a16z crypto show

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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 less

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What Comes After Stablecoins? (ft. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire and Chris Dixon)

a16z crypto show

Audio · 50 minOct 16, 2026

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How Crypto Is Rebuilding Finance From First Principles

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Audio · 54 minOct 6, 2026

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The 'Useless' Theory Behind Modern SNARKs (ft. Gödel Prize Winner Noam Nisan)

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Audio · 1 hr 16 minAug 13, 2026

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How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Were Invented (ft. Co-Inventor and Turing Award Winner Shafi Goldwasser)

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Audio · 58 minAug 10, 2026

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Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon: Why America Needs CLARITY

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Audio · 59 minAug 1, 2026

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How AI is Changing the Way We Build Companies (ft. Guy Wuollet and Noah Citron)

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Audio · 59 minJul 27, 2026

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The Story Behind RSA: The Invention That Secured the Internet (ft. Turing Award Winner Ron Rivest)

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Audio · 55 minJul 24, 2026

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Why auction design matters (ft. Nobel economist Paul Milgrom)

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Audio · 1 hr 18 minJul 17, 2026

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Why markets fail — and how to fix them (ft. Nobel economist Alvin Roth)

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Audio · 1 hr 26 minJul 14, 2026

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Leslie Lamport on the Science of Distributed Systems

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Audio · 37 minJun 25, 2026

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Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication (ft. Barbara Liskov and Tim Roughgarden)

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Audio · 36 minJun 22, 2026

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How Bitcoin Rewired a Classic Computer Science Problem (ft. Tim Roughgarden and Ittai Abraham)

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Audio · 20 minJun 22, 2026

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How Stablecoins Are Reconfiguring the Financial System | ft. Eddy Lazzarin and Sonal Chokshi

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Audio · 1 hr 21 minJun 12, 2026

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The Real Reason Behind Most DeFi Hacks

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Audio · 36 minMay 13, 2026

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We Raised $2.2B. Here’s Why.

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Audio · 1 hr 1 minMay 5, 2026

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The end of ads? AI agents are about to change how we buy

a16z crypto show

Audio · 58 minApr 27, 2026

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Why AI is so centralized: How it's built, who controls it, and what comes next

a16z crypto show

Audio · 18 minApr 22, 2026

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How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer

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Audio · 43 minApr 17, 2026

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How DeFi lending actually works (with Paul Frambot, cofounder and CEO of Morpho Labs)

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Audio · 19 minApr 8, 2026

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Why Solana keeps getting faster — and what's next (ft. Jito Labs CEO Lucas Bruder)

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Audio · 19 minApr 3, 2026

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Vitalik Buterin vs Beff Jezos: AI Acceleration Debate (E/acc vs D/acc)

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 38 minMar 25, 2026

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AI Is Changing the Internet. What Does It Mean for Creators? (with Justin and Michael Blau)

a16z crypto show

Audio · 38 minMar 17, 2026

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The Emmy Built on ETH: Emily Yang aka pplpleasr on the Future of Storytelling

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Audio · 12 minMar 13, 2026

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AI Just Gave You Superpowers — Now What?

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Audio · 1 hr 6 minMar 5, 2026

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Why Tokenize? Fidelity on Onchain Assets and the Next Phase of Adoption

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Audio · 17 minMar 4, 2026

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When Bots Have Bank Accounts: The Rise of the Agent Economy (With Sean Neville, Catena Labs)

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Audio · 21 minMar 3, 2026

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From Eater to Blackbird: Ben Leventhal on Restaurants, Loyalty, and Rebuilding Payments

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Audio · 16 minFeb 11, 2026

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Bridge CEO Zach Abrams: Stablecoins Are The Next Platform for Money

a16z crypto show

Audio · 20 minFeb 2, 2026

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Why Privacy Will Be the Biggest Moat in Crypto

a16z crypto show

Audio · 37 minJan 30, 2026

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From Oculus to Anduril: Palmer Luckey on Power, Technology, and the Future

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Audio · 1 hr 3 minJan 23, 2026

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Nobody's Gonna Trust Your Corp Chain

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Audio · 18 minJan 14, 2026

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The Obsession That Destroys Startups (with LayerZero CEO)

a16z crypto show

Audio · 31 minJan 7, 2026

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How Elite Athletes Perform Under Extreme Pressure

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Audio · 32 minDec 29, 2025

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What, How & Why We're Reading

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Audio · 1 hr 20 minDec 23, 2025

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From Wallets to Super Apps: The Internet's New Interface (with Phantom CEO)

a16z crypto show

Audio · 42 minDec 19, 2025

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Crypto's Killer App?

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Audio · 38 minDec 10, 2025

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TradFi’s Tipping Point: Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson on Stablecoins, Bitcoin, and Innovation Bets

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Audio · 43 minDec 4, 2025

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AI, Networks, and What Makes Consumer Products Win

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Audio · 44 minNov 24, 2025

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Pricing the Future (with Kalshi CEO)

a16z crypto show

Audio · 24 minNov 19, 2025

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Trump's Tech Czar on Crypto, AI, and American Innovation

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 19 minNov 5, 2025

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The Data Behind Crypto's Breakout Year

a16z crypto show

Audio · 38 minNov 1, 2025

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State of Crypto 2025: The Latest Data, Trends, and Themes Revealed

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 38 minOct 22, 2025

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Prediction Markets -- Everything You Need to Know

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 43 minSep 26, 2025

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Surviving Market Cycles & Startup Lessons for Founders

a16z crypto show

Audio · 49 minAug 29, 2025

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After the Foundation Era: Tokens, Policy, and Startup Structures

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 21 minAug 22, 2025

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The antimemetics (and memetics) of making ideas happen -- in crypto and beyond

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 36 minAug 7, 2025

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GENIUS Becomes Law: What It Took to Pass the First Rules for Stablecoins in the U.S.

a16z crypto show

Audio · 24 minJul 22, 2025

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11 Ideas for AI x Crypto

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 3 minJul 16, 2025

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What We're Reading & Technology Changing Reading

a16z crypto show

Audio · 1 hr 20 minJul 2, 2025

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5 Charts That Explain Crypto Right Now

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Audio · 29 minJun 20, 2025

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