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Daren Matsuoka

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Daren Matsuoka is a partner on the crypto investment team at a16z, where he supports deal flow and portfolio companies by extracting data from public blockchains.

Prior to a16z, Daren was a Data Scientist at SVB Capital where he developed and managed a proprietary data and analytics platform. Before that, he completed financial training programs at Morgan Stanley and State Street.

Daren holds a B.S. in Economics and Computer Science from UC Davis.

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The NFT Mint ‘Sweet Spot’: Data on Early Decisions

by Daren Matsuoka
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The NFT Starter Pack: Tools for Anyone to Analyze NFTs

by Daren Matsuoka and Eddy Lazzarin
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Investing in Lido

by Daren Matsuoka and Porter Smith
  • crypto & web3

From @DarenMatsuoka

Daren Matsuoka@DarenMatsuoka

The metaverse will be built bottom-up, not top-down. Check out this fantastic piece from @liz_harkavy @eddylazzarin @AriannaSimpson on why the metaverse cannot exist without the fundamental foundations of web3 tech. https://t.co/kWu3I40E50

Daren Matsuoka@DarenMatsuoka

🦇🔊 https://t.co/FSOoASwDyh

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when thinking about security threats, it’s important to identify classes of attacks to address and defend against them in a systematic way. @mg_486662 and I survey web3 attack types here: https://t.co/JFFMY41RIa

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