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Jane Lippencott

@janehk

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partner @a16z crypto | advisor @useteller @slingshotcrypto | prev @distributedg @winklevosscap + founding tm @horizenglobal | 🇺🇸 crypto since '14 🇭🇰

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Jane Lippencott
3 years
1/3 Some personal news ✨ I've joined @a16z crypto as a partner on the investment team!
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Today is my 25th birthday!!! 🎈
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I’m hiring an intern to work with me this summer @a16z crypto Biased toward technical exp (ongoing CS degree is fine), 1+ internship exp @ tech co/startup, deep philosophical alignment w/ crypto. US-based remote is ok Pls send resume & why you like web3 to crypto-jobs @a16z .com
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2 years
Who is working on web3-enabled identity products? Let's chat! :)
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3 years
gm who's heading to Art Basel in a couple weeks? organizing some gatherings hmu ⚡️
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Jane Lippencott
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Hit me up if you're currently in a full-time investment role (analyst to partner, 1+ years experience) at a venture fund and want to join a web3 fund...
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3/3 If you identify as… ⭐️A founder building in crypto at pre-seed & beyond 🔜An aspiring founder 🧙A web2 operator looking to break into web3 👽An anon building in stealth 🤝A DAO …We’d love to meet you! Reach out at via DM or jlippencott at 🙂
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2 years
"a16z web3"
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
the future of fashion is digital first it's only a matter of time before the fashion industry wakes up to the power of web3 👠👇
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
Looking for founders building web3 chat apps!📱 - peer-to-peer or peer-to-group chat - token-gated access to channels or groups - search & discovery layer via on-chain social graph - clear path to decentralized/censorship-resistant infrastructure
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
suggested holiday reading🍂 on Friday we released the @a16z DAO canon! dig in for visionary takes from @cdixon @VitalikButerin @alive_eth @ljxie @milesjennings @packyM @patrickxrivera @Cooopahtroopa @cuysheffield @tarunchitra @jessewldn & many more🥧
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Jane Lippencott
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Like and reply if you're heading to Token2049 and/or Solana Breakpoint in September... 🇸🇬👩‍🍳
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Jane Lippencott
5 years
Every time I've worn my new @binance hoodie in #NYC this week, at least one stranger has started a conversation with me about #crypto 🔥
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2 years
I'm going to Mexico City next week to cowork and collab with an incredible squad of 14 crypto investors, founders, and operators! Who should we meet and what should we do?
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2 years
Celebrating 1 year at @a16z ! And what a year it's been 🥹 Honored to work with this team and all of our amazing founders who are building the future of the internet.
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
1/3 Some personal news ✨ I've joined @a16z crypto as a partner on the investment team!
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I'm heading to @token2049 in a few weeks! First Singapore trip in 5 years. DM me if you'll be there and want to meet up over laksa or kaya toast 🇸🇬
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2/3 @alive_eth @AriannaSimpson @cdixon @katie_haun are the most thoughtful and hardworking investors in the crypto space and lead an exceptional team w/ a diverse set of superpowers. I'm excited to join forces to continue doing what I love - supporting founders building in web3.
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Jane Lippencott
2 years
At @a16z crypto, we're constantly asking ourselves how we can better serve our portfolio companies and the web3 space more broadly. To that end, we're launching a16z crypto research with @Tim_Roughgarden , @alive_eth & @danboneh at the helm 🙏
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Ali Yahya | alive.eth
2 years
Today, we're announcing the creation of @a16z crypto research 💥 Research labs like DeepMind and OpenAI have elevated the field of AI to new heights. We are setting out to do the same for crypto and web3 👇
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
(RIP my DMs) There's a great TG group strictly for people who live in SF full time and work in web3. It's a solid community resource. We're ~300 strong so far, but I know we're missing a lot of people. If you meet the criteria & would like to be added, shoot me a message🌉
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
Roll call!🤠 Who is heading to @MessariCrypto 's #Mainnet2021 in NYC next week?
