The “Privacy Chain” Thesis: Why Crypto’s Next Winners Won’t Be Public

About this episode

The episode discusses the shift towards private blockchains in crypto and the implications for institutional adoption and AI.

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People in this episode

Guest: Ali Yahya

Topics covered

• privacy in crypto
• private blockchains
• institutional adoption
• AI in finance
• crypto evolution

Keywords

• crypto
• privacy
• blockchain
• AI agents
• institutional adoption
• Nexo
• Cape
• Pharos

Sponsors

Nexo, Cape, Pharos

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: a16z

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