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From blockchain to frontier, same as it ever was
A16z rebrands as 'frontier' but still talks like it's in the crypto game.
The story
A16z Crypto rebrands as A16z Frontier as blockchain investing declines, shifting focus to emerging tech while still acknowledging blockchain's potential.
Source: techcrunch.com
Our reading
A16z Crypto rebranding as A16z Frontier is like a guy who used to date the cool girl now trying to be the guy who hangs out with the smart kids. The old name was all about crypto, which is basically just digital money with a lot of hype. Now it’s ‘frontier,’ which sounds like a startup that’s not quite ready to be a real company yet. They still say blockchain could ‘give new networks native economic capabilities.’ That’s a fancy way of saying ‘maybe we’ll get rich again someday.’
