This is the year the world came onchain.
When we launched our first State of Crypto report, the industry was still in its adolescence. The total crypto market was worth about half what it is today. Blockchains were much slower, more expensive, and le
Each year, the State of Crypto report from a16z crypto cuts through the noise and tracks crypto’s evolution across markets, technology, policy, and culture.
Now in its fourth edition, the 2025 State of Crypto report reveals how crypto has gone ma
Join us for a conversation with Karl Floersch, the cofounder of Optimism and CEO of OP Labs, and Hayden Adams, founder of Uniswap. This talk, moderated by Head of CSX Jason Rosenthal, covers the interwoven history between building Optimism and Uniswap (Karl and Hayden first met in college), plus the lessons they learned as entrepreneurs, and advice for founders building in web3.
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