We are excited to announce that a16z crypto is expanding into Asia and opening our first office in Seoul, South Korea. As part of this, we’re thrilled to have SungMo Park join our team as Head of APAC go-to-market to lead the Seoul office and start
Timelines to a cryptographically relevant quantum computer are frequently overstated — leading to calls for urgent, wholesale transitions to post-quantum cryptography.
But these calls often overlook the costs and risks of premature migration, and i
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko shares his path from engineering to crypto, from dabbling in bringing Rust to crypto to building a new kind of blockchain. This conversation, moderated by a16z crypto deal partner Guy Wuollet, also covers the tough, early phases of technical maturation at Solana, growing a passionate audience of users and developers, and the benefits of building during a market slowdown.