Ethereum co-founder warns against voting only on ‘pro-crypto,’ a day after a16z founders support Trump Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin cautioned against voting for political candidates based solely on whether they have adopted a “pro-crypto” stance.

A16z Boosts Crypto’s Election Fund by Another $25M to Seek Friendly Congress A $25 million donation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) hit the campaign coffers of the industry’s U.S. political action committee (PAC), according to a Thursday announcement from the firm, putting the amount raised by some of crypto’s biggest names at about $136 million and potentially elevating the sector to the upper echelon of campaign donors.

Venture Firm A16z Releases Jolt, a ‘Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine’ The release is the product of a16z’s first foray into deep tech research.

Blackbird, Crypto Restaurant App, Raises $24M in Funding Led by A16z The target audience is restaurant users, but the blockchain-based project comes with its own “Flypaper” and fungible FLY tokens.

VC Firm a16z Wades Into Crypto Tech Research with ZK Projects ‘Jolt’ and ‘Lasso’ A pair of open-source projects from venture giant Andreessen Horowitz, known as a16z, aim to improve the performance of systems that use zero-knowledge technology – a cryptographic method used to scale blockchains.

Coinbase, a16z-Backed ‘Cash-Like’ Crypto Wallet Beam Goes Live Where most wallets require signing up, performing a degree of KYC checks, Beam users can send payments simply by using a link to a QR code. Thus it is aiming to create the closest possible equivalent to using crypto like cash.

Paradigm Moves $3.5M in MakerDAO’s MKR Tokens Following Peer a16z’s Maneuver Paradigm Capital’s transfer follows venture capital firm a16z depositing $7 million of MKR to Coinbase.

Venture Capital Firm a16z Unloads $7M of MKR Tokens as Price Soars Lending platform Maker’s governance tokens soared to near one-year high prices last week prior to the transactions.

Snoop Dogg and a16z Back Web3 Music Platform Sound’s $20M Funding Round The company aims to help artists make a living for their music by minting their songs on-chain and selling them directly to fans.