Andreessen Horowitz is renaming its crypto fund “a16z Frontier” and widening its mandate to AI and other long-horizon technologies, according to an email to newsletter subscribers. The firm says it will keep investing in crypto and advocating for sensible crypto regulation. Chris Dixon argues blockchains have faded into the background of products from Wall Street and fintech firms, so companies should be defined by what they do rather than the technology they use. He expects new “native use cases” to emerge, and sees crypto as a way for AI agents to pay each other. The new fund will be led by Dixon with Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Eddy Lazzarin and Guy Wuollet; the post gives no size for it, and the latest figure on record is the $2.2 billion announced in May.
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| Market | Crypto |
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| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $1.6T |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 84,093.42 |
| Change that session | +1.28% |
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| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $294.2B |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 2,473.76 |
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