The 'kumbaya' era of crypto VC has come to an end, says Dragonfly's Haseeb Qureshi

Episode 16 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Dragonfly managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi.

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Haseeb Qureshi is a managing partner at the crypto VC firm Dragonfly.

In this episode of The Scoop, Qureshi explains how the crypto VC landscape has changed during his five years at Dragonfly and why he believes 'points' are a more useful mechanism than airdrops for incentivizing user behavior.

Outline

00:00 Introduction
05:41 Dragonfly Early Days
09:45 Early Crypto VC
13:14 Competing in Layer-1s
26:11 Old Blockchains
29:26 Points
31:47 Airdrop Mechanism Design
37:38 Closing Thoughts