While the cryptocurrency market’s most recent hype wave seems to be dying down after a spectacular rise, Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm is reaffirming...
Silicon Valley venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) plans to launch a new $1 billion fund focused on investments in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups, several knowledgeable sources told Financial Times yesterday.
“If the kleptocracy controls technology and the means of distribution, then they simply accumulate more wealth at the expense of their citizens, draining wealth in cryptocurrencies rather than dollars or...
Third Point chief executive officer Daniel S. Loeb is giving the cryptocurrency a lot of thoughts, based on multiple comments he just made on Twitter. “I have been doing a deep dive into cryptocurrency lately… It’s a real test of being intellectually open to new and controversial ideas,” Bloomberg quoted the billionaire investor as saying […]
While crypto assets have incredible potential when it comes to democratizing finance — this is ever more clear now that we’re through the hype cycle — blockchain also has wider, much more far-reaching applications. In a decentralized world, we don’t have to place our faith in human gatekeepers. And this is fairer, more transparent, and … Continued
The chief executive officer of ShapeShift, Erik Voorhees, is cementing himself as a fan of the DeFi space. Decentralized finance (DeFi) has gained many supporters over recent months, Voorhees being one of them. He is an early adopter of Bitcoin that became one of the first public investors and innovators in the space. Related Reading: […]