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Storytelling NFTs.
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
One of our ✨exceptionally high growth✨ startups @a16z crypto is hiring backend engineers: - Write robust APIs - Work with message queues & caching - Develop real-time blockchain data pipelines - Champion code quality & developer experience Hit my DMs if you're interested!
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Jane Lippencott
5 years
Couldn't be more psyched about joining the team at @winklevosscap next week as an associate focused on blockchain investing! Onwards and upwards @SterlingWitzke @tylerwinklevoss @winklevoss 🚀🙌
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
I need to follow more crypto designers! some 🦄s worth following... @_callil at @Uniswap @jeffpersonified at @coinbase @jaysonhobby at @compoundfinance who am I missing?
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Jane Lippencott
2 years
I am no longer Jane I am now Greta, Fiend of the Wood🌲 Lore soon™ @forgottenrunes
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I'm assembling a team
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7 months
Consumer crypto is off to a strong start in 2024. Below are 6 things that have impressed me so far. What am I missing?
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
Many friends at 🔥 web2 & web3 funds are hiring for junior/mid crypto investor roles rn, including... 🏛️ multi-billion $ traditional funds 💵 DeFi funds 📱 product/consumer funds 🏁 pre-seed/1st check funds Operator (BD, eng, product) > investor experience. DM me to connect!🤝
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Jane Lippencott
1 year
I've spent the better part of the last 2 months in LA supporting our first accelerator @a16zcrypto CSS One more month to go and I'd love to use some of the remaining time to meet more pre-seed and seed stage crypto companies DM me if you're building in LA!
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Jane Lippencott
2 years
The @WGMInterfaces decision to pause development highlights the impact of the significant pressure on NFT artists today to provide ongoing support & utility beyond artwork. I think individual holders want to support artists building NFT communities but lack the tools to do so👇
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3 years
gm from Tahoe ⛷
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Who is NOT going to ETH Denver and wants to hang out/cowork/get dinner in NYC next week 🤭🙃
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
We're hiring an Associate Partner to support our portfolio companies with go-to-market and business development strategy alongside the amazing @meigga at @a16z Crypto. Details and application here:
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flipping jpegs at dinner smh @santiagoroel
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very very fire that the @a16z crypto team seems to be mostly women — we stan
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1 year
I'm heading to Tokyo in a few weeks to judge the @ETHGlobal ETH Tokyo hackathon alongside @TheRealKartik @joanofdao @_MinTeo ! I'd love to meet crypto founders and VCs while I'm there. Please DM me if you'll be around and want to grab a 🍵
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Thank you to everyone who showed up to our ETH Denver FOMO Support Group :)
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This is happening Tuesday so lmk if you'd like to come (limited size so pref for founders)
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Jane Lippencott
5 years
Hello from day two of #Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz, Switzerland! Huge thank you to the @CFCstmoritz team & board for making this incredible event a reality ❄️
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Touching snow
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Seems like as good a time as any to re-emphasize... We're hiring for a few roles on the @a16z crypto investment team! Email crypto-jobs @a16z .com with your resume + why web3 + why you'd like to work with us💡
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cdixon.eth
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Crypto fund 4
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wagmi
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Hosting a merge party at my house tonight and I'm expecting the vibe to be a bunch of people glued to their laptops stress eating
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Jane Lippencott
7 months
The ideal mobile browser for crypto would feature: - DA options so users can take their content to other clients. attestations against content can be shared with advertisers, for a fee, to improve targeting - built in wallet featuring many accounts with varied security
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Eddy Lazzarin 🟠🔭
7 months
> alternative browser engines > alternative payment processors If we could build the ideal mobile browser for crypto, what would it look like?
