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Andreessen Horowitz cryptocurrency investment map

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Since its inception, Andreessen Horowitz has demonstrated its ability to single out the world's most valuable technology companies.

According to The BlockThe reportSince its inception, Andreessen Horowitz has demonstrated its ability to single out the world's most valuable technology companies.

Andreessen Horowit, or "a16z" (a lively nickname for venture capital firms), quickly established itself in the venture capital world with early bets on start-ups such as Skype, Facebook, Airbnb, Twitter and Lyft. Recently, a16z has increased its participation and investment in crypto and blockchain startups.

In June 2018, the company launched a $300 million venture fund to invest exclusively in "cryptographic companies and protocols." Moreover, in April 2019, a16z underwent a radical restructuring, giving up its venture capital position so it could make bigger, riskier bets, with the cryptography market the trigger.

Here are a16z's 27 publicly disclosed cryptocurrency investments:

Investment funds

Polychain Capital SAN francisco-based hedge funds betting on blockchain assets;

Dragonfly Capital Partners is a cryptocurrency venture fund based in San Francisco and Beijing.

MetaStable Capital Is a SAN francisco-based hedge fund that invests directly in cryptocurrencies;

Blocktower Capital Is an investment company that applies professional trading, investment and portfolio management to cryptographic assets.

Compound An open source protocol for the Ethernet currency market that allows users to borrow and lend cryptocurrencies;

DYdX Is an open source protocol for the diversification of derivatives and margin trading;

MakerDao is a smart contract platform for issuing CDPs (collateralized debt positions), helping to combine the value of decentralized stability notes (Dai);

Payments and banking

Celo is a mobile-focused digital payment platform;

Ripple is a cross-border payment platform;

enterprise

Anchorage is a provider of cryptographic hosting solutions;

Axoni develops enterprise blockchain solutions;

TradeBlock develops enterprise tools for blockchain assets;

Encryption currency

The currency; Chia (an energy-friendly P2P currency)

Securities tokens,

TrustToken is an asset tokenization platform;

Harbor is a secure token platform;

DAPP platform

Ethereum is a platform for running smart contracts and decentralized applications;

DFINITY is a decentralized computing platform;

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Privacy protection

Keep is a public blockchain privacy solution;

Orchid protocol& have spent Labs offers a suite of open source tools and encryption protocols,Working to end Internet monitoring and censorship;

Oasis Labs is a privacy-first, high-performance cloud computing platform;

other

Coinbase is a cryptocurrency wallet and exchange platform;

Dapper Labs develops blockchain-based games and irreplaceable assets;

Filecoin is a cryptocurrency and decentralized storage network;

OpenBazaar is a decentralized e-commerce platform;

Earn(2018 acquisition) allows users to Earn bitcoin by completing tasks;

Mediachain(acquired in 2017) is a blockchain data solution company that provides data solutions based on blockchain technology, which can link applications with media information.