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Joe Marenda

Joe Marenda

Partner and Head of Digital Assets Investing at Cambridge Associates; institutional investment specialist focused on blockchain and digital asset strategies

Jul 13, 2026

8:40
What is the biggest misconception from outside allocators who maybe you were talking to on your side?
8:47
The biggest misconception really is around that you need a token.
8:52
And the money follows returns.
8:55
And so if you think about all the different cycles in crypto, it's basically when Bitcoin is peaking, when broader tokens are peaking, that that's when the money flows in.
9:04
And that's basically when valuations are going to be highest.
9:06
So that doesn't... hasn't done well when you buy high because you're selling low.
9:11
So what we've seen, though, is the biggest mixed exception is that you need an active token market to build a successful business.
10:44
How do you think about the liquid landscape, blockchain liquid?

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