Synapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10 million consumers could be hurt

The collapse of Synapse shows just how treacherous things are for the often-interdependent fintech world when one key player hits trouble.

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I can't stand "a16z" type abbreviations. "a11y" for accessibility is ironically inaccessible unless you already know. I hate having to search these terms just to figure out what they're talking about. "a16z" is apparently Andreessen Horowitz. How is that intuitive or accessible?
- Rolling onto a client that uses “O11y” for observability almost gave me permanent damage.
  
  This is the first time I've ever even heard of these kinds of abbreviations, what the hell even are they?
- Very true, and impossible to translate also. They're terrible for i18n
- Yeah they should just give him some stupid nickname.. like meatball Ron, space Karen.. etc.. etc.... making fun of these jokers should become the norm.
- I agree with your general idea, but a16z is almost as well known as "Andreessen Horowitz", it's by this point their brand name.
  
  I can validate. I've never heard of either one before.
  
  A16Z's brand is celebrating fascism, backing crypto, and forgetting to be an effective VC
What a shock, BaaS is not interesting anymore.
Well you know what they say about the bank going out of business: You don't know what you're doing if you let the bank go out of business.

Also haven't the fascist brainworms completely taken over at Andressen
Wrong community, IMHO.
- It makes sense if you think of the community as 'technologybad'
  
  Sigh.

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