<story><title>A16Z is the “worst and largest” scammer of all, says CEO of Swan Bitcoin (2022)</title><url>https://bitnation.co/a16z-is-the-worst-and-largest-scammer-of-all/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>thegjp210</author><text>Not to support A16 - but this reads as classic PR&amp;#x2F;SEO for the extensively quoted “CEO”.  Below the quality of what I expect on HN</text></comment>
<story><title>A16Z is the “worst and largest” scammer of all, says CEO of Swan Bitcoin (2022)</title><url>https://bitnation.co/a16z-is-the-worst-and-largest-scammer-of-all/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>throwawayjan3</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve enjoyed reading a YC founder named Liron Shapira&amp;#x27;s Twitter threads on a16z Crypto&amp;#x27;s blatant scams. E.g.&lt;p&gt;- On Helium: Received $365M in investment, convinced regular people to spend $250M buying hotspot nodes in hopes of earning passive income. The result? Helium&amp;#x27;s total revenue is $6.5k&amp;#x2F;month. Link: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;liron&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1551738599254773765?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;liron&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1551738599254773765?lang=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- On Axie Infinity: blatant Ponzi scheme disguised as &amp;quot;play-to-earn&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;liron&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1554941450697179136?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;liron&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1554941450697179136?lang=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- On a16z&amp;#x27;s scams in general: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;liron&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1565214131942146051?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;liron&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1565214131942146051?lang=en&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>