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a16z Crypto promoted to CTO, Eddy Lazzarin promoted to General Partner
May 6, 2026
CoinFeed News
CoinFeed reported on May 6th that Chris Dixon, Managing Partner of a16z Crypto, announced on the X platform that Eddy Lazzarin has been promoted to General Partner of a16z Crypto. Lazzarin joined a16z Crypto in 2019 as a Data Scientist and Investment Partner, and has served as Chief Technology Officer since 2023, leading the engineering, data science, research, and security teams, driving the development of the open-source zero-knowledge virtual machine Jolt. Lazzarin has established a clear theoretical framework for token design and classification, helping to establish standards for understanding token operation, value accumulation, control exercise, and incentive mechanisms.