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Let's Get Digi-Physical: From 'Tap' Chips to Taylor Swift

Chris Lee is cofounder of IYK, a startup that makes digital experiences tangible through NFC chips. Michael Blau is a deal partner at a16z crypto and part-time generative artist. And Robert Hackett is an editor at a16z crypto. They discuss the merging of the digital and physical, new consumer experiences enabled by chipped goods, the challenge of counterfeits and bots, and more.

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  Government... By Lottery?

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  AI Bots & Memecoins

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

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  Bridges: Out of the Mess, Into the Meshnet (with LayerZero)

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  Games as Reality (with EVE Online)

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  How Blockchain Tech Advances Benefit Other Industries

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  Governance Attack!?

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  Token Do's and Don'ts

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  Where Innovation Happens

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  What, How, and Why We're Reading

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  On Finding Product Market Fit — and Meaning

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  Governing democracy, the internet, and boardrooms

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  Pricing Strategy

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  Open Sourcing the Superchain (with Optimism)

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  Layer 2, Rollups, and Building Onchain (with Base)

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  Theory to Code: Building the Breakthrough zkVM Jolt