# Сопутствующие статьи по теме VC

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Following the Clues: Guess What Projects a16z with $15 Billion Will Invest In?

a16z Raises $15 Billion, Signaling Major Crypto Investments Ahead Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has raised $15 billion in new funding, its largest round to date. The firm emphasized that winning the next century of technological competition hinges on advancements in AI and crypto. The capital will be allocated across six funds, with significant implications for the crypto sector: * **App Fund ($1.7B):** Targets consumer applications, including Web3, fintech, and AI apps. * **Infrastructure Fund ($1.7B):** Focuses on foundational tech, including blockchain protocols (L1s, L2s), developer tools, and AI infrastructure. * **Growth Fund ($6.75B):** Will back mature, late-stage companies, such as established crypto exchanges and unicorns (e.g., Coinbase). A review of a16z's 2025 investments revealed heavy bets on prediction markets (Kalshi), wallet services, privacy blockchains, stablecoins, and AI-crypto intersections. Looking to 2026, a16z's published "big ideas" highlight key areas of excitement, suggesting these will be prime investment targets. These include: * Enhanced privacy as a core crypto feature. * The expansion of smarter prediction markets. * "Crypto-native" stablecoins and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. * Improved on/off-ramps for stablecoins. * The convergence of AI and crypto, specifically around agentic systems ("know your agent"). * The concept of the internet evolving into a bank. In summary, a16z's massive new war chest is poised to aggressively fund the next wave of innovation across crypto applications, infrastructure, and the growing AI-crypto frontier.

marsbit01/12 08:39

Following the Clues: Guess What Projects a16z with $15 Billion Will Invest In?

marsbit01/12 08:39

When Asian VCs See Crypto as 'Bullshit', a16z Has Written It into 'America's Century-Long National Destiny'

Author: Tu Ao Da Shi Xiong BroLeon While many in the industry view the cryptocurrency sector as dirty and degenerate, A16Z positions crypto as equally critical as AI in shaping America’s strategic future. The firm, which recently raised $15 billion—accounting for 18% of all U.S. venture capital—has transformed over the past three years into a strategic investment giant with $90 billion in assets under management. A16Z maintains an extensive investment portfolio in crypto, covering numerous well-known projects across various sub-sectors. Even in 2025, it completed 33 investment rounds. In contrast, crypto VCs in Asia have nearly vanished or pivoted away from early-stage investments. The article highlights that A16Z operates with a clear national strategic mission: to ensure U.S. leadership in the next century of technological competition, explicitly naming China as a rival. This aligns with its noted reluctance to invest in Chinese-founded teams. The firm has evolved beyond financial objectives to embrace strong national and ideological commitments. The author expresses a hope that crypto may one day be included in China’s Five-Year Plan.

marsbit01/12 08:37

When Asian VCs See Crypto as 'Bullshit', a16z Has Written It into 'America's Century-Long National Destiny'

marsbit01/12 08:37

Following the Clues: Guess What Projects a16z with $15 Billion Will Invest In?

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has raised $15 billion in new funding, its largest fundraising round to date, with a significant focus on cryptocurrency and AI. The funds are allocated across six major areas: American Dynamism ($11.76B), App ($17B), Bio + Health ($7B), Infrastructure ($17B), Growth ($67.5B), and Other Venture Strategies ($30B). While there is no dedicated crypto fund, the App, Infrastructure funds will be key channels for crypto investments—targeting application-layer products, Web3 apps, and blockchain infrastructure like L1/L2 protocols. The Growth fund will focus on later-stage investments in established players like Coinbase. In 2025, a16z made 31 investments in crypto-related areas, with major bets on prediction markets (Kalshi), wallets, privacy blockchains, stablecoins, and AI-crypto integrations. Looking ahead to 2026, a16z highlighted 17 areas of interest, including enhanced privacy, smarter prediction markets, improved stablecoin on/off ramps, AI-agent ecosystems, decentralized communication, and tokenization of real-world assets. The firm emphasizes that innovation in these areas will drive the next wave of crypto adoption.

Odaily星球日报01/12 08:30

Following the Clues: Guess What Projects a16z with $15 Billion Will Invest In?

Odaily星球日报01/12 08:30

A Game with No Winners: How to Break the Deadlock in the Altcoin Market?

