State of Crypto 2024: Builder Energy, U.S. Election, Stablecoins, AI, More

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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We take you behind the scenes of our newly released, annual State of Crypto Report — a16z crypto's analysis of the latest data and trends that have defined the industry in 2024. This year's report features some brand new insights, from estimating the number of real crypto users globally, to understanding how much interest in crypto swing states may have ahead of the U.S. election. We also dig into infrastructure improvements to blockchains and key applications — including stablecoins, AI, and so-called DePIN. Be sure to visit a16zcrypto.com for all this and more including a new “Builder Energy” dashboard, which we’ll discuss on the show.

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0:00.0	October 31st, 2008. That was the date that the Bitcoin White Paper was released.
0:06.7	And in the 16 years since, well, so much has changed.
0:10.4	So where are we really today in the arc of crypto adoption?
0:14.0	Not only at the infrastructure level, but also the applications built on top.
0:18.0	In today's episode, you'll get to hear A16Z's crypto team dive into their new state of crypto report.
0:24.0	So how many real crypto users are there?
0:27.0	Have gas prices come down enough for real applications to be built on top?
0:30.0	And what is crypto's relationship to the national conversation?
0:34.0	Listen in to find out.
0:35.0	Oh, and this episode was originally published by our sister podcast, Web3 with A16Z.
0:40.0	So if you are excited about the next generation of the internet, find Web3 with A16C wherever you get your
0:46.2	podcasts. And of course you can find a link to the State of crypto report in our show notes.
0:51.1	Now over to host Robert Hackett for more.
0:54.0	Welcome to Web 3 with A16Z.
1:00.0	I'm Robert Hackett and today we've got a special episode. We're taking you
1:05.2	behind the scenes of our newly released annual state of crypto report. A16Z
1:10.4	crypto's analysis of the latest data and trends that have defined the industry in
1:15.0	2024. This year's report features some brand new insights from estimating the
1:20.6	number of real crypto users globally
1:22.8	to understanding how much interest in crypto swing states may have
1:26.5	ahead of the US election.
1:28.0	We also dig into infrastructure improvements to blockchains
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