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Sam Broner
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Sam Broner
@SamBroner
Generally Happy. Founder @bettermoney_co | prev: investor @a16zcrypto, MIT, eng @Microsoft
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sambroner.com
Joined January 2018
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Apr 1
    Well, stablecoin expert was short lived. We're building @bettermoney_co and it's been a long time coming. We're hiring across the board - especially engineers with payments, ledgering, and distributed systems experience. DM me if you want to build better money.
    Sam Broner leaves a16z to become a stablecoin expert, with recent news highlighting his new role and the company's hiring efforts.
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Dec 12, 2024
    Stablecoins will eat payments Today the payment landscape is dominated by gatekeepers & extractive networks - stifling competition, limiting the creativity of builders & taxing the profitability of every business All businesses want to add 2% to their bottom line Here's how👇
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Mar 30, 2025
    I'm moving to San Francisco! But just for two months 😅. Starting **today**, I am in SF to help run the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX). Friend, founder, person with shared interests?? Hit me up. I'd love to see you while I'm here.
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Feb 28, 2025
    Stablecoins will eat payments because of simple incentives: stablecoins improve *payment processors* margins for the first time! CC's take 2.5% from merchants, but non-bank payments companies (Stripe, Visa, Venmo, Square, etc) get only ~0.15% (.0015)! Payment cos want stables👇
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Jun 15, 2023
    The secret's out: I am joining @a16zcrypto as an investor. I am excited to invest in crypto's best founders alongside the industry's most thoughtful team. Thinking deeply about how to make web3 more powerful, safe, or user-centric? Reach out online or in NYC.
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Jun 6, 2025
    The reason payment processors are adopting stables is simple: they can make more money while offering a better product.
    A diagram showing two example transactions, one made with stablecoins, one made with a payment processor.
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Jun 14, 2025
    Stablecoins are better because they encourage competition. Now anyone can program money - the fixed & marginal costs of building a fintech are lower. More competition = better prices, better experiences, more access Speed & cost (< 1 second, 1 cent) matter, but it's the
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Apr 9, 2025
    Stablecoins make it faster, cheaper, and easier to move money. What is the WhatsApp of payments? Likely stablecoins. First, we make payments faster, cheaper, easier. Then we enable agent to agent payments, micropayments, supply chain, payment waterfalls and much more. Onward!
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    Chris Dixon
    a16z crypto
    @cdixon
    Apr 9, 2025
    Stablecoins: Payments Without Intermediaries The internet made information free and global. So why is it still so hard — and expensive — to move money? The early internet promised a future where anyone could publish, build, or transact without permission. Protocols like email
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Dec 4, 2024
    Stablecoin adoption in payments is going to happen surprisingly fast. All businesses want to add 2% to their bottom line! My contribution to a16z's Big Ideas in Crypto for 2025 👇
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Nov 14, 2024
    Stablecoins have found product market fit - they're a nearly free, nearly instant, infinitely flexible payments platform. There are over $160B stablecoins issued & they were used for 2x the volume of the Visa network! ($8.5T v $3.9T in Q2 24) Here’s my framework for stablecoins.
    A bank and lightening bolt representing fast, frictionless payments with stablecoins
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Jun 4, 2025
    There are three structural issues we have to solve before stablecoins become money: 1️⃣ universal stablecoin fungibility 2️⃣ dollar stablecoins in non-dollar economies 3️⃣ effects of better money backed by treasuries A lot here. Let's unpack & look at the opportunities. Essay 👇
    The header of the essay: How stablecoins become money: liquidity, sovereignty, and credit
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Jul 18, 2025
    The GENIUS Act is getting signed today, bringing clear rules of the road for stablecoins. Here's why stablecoins are better money, how they're better for people and businesses, and the mental models you can use to understand them. My master thread on stablecoins. 👇
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    May 9, 2025
    The past month has been among the most important in payment history: the month fintechs embraced stablecoins Legacy payment companies are bootstrapping an onchain economy. I break down the key announcements & share my thoughts on what they mean for the industry Full post below
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    Sam Broner
    @SamBroner
    Dec 12, 2024
    Stablecoins will eat payments
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    Brian Armstrong
    Coinbase 🛡️
    @brian_armstrong
    Dec 12, 2024
    Crypto is the only payment rail that checks all 3 boxes: fast, cheap, global. Under 1 second, and 1 cent, anywhere in the world. Like water, payments flow to the path of least resistance. There is only one conclusion you can draw from this: the % of global GDP running on crypto
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