a16z Crypto General Partner: Privacy will become the most important moat in the crypto space

2025-12-252025-12-23 by admin

BlockBeats news, December 23, a16z crypto general partner Ali Yahya stated that privacy will become the most important moat in the crypto field. Privacy is a key element driving global finance onto the chain, yet it is a feature completely missing from the vast majority of blockchains today. For most chains, privacy remains an afterthought. Cross-chain token transfers are effortless, but cross-chain privacy is difficult. Since privacy is crucial for most real-world use cases, a few privacy chains will capture the majority of the cryptocurrency market.

PANews reported on December 31 that Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat and chairman of BitMine, wrote on the X platform: "Typically, during these last holiday trading sessions, many institutional investors exit the market, and algorithmic trading programs and bot trading programs begin to dominate the market, along with sell-offs for tax avoidance. These constitute the market dynamics in the last few days of December." Previously, in BitMine's announcement of acquiring 44,463 ETH last week, Tom Lee mentioned that market activity tends to slow down as the year enters its final weeks of holiday season. Year-end tax-avoidance selling depresses cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency-related stock prices, with this effect typically most pronounced between December 26th and December 30th; therefore, they are adjusting their market strategy accordingly. Earlier today, it was reported that Bitmine pledged another 118,944 ETH and increased its holdings by 32,938 ETH .