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The crypto industry may finally be starting to catch on among some of the brightest people in economics. Nobel laureates are flocking to the fledgling industry, as more blockchain start-ups see the value of being associated with economists of the highest standing.

Three startups; game theory-focused Covee Network, governance design firm Prysm Group, and blockchain research company Cryptic Labs, were all mentioned by Bloomberg as examples of new companies that have successfully lured over highly regarded economists as their advisors.

Alvin Roth, recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2012, joined Covee Network after thinking long and hard about whether he wanted a crypto start-up to simply use his name for decoration, or if he would actually be able to contribute. However, the team’s dedication to applications of game theory was what persuaded him to actively contribute. “They are embracing game theory as a way of incentivizing participation,” Roth was quoted as saying by Bloomberg.

Marcel Dietsch, CEO of Covee Network, said that the interest shown by some of these great thinkers “shows that the blockchain sector is growing up.”

Prysm Group, on its end, has a number of Ph.D.-level economists associated with it, including 2016 Nobel Prize laureate Oliver Hart of Harvard University. Among other things, the “tokenomics” and governance-focused firm has set up the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, considered the first blockchain-related research initiative bridging economics, computer science, and business.

Read more: https://cryptonews.com/news/nobel-laureates-flocking-to-crypto-startups-2691.htm

The more important no such facts but Nobel laureates' thoughts about crypto future

Change of heart from at least a few of them, I'd say, given that many old school economists amd academia were stubbornly criticising Bitcoin from years ago. We had Robert Shiller who professed being anti Bitcoin (though not necessarily anti crypti), Stiglit who wanted it outlawed, Thaler and Krugman before them calling it a mere bubble...

But they should have seen that the popularity of recent winners in Economics all identify flaws in rational theories in markets and all research shows mutually assured destruction for economies based on current models... Almost all issues tackled specifically with Bitcoin's workings.

If Voltaire supposedly didn't want to make enemies on his deathbed, surely Nobel Laureates don't want to stick to their guns before the bell tolls for them/
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