Welcome back, this week Lucas and Anita dive into the latest mega-fund from venture giant Andreessen Horowitz and some of the… interesting bets that they’re making, including one in disgraced WeWork founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto startup. Lastly, they recap crypto exchange FTX’s big entry into stock trading, which comes just a week after the firm’s young CEO made a massive bet on Robinhood.
In their interview this week, Lucas and Anita talk to Grace Isford. Isford is an investor at Lux Capital where she focuses on the infrastructure and security opportunities for blockchain startups. We talk about some of the recent big hacks and whether consumers can feel safe betting on crypto.
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Helpful links:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/25/amid-crypto-downturn-a16z-debuts-4-5-billion-web3-mega-fund/
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/flowcarbon-wework-adam-neumann-blockchain-crypto-carbon-credit-startup-raises-funding-from-a16z/
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/19/crypto-exchange-ftx-expands-into-stock-trading-retail-investors/
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Space and Time wants to help LLMs and AI agents get on-chain (w/ Scott Dykstra)
Whoever rules the data rules the world (w/ Tegan Kline)
Blockchain tech is working to combat AI-based deepfakes (w/ Melody Hildebrandt and Mike Blank)
Blockchain could be the answer to getting AI artists paid (w/ Dee Goens)
Looking back on the NFT marketplace Magic Eden (w/ Jack Lu)
Starbucks Odyssey’s community lead expects NFT brand building to expand this year (w/ Steve Kaczynski)
Web3 brands and NFTs are on a global race for adoption (w/ Yat Siu)
OpenSea’s CEO sees greater opportunity for NFT use cases to grow (w/ Devin Finzer)
SEC Commissioner sees a need for a new Token Safe Harbor Proposal (w/ Hester Peirce)
Read Write Own this episode with a16z’s crypto partner (w/ Chris Dixon)
Bonus Episode: Worldcoin is going on a race to billions of users “as fast” as it can (w/ Alex Blania)
Solana Mobile is just getting started (w/ Anatoly Yakovenko)
Ripple president talks XRP Ledger, SEC suits, and 2024 plans (w/ Monica Long)
Bitcoin spot ETFs has been approved in the U.S. (w/ Michael Sonnenshein)
All roads seem to be leading to a U.S. spot bitcoin ETF approval soon (w/ Fred Thiel)
You should join a crypto social club w/ Boys Club co-founders (re-release)
Algorand foundation CEO sees tokenization as key sector to scale crypto (w/ Staci Warden)
Robinhood’s still on a quest to make crypto mainstream (w/ Johann Kerbrat)
Crypto VC space may be on the cusp of recovery (w/ David Pakman)
Optimism is optimistic for the future of Ethereum (w/ Jing Wang and Ryan Wyatt)
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