PANews reported on October 31 that a16z Crypto issued a reminder on the X platform: "Please note that scammers are using domain names that appear to belong to our company to invite everyone to participate in our podcast program. Therefore, if you receive an invitation message in the following form, claiming to invite you to participate in our podcast program: through a guest planner who appears to be associated with us, a proposal based on research on your company, a booking tool similar to Calendly, or other employees who are not members of the podcast team - these are all scam messages. We will only invite guests to participate in the podcast directly or through people we both know. If you receive such an email, please click on the link with caution and do not share the information with people you don’t know."