Sam Broner
@SamBroner
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Generally Happy. Investor @ a16z crypto | prev: MIT, Fluid Framework, Distributed Systems @Microsoft
NYC
Joined January 2018
Why are all these companies building L1s and L2s for stablecoin payments? Because the base case is good for margins and the bull case is becoming the dominant global platform for payments.
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Catch all the action and excitement: NWA on Roku airs for free every Tuesday on Roku Sports at 8 pm ET with replays on Tuesday at 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT, Saturday afternoons, + on demand.
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Why build with broken rails when you can build better money? @SamBroner tells @AnnikaSays how his time at the Boston Fed showed him the flaws in traditional payments—and why stablecoins became the obvious bet at @a16zcrypto. Watch the full interview here:
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🧵 Compute 101: Why Encryption Fails AI 99% of people think encryption keeps their AI data safe. It doesn’t. Encryption does protect your data… but only when it’s stored or being sent. The moment your data is actually used for computation encryption disappears. Here’s the
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Private stables are coming!
We're excited to announce our partnership with @PaxosLabs to introduce USAD: a next-generation stablecoin that is both private, compliant, and a first of its kind. Together, we're bringing a digital dollar that keeps your information safe and your transactions confidential. The
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One of the great things about working at @a16zcrypto is advising the founders in our portfolio. I spent a day doing media training with a few of our founders and here are a few things we discussed. Going direct is critical to any startup playbook but every founder should
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Currently on track for 261 workouts this year. Goal for the year was 250. For the first time since high school, I've lifted more than I've ran. Mileage is down, weight is up!
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🌍 A major step toward global accessibility. Concordium has partnered with @Transak, a Tier-1 global on-ramp, to expand access to $CCD. With @coin98_wallet amplifying the integration, millions more can now access Concordium’s Smart Money ecosystem.
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I'm hearing more and more people describe dollar hedge funds as synthetic dollars. We've advocated for that language since my first essay on stablecoins! Glad to hear more people describing these assets correctly!
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Recently saw someone write with a pen in person. Great handwriting. Really illustrated their ideas clearly. Unbelievable stuff. A skill I've forgotten.
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The cashier's check represents what is not possible in payments today, except through cash or stables. People cannot *commit*, on a personal level, to paying someone digitally, remotely, or over time. Instead we rely on institutions, in this case a bank, to make that commitment
Sold a car yesterday. Got a cashiers check. Deposited with my bank. Funds won’t be available for another 14 days. I should’ve just gotten paid in crypto. Traditional banking is so slow.
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I made this as a weekend project and use it like every day 😍😍
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AI agents are on everyone’s lips — but in few people’s hands. Most teams lack the time or resources to automate their work. We’ve made it easy. 💡 Webinar: Join us on Nov. 10 at 4 PM ET to learn how to automate equity research workflows. (Link in comments.) Use automation to
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Hard to believe, but I am *just now* finished signing in and buying it takes two. Now I've got a 30gb download? Pretty shocking experience. I think It's going to end up taking 1hr 25 minutes to start playing.
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My wife and I are turning on the Xbox for the first time in 3 years. What do we play?
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2 oz cold brew concentrate (Grady's or Stumptown) 1 oz 2% milk 5mg creatine powder Then mix with aerolatte till frothed. Froth suspends the creatine reducing grit on the final sip and generally makes it more delicious.
creatine ruined my breakfast. i had this glorious breakfast that made me so happy to wake up every morning. cooked apples in cinnamon, oats, milk, maple syrup. a spoonful of peanut butter & collagen powder. then i realized i could add my creatine in it, and i stopped having
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@SamBroner, @a16zcrypto: - 2 years ago we got sub $0.01 transactions - 1 year ago Stripe acquired bridge - 2 months ago GENIUS passed The next 2-5 years will see a tremendous increase in adoption of stablecoins. 🎙️ Listen to the latest episode of Tokenized:
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Also, yes, Google, stablecoins do share characteristics with banknotes, but that takes kinda played out now. I think we've moved on to comparing stables to $1 bearer notes from narrow banks?
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Bummer that Google's stablecoin take is "better payments through evolution, not revolution" Stablecoins have gravity. They're better money with unique characteristics (atomic settlement, programmability, composability) that make new scenarios possible. Evolution to onboard,
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