The attorney general said in 2022 that Saylor engaged in a "fraudulent scheme" to avoid paying taxes on "hundreds of millions of dollars in
Wall Street may have taken the lead in the bitcoin ETF arms race, but crypto natives are still holding their ground in the RWA space.
The settlement represents the largest income tax fraud recovery in D.C. history, according to Attorney General Brian Schwalb.
The SEC likely took a more pragmatic approach to avoid a legal battle, according to Bernstein analysts Gautam Chhugani and Mahika Sapra.
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 3, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that cont
Addressing questions, clarifying misconceptions, and sharing his perspective, Justin Thaler discusses Jolt, our open source zkVM
US$2bn inflows in May, Ethereum seeing a turnaround in sentiment
Experts from a16z crypto discuss startup pricing strategy, consumer psychology, and business economics on web3 with a16z podcast.
5 strategies for finding product-market in web3, from new approaches to customer research to building incentive systems.
Lyudmyla Kozlovska, founder of the Open Dialogue Foundation, answers eight questions covering the human rights use case for crypto and relat
Mt. Gox and FTX distribution updates, anticipation for ETH ETF launches, Solana priority fee burns get eliminated, and Ethereum blob utiliza
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Blockchain Capital announces the promotions of Ryan Sproule, Yuan Han Li, Sterling Campbell, Anay Simunovic and Scott Hall.
Jonah explores the future of MEV in this in-depth academic paper.
Anay Simunovic explores how Web3 social platforms can outgrow speculation by fostering genuine user engagement and community through innovat
We teamed up with Toku for a comprehensive report that sheds light on the major considerations and structures involved in token-based compen
As the SEC greenlights Bitcoin spot ETFs, we’re at a pivotal moment in the adoption of blockchain technologies, signaling a broader acceptan
Kinjal Shah explores how the current state of memecoins might evolve into deeper forms of engagement, ownership, and monetization for creato
Jason Di Piazza delves into the role of crypto tokens as the programmable building blocks that enable trust, align incentives, and drive val
Denise Schaefer explores the current state of crypto marketing and the necessary shifts needed for crypto consumer products to attract a mai
As the SocialFi frontier expands, applications will continue to verticalize attention and markets in an effort to control user social experi
Jason Di Piazza and Yuan Han Li delve into the intricacies of evaluating digital assets, focusing on the roles of tokenomics and network uti
The introduction of the AggLayer in January 2024 is a pivotal development, unifying liquidity and states across connected ZK chains while en
AO is a new protocol built on top of the permanent data storage layer, Arweave. One of AO’s core value propositions is its ability to run ap
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Delphi Co-founder Kevin Kelly and Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal answer Pro Crypto members' questions and analyze what exactly is going on at the
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Bitcoin's scripting system is inherently limited in its programmability. Consequently, bridges to Bitcoin rely on multisigs and federation c
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TON emerges as the mainstream ecosystem for crypto apps.
An analysis of Metronome's financial, network, and ecosystem activity in Q1 2024.
As Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound capture the healthcare spotlight, we’ve developed a series of episodes that go beyond the headlin
Inflows of US$1bn push year-to-date inflows to a record high of US$14.9bn
The XRPL's ecosystem expanded, with the AMM launching, Axelar bridge integration going live, and a new stablecoin on the way.
We stitched together two episodes from the a16z Podcast, featuring Anjney Midha interviewing Arthur Mensch (Mistral) and Stefano Ermon (Stan
In another historic week for crypto in DC, the House voted overwhelmingly to pass a comprehensive bill to provide tailored rules for the cry
‘Low Float, High FDV’ tokens are an issue, but what are some solutions?
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US spot ether ETFs get approved, the FIT21 Act passes the US House, and crypto cements itself as a bipartisan political issue.
An analysis of Pyth Network's financial, network, and ecosystem activity in Q1 2024.
As the industry shifts focus from the waning EigenLayer points farming to new opportunities, DeFi will need to discover its next big Yield M
Cyberattacks in web3 continue to increase in volume and sophistication at an exponential scale, with protocols alone losing $3.9bn in 2022…
Optimism's Jing Wang discusses open source foundation stewardship, crypto superchain scaling, and more on web3 with a16z podcast.
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Farcaster is a decentralized social network protocol that combines permissionless identity, payments, and data storage.
NymVPN is approaching its alpha release, making the Nym mixnet more accessible.
Axelar continued to expand to more networks, now 64, while launching new tools such as ITS and the AVM.
SynFutures V3 goes live.
DeFi TVL increased QoQ by 74%, led by Uniswap and Teahouse Finance. Additionally, DeFi TVL on Boba BNB reached a new all-time high in Q1.
