It’s fashionable right now to declare that “non-financial use cases of crypto are dead.” Some people also claim that read write own has failed. These conclusions misunderstand both the thesis and the stage we’re in.
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a16z crypto’s CTO delves into the world of tokens, outlining various token categories — including memecoins, stablecoins, arcade tokens, and network tokens. He shares the differences and similarities between token types, and also the path to progressive decentralization, in this talk (first delivered at our Crypto Startup Accelerator).