The Giants have a .800 winning percentage and they’re in third place in their division

1/ I’m excited to announce the cohort for our fourth Crypto Startup Accelerator program (CSX 04), starting this week in San Francisco.   

CSX helps early-stage startups building on blockchain technologies to accelerate development and product-market fit. It is an intensive program that provides the expertise, mentorship, and support that startups need to build ambitious products across industries. 

Over the next two months, the founders of these companies will get firsthand guidance and support from a16z crypto’s investing and operating teams. We connect founders with capital, industry experts across the a16z network, and a cohort of leading web3 teams. a16z CSX also invests a minimum of $500,000 in each company that’s accepted. 

The founders in CSX 04 are coming to San Francisco from countries around the world: Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and across the US.

Congrats to all our new CSX companies, see you this week in SF!

vinyl

I know Spring stats don’t mean shit, but it can’t be a *bad* thing for us Brewers fans that Chourio’s hitting .477, Contreras .455, Yelich .320, and Hoskins has 6 HRs

Warpcast

It just occurred to me @ted that the $3 base tier of Warpcast Rewards is the same as the cost of signing up for an account.

Warpcast pays for itself!

I felt better about my $3 before I heard it was the base tier

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Why composability matters.

w/ @cdixon.eth

Watch @cdixon.eth and fellow a16z GP David George go deep on AI and Crypto in our new AI Revolution episode

Programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups, crypto.

Investor: a16zcrypto.com

Author: readwriteown.com

It is my great honor to be nominated by President Trump as the next Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, where I had served as a Commissioner in his last administration. The CFTC plays a critical role in maintaining robust hedging and price discovery markets that are the envy of the globe. The agency is also well poised to ensure the USA leads the world in blockchain technology and innovation. I look forward to working with President Trump’s incredible financial regulatory team. 🇺🇸

I'm grateful to have worked with Brian the past 3 years. He's the expert and advocate for US crypto leadership that we need in this important position. Congrats, Brian! 🇺🇸

Largest US banks in 1970 ($70B in assets):

1. BofA
2. First National City (now Citi)
3. Chase

Largest US banks in 2024 ($7.88T in assets):

1. Chase
2. BofA
3. Citi

I'm curious: any other industries where the top 3 companies didn't change in 55 years while also growing at least 111x?

Our @a16zcrypto winter reading list just dropped.📚

My contribution: "The Ends of the World" by Peter Brannen 🌋

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

Our @a16zcrypto winter reading list just dropped.📚

My contribution: "The Ends of the World" by Peter Brannen 🌋 https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/winter-reading-list-2024/

"In 2025, blockchain alternatives will offer more choice, open source innovation, and community-controlled options. They will carry the torch of the open internet." - @cdixon.eth in WIRED

"In 2025, blockchain alternatives will offer more choice, open source innovation, and community-controlled options. They will carry the torch of the open internet." - @cdixon.eth in WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/blockchain-open-web-user-data/

Rooting against the Seahawks and for the US of A

Taking the time to do the things I never haaaaad

It’s marketing week at CSX! @ted is schooling our cohort on building a community

helping build farcaster | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina | “lucky me, lucky mud”

Magic dust is sprinkled on MLB teams that beat the Brewers in the playoffs. Every one of them made it to the World Series, and most won it. 

1981 Yankees
1982 Cards (won WS)
2008 Phillies (won WS)
2011 Cards (won WS)
2018 Dodgers
2019 Nats (won WS)
2020 Dodgers (won WS)
2021 Braves (won WS)
2023 Dbacks
2024 Mets?

Bizarre box score from yesterday. The Dodgers beat the Braves 9-0, but each team only had 4 hits

Bizarre box score from yesterday. The Dodgers beat the Braves 9-0, but each team only had 4 hits https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL202409160.shtml

Geopolitics

Korea’s president took a page from Harry Truman’s playbook in his televised address today

Mike Manning

@ravmike