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
Traveling a bunch in early 2022! Please share your book recs here, all genres welcome but bonus points for highly engaging stories 📚
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Jane Lippencott
2 years
I’ve learned so much from @guyoseary and the @yugalabs team over the past few months — and they’ve only just started laying the foundation for community-owned media. Stoked to play a supporting role alongside such a visionary team 🐒
@ChrisLyons
chrislyons
2 years
I am beyond excited to announce that @a16z crypto is leading the financing of @yugalabs and I'm joining the board. We look forward to helping the team continue to usher the next wave of creators and builders into web3 to define the future of culture and innovation. LFG! 🦍🦍🦍
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Jane Lippencott
4 years
With the exciting announcements from @IDEOVC and @variantfund today, one thing should be clear to crypto founders: There have *never* been more high-quality funds actively investing in early-stage crypto startups. ✨
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Jane Lippencott
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1/4 Sharing open roles at high growth crypto companies✨ Check websites or DM the founders for more info! 🎨Eng (full-stack, solidity) + Design @usegallery ( @mikeybitcoin ) 💌Eng (full-stack, protocol, systems) + BD + PM @xmtp_ ( @mg ) ⚖️PM @UpshotHQ ( @nick_emmons )
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Jane Lippencott
1 year
🎵The new @soundxyz_ mobile app has officially been relegated to the place of honor in my dock where @SpotifyUSA used to be Who are your favorite artists on @soundxyz_ ? Check out the app 👇🏽
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sound.xyz (🎧,🎧)
1 year
Introducing the Sound Mobile App - your new home for discovering new music on Sound. ↳ Discover new artists & songs. ↳ Browse playlists – or create your own. ↳ Build your library & play your collection. ↳ View collectors throughout the app.
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Jane Lippencott
6 months
it's valentines day, what else would we be doing? @unlonely_app
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4 years
@fintechfrank You cancelled our call to drink whiskey out of a wine glass alone..
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Jane Lippencott
5 months
Founders building crypto-enabled apps today are often bound by blockchain compute costs. zkVMs like Jolt allow developers to reveal “truths” to their users without publishing state onchain. Things like reputation/leaderboard rankings, a certification that a smart contract is
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1/ We're excited to share the initial release of Jolt, a new approach to zkVM design. Early benchmarks indicate it outperforms RISC Zero by ~6x and SP1 by up to 2x. Major optimizations are still in the pipeline.
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Got my data backpack 🎒 @discoxyz
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3 years
Have one more spot available at a 20 person happy hour for women in crypto in SF tomorrow! Any takers? 🥂
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6 years
Great to see @zencashofficial rated a B+ up there with @CardanoStiftung , @QtumOfficial , @loopringorg , @zilliqa , and @ethereum ! ☀️ Nice and cheap right now, too... 😝 Check out @DarpalRating 🏆 $ZEN #zencash #privacy #freedom
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Jane Lippencott
1 year
My favorite slide from our State of Crypto report ➡️ this overview of how web3 inverts platform/marketplace power dynamics
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a16z crypto
1 year
Which section from our report stood out to you most? 👇
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Jane Lippencott
1 year
First drop of CSS'23 content this morning! Learn about... 🌱web3 & how we got here @cdixon ⚙️protocol design: why and how @eddylazzarin 🛒pricing 101 @meigga 👩‍💻cryptography for blockchains @danboneh 🤝leadership in web3 @Mclader
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a16z crypto
1 year
1/ We relaunched Crypto Startup School 2023, with the goal of helping builders get started on new crypto projects. And now we’re sharing the curriculum for everyone to follow along. Here are 5 new talks – with lots more to come. ↓
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Jane Lippencott
4 years
🚀 @TheRealBlockFi has grown an order of magnitude across key metrics (rev, AUM, +) since their Series B, & they're just getting started. @winklevosscap is proud to support @BlockFiZac & @FounderFlori again as they cement #Bitcoin at the core of next-gen personal finance.
