# Mental Models for Navigating Crypto Markets & Cycles

> EPISODE SUMMARY A (rerun but perhaps more relevant than ever) hallway-style conversation about market conditions, cycles of innovation, and mental models for navigating crypto and web3. EPISODE NOTES A hallway-style conversation between a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon, Eddy Lazzarin, and Sonal Chokshi abo...

- URL: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/podcast/mental-models-for-navigating-crypto-markets-cycles
- Authors: [Chris Dixon](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/chris-dixon), [Eddy Lazzarin](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/eddy-lazzarin), [Sonal Chokshi](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/sonal-chokshi)
- Published: 2022-11-21
- Updated: 2025-01-28
- Focus areas: tech trends
- Tags: mental models & frameworks, history, how innovation happens, podcast
- Format: podcast

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### EPISODE SUMMARY

A (rerun but perhaps more relevant than ever) hallway-style conversation about market conditions, cycles of innovation, and mental models for navigating crypto and web3.

### EPISODE NOTES

A  hallway-style conversation between a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon, Eddy Lazzarin, and Sonal Chokshi about market conditions, cycles of innovation, and mental models for navigating crypto and web3 — as well as the longer arc and evolution of technology; methods & metrics for measuring price-innovation cycle ebbs and flows; some key trends; and more.

This episode originally ran in May 2022, as episode #1 in our new show ‘web3 with a16z’. The 2022 State of Crypto report referenced can be found at a16zcrypto.com/stateofcrypto — please sign up for our newsletter to be notified about the next report and other resources + updates: https://a16zcrypto.substack.com/

*As a reminder, none of this discussion should be taken as business, legal, tax, or investment advice; please see a16z.com/disclosures for more important information, including a link to a list of our investments.*

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