Alliance Partner Opinion: a16z Shifts to Cutting edge Technology or Leads the Construction of Cryptocurrency Talents in Frontier Fields According to a report by Golden Finance, on October 23rd, Imran, a general partner of Alliance, published an article on the X platform expressing his views on the shift of a16z crypto towards cutting-edge technology fields. He stated that a16z was led by Chris Dixon to invest in Coinbase in 2013, providing early endorsement for the cryptocurrency industry; Marc Andreessen's publication of "Why Bitcoin Matters" in The New York Times in 2014 was key to his involvement in Bitcoin. Imran believes that the current development of AI infrastructure is largely due to the Bitcoin mining infrastructure and the talent flowing from self encryption to AI; Turning to robots, biology AI、 Cutting edge technologies such as energy and computing power mean that the talents and abilities accumulated in the encryption industry over the past decade can be used to build the entire cutting-edge technology field. He cited data centers as an example, stating that the resistance between the public and the government towards them is increasing day by day. Just like the previous resistance to encryption, almost all traditional financial institutions have now embraced encryption to some extent.