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Frank Chaparro
4 years
JUST IN! BlockFi raises $50 million, eyes potential SPAC
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
fr DMs are open, I can help with advice and intros! everyone should be leveling up in 2022
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I think of this like a filter advertisers have to engage with before being able to send internet users an offer. Based on the likelihood of interest (price point inclusive), the offer will be sorted into one of various @xmtp_ inboxes (apps and/or the user can decide how this
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Jesse Walden
7 months
fresh inspiration from @fredwilson today on a belief I've held for a long time: NFTs become the "port of entry" for ALL internet media: today: mint for status, identity, patronage soon: mint for personalization if you own your personalization agent (meaning you can take it
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More CSS'23 content! 🗺️finding PMF @jasonrosenthal 🤳all things consumer products @sriramk 🪙founding @coinbase @brian_armstrong @cdixon 💻web3 product design @benscharfstein @stelolabs 👾growing a protocol @dwr
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Jane Lippencott
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First drop of CSS'23 content this morning! Learn about... 🌱web3 & how we got here @cdixon ⚙️protocol design: why and how @eddylazzarin 🛒pricing 101 @meigga 👩‍💻cryptography for blockchains @danboneh 🤝leadership in web3 @Mclader
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Jane Lippencott
5 years
I get such a high from conversations with incredible founders about their visions of the (decentralized) future. Imagination is one hell of a drug 👾
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Jane Lippencott
1 year
We announced Sound's $20m Series A today! 🎧 By unlocking web3-native revenue opportunities, Sound empowers artists to bypass trad intermediaries & retain a majority of their earnings - without sacrificing distribution. Read more about our thesis ->
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sound.xyz (🎧,🎧)
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It’s time. We’re now open to all artists! Sound was built to create a new model for music and help artists make a living. Today it’s open to all, and we’ve raised a $20m Series A to turn this into a reality. Artists, here’s how to get started 👇
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Jane Lippencott
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Didn't go to the actual conference but Bitcoin Miami week was amazing. Thx to everyone who organized events ( @AaveAave @hiFramework @paraficapital @polychaincap @ftx_us @CrusoeEnergy @useteller & many more) The energy in the space is great rn. Rly optimistic abt this summer☀️
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Jane Lippencott
2 years
11 months later still obsessed with @GALLERY 🥲
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thoughts and prayers @genzDAO
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3 years
a must read for anyone starting a DAO 👇💡
@milesjennings
miles jennings
3 years
1/ Over the past 6 months, @David_M_Kerr and I have been researching several legal issues facing many DAOs (liability, taxes, contracting, etc.) that are beginning to emerge and that threaten their viability. Today, we published a potential solution.👇
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The @farcaster_xyz Frames launch today is the first step in opening up a massive design space for developers looking to engage users of Farcaster apps without building an entire client. The fact that you'll be able to have a user interact with your product via a deep embedding
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Dan Romero
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. @varunsrin just announced Farcaster Frames
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
in the next few years, designers will be able to: - upload design components (layers like fabric, print, fit, movement) on-chain w/ royalties for web3 native collab with other designers - sell virtual goods (nfts) direct to buyers (often offering redemption for a physical item)
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@SHL0MS @a16z love you shloms but a16z has no affiliation here
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Jane Lippencott
7 years
Sleepy #selfportrait after our #blockchain event at @WeAreMetta tonight! Talked about #privacy and #digitalidentity with a room full of sharp new #crypto investors and aficionados☀️ @zencashofficial #ZenCash $ZEN
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Jane Lippencott
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One of our CSS'23 companies @kikiworld_ is building a community-centric beauty brand💅💋 Some of the more active online communities coalesce around beauty product reviews, making this an obvious category for web3 enabled customer governance. Vote on the color of KIKI's first
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KIKI World
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🧵Everything you need to know about the KIKI World Pass: the key that unlocks the future of beauty 🔑
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Jane Lippencott
7 months
Continuing my excitement about crypto use cases this year - We announced an investment in @sceneinfra just now. It's been a blast working with @JoseRMejia . Check out what they're building in @carrawu 's thread.
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Jane Lippencott
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Consumer crypto is off to a strong start in 2024. Below are 6 things that have impressed me so far. What am I missing?
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Jane Lippencott
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Intermittent changes of scenery = improved productivity 🚀 So thankful for #remotework . Can't even imagine going into an office 9-5 every day. Thanks #crypto !!!
