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    Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) Acquires an Additional $55M of LayerZero (ZRO) Tokens

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    • The A16z team intends to lock the acquired ZRO tokens for three years to ensure its market stability.

    • ZRO price is well primed for a major bullish rebound if the wider crypto market rises in the near future.

    Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has been a huge contributor to the success of the LayerZero (ZRO) omnichain protocol. On Thursday, Ali Yahya, General Partner at a16z crypto, announced that the venture capital firm has invested an additional $55 million in LayerZero by purchasing ZRO tokens.

    According to the announcement, a16z will lock the purchased ZRO tokens for the next three years.ย 

    โ€œOur global financial system is evolving, and it’s great to see the protocol enabling many new businesses and complex workflows to move on-chain,โ€ Ali noted.

    A16Zโ€™s Deep Connection With LayerZero 

    In the past few years, a16z has been a key supporter of the LayerZero protocol. The venture capital firm participated in LayerZeroโ€™s Series A+ round in 2022, which closed with $135 million raised and a valuation of about $ 1 billion.

    In 2023, a16z was among the 33 participants who helped LayerZero raise $120 million in its Series B, thus tripling its valuation to $3 billion.

    The strategic investment in LayerZero has helped it build the necessary infrastructure to enable a trustless inter-chain communication protocol with the help of ZRO tokens.

    Impact on ZRO 

    Following the announcement, ZRO price rallied over 5 percent in the past 24 hours to trade about $2.49 on Thursday, during the mid New York session. The mid-cap altcoin, with a fully diluted valuation of about $2.49 billion and a 24-hour average trading volume of around $66.6 million, has been forming a potential reversal pattern.

    From a technical analysis standpoint, ZRO price has been forming a potential inverse head and shoulders (H&S) pattern coupled with a bullish divergence of the daily Relative Strength Index (RSI). As a result, a consistent close above the resistance level around $3.26 will trigger a rally beyond $5.

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