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Finance

A16z Leads $40M Funding for Web3 Data Protocol Golden

The protocol will use tokens to incentivize users to submit accurate information.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

Layer 2

Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance

Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Opinion

A Call to the SEC: Treat Crypto Assets as if Clients Matter

Asset managers may be breaching their fiduciary duty by following the SEC's "custody rule" that requires an overcautious approach to crypto.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,  testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

A16z Leads $51.5M Round for Web3 Fraud Protection Startup Sardine

Sardine customers include FTX and Blockchain.com.

(Pixabay)

Finance

A16z Wants to Standardize NFTs by Giving You a License for Your Token

Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm is releasing a free licensing system, aiming to help the NFT sector fulfill its "economic potential."

Andreessen Horowitz's Chris Dixon during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019. (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Finance

NFT Collective Proof Raises $50M in Funding Round Led by a16z

The funds will help the company launch its latest Moonbirds NFT collection and a social platform for NFT collectors.

(Moonbirds)

Finance

Metaverse Avatar Creator Ready Player Me Raises $56M in Series B led by a16z

The funding round included participation from the co-founders of Twitch and Roblox.

Ready Player Me raised $56 million in a Series B led by a16z. (Ready Player Me)

Finance

Andreessen Horowitz Says Crypto Can Shift Power Away From Big Internet Companies: Report

Months after it established a $4.5 billion crypto fund, the venture capital firm also said it sees the crypto market slump as an investment opportunity.

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Finance

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $20M Funding Round for CreatorDAO

Paris Hilton and musicians The Chainsmokers also invested in the project.

Paris Hilton was among the investors in CreatorDAO's latest funding round. (RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Finance

Startup Incubator Launch House Debuts $10M Fund With Web3 in Focus

House Capital will invest in early-stage companies building for the “new Silicon Valley."

Launch House co-founders Brett Goldstein, Michael Houck and Jacob Peters (Launch House)