1/ Centralized control of networks has consequence — Big Tech, Big Banks, and Big AI control public discourse, financial access, and even information. Decentralization eliminates control, but it needs to be incentivized. Here's how. 👇

It is my great honor to be nominated by President Donald J. Trump as the next Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, where I had served as a Commissioner in his last administration. The CFTC plays a critical role in maintaining robust hedging and price discovery

I’m excited to announce our lead investment in Universal | uAssets (formerly Alongside), which is building a protocol to make all cryptoassets available on all chains. Over the last few years, performant L1s and Ethereum L2s have transformed onchain activity and created new

Exactly, everything is abstraction recursion! ▰ Integrated circuits -> Intel 4004 (microprocessors) ▰ RTL -> High-level synthesis ▰ Assembly -> Operating systems And now... smart contracts -> agentic workflows!

Massive week at gensyn, with 4 open source releases: 1. RL Swarm - collaborative RL over the internet 2. Verde - trustless ML verification 3. SkipPipe - comms-efficient pipeline training 4. Diverse Expert Ensembles - new MoE arch More to come soon 👀

Despite what some may claim, not all tokens are created equal. My a16z crypto colleagues miles jennings, Eddy Lazzarin 🟠🔭, and I help clear up the confusion with a framework for how a token's economic and network foundations shape its value and legal treatment. 👇👀

Today, we submitted our response to the first 6 critical questions of the Southeastern Conference's recent request for information. Across 50 pages, we tackle the most significant and complex crypto issues with a simple, powerful principle that fits in a single sentence:

I’m thrilled to announce that we’re leading the $20M Series A in Halliday, after also leading their Seed round, to back their vision for a new “software era” of web3 development.  The experience of building on blockchains is often more comparable to designing hardware than

Stepping into big shoes, but I’m excited to take on the challenge at this critical juncture for crypto (and to many more trips to DC)! 🇺🇸

I’m excited to announce that we’ve invested an additional $55M in LayerZero tokens (ZRO), with a 3-year lockup. Our global financial system is evolving, and it's great to see the protocol enabling many new businesses and complex workflows to move onchain.

We believe the SEC's rules on custodying crypto need some updating.  We've outlined a handful of principles on how they can achieve that in my first byline for a16z crypto alongside Scott Walker & David Sverdlov. Check out the full blog 👇

I wrote a post highlighting 10 of the most common hiring mistakes early stage founders make: a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/…

Yesterday was big. Market structure legislation got passed out of both the House Ag and Financial Services committees with bipartisan support. This bill does 3 things: 1- protects consumers 2- gives long-term incentives for both builders & investors 3- makes sure crypto stays

Today the Senate took the historic step by passing the GENIUS Act with broad bipartisan support. This stablecoin bill protects consumers and gives entrepreneurs the guardrails they need to drive innovation and economic growth in crypto and beyond. Now we need comprehensive

In retrospect, it will seem bizarre that a few companies controlled how everyone communicated.

The White House released its report on digital assets. It’s excellent and marks a huge step forward for crypto in America. The report confirms our government’s support for delivering regulatory clarity and clearing a path for crypto innovation in this country. We’ve come a long

Markets are moving onchain - but developers need clear protections. Today a16z crypto & DeFi Education Fund proposed a safe harbor to exempt crypto apps—DeFi frontends, NFT platforms, and more—from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission broker rules. This is critical for tokenized securities to trade onchain.

Great piece by Maggie Hsu pyrs.eth and Guy Wuollet!

1/ Jolt just got a 6× speedup. We now prove over 1,000,000 RISC-V cycles/sec on a 32-core CPU and over 500,000 cycles/sec on a MacBook, with proofs of about 50 KB. Here’s what’s new 🧵

Hiring for BD in crypto is different than web2. Tokens, governance, and permissionless ecosystems change the game. This requires a slightly different approach to hiring. If you're hiring for BD or growth in crypto, check out the post below. 📝: Christian, pyrs.eth,