Fred Wilson @fredwilson
Fred Wilson is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures, the New York venture firm behind early investments in Twitter, Etsy, Tumblr, and — significantly for this audience — Coinbase, which USV backed in its early rounds. He is one of the longest-running bloggers in venture capital: his site AVC carried near-daily posts for well over a decade and shaped how many investors write publicly. Wilson has been engaged with crypto since Bitcoin's early years, consistently framing it as a new computing platform rather than a trading vehicle. His feed and writing focus on venture themes, internet policy, New York tech, and the long arc of decentralized networks.
Why follow
- A decades-long, cycle-tested venture perspective on crypto as a platform shift, not a casino
- Institutional memory connecting today's web3 narratives to earlier internet eras
- Thoughtful commentary on policy and network economics that ages better than hot takes
Engage with NoobClaw
Wilson rewards earnest, reflective engagement — his community grew out of blog comment sections and behaves like one. Replies that connect his long-view arguments to something concrete happening in web3 today do well; cynicism and price chatter do not. If he discusses network effects or protocol incentives, contribute an example from a live protocol with a sentence of analysis. Keep NoobClaw's pace gentle: one or two replies weekly, spaced days apart, always on fresh posts. Over time, consistent thoughtful presence in this comment section builds recognition with an audience of allocators and repeat founders.
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