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Most Influential 2021: Arianna Simpson
The a16z general partner is investing in the future of the internet, Web 3.
By CoinDesk
Updated May 11, 2023, 6:26 p.m. Published Dec 8, 2021, 5:31 p.m. 1 min read
Arianna Simpson’s trip to Zimbabwe in 2013 changed her life. But it was the experience of using Western Union, and the platform’s extortionary fees, to send money to the family she sponsored that changed her mind on crypto. Now a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), she helps to manage the massively influential venture capital firm’s $2.2 billion crypto fund. Simpson previously spent time at Facebook and BitGo. She’s also run her own investment funds, Autonomous Partners, which focused on digital assets, and Crystal Towers Capital, which worked with early-stage startups.
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The inclusion could attract fresh passive inflows from index-tracking funds, while the firm's stock tanked 95% from its peak over the past year.
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- SharpLink will join the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes effective June 29.
- The company held nearly 873,000 ETH, worth roughly $1.8 billion at current prices.
- The inclusion comes as many digital asset treasury firms have slowed or halted crypto purchases.
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