Cryptocurrency Mania Fuels Hype and Fear at Venture Firms

Cryptocurrency Mania Fuels Hype and Fear at Venture Firms

Bart Stephens has found himself in high demand lately. After four years of investing in cryptocurrency and preaching its gospel, his venture-capital peers are finally listening. During a recent briefing at a storied Silicon Valley venture-capital firm, the young analysts in the room nodded along to his words in excitement, Stephens says. But not everyone …