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Latest blogs from Paradigm, A16z Crypto, and Variant
Discover the latest insights from top crypto venture capitalists. This feed compiles five recent blog posts from Paradigm, a16z Crypto, and Variant, providing you with expert perspectives and trends in the cryptocurrency space.
- Explores how a permissionless ecosystem of AI agents could rely on crypto for trust, payments and verification.
Agents in a Bazaar
Variant – May 13, 2025 – Daniel Barabander
- Proposes using crypto-economic incentives to coordinate decentralized AI and compute networks.
Building Collective-Intelligence Systems
Variant – May 15, 2025 – J Hackworth - Outlines Variant’s thesis on demand-side opportunities for DePIN projects.
What We’re Looking For in DePIN (Pt. 2)
Variant – May 21, 2025 – Alana Levin - Analyzes competitive dynamics in open, composable ecosystems and offers defenses against disruption.
Fractal Protocols: Strategies for Defending Against Open Supply in Crypto
Variant – May 28, 2025 – Daniel Barabander - The post proposes a capital-efficient mechanism that lets traders evaluate many proposals simultaneously.
Quantum Markets
Paradigm – June 12, 2025 – Alpin Yukseloglu & Sofiane Larbi
- Explores how DePIN is transforming energy, telecom, transportation, AI, robotics and healthcare.
6 use cases for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure (DePIN)
a16z crypto – June 18, 2025 – Guy Wuollet
- Variant leads an investment in Project Eleven, which builds infrastructure to protect crypto from quantum threats.
Investing in Project Eleven: Securing Crypto’s Post-Quantum Future
Variant – June 19, 2025 – Jesse Walden - Paradigm announces its third annual Fellowship for techno-optimist builders and researchers.
Introducing the 2025 Paradigm Fellowship
Paradigm – June 16, 2025 – Caitlin Pintavorn & Ricardo de Arruda
- Paradigm urges the FCA to craft a DeFi-friendly framework to keep the UK competitive.
UK Crypto Regulation Must Embrace DeFi
Paradigm – June 16, 2025 – Dominique Little & Justin Slaughter
- Paradigm submitted an amicus brief in a pivotal case that could shape the future of software development and crypto.
Paradigm Files Amicus Brief Supporting Roman Storm
Paradigm – June 16, 2025 – Katie Biber & Gina Moon
- New research identifies manipulation and self-dealing as the two core challenges for verifying DePIN services.
Manipulated signals in DePIN protocols
a16z crypto – June 20, 2025 – Jason Milionis, Jens Ernstberger, Joseph Bonneau, Scott Duke Kominers & Tim Roughgarden
- Data-driven look at the industry’s mid-year progress across users, stablecoins, DEX volume and fees.
5 charts that explain crypto right now
a16z crypto – June 20, 2025 – Daren Matsuoka
- Five key metrics reveal the latest trends in wallets, fees, stablecoins and more.
5 charts that explain crypto right now (newsletter)
a16z crypto – June 23, 2025 – a16z crypto editorial
- New L1s succeed by exploiting incumbents’ dogma, creating room for competition among chains.
The L1 Dilemma
Paradigm – June 20, 2025 – Alpin Yukseloglu
- A16z crypto team shares its eclectic summer reading list spanning history, fiction and tech.
Some books we're reading this summer 2025
a16z crypto – June 26, 2025 – a16z crypto editorial