# a16z crypto show Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524.md RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/XPOpH7r4 Official site: https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com Author: Andreessen Horowitz Episodes: 123 ## Resource The a16z crypto show explores how decentralized networks are reshaping money, ownership, and the architecture of the internet. We go beyond the hype to look at what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what comes next as crypto continues to go mainstream and blockchains become core infrastructure. Each episode features conversations with founders, engineers, economists, policymakers, and researchers building at the frontier of finance, payments, AI, and distributed systems. We cover stablecoins and global payments, the tokenization of "real-world" assets, decentralized physical infrastructure, network design and governance, and the practical tradeoffs behind decentralization — along with lessons from past technology shifts. Produced and hosted by the a16z crypto team, the show combines reporting, analysis, and first-principles thinking to explain how crypto intersects with the economy and society — and why it matters now. Learn more at a16zcrypto.com. *** Posts should not be considered investment advice or an advertisement for investment services. Reposts of third-party content are not attributable to a16z; see disclosures for more information: https://a16z.com/disclosures/. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a16z-crypto-show-5434524 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524.md ## Episodes - [Why auction design matters (ft. Nobel economist Paul Milgrom)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-auction-design-matters-ft-nobel-economist-paul-milgrom) — 2026-07-17T16:12:47+00:00 - [Why markets fail — and how to fix them (ft. Nobel economist Alvin Roth)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-markets-fail-and-how-to-fix-them-ft-nobel-economist-alvin-roth) — 2026-07-14T17:13:22+00:00 - [Leslie Lamport on the Science of Distributed Systems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/leslie-lamport-on-the-science-of-distributed-systems) — 2026-06-25T18:27:05+00:00 - [Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication (ft. Barbara Liskov and Tim Roughgarden)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/before-blockchains-there-was-state-machine-replication-ft-barbara-liskov-and-tim-roughgarden) — 2026-06-22T17:28:10+00:00 - [How Bitcoin Rewired a Classic Computer Science Problem (ft. Tim Roughgarden and Ittai Abraham)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/how-bitcoin-rewired-a-classic-computer-science-problem-ft-tim-roughgarden-and-ittai-abraham) — 2026-06-22T17:20:59+00:00 - [How Stablecoins Are Reconfiguring the Financial System | ft. Eddy Lazzarin and Sonal Chokshi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/how-stablecoins-are-reconfiguring-the-financial-system-ft-eddy-lazzarin-and-sonal-chokshi) — 2026-06-12T16:53:33+00:00 - [The Real Reason Behind Most DeFi Hacks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/the-real-reason-behind-most-defi-hacks) — 2026-05-13T21:25:34+00:00 - [We Raised $2.2B. Here’s Why.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/we-raised-2-2b-here-s-why) — 2026-05-05T14:07:26+00:00 - [The end of ads? AI agents are about to change how we buy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/the-end-of-ads-ai-agents-are-about-to-change-how-we-buy) — 2026-04-27T16:51:26+00:00 - [Why AI is so centralized: How it's built, who controls it, and what comes next](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-ai-is-so-centralized-how-it-s-built-who-controls-it-and-what-comes-next) — 2026-04-22T15:51:05+00:00 - [How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/how-bots-deepfakes-and-ai-agents-are-forcing-a-new-internet-identity-layer) — 2026-04-17T18:38:25+00:00 - [How DeFi lending actually works (with Paul Frambot, cofounder and CEO of Morpho Labs)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/how-defi-lending-actually-works-with-paul-frambot-cofounder-and-ceo-of-morpho-labs) — 2026-04-08T16:37:06+00:00 - [Why Solana keeps getting faster — and what's next (ft. Jito Labs CEO Lucas Bruder)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-solana-keeps-getting-faster-and-what-s-next-ft-jito-labs-ceo-lucas-bruder) — 2026-04-03T19:02:45+00:00 - [Vitalik Buterin vs Beff Jezos: AI Acceleration Debate (E/acc vs D/acc)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/vitalik-buterin-vs-beff-jezos-ai-acceleration-debate-e-acc-vs-d-acc) — 2026-03-25T22:59:52+00:00 - [AI Is Changing the Internet. What Does It Mean for Creators? (with Justin and Michael Blau)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/ai-is-changing-the-internet-what-does-it-mean-for-creators-with-justin-and-michael-blau) — 2026-03-17T14:41:38+00:00 - [The Emmy Built on ETH: Emily Yang aka pplpleasr on the Future of Storytelling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/the-emmy-built-on-eth-emily-yang-aka-pplpleasr-on-the-future-of-storytelling) — 2026-03-13T16:06:04+00:00 - [AI Just Gave You Superpowers — Now What?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/ai-just-gave-you-superpowers-now-what) — 2026-03-05T20:37:52+00:00 - [Why Tokenize? Fidelity on Onchain Assets and the Next Phase of Adoption](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-tokenize-fidelity-on-onchain-assets-and-the-next-phase-of-adoption) — 2026-03-04T23:03:21+00:00 - [When Bots Have Bank Accounts: The Rise of the Agent Economy (With Sean Neville, Catena Labs)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/when-bots-have-bank-accounts-the-rise-of-the-agent-economy-with-sean-neville-catena-labs) — 2026-03-03T19:30:08+00:00 - [From Eater to Blackbird: Ben Leventhal on Restaurants, Loyalty, and Rebuilding Payments](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/from-eater-to-blackbird-ben-leventhal-on-restaurants-loyalty-and-rebuilding-payments) — 2026-02-11T12:00:00+00:00 - [Bridge CEO Zach Abrams: Stablecoins Are The Next Platform for Money](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/bridge-ceo-zach-abrams-stablecoins-are-the-next-platform-for-money) — 2026-02-02T20:50:32+00:00 - [Why Privacy Will Be the Biggest Moat in Crypto](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-privacy-will-be-the-biggest-moat-in-crypto) — 2026-01-30T17:21:09+00:00 - [From Oculus to Anduril: Palmer Luckey on Power, Technology, and the Future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/from-oculus-to-anduril-palmer-luckey-on-power-technology-and-the-future) — 2026-01-23T13:00:00+00:00 - [Nobody's Gonna Trust Your Corp Chain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/nobody-s-gonna-trust-your-corp-chain) — 2026-01-14T10:00:00+00:00 - [The Obsession That Destroys Startups (with LayerZero CEO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/the-obsession-that-destroys-startups-with-layerzero-ceo) — 2026-01-07T10:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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