a16z Crypto Partner: Finance Remains the Clearest Near-Term Blockchain Opportunity a16z Crypto General Partner Guy Wuollet @guywuolletjr shared in an interview on October 6 with the official a16z crypto @a16zcrypto channel that, in the short term, the clearest application opportunities for blockchain are still concentrated in the financial sector. Many of the applications with the strongest product-market fit currently revolve around stablecoins and perpetual contracts. a16z is focusing on payments, lending, credit, exchanges, prediction markets, derivatives, as well as the intersection of Crypto and AI, and new wealth management products. Wuollet believes that the demand for stablecoins stems not only from payment efficiency but also from the need for USD in high-inflation and capital-controlled regions. On a broader scale, stablecoins and blockchain are driving the digital transformation of the financial system and Wall Street, much like how cloud services once transformed enterprise IT. Source: a16z crypto