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We're a venture capital partnership that invests in blockchain protocols and applications. Partners @cburniske @jmonegro. Research @mlphresearch @curiousgurnoor
"Revisiting L1 Tokens as Money: A Critique of ‘Monetary Premium’" placeholder.vc/blog/2025/6/30… by @mlphresearch
"Combined Metrics for Tracking Smart Contract Networks" placeholder.vc/blog/2025/4/16… by @mlphresearch
"Introducing the Sequencing Value Accrual Simulator" placeholder.vc/blog/2025/2/19… by @curiousgurnoor
"A Visual Guide to Sequencing Mechanisms" placeholder.vc/blog/2025/2/13… by @curiousgurnoor

"The Cryptopreneur’s Dilemma" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/12/1… by @mlphresearch
"David and Goliath: How Web3 Can Compete in AI" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/11/1… by @curiousgurnoor
"Eclipse: The Best Of Solana, Ethereum, And Celestia" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/7/30… by @cburniske
"Stable Coins, Stable Growth" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/7/10… by @mlphresearch
"Is it time to Move beyond Solidity?" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/4/25… by @jmonegro
"Saga: Open Blockspace For The Multiverse" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/4/17… by @cburniske
Major general-purpose L1s tend to be heavily dominated by DeFi applications. Will this ever change, or will the most transactional, data-intensive apps ultimately find their home on sector-/app-specific chains?
"Onchain Finance is Thriving; What’s Next?" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/4/11… by @mlphresearch
"Onchain Finance is Thriving; What’s Next?" placeholder.vc/blog/2024/4/11… by @mlphresearch
'Introducing Gurnoor Singh Narula' by @curiousgurnoor placeholder.vc/blog/2024/2/23…
Crystal Kwan, newest member of @placeholdervc operations, kept it cool herself, with all systems-firing-go despite the great heights.

Newest member of @placeholdervc's investment team, @curiousgurnