a16z crypto show

By a16z crypto, Robert Hackett, Sonal Chokshi

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The a16z crypto show explores how decentralized networks are reshaping money, ownership, and the architecture of the internet. We go beyond the hype to look at what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what comes next as crypto continues to go mainstream and blockchains become core infrastructure. Each episode features conversations with founders, engineers, economists, policymakers, and researchers building at the frontier of finance, payments, AI, and distributed systems. We cover stablecoins and global payments, the tokenization of "real-world" assets, decentralized physical infrastructure, network design and governance, and the practical tradeoffs behind decentralization — along with lessons from past technology shifts. Produced and hosted by the a16z crypto team, the show combines reporting, analysis, and first-principles thinking to explain how crypto intersects with the economy and society — and why it matters now. Learn more at a16zcrypto.com. *** Posts should not be considered investment advice or an advertisement for investment services. Reposts of third-party content are not attributable to a16z; see disclosures for more information: https://a16z.com/disclosures/.

Episode Date
We Raised $2.2B. Here’s Why.
May 05, 2026
The end of ads? AI agents are about to change how we buy
Apr 27, 2026
Why AI is so centralized: How it's built, who controls it, and what comes next
Apr 22, 2026
How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer
Apr 17, 2026
How DeFi lending actually works (with Paul Frambot, cofounder and CEO of Morpho Labs)
Apr 08, 2026
Why Solana keeps getting faster — and what's next (ft. Jito Labs CEO Lucas Bruder)
Apr 03, 2026
Vitalik Buterin vs Beff Jezos: AI Acceleration Debate (E/acc vs D/acc)
Mar 25, 2026
AI Is Changing the Internet. What Does It Mean for Creators? (with Justin and Michael Blau)
Mar 17, 2026
The Emmy Built on ETH: Emily Yang aka pplpleasr on the Future of Storytelling
Mar 13, 2026
AI Just Gave You Superpowers — Now What?
Mar 05, 2026
Why Tokenize? Fidelity on Onchain Assets and the Next Phase of Adoption
Mar 04, 2026
When Bots Have Bank Accounts: The Rise of the Agent Economy (With Sean Neville, Catena Labs)
Mar 03, 2026
From Eater to Blackbird: Ben Leventhal on Restaurants, Loyalty, and Rebuilding Payments
Feb 11, 2026
Bridge CEO Zach Abrams: Stablecoins Are The Next Platform for Money
Feb 02, 2026
Why Privacy Will Be the Biggest Moat in Crypto
Jan 30, 2026
From Oculus to Anduril: Palmer Luckey on Power, Technology, and the Future
Jan 23, 2026
Nobody's Gonna Trust Your Corp Chain
Jan 14, 2026
The Obsession That Destroys Startups (with LayerZero CEO)
Jan 07, 2026
How Elite Athletes Perform Under Extreme Pressure
Dec 29, 2025
What, How & Why We're Reading
Dec 23, 2025
From Wallets to Super Apps: The Internet's New Interface (with Phantom CEO)
Dec 19, 2025
Crypto's Killer App?
Dec 10, 2025
TradFi’s Tipping Point: Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson on Stablecoins, Bitcoin, and Innovation Bets
Dec 04, 2025
AI, Networks, and What Makes Consumer Products Win
Nov 24, 2025
Pricing the Future (with Kalshi CEO)
Nov 19, 2025
Trump's Tech Czar on Crypto, AI, and American Innovation
Nov 05, 2025
The Data Behind Crypto's Breakout Year
Nov 01, 2025
State of Crypto 2025: The Latest Data, Trends, and Themes Revealed
Oct 22, 2025
Prediction Markets -- Everything You Need to Know
Sep 26, 2025
Surviving Market Cycles & Startup Lessons for Founders
Aug 29, 2025
After the Foundation Era: Tokens, Policy, and Startup Structures
Aug 22, 2025
The antimemetics (and memetics) of making ideas happen -- in crypto and beyond
Aug 07, 2025
GENIUS Becomes Law: What It Took to Pass the First Rules for Stablecoins in the U.S.
Jul 22, 2025
11 Ideas for AI x Crypto
Jul 16, 2025
What We're Reading & Technology Changing Reading
Jul 02, 2025
5 Charts That Explain Crypto Right Now
Jun 20, 2025
Wait — The Bank Froze Your Life Savings?
Jun 11, 2025
Inside the Solana Story: Near-Death Brushes and a Need for Speed (with Solana)
Jun 05, 2025
With AI, Anyone Can Be a Coder (with Github CEO)
Jun 02, 2025
AI vs. ID: Proof of human in a world of agents, bots, deep fakes, more
May 30, 2025
Marketing 101 for Startups: Token Launches, Memes, Reaching Devs & More
May 22, 2025
Everything Stablecoins: Big Picture, Deep Dive
May 15, 2025
All the Stablecoin News: Stripe, Visa, Coinbase, Circle, More
May 15, 2025
Quantum Computing: What, When, Where, How
May 08, 2025
Your Guide to Tokens: Types, Design, Uses, More
Apr 25, 2025
AI and the End of Apps (with NEAR)
Apr 16, 2025
All About Airdrops
Apr 07, 2025
Congestion Pricing? Economics, Theory, Reality
Mar 29, 2025
You Better Have a 30-Year Goal (with Eigen Labs)
Mar 25, 2025
Blockchain Performance, Demystified
Mar 14, 2025
Inside the Biggest Heist
Mar 08, 2025
Creativity Across Industries, with Uniswap & KidSuper
Mar 01, 2025
Where AI x Crypto Converge
Feb 22, 2025
Why blockchains need privacy
Feb 01, 2025
How This Foodie Founder Is Revamping Restaurants
Jan 24, 2025
Social Media Secrets: How to Build Your Presence
Jan 13, 2025
Designing Beloved Brands
Dec 30, 2024
Trends for 2025 (part 2): AI x Crypto - From Agents in Games & DePIN to Proof of Personhood and More
Dec 21, 2024
Trends for 2025 (part 1): Stablecoins, App Stores, UX, and More
Dec 20, 2024
Prediction Markets and Beyond
Nov 22, 2024
Government... By Lottery?
Nov 02, 2024
AI Bots & Memecoins
Oct 26, 2024
State of Crypto 2024: Builder Energy, U.S. Election, Stablecoins, AI, More
Oct 18, 2024
Bridges: Out of the Mess, Into the Meshnet (with LayerZero)
Sep 28, 2024
Games as Reality (with EVE Online)
Sep 13, 2024
How Blockchain Tech Advances Benefit Other Industries
Sep 09, 2024
Governance Attack!?
Aug 15, 2024
Token Do's and Don'ts
Aug 08, 2024
Where Innovation Happens
Jul 31, 2024
What, How, and Why We're Reading
Jul 21, 2024
On Finding Product Market Fit — and Meaning
Jun 25, 2024
Governing democracy, the internet, and boardrooms
Jun 18, 2024
Pricing Strategy
Jun 01, 2024
Open Sourcing the Superchain (with Optimism)
May 23, 2024
Layer 2, Rollups, and Building Onchain (with Base)
May 11, 2024
Theory to Code: Building the Breakthrough zkVM Jolt
May 01, 2024
Let's Get Digi-Physical: From 'Tap' Chips to Taylor Swift
Apr 13, 2024
The Art of Technology, The Technology of Art
Apr 02, 2024
Leading through uncertainty (with Coinbase CEO)
Mar 28, 2024
Snowboards, software, and scaling (with Shopify CEO)
Mar 28, 2024
Money, power, politics, and the internet's next battleground
Mar 02, 2024
The story of the internet, emergent networks, and their effects
Feb 11, 2024
Read Write Own: A new era
Jan 30, 2024
On the decentralized web, truth, and human rights: 'Hacking authenticity'
Dec 23, 2023
Communicating in Crypto, and Beyond
Oct 07, 2023
Chain Choices: Or, How to Decide What Blockchain to Build On
Sep 19, 2023
Debating Blockchain Architectures (with Solana)
Sep 05, 2023
Financial Freedom, Company Building, More
Aug 22, 2023
AI & Crypto
Aug 12, 2023
Strategy & Operations for web3 (with Uniswap COO)
Jul 31, 2023
Network Effects, Moats, & the Business of web3
May 16, 2023
Of Data Availability & Danksharding
May 05, 2023
State of Crypto: Trends, Data, More
Apr 16, 2023
Marketing web3: Audience, Community, More
Apr 06, 2023
Web3 Gaming & On-chain Games
Mar 29, 2023
Crypto Policy & Regulation: What's Going On?
Feb 13, 2023
Programming Languages & Crypto
Jan 30, 2023
Creators, Creativity, and Technology with Bob Iger
Dec 20, 2022
Building and Overcoming the Hard Things
Dec 02, 2022
Mental Models for Navigating Crypto Markets & Cycles
Nov 21, 2022
Mainstreaming NFTs: Use Cases, Art, More
Nov 04, 2022
The Metaverse, Crypto, Virtual Society
Oct 21, 2022
Age of Wonders: NFTs, Art, AI, Cycles of Computing
Oct 09, 2022
Ethereum, Merge and Beyond
Sep 12, 2022
PoS Blockchains - Designs, Consensus, Attacks
Aug 29, 2022
Crypto Regulations, Illicit Finance, Privacy and Beyond
Aug 19, 2022
Bridge Hack, Wallet Hack
Aug 12, 2022
Top Tech Topics, Explained
Aug 06, 2022
Policy Principles
Jul 23, 2022
Securing and Evolving NFTs
Jul 18, 2022
Puzzles (& Crypto)
Jul 05, 2022
Decentralized Creativity & Collaboration
Jun 27, 2022
Auction Design for web3
Jun 14, 2022
Blockchains / Crypto / web3
May 31, 2022
Methods to the Madness
May 31, 2022
web3 with a16z, a show about the next internet
May 20, 2022