VITALIK AND BALAJI PREDICTIONS

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Vitalik Buterin and Balaji Srinivasan have complementary visions of crypto's trajectory. Buterin sees Ethereum as a hub for public-goods coordination and programmable equality, while Srinivasan frames it as a sovereignty-first, opt-out framework. They agree that DeFi must prove itself through real-world crises, stablecoins have become core financial infrastructure, and DeSci could reinvent medical research incentives. AI prompting is here to stay as a new programming paradigm. AGI will be judged by its ability to build viable businesses. Fiat's dominance will erode once money lives onchain.