Vineeta Agarwala, MD, PhD, joins Luke Timmerman's The Long Run podcast on stage at the Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference.
The features that make competing in web3 challenging offer an opportunity to grow the pie -- revealing the logic behind the web3 ethos
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Inflows of US$932m in response to prosect of interest rate cuts
Clarifying fundamental demand drivers for ether, and making sense of its narratives.
We believe the coupling of crypto and AI is fundamental to making AI equitable and user-owned. Here are some thoughts about what we’re seein
Consumer AI, and, specifically, AI companions are rapidly growing in popularity. Check out the AI x Crypto projects building in this sector.
The first quarter of 2024 may have been a bit of a transition for Hashflow, though with many trends remaining strong.
On June 3rd, Coinbase Derivatives, a CFTC-regulated futures exchange, will launch retail-sized futures contracts for oil and gold. New produ
Unleash the Future of DeFi: Seize a 50% Upside with Gearbox's Revolutionary Under Collateralized Lending - A Comprehensive Report on Market
his week, we cover a new crypto-friendly tax bill, Members of Congress criticizing the SEC and DOJ, and four Congressional letters, includin
Demand for data on The Graph Network reached an all-time high of over 1.6 billion queries in Q1’24, up 66% from 1 billion in Q4’23. As a res
Over 3,700 companies applied to a16z’s SPEEDRUN. In this episode, we meet the founders pushing the boundaries of what games can be. From the
Archway: State of Q1
In this episode of the AI + a16z podcast, Socket's Feross Aboukhadijeh and a16z's Joel de la Garza discuss the open-source software supply c
With the impending upgrade to Opera and the launch of a new chain, 2024 is shaping up to be the most important year for Fantom yet.
The Federal Reserve remains marginally dovish as it tapers its quantitative tightening program.
Over the past year, Real World Asset (RWA) protocols have seen a resurgence, with their Total Value Locked (TVL) soaring to nearly $8 billio
An analysis of POKT Network's financial, network, and ecosystem activity in Q1 2024.
An analysis of Celo's financial, network, and ecosystem activity in Q1'24.
An analysis of Algorand's financial, network, and ecosystem activity in Q1 2024.
Behind Jolt — the most performant zkVM to date — with its a16z crypto research and engineering team makers on the web3 with a16z podcast.
Following a strong ending to 2023, NEAR continued the momentum into Q1 2024. NEAR's market cap was among the largest gainers of the top fift
The Eigen token model has sparked controversy, here Messari analysts unpack their thoughts on the design and whether it can lead to success
In Q1 2024, ecosystem active addresses reached an all-time high of 514,000, a 48% increase QoQ and 192% increase over six months. Moonbeam c
Human nature fears the unknown, and with the rapid progress of AI, concerns naturally arise. Uncanny robocalls, data breaches, and misinform
In recent years, the AI landscape has seen huge advancements, from the release of Dall-E 2 in April 2022 to the emergence of AI music and vi
EigenLayer, an Ethereum restaking protocol, has launched the EIGEN token, distributed through a stakedrop to its community, sparking widespr
Progress in artificial intelligence has come in the form of a bag of tricks, some of which have proven to be unreasonably effective: word em
Outflows of US$251m globally overshadow US$307m inflows into Hong Kong
After a strong 2023 where many key metrics saw significant growth, Hedera followed up with an equally impressive Q1.
This is an update to the original essay published in December 2023 about the intersection of Web3 and games written by Colleen Sullivan, Co-
AI models can be trained to complete many types of objective tasks: find the right answer, detect any errors, etc. But there is a subset of
An analysis of SKALE's financial, network, and ecosystem activity in Q1'24.
n the first quarter of 2024, Optimism developed various aspects of its ecosystem. Network activity increased and was barely off of all-time
In 2009 Discord cofounder and CEO, Jason Citron, started building tools and infrastructure for games. Fast forward to today and the platform
Filecoin’s storage market continued to grow in Q1'24, as active deals grew 9% QoQ. Storage utilization increased from 18% in Q4’23 to 23% in
BNB Smart Chain was able to capitalize on the return of the crypto bull market in Q1.
Over the past year, TRON’s success has boiled down to consistent quarter-over-quarter growth in key areas and metrics.
Though blockchains are designed to be secure, it is difficult to communicate securely between networks. LayerZero is an interoperability pro
While most smart contract wallets have struggled to find mainstream adoption, Safe has continued to be an exception. As the leading smart co
How does EigenLayer react to growing competition and the changing restaking landscape?
An analysis of Sui's financial, network, and ecosystem activity in Q4'23 and Q1'24.