The altcoin market is currently trapped in a "four-lose dilemma" due to flawed token distribution models. The prevalent low initial circulation strategy, designed to artificially maintain high fully diluted valuations (FDV), has backfired. It creates a scenario where centralized exchanges, token holders, project teams, and venture capitalists all ultimately suffer. Exchanges face community backlash from poor token performance, holders experience price collapse as supply unlocks, projects damage the industry's fundraising capacity, and VCs see their long-term investment channels deteriorate. Market responses, such as the 100% initial circulation of meme coins and the community-centric MetaDAO model, have failed to provide sustainable solutions, often creating new problems like extreme volatility or alienating talented founders. A potential path forward requires rebalancing interests: exchanges should shift from arbitrary lockups to KPI-based unlocks; holders should demand transparency and control over major decisions without micromanaging; projects must only issue tokens with clear utility and product-market fit; and VCs should stop forcing token launches on every project. The next 12 months will be challenging as the market absorbs the last wave of excess supply from the 2021-2022 funding boom. However, this digestion period, coupled with more selective token launches and evolving standards, could lead to a healthier market. The long-term viability of the altcoin model depends on avoiding a "lemon market" where only failing projects issue tokens, while successful ones opt for traditional equity. Despite current hardships, tokens retain unique advantages for driving growth and building loyal communities when implemented correctly.

marsbit01/12 03:38

A Game with No Winners: How to Break the Deadlock in the Altcoin Market?

marsbit01/12 03:38

Financing Weekly Report | 9 Public Financing Events, Stablecoin Payment Company Rain Completes New $250 Million Round, Post-Money Valuation Reaches $1.95 Billion

Last week (Jan 5-11) saw 9 blockchain funding rounds totaling over $298 million. Key deals include stablecoin payment firm Rain raising $250 million at a $1.95 billion valuation, led by ICONIQ. Babylon, a decentralized protocol, secured $15 million from a16z Crypto. In DeFi, RWA project TBook surpassed $10 million in total funding. NeuroMesh raised $5 million for AI and robotics, while Boings.ai completed a seed round at a $30 million valuation. Barclays invested in stablecoin settlement platform Ubyx. Venture firm a16z also raised $15 billion, focusing on AI and crypto. Excluded from the count were major raises by xAI and Protege, as well as Fireblocks' $130 million acquisition of TRES Finance.

marsbit01/12 03:01

Financing Weekly Report | 9 Public Financing Events, Stablecoin Payment Company Rain Completes New $250 Million Round, Post-Money Valuation Reaches $1.95 Billion

marsbit01/12 03:01

A16z Bets Big On America’s Crypto, Tech Future With $15 Billion War Chest

a16z (Andreessen Horowitz) has raised $15 billion in new capital, marking its largest fundraising round to date. The funds are allocated across multiple sectors: $6.75 billion for growth, $1.7 billion each for apps and infrastructure, $1.176 billion for American Dynamism (defense and supply chains), $700 million for Bio + Health, and $3 billion for other venture strategies. The firm aims to bolster U.S. competitiveness in key technologies like AI and crypto, emphasizing their long-term strategic importance. Despite a decline in overall U.S. venture fundraising in 2025, a16z secured a significant portion of available capital, increasing its assets under management to approximately $90 billion. This positions the firm to heavily influence startup funding and technological priorities, drawing both optimism and concerns about market concentration.

bitcoinist01/10 17:02

A16z Bets Big On America’s Crypto, Tech Future With $15 Billion War Chest

bitcoinist01/10 17:02

From Intern to the Main Table: The 'Fast Lane of Life' for Early Crypto Participants

From Intern to the Main Table: The "Fast Track" of Early Crypto Participants The article chronicles the remarkable journeys of early cryptocurrency adopters who leveraged internships and entry-level roles during Bitcoin's nascent stages (2013-2017) to achieve extraordinary success. It highlights three key figures: 1. **Xiao Hong (founder of AI company Manus, acquired by Meta in 2025)**: As a sophomore intern at Chinese Bitcoin media outlet YiBit in 2013, he absorbed decentralized principles that later informed his AI work. His path exemplifies how early crypto exposure provided a "vector" for identifying future technological shifts. 2. **Ge Yuesheng (youngest billionaire in Bitmain’s founding team)**: Initially an intern at a私募 firm, he used family resources to become Bitmain’s earliest angel investor at age 21, securing 28% equity. His risk-taking during crypto’s volatility led to co-founding Matrixport. 3. **Wang Hui (OKCoin’s first employee)**: He built OKCoin’s technical infrastructure from scratch, later founding JEX (acquired by Binance). His story underscores OKCoin’s role as a "crypto黄埔军校" (Huangpu Military Academy) for talent. Common success factors include: - **Timing**: Entering during crypto’s "chaotic phase" (2013-2017) offered disproportionate growth opportunities. - **Mentorship**: Aligning with visionaries like神鱼(Shenyu), Wu Jihan, or Xu Mingxing provided access to high-value networks. - **Risk tolerance**: Embracing uncertainty during bear markets and early adoption yielded outsized returns. The piece acknowledges survivorship bias but argues that early crypto immersion cultivated a unique mindset—blending technical intuition, product agility, and long-term conviction—that enabled these individuals to thrive across subsequent tech waves (AI, Web3). In a rapidly evolving industry, today’s interns could be tomorrow’s billionaires.

