Sam Broner
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Generally Happy.
Investor @ a16z crypto | prev: MIT, Fluid Framework, Distributed Systems @ Microsoft
Investor @ a16z crypto | prev: MIT, Fluid Framework, Distributed Systems @ Microsoft
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?
August 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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?
May 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Anyway, we’re going to hang after the rush, but I love the feeling of being proud of a friend from afar. I’m glad I got to see the success up close.
Go visit Paper Son Coffee on 2nd and Folsom. Say what’s up to Alex.
Go visit Paper Son Coffee on 2nd and Folsom. Say what’s up to Alex.
May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Anyway, we’re going to hang after the rush, but I love the feeling of being proud of a friend from afar. I’m glad I got to see the success up close.
Go visit Paper Son Coffee on 2nd and Folsom. Say what’s up to Alex.
Go visit Paper Son Coffee on 2nd and Folsom. Say what’s up to Alex.
So, I’m in SF at a new hotel, start the walk to work and low and behold there’s the shop. I walk up and he’s in there, prepping for open!
I knock, we chat, I’m running late, and we plan for me to come back the next day.
Today, I show up and here’s the line, 40 people out the door!!
I knock, we chat, I’m running late, and we plan for me to come back the next day.
Today, I show up and here’s the line, 40 people out the door!!
May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So, I’m in SF at a new hotel, start the walk to work and low and behold there’s the shop. I walk up and he’s in there, prepping for open!
I knock, we chat, I’m running late, and we plan for me to come back the next day.
Today, I show up and here’s the line, 40 people out the door!!
I knock, we chat, I’m running late, and we plan for me to come back the next day.
Today, I show up and here’s the line, 40 people out the door!!
What's important is making sure that users can access treasury yield onchain.
I want more safe yield onchain! There should be a competitive market. Yield bearing stables, directly issued onchain treasuries (pls!), yield passed through via providers -- all can compete for PMF
I want more safe yield onchain! There should be a competitive market. Yield bearing stables, directly issued onchain treasuries (pls!), yield passed through via providers -- all can compete for PMF
April 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What's important is making sure that users can access treasury yield onchain.
I want more safe yield onchain! There should be a competitive market. Yield bearing stables, directly issued onchain treasuries (pls!), yield passed through via providers -- all can compete for PMF
I want more safe yield onchain! There should be a competitive market. Yield bearing stables, directly issued onchain treasuries (pls!), yield passed through via providers -- all can compete for PMF
To spell this out:
1. transactions likely happen with non-yield bearing stables
2. users are mostly indifferent to yield on fiat-reserve stables *via a provider* or *via a wrapped yb asset*
3. Strategy Backed Synthetic Dollars (SBSDs) are useful, but they're investment products
1. transactions likely happen with non-yield bearing stables
2. users are mostly indifferent to yield on fiat-reserve stables *via a provider* or *via a wrapped yb asset*
3. Strategy Backed Synthetic Dollars (SBSDs) are useful, but they're investment products
April 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
To spell this out:
1. transactions likely happen with non-yield bearing stables
2. users are mostly indifferent to yield on fiat-reserve stables *via a provider* or *via a wrapped yb asset*
3. Strategy Backed Synthetic Dollars (SBSDs) are useful, but they're investment products
1. transactions likely happen with non-yield bearing stables
2. users are mostly indifferent to yield on fiat-reserve stables *via a provider* or *via a wrapped yb asset*
3. Strategy Backed Synthetic Dollars (SBSDs) are useful, but they're investment products