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
highlight of my (day/week/month)
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Jane Lippencott
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Anne is sharp, thoughtful, curious - and left everyone she met on our team with a strong sense of excitement about what the next generation will contribute to web3! Can't wait to see all that she brings to the @a16z crypto team this summer✨🙂
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Anne Brandes
2 years
Thrilled to start my internship @a16z crypto today under @janehk ! I’m excited to be working on ZKPs and other privacy solutions, stables, and scalability research alongside some of the brightest minds in crypto @guywuolletjr @alive_eth
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
@sobylife I know I'm going to get ridiculed for this answer but SF
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Jane Lippencott
1 year
Today @stelolabs launched Stelo Explore, a safer way to interact w/ smart contracts✨ 2 features that stand out: 1. Smart input validation makes sure you can never enter invalid data 2. You can simulate transactions ahead of execution Much needed support for onchain actions :)
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Jane Lippencott
4 years
More impressed by the @useteller team every day👏 Credit risk assessment 🤝 DeFi Join the waitlist and farmers 🧑‍🌾 reach out directly to learn more about their liquidity programme!
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Jane Lippencott
5 years
I'll be checking out @EthereumDenver today & tomorrow! @winklevosscap 's first #ethereum -focused event (in a while at least) 🥳 DMs open; ping me if you'd like to meet!
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Jane Lippencott
2 years
What a year for @soundxyz_ 🎶 $3.4 million of earnings distributed to 165 artists! With Sound Protocol, any artist can freely deploy their own permissionless Sound song contracts, using web3 to go direct to fan communities 🤩
@alive_eth
Ali Yahya | alive.eth
2 years
Today, @soundxyz_ is launching the Sound Protocol 👀 It's an upgraded and permissionless base layer for Sound that allows any artist to freely upload their music and own their smart contracts This a huge moment for both Sound and artists on the platform
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Jane Lippencott
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1/ A few years ago, I interned under a badass 👩‍💻 investor at a fintech venture fund in Asia. I was 3 years down the #crypto 🐰 hole, & no less relentlessly optimistic about the space than I am now. I ran internal education sessions including launching a testnet ERC-20 & DApp.
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Jane Lippencott
2 years
We're now up to 400 people in the SF Crypto Group 🤍
@janehk
Jane Lippencott
3 years
(RIP my DMs) There's a great TG group strictly for people who live in SF full time and work in web3. It's a solid community resource. We're ~300 strong so far, but I know we're missing a lot of people. If you meet the criteria & would like to be added, shoot me a message🌉
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3 years
he cute cc @Sonar
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7 years
Video by umayseemacy about Zen's launch on OKEx! ☺️⚡️💰 @zencashofficial $ZEN
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3 years
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Eva Beylin
3 years
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Jane Lippencott
5 years
What are your favorite / most used #startups building in the #Bitcoin space? Looking to meet more Bitcoin-focused founders 👩‍💻
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Jane Lippencott
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UX and Product Design with @benscharfstein at crypto startup school!
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
this thread was sparked by some exciting news this AM... I'm joining @thefabricant 's season 1 where I'll be designing and minting some fashion nfts of my own👜
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3 years
Metamask is down
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
Highlight of Denver so far is reuniting with the one & only @RachaelRad
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
if you're currently at a web3 fund and want to make a move, even better
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Jane Lippencott
4 years
If you're looking for a business/partnerships focused role in #crypto , drop everything and apply to work alongside @theklineventure at @graphprotocol ! ✨🦄
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The Graph
4 years
3/ Business - Edge & Node Work with @theklineventure @IrisNi18 @rodventures to drive comms, operations & tech partnerships. Now that the network is live, the goal is growing adoption! 🔸 Marketing & Communications Manager 🔸 General Counsel & Operations 🔸 Solutions Engineer
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Jane Lippencott
3 years
any crypto people in Zurich on Monday want meet up with me and @claudedonze ? 🫖
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