Why Investors Are Not Funding Apps - Blockcrunch Roundtable 013

We're back with another Roundtable episode! Today Jason and Sanat discuss: Apps: the changing user onboarding landscape App vs Infra investment flows Fee taking business model vs token value accrual Regulation: incentive alignment And much more! Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. -- Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only. -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (04:56) 2017 user onboarding motives vs today (07:12) App vs Infra (18:16) Market's Infra preferences (25:53) Fee taking vs token value accrual (31:19) Regulation: incentive alignment (34:21) User retention (41:02) Infra differentiations  (43:55) Impacts of opaque regulation (45:55) App x AI use cases  (46:53) Investment landscape (49:48) Outro -- Links: Galaxy article: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/crypto-and-blockchain-venture-capital-q2-2024/ -- Partner message: Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.  Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/ -- Twitter accounts: Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Sanat Kapur's Twitter: https://x.com/kapursanat Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch -- Blockcrunch VIP:  https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ -- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.   Full disclaimer:  https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about