Apple Vision Pro

The new Ultrawide Mac Virtual Display on Vision Pro changes the game.

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Today we’re contributing over $23m in additional funds to Fairshake and its affiliated PACs for the 2026 midterm election cycle.

No matter what happens on Election Day we are taking a long-term approach to our policy efforts.

Contributing to Fairshake is just one important component to achieving our ultimate goal of achieving clear laws to govern the crypto industry while protecting consumers and allowing entrepreneurs to build with confidence.

Many industries come to DC asking to roll back rules, and we have come to DC asking to establish them.

You can read my full thoughts here: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/a-long-term-view-of-crypto-policy/

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The Penguin on Max is amazing. Highly recommend, especially if you’re a Batman fan.

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Announcing Hack UK 2024!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧

@lizh @a16zcrypto and I are thrilled to announce HACK UK, our first UK hackathon in London! On October 5-6, we’re inviting some of the most talented builders in the UK to compete and collaborate on AI, crypto, healthcare+bio, and frontier tech projects. 

Find out more and apply below to build something cutting-edge in one of the 5 tracks and accelerate the UK into the future!

We back bold entrepreneurs building the next internet. 
a16zcrypto.com/

Announcing Hack UK 2024!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧

@lizh @a16zcrypto and I are thrilled to announce HACK UK, our first UK hackathon in London! On October 5-6, we’re inviting some of the most talented builders in the UK to compete and collaborate on AI, crypto, healthcare+bio, and frontier tech projects. 

Find out more and apply below to build something cutting-edge in one of the 5 tracks and accelerate the UK into the future!

https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/hack-uk-london-hackathon/

CSX NYC Day 1 w/ @guy @carra @michaelblau @jasonr @anna @mason & the team.

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Operating Partner & Head of Crypto Startup School 
@a16zcrypto. 25 years working on frontier tech. 2X CEO, 4 exits & most recently VP Subscriptions at Google.

I’m excited to announce the 21 startups we’ve selected to join our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Fall 2024 cohort, which starts this week. 

Over the next 8 weeks, they’ll get firsthand lessons from top crypto founders, receive guidance and support from @a16zcrypto’s investing and operating teams, and build connections with each other and the broader a16z network.

The CSX Fall 2024 companies are coming to NYC from 11 different countries, and they’re building on every level of the crypto stack, including AI, DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications such as photo sharing and mapping. 

We’re thrilled to partner with each of these CSX companies on their journey to product market fit. https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-fall-2024-cohort/

Very excited to kick off CSX NYC this week!!! 
Check out all the teams in the cohort 👇

Just as being pro free speech means supporting speech acts you might not like or believe in, being pro innovation means supporting research and development in areas you might not like or believe in.

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How NFT royalties work: Designs, challenges, and new ideas 

w/ @michaelblau , @skominers , & @darenmatsuoka  https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/how-nft-royalties-work/

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Here are some books we're reading and recommending this summer:

 📚 → https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/book-recommendation-reading-list-summer-2024/

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NFT royalties were never enforced onchain, even though everyone expected them to be. 

Onchain royalties on secondary sales have always been an important value proposition of NFTs, but they’ve been misunderstood for a while now. In a way, NFT royalties reached product-market fit before there ever was a “product.” 

Creators now have a few different solutions to choose from, but each come with tradeoffs that can be difficult to navigate. 

So how do NFT royalties work, and why have they been so challenging to implement?  

Here are some thoughts from @skominers, @darenmatsuoka, and myself on current designs, along with a few new ideas. 

Full post 👉 https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/how-nft-royalties-work/

Do NFT royalties have a future in crypto? The possibility of ensuring that creators get paid directly, even as assets change hands, is attractive. But there have been deep technical and economic obstacles in the way.

This piece outlines the challenges around transfer royalties + a few very crisp new ideas!

Creator royalties are a key value proposition of NFTs, but they've faced significant implementation challenges. 

In an @a16zcrypto article out today, @michaelblau, @darenmatsuoka, and I review the existing solutions and associated trade-offs, and propose some new ways to think about the problem 👇👀