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We’ve just released our latest State of Crypto report.

It shares insights on key trends — like stablecoins, L2s, and AI — plus, crypto’s rise as a hot policy issue, new data on builders and users, and much more.

Here are 7 top takeaways ⬇️

1. Crypto activity and usage hit all-time highs
2. Crypto has become a key political issue ahead of the U.S. election
3. Stablecoins have found product-market fit
4. Major scaling upgrades have drastically reduced onchain transaction costs
5. DeFi remains popular — and it’s growing
6. Crypto could solve some of AI’s most pressing challenges
7. More scalable infrastructure has unlocked new onchain applications

Check out the full report: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/state-of-crypto-report-2024/

Banks consolidate into big monopolistic monoliths that are now "too big to fail".

DeFi offers an antifragile alternative to this with globally owned public financial infras that are more open, transparent, and efficient, much like the Internet.

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