I think a lot of people in crypto venture have fallen into a slump, feeling like the space is uninspiring and that the talent has left. Fear not, there are still some places with insane talent and innovation: - payments (issuing bank, acquiring bank, aml, on/off ramps, float management, card issuance, neobanks, UX improvements, CEX/DEX integrations, insurance, merchant onboarding/interchange rate negotiation) - prediction markets (resolution, float management, sports market data aggregation/data pipelining, node colocation/integration with existing exchange infrastructure, indices, packaged markets, multi-step markets, continuous markets, bond-like products, private credit-like products) - consensus/protocol engineering (@commonwarexyz shipping upgrades like it's 2021 and the competition is still fierce) - MEV/order routing (propAMMs, solving networks, builder economics, orderflow mempools/marketplaces, upcoming MCP upgrades!!!) who knows about the future of altcoins but the future of crypto venture is bright. keep your head up king.