Andreessen Horowitz joins push against FinCEN's 11th-hour crypto rules
The venture capital firm has taken issue with U.S. regulators latest move against crypto. Major venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, is the latest crypto-related form to oppose a recently proposed regulation in the United States.According to a blog post by a16z general partner Kathryn Haun, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued "a rushed, non-vetted rule under the cloak of the holidays that violates the government’s own established rulemaking procedures." FinCEN, which operates under the purview of Steven Mnuchin's Department of the Treasury,....
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Marc Andreessen Flickr/Joi Ito. Some interesting information coming from a Wall Street Journal report (paywall) surrounding venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and co-founder/partner Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Netscape Communications). The report, which makes note of the fact that Andreessen Horowitz has made investments of about $50 million in bitcoin-related products and services is planning to invest "hundreds of millions of additional dollars over the next few years." "I'm completely unfazed and plan to invest more," said Marc Andreessen on the topic to WSJ. Andreessen first....