Archive - Shower Thoughts by Richard Chen

Building for crypto-native vs. building for crypto-adjacent

It’s 2025 and crypto is going mainstream.

Aug 4 •

April 2025

ETH needs a new narrative

The market doesn’t seem to care about 7½ years of progress with Ethereum’s developer ecosystem.

Apr 14 •

December 2024

Raising a VC fund in a bear market

Henlo everyone!

Dec 30, 2024 •

January 2024

Computer vs. Casino: Crypto’s culture war

For any crypto OG who’s been in this industry for a long time it’s without a doubt that the culture of the industry has changed significantly in the…

Jan 27, 2024 •

Three underrated crypto product trends for 2024

Jan 5, 2024 •

July 2023

Thoughts on the current crypto VC landscape

It’s been a while since I wrote my last Substack article, so I wanted to share some takeaways from conversations I’ve had with LPs and other GPs in the…

Jul 12, 2023 •

January 2023

Three underrated crypto product trends for 2023

As an annual tradition, I always make three under-the-radar product trend predictions for the upcoming year.

Jan 1, 2023 •

November 2022

On Crypto Populism

On the 14 year anniversary of the Bitcoin whitepaper

Nov 1, 2022 •

April 2022

Three counterintuitive lessons from a crypto investoooor

Apr 22, 2022 •

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