A16z


Policy

Crypto Investor a16z Wants to Join Ooki DAO Defense Against CFTC

Andreessen Horowitz is just the latest entity looking to argue the commodities regulator must serve its lawsuit against individual members of the DAO, not the DAO itself.

A16z's flagship crypto fund loses 40% in the first half of 2022. (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Finance

A16z's Largest Crypto Fund Loses 40% in First Half of 2022: Report

Andreessen Horowitz has slowed down its crypto investments, making just nine in the third quarter, compared with 26 in the fourth quarter of last year.

A16z's flagship crypto fund loses 40% in the first half of 2022. (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Finance

A16z Doesn’t Support Plan to Break Up DeFi Giant MakerDAO

MakerDAO, one of the largest decentralized protocols, is in the middle of a makeover. Rifts have emerged between investors and founders as they offer competing plans for making the protocol more decentralized and try to drive growth.

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Uniswap Labs Raises $165M in Polychain Capital-Led Round

The funding will advance Uniswap’s web app, developer tools and NFT projects.

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Finance

A16z Leads $14M Funding Round for New E-Commerce Platform From Twitch Co-Founder

Rye plans to become fully decentralized on the Solana blockchain

Rye co-founders Robin Chan, Justin Kan, Arjun Bhargava, Saurabh Sharma, Jamie Quint and Tikhon Bernstam (Rye)

Finance

A16z Leads $40M Funding for Web3 Data Protocol Golden

The protocol will use tokens to incentivize users to submit accurate information.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

Layer 2

Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance

Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem

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Opinion

A Call to the SEC: Treat Crypto Assets as if Clients Matter

Asset managers may be breaching their fiduciary duty by following the SEC's "custody rule" that requires an overcautious approach to crypto.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,  testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

A16z Leads $51.5M Round for Web3 Fraud Protection Startup Sardine

Sardine customers include FTX and Blockchain.com.

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Finance

A16z Wants to Standardize NFTs by Giving You a License for Your Token

Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm is releasing a free licensing system, aiming to help the NFT sector fulfill its "economic potential."

Andreessen Horowitz's Chris Dixon during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019. (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)