Eddy Deep Dive

About this episode

Sonal Chokshi and Robert Hackett discuss the evolving relationship between crypto and the real economy with Eddy Lazzarin.

Crypto has been walled off from the real economy for years — that's changing. Sonal Chokshi and Robert Hackett sit down with Eddy Lazzarin, a16z crypto's newest General Partner, to break down why crypto is entering a completely different phase and what gets built once the rules finally catch up to the technology.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sonal Chokshi, Robert Hackett

Guest: Eddy Lazzarin

Topics covered

• crypto
• economy
• technology
• regulation
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• crypto
• economy
• Eddy Lazzarin
• technology
• a16z

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Organizations: a16z crypto

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