Summary List PlacementAccording to legendary investor Ron Conway, known as the "Godfather of Silicon Valley," crypto startups are on the cusp of a breakthrough that will be just as transformative as the dot-com boom of the late '90s. In his view, that's largely thanks to Coinbase, which went public on Wednesday and ended its debut market session valued at $86 billion. Conway, who was an early investor in Coinbase, called the cryptocurrency exchange the "Google for the crypto economy" in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday.