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Investment company Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) predicts fresh trends in the crypto sector, including the expansion of tokenisation, and the merging of AI with blockchain technology. The firm anticipates the rise of AI-backed digital wallets, autonomous chatbots, and identity verification methods running on decentralised technology. Furthermore, a16z sees an important future for stablecoins in everyday transactions such as coffee purchases. The company also envisages the tokenisation of atypical assets, such as biometric data or government bonds, which could offer new income opportunities.

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The investment company Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, is sharing its view on what’s coming next in the crypto world. According to them, adding tokens to things (also known as tokenization) and bringing together artificial intelligence (AI) and the tech behind cryptocurrencies (known as blockchain) are set to boost growth in the crypto industry.

The company put out a report predicting that apps which use AI and run on blockchain tech have the potential to create new trends in the crypto space. Their ideas include digital wallets supported by AI, chat bots that can do their own thing and methods to prove who someone is, all run using decentralised tech. They also see potential in these decentralised chatbots for things like social media content management. They go so far as to suggest that these chatbots could become the first truly independent billion-dollar entities.

Stablecoins are also expected to become much more mainstream. Stablecoins have had a lot of attention recently as their value is pegged to the US dollar which makes them less volatile and more suited for international money transfer. Beginning in 2023, a16z is predicting that we’ll start using stablecoins more and more for everyday things like buying coffee, replacing credit cards in the process.

Andreessen Horowitz is a major player in this space as they manage over $44 billion in assets and have invested in more than 100 blockchain start-ups, including well-known ones like Coinbase and Uniswap.

The company also sees a future where many more unusual assets could be tokenized, creating new ways to make money. For example, people might start tokenizing bits of their own data, like biometric data, and then leasing this out to companies through smart contracts. They see tokenizing government bonds as another growth area for the future, with countries themselves starting to consider the advantages of issuing bonds on blockchain tech.