Matthew Beck
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Matthew Beck
@matthewabeck1
Head of @SolanaVentures. Not financial advice. DMs are open!






"It's a wonderful time to be a pragmatist building onchain." Chris Dixon, Ali Yahya, Eddy Lazzarin, and Guy Wuollet on Crypto Fund 5, where crypto is right now, and where it's heading next. 00:00 Open 01:31 Why raise Crypto Fund 5 now 02:10 The GENIUS Act and what regulatory clarity unlocks for builders 04:32 Why stablecoins are crypto's WhatsApp moment 08:54 Why the next era of crypto founders will be pragmatic, not ideological 11:49 From cypherpunk revolution to crypto's "collared shirt era" 15:02 Programmable money meets AI 21:15 Onchain capital markets for compute, energy, and credit 25:57 Why finance is the foundation, not the ceiling 28:48 AI agents as first-class economic actors 38:19 Why privacy is the only moat 41:26 Jevons paradox and the future of blockspace demand 43:20 Jolt and the zero-knowledge breakthrough 58:15 Writing the next chapter of Read Write Own @cdixon @alive_eth @eddylazzarin @guywuolletjr @rhackett




Today's our initial deadline for @ycombinator's Summer 2026 batch. We're excited for crypto teams to fund especially focused on trading, stablecoins, tokenization, and agentic commerce. All of finance is going to run onchain. We want to back the founders making this reality.



We are proud to have led this fundraise in Squads, deepening our partnership that dates back to 2021. The infrastructure they’ve built has been instrumental for teams building on Solana. We are excited to see them expand through @altitude into every corner of the global economy.


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Businesses no longer need a bank account. We've raised $18M on this bet. Go altitude.xyz

Businesses no longer need a bank account. We've raised $18M on this bet. Go altitude.xyz







