News with the tag "community coins"

Eddy Lazzarin, CTO of A16z Crypto, one of the largest cryptocurrency-focused venture capital funds, has criticized the meme coins’ effect on the broad appreciation of the cryptocurrency market. Lazzarin stated that meme coins undermined the “long-term vision of crypto” that has maintained some actor...

The Avalanche Foundation has disclosed the first set of community coins, also called meme coins, in which the institution has invested under its $100 million Culture Catalyst fund launched in 2022. Coq inu, gecko, kimbo, nochill, and tech are the first five currencies that are part of the foundation...