The Productive Cryptoeconomy: A Thesis for Adoption — Syncracy Capital
Is there more to the cryptoeconomy than self-referential speculation? In this essay we explore how onboarding productive assets onto blockchains will unlock the cryptoeconomy's next stage of growth and open the path to global adoption.
The Productive Cryptoeconomy: A Thesis for Adoption Feb 25 Written By Ryan Watkins “Capitalism is essentially a financial system, and the peculiar behavioral attributes of a capitalist economy center around the impact of finance upon system behavior” – Hyman Minsky Finance is integral to the capitalist system. When functioning properly, it increases the velocity of capital, pulling future growth into the present and accelerating economic expansion. Yet finance alone is purposeless. Without productive assets like startups, businesses, and governments to financialize, finance becomes a zero-sum
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