Hi investors and welcome to the first installment of the Crypto Digest where I share a weekly list of the most interesting articles and videos on technology, blockchain, futurism and beyond.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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1. ICO Early stage valuations fall to earth.

by Ari Paul, CIO of Blocktower Capital (5 minutes)

"We’re seeing something play out in real time (but slow motion) that we’ve long expected. The crazy valuations of early stage projects are falling to earth.
6 months ago, a decent team with an idea on a napkin were raising at $100m+ valuations, sometimes $250m+. This happened because investors mistakenly extrapolated the amazing returns of 2017 ICO investing forward."

2. Debunking Market Narrative: A Bearish Look on Litecoin.

by Tushar Jain, Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital (10 minutes)

"Narratives are an immensely powerful tool, so much so, that experts generally attribute civilization’s rapid development to humans’ ability to efficiently tell stories. Due to their impact on human behavior, narratives can significantly affect our perception of value. In the current crypto market climate, reality is often overlooked in favor of narrative propagation. As such, it is important to evaluate the accuracy of popular beliefs, and separate the signal from the noise. Let us delve deeper through an analysis of Litecoin."

3. Joseph Lubin on ConsenSys, Killer DApps, and the Future of Ethereum

a podcast by Demetri Kofinas (1 hour)

"In Episode 57 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joseph Lubin about the progress being made at Consensys and precisely how Joe believes that Ethereum will overcome the scalability challenges that have plagued its network since the earliest days of its founding".