Robert Hackett

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665 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 1 Aug

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The a16z Show · Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon: What’s at Stake in Crypto Regulation · 1 Aug 2026 podcast

Back in January 2014, you wrote an op-ed for The New York Times called Why Bitcoin Matters.

Things were a little bit different then.

This was a pretty contrarian position to stake out.

The crypto industry, which, if you could even call it that back then, looked very, very different.

How have things changed from then to now?

Yeah, it's actually remarkable how well that piece holds up.

But there is one forecast in there that I want to cite in particular that stands out, which is, and I quote, you say, the coming years will be a period of great drama and excitement revolving around this new technology.

I think you were spot on there.

Chris, you've been there since the start as well.

You were an early advocate and acolyte of crypto.

How have things changed from the early days to now?

Let's talk about that.

Because, you know, you cited that stablecoin volumes are now rivaling the Visa network, which is insane.

You know, this is trillions of dollars per quarter turning through this system.

Lots of gigantic financial institutions have rushed in.

BlackRock, JP Morgan, Visa itself, Fidelity, MasterCard.

I mean, you could rattle off just any number of names, and they're all building on this technology right now.

But we've gotten this far without rules.

So there's been very little in the way of regulatory clarity or guidance.

Why do we need rules now?

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