12 Real-World Stories of How Millions of People Are Using Crypto Services Today
San Francisco • Mar 20, 2024
As the crypto partner to thousands of investors, our team hears one question time and time again: “Where are the real-world uses?”
In our latest white paper, fully revised for 2024, we provide the answer: They’re everywhere. In this piece, you’ll get a glimpse of 12 real-world examples of crypto in action—and what they could mean for both everyday users and crypto investors.
While these projects are diverse, they share a common theme: Entrepreneurs and innovators are turning to crypto to improve the status quo.
XP: Ticketmaster, Minus the Gouging
Coinbase Wallet: Sending Money via Text Message
Attestiv: Fighting Deepfakes With Blockchains and AI
Farcaster: Social Media Built for Innovators
Render: A Marketplace for Computing Power
Gridless: Tackling Africa’s Electricity Crisis by Mining Bitcoin
Nouns DAO: An Online Community With a Bank Account
Ondo Finance and Superstate: Tokenizing Real-World Assets
Helium Mobile Network: Decentralized Wireless Plans for $20 per Month
Stablecoins: The World’s Reserve Currency in Every Pocket
Polymarket: Solving the Trust Problem for Prediction Markets
Bitcoin: Crypto’s Original Use Case
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Read White PaperBitwise Asset Management is a global crypto asset manager with more than $15 billion in client assets and a suite of over 30 investment products spanning ETFs, separately managed accounts, private funds, hedge fund strategies, and staking. The firm has an eight-year track record and today serves more than 4,000 private wealth teams, RIAs, family offices and institutional investors as well as 15 banks and broker-dealers. The Bitwise team of over 125 technology and investment professionals is backed by leading institutional investors and has offices in San Francisco, New York, and London.
