Former BitLicense Chief to Manage Andreessen Horowitz’s Cryptocurrency Efforts
Anthony Albanese will become chief regulatory officer for the tech ventures giant in November.
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Just recently Andreessen Horowitz has raised a whopping 1.5 billion dollars to invest in the next big technological breakthroughs. This injection of capital into Andreessen Horowitz could mean big things for Bitcoin-related and distributed ledger technology startups and projects. Andreessen Horowitz Loves Bitcoin. Andreessen Horowitz is one of the....
Andreessen Horowitz executives will seek to guide U.S. policymakers on standards for crypto and Web 3.0. Anthony Albanese, chief operating officer of Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) crypto division, and Katie Haun, general partner at the firm, are among a high-powered delegation from the venture capital giant who will engage with lawmakers and administration officials in the United States on crypto regulations.According to CNBC on Wednesday, the move is part of efforts by the Silicon Valley-based VC outfit to promote favorable regulation of the emerging Web 3.0 ecosystem.Speaking to CNBC,....
The Bitcoin Foundation has thrown its weight behind efforts to extend the 45 day-long comment period for the BitLicense proposal drafted and recently released by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). In an open letter to the NYDFS, Global Policy Counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation Jim Harper said that there needs to be greater cooperation with the bitcoin community and more transparency for the process as a whole. The organization's efforts to advocate for a more growth-oriented BitLicense proposal builds on a previous grassroots-level initiative in which roughly 400....
In a recent interview with CNET, Netscape founder Marc Andreessen shared his viewpoint on Bitcoin, saying that he wished he invented Bitcoin without hesitation. "When we tried to get investors for Netscape, most of them said 'you're out of your mind," Andreessen said. "This is the thing that's most like that of anything I've seen in the last 20 years." Also read: Coinbase Raises $25 Million From Andreessen Horowitz. According to CNET, Andreessen also said that Bitcoin today is like the Internet was in 1993, when it was slow and difficult to access unless you were a master of computer....
Theo Chino, a Bitcoin entrepreneur has filed a lawsuit against NYDFS and its handling of BitLicense in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. For those who have been following the developments in cryptocurrency sector from past couple of years, the BitLicense fiasco is quite familiar. The cryptocurrency industry was in for a shock last year after the New York Department of Financial Services decided to implement regulations governing digital currencies, popularly referred to as BitLicense. With BitLicense coming into effect, companies in the sector either decided to comply with the....