比推01/08 14:29

From Intern to the Main Table: The 'Fast Lane of Life' for Early Crypto Participants

比推01/08 14:29

2025 Blockchain Financing Overview: Who Pocketed Over $20 Billion?

In 2025, the blockchain sector saw a significant shift in venture capital trends, with $23.7 billion invested across 839 deals—marking a 33.6% drop in deal count but a substantial increase in total funding compared to 2024. Capital moved from broad investments to focused, high-quality targets. Centralized Finance (CeFi) dominated with $11.2 billion raised, driven by mega-deals like Binance's $2 billion raise and Coinbase's $2.9 billion acquisition of Deribit. Infrastructure and tools remained robust with $4.9 billion across 243 deals, while DeFi secured $1.75 billion. Web3 gaming experienced a sharp decline, with funding and deals falling over 60%. AI and blockchain integration grew steadily, raising $884 million. Prediction markets, led by Polymarket and Kalshi, attracted $3.56 billion. The trend emphasized larger, strategic investments over quantity, with family offices and major funds leading capital deployment.

marsbit01/07 07:26

2025 Blockchain Financing Overview: Who Pocketed Over $20 Billion?

marsbit01/07 07:26

Airdrop Farming Economics: The Hidden Symbiotic Chain of Projects, VCs, and Studios

The article "Airdrop Economics: The Hidden Symbiosis Between Projects, VCs, and Airdrop Hunting Studios" explores the perverse economic incentives in the crypto industry that have led to a symbiotic, yet destructive, relationship between project teams, venture capitalists (VCs), exchanges, and professional airdrop hunting operations (studios). The core driver is identified as the "cold start paradox": Exchanges like Binance and OKX demand high user activity and transaction volume for listing, but new projects lack real users. To meet these demands, projects tacitly collaborate with studios that use automated scripts to generate massive volumes of fake transactions, addresses, and social media engagement, creating an illusion of popularity. VCs further fuel this system. Needing high-valuation exits, they pressure portfolio companies to maximize vanity metrics (active addresses, transactions, TVL) before a Token Generation Event (TGE), often turning a blind eye to the fraudulent data that inflates these numbers. The airdrop, originally a marketing tool to attract real users, has been completely subverted. It now functions as a payment mechanism where projects trade future tokens for the fake data studios provide. The article details the industrial-scale operation of these studios, which use fingerprint browsers, bulk wallet generation, AI-powered KYC bypasses, and task platforms like Galxe and Layer3 as their playbook. This activity creates a negative-sum game: it dilutes rewards for real users, clogs networks with high fees, and makes it impossible to gauge genuine product-market fit. Case studies of Starknet and zkSync show catastrophic user retention rates below 2% and plummeting activity post-airdrop, revealing the fabricated nature of their growth. The consequence is a classic case of "bad money driving out good." The ecosystem is polluted with noise, rewarding projects that optimize for bots over real users and punishing those focused on genuine utility. The author concludes that the industry is trapped in a "Performative Economy" and can only escape by shifting focus from vanity metrics to creating real economic value where using a product is more profitable than farming it.

marsbit01/07 00:38

Airdrop Farming Economics: The Hidden Symbiotic Chain of Projects, VCs, and Studios

marsbit01/07 00:38

Taisu Ventures and Keio FinTEK Center Launch Keio ChainHack 2026 Focused on Web3 Innovation

Taisu Ventures, a global Web3 venture capital firm, has announced Keio ChainHack 2026, a one-day pitch and hackathon co-hosted with the Keio FinTEK Center. The event aims to support early-stage builders working on blockchain infrastructure, regulation, and real-world adoption. It will bring together students, founders, academics, and investors to explore practical blockchain applications. The announcement highlighted several portfolio companies: Helix, which provides institutional infrastructure for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and stablecoins; Lofty, a blockchain-based real estate exchange enabling fractional property ownership; and Pruv, Indonesia’s first licensed platform for permissionless RWA issuance. Each company emphasized Taisu’s active support beyond capital, including strategic partnerships and regulatory guidance. Keio ChainHack 2026 reflects Taisu’s strategy to foster innovation through academic-industry collaboration. Taisu Ventures has over 120 early-stage investments in Web3 sectors and supports the ecosystem through events and founder forums.

TheNewsCrypto01/05 14:24

Taisu Ventures and Keio FinTEK Center Launch Keio ChainHack 2026 Focused on Web3 Innovation

TheNewsCrypto01/05 14:24

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