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Shortwave

Email is one of the greatest communication tools ever invented – a universal, public system that enables written communication among all people, anywhere on the planet.  It can handle simple, short messages and rich content of all kinds.  It works [...]  Read more

USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q3 2021

As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV has made its investment in Algorand, [...]  Read more

Dune Analytics

The amount of invention and creativity happening in crypto is head-spinning.  Countless projects, protocols, apps, tokens, and communities are launching, layering, merging, forking and growing every day.  It’s a lot to keep up with. Fortunately, blockchains are (mostly) public data [...]  Read more

USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q2 2021

As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV has made its investment in Algorand, [...]  Read more

Scaling Ethereum with zkSync

Ethereum has grown into an incredibly rich ecosystem, demonstrating the network effects that are possible when you combine wallets, developers, assets, liquidity, and layered protocols.  As a result, we are getting our first glimpses of what the web will look [...]  Read more

Bitcoin as Battery

One of my favorite things about crypto is that, every so often, your conception of what it is changes. Bitcoin at first was “weird internet money” and then it was “a protocol ” and then it was “digital gold”. Ethereum [...]  Read more

Making Butter with Jam

At its best, building a product with others is a joyful, magical process.  It’s like being on a championship team and getting into the zone.  Or hosting an epic jam session where the band comes together and music flows like [...]  Read more

USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q3 2020

As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV’s has made its investment in Algorand, [...]  Read more