Big news: @a16z just renamed a16z Crypto to @a16zfrontier. Some will read this as "crypto is over." I read it the opposite way. Crypto isn't dying. It's becoming invisible infrastructure. Every great technology goes through this. Nobody calls Google an "internet company" anymore. Nobody says "cloud startup" with a straight face. When the tech works, it stops being the headline and becomes the plumbing. That's where onchain is heading:
• Stablecoins moving real money, quietly
• AI agents that need wallets, not bank accounts
• Ownership and identity built into products by default The next wave won't be "crypto apps." It'll be AI, payments, gaming and consumer products that just happen to run onchain, and users won't even notice. The builders who win will stop selling "crypto" and start selling outcomes. Frontier is the right word. What do you think: a smart rebrand or a quiet retreat?

Another 1.64M $BNB burned! That’s nearly $1.2 billion worth of BNB removed from circulation. 37 quarterly burns later, and BNB Chain keeps delivering on its long-term commitment. Pretty impressive to see this kind of consistency. 💛🖤💛 What are you most excited about in the BNB ecosystem?

Crypto taught us to verify before we trust. AI is making it dangerously easy to do the opposite. I work with both, and the irony isn’t lost on me. We can generate an answer in seconds, but that doesn’t make it true. The next essential tech skill isn’t prompting. It’s questioning.

I started in financial markets, moved into crypto, and now I’m building in AI. Today, I was at a yacht show. At this point, my career isn’t a straight line. It’s a candlestick chart with some very unexpected moves. Good night! Time to close the charts, shut down the AI agents, and dream of yachts I can't afford yet.

I’ve spent enough years in financial markets to know that two things can be true at once. AI can change the world, and investors can still overpay for it. Today’s IMF warning is a useful reminder that revolutionary technology doesn’t repeal financial gravity.

Proud to have powered this DeFi Workshop through @thecaisai Great to see the community getting hands-on with Web3 and the Sui ecosystem. Huge thanks to @SuiHubAthens and everyone who joined. This is just the beginning.

Today is not October. It’s simply the 71st of August, and I’m not open to discussion. Somewhere between the sea breeze and the silence, it hits me how strange and exciting this era really is: #AI is reshaping the way we work, think, and build, while #crypto keeps rewriting the rules of value, access, and ownership. The future is being built in real time and honestly, it feels a little better when viewed from the beach. Still in August mode.

🇬🇷 Επιτέλους, η Ελλάδα κάνει ένα ουσιαστικό βήμα για τη φορολόγηση των crypto! Το νέο σχέδιο νόμου προβλέπει: ✅ 10% φόρο στα κέρδη από υπεραξία ✅ Απαλλαγή για ετήσια καθαρά κέρδη έως €500 ✅ Συμψηφισμό ζημιών για έως 5 χρόνια, υπό προϋποθέσεις ✅ Φορολογικές ρυθμίσεις για staking και lending Μετά από χρόνια αβεβαιότητας, η αγορά χρειάζεται ξεκάθαρους κανόνες. Το νομοσχέδιο βρίσκεται σε δημόσια διαβούλευση έως τις 22 Οκτωβρίου. Η σωστή ρύθμιση δεν εμποδίζει την καινοτομία. Της δίνει χώρο να αναπτυχθεί. #Crypto #Greece #Regulation

Crypto in 2016: "Code is law." Crypto in 2026: "Code is law. Also, compliance can freeze your tokens." @Cardano just took CIP-0113 live at #TOKEN2049 . KYC checks, sanctions screening, freeze and seize, all enforced by the ledger itself. Before anyone panics: it's opt-in. It's built for stablecoins and tokenized funds. cardano:native itself isn't freezable. And honestly? This is where regulated assets were always heading. MiCA-style rules don't care about your ideology. They care about who can stop a sanctioned transfer. So the real question isn't "can this token be frozen?" It's "who holds the key, and did I know before I bought it?" Permissionless money and programmable compliance can both win. Just don't confuse one for the other.

Crypto used to ask: what can we put onchain? Looking at #TOKEN2049 today, I think the question has changed: What part of finance is still left offchain? Institutional DeFi. Stablecoin payments. 24/7 markets. Tokenized assets. AI × crypto. That’s a very different conversation from the one this industry was having a few years ago. Crypto is no longer only trying to build a parallel financial system. It is increasingly trying to rebuild parts of the existing one. And that may be the bigger story coming out of Singapore this week.