Andreessen Horowitz loses billions of dollars but remains faithful to crypto
a16z’ general partner Chris Dixon focuses on the entrepreneurial and developers’ activity, not on the prices. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a hedge fund that manages roughly $28 billion USD, has become one of the major victims of the crypto market crisis that broke out last spring. Despite the downturn, the company said it remains faithful to “the crypto-centric vision of the internet called Web3.” In his commentaries to Wall Street Journal’s review of a16z's crypto involvement, published on Oct. 26, Chris Dixon — a general partner of the fund and a chief decision maker on crypto investments....
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