by billdecker | Jun 5, 2026 | Market Notes
Stablecoins were pitched as crypto’s on-ramp. They’ve quietly become something bigger: a genuine payments rail, moving real settlement volume away from the rails that have run global finance for fifty years. Here’s who’s actually benefiting,...
by billdecker | Jun 2, 2026 | Token Economy
“Tokenized real-world assets” has been a slide in every fintech deck for three years. In 2026, the phrase finally means something specific and operational — and it’s worth being precise about what, exactly, changed. What “tokenized”...
by billdecker | May 29, 2026 | Venture Playbooks
Most board meetings are theater — a status update everyone already read, performed live for ninety minutes, with the actual decisions happening in the hallway afterward. Here’s how to run one that earns the room’s time. Send the memo, don’t present...
by billdecker | May 26, 2026 | Investor Education
Dilution is one of those concepts every new angel nods along to and few can actually compute on the spot. Here’s the plain-English version, with the math made visible instead of hand-waved. The core idea in one sentence Every time a company issues new shares —...
by billdecker | May 22, 2026 | Founder Stories
We told a founder to kill their token. It was not a popular recommendation in the room — the token was already announced, the community was expecting it, and the deck had a whole section built around it. Here’s what changed after they did it anyway. Why the...
