Examining crypto’s usage in Ukraine, sanctions, and the Biden Executive Order.

ETH Denver

March 1, 2022

Ventures’ Takeaways from ETH Denver

Themes observed on the ground at Ethereum's longest running conference.

Vampire attack!

February 10, 2022

Vampire attack! LooksRare vs. OpenSea

Analyzing a new contender for NFT marketplace dominance.

69 charts

February 1, 2022

Crypto’s 69 most interesting charts from 2021

A look at the most interesting data points from the year, and what it all means for the future.

record year

January 27, 2022

Reflecting on Coinbase Ventures’ record year in 2021

Recapping a historic year for both crypto markets and venture capital funding.

web3 stack

January 13, 2022

A simple guide to the Web3 stack

Web3 is the latest buzzword to see an uptick in interest in recent months. What does it actually mean?

DAOs

December 22, 2021

DAOs: Social networks that can rewire the world

Exploring the new world of decentralized autonomous organizations.

scaling ETH

November 23, 2021

Scaling Ethereum & crypto for a billion users

A guide to the multi-chain future, sidechains, and layer-2 solutions.

Q3 2021

October 28, 2021

Coinbase Ventures 2021-Q3 activity and takeaways

An update on Coinbase Ventures activity in 2021-Q3, and key learnings from around the industry.

NFTs

October 7, 2021

The Coinbase Ventures Guide to NFTs

Examining what’s behind the growth of NFT markets.

loot project

September 14, 2021

Loot Project: the first community owned NFT gaming platform

What Loot Project is -- and why it's interesting.

axie

September 1, 2021

Axie Infinity, Yield Guild Games & the play-to-earn economy

Examining the growth of the growth of NFT games and the play-to-earn economy.

cryptopunks

August 17, 2021

CryptoPunks, the NFT Boom, and EIP-1559

Breaking down the lore surrounding Punks, an NFT market overview, and EIP-1559.

defi insurance

May 13, 2021

DeFi Insurance

Everyone needs car insurance, but do we need DeFi insurance too? We break down your options and things to consider.

governance tokens

May 3, 2021

On the value and risks of governance tokens

Analyzing the potential value drivers and risks of Ethereum-based governance tokens.

NFT mania

May 3, 2021

NFT Mania

NFTs are here, but are they here to stay? We introduce and explore the latest craze in crypto.

regulatory spectrum

February 2, 2021

A snapshot of DeFi and the two sides of the crypto regulatory spectrum

A look at the current DeFi market and its regulatory status.

eth killers

December 11, 2020

"ETH Killers" and New Chains

A comprehensive review of Ethereum's position as a leading smart contract blockchain and the new chains looking to change that.

defi protocol wars

October 6, 2020

Dawn of the DeFi Protocol Wars

A look at the SUSHI's vampire attack on Uniswap.

synthetic assets

September 4, 2020

The Promise and Potential of Synthetic Assets

Exploring the synthetic asset landscape + the latest in crypto.

yield farming

July 24, 2020

Understanding yield farming and the latest developments in DeFi

We break down the latest trend in DeFi: yield farming.

dex revolution

May 13, 2020

BTC's dominance, Coinbase customer behavior, and the DEX revolution

Identifying the correlation between BTC dominance and Coinbase users + the DEX revolution explained.

downstream

April 10, 2020

The recent market crash’s impact on lending, stablecoins, and DeFi

How the recent market crash effected stablecoins, lending, DeFi and other sectors of crypto.

bitcoin value prop

March 30, 2020

On the recent market crash and Bitcoin's value proposition

A look at the micro and macro impacts of the recent market crash and its effect on bitcoin.

bZx attack

March 13, 2020

The bZx attack, DeFi vulnerabilities, and the state of crypto debit cards

Understanding the bZx attack and DeFi vulnerabilities + the state of crypto debit cards

bitcoin halving

February 21, 2020

The Bitcoin halving and Ethereum’s competitors launching soon

Explaining what the 3rd BTC halving means for you + a look at Ethereum's rising competitors.

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