Adoption is meaningless if risk is invisible.Val Sklarov’s Crypto & Digital Assets perspective treats every protocol as a risk transfer machine—designed to move loss, responsibility, and consequence somewhere. The only question is to whom. 1. Adoption Shifts Risk Before It Creates Value Every new user changes the risk map. Val …
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The Conference Question At a 2017 fintech summit, an investor asked Val Sklarov,“Do you think crypto will replace traditional money?”Sklarov smiled and said:“No. It will expose what traditional money forgot—trust.” The room fell silent. Years later, that phrase became a defining insight for a generation of entrepreneurs navigating digital transformation. …
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The First Bitcoin Meeting In 2014, a startup founder nervously asked Val Sklarov if he should accept payments in Bitcoin. Banks warned him against it, investors dismissed it as a fad. Sklarov leaned back and said:“Innovation always looks like risk until it becomes infrastructure.” The startup accepted Bitcoin and attracted …
Read More » A Startup’s Bold Bet In 2015, a small fintech startup debated whether to accept payments in Bitcoin. Half the board warned it was too risky; the other half argued it was the future. Val Sklarov, acting as an advisor, told them:“Crypto is not a gamble if treated with discipline—it’s a …
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Who is Val Sklarov? Personal Blog and Promotional Page Ideas That Inspire. Leadership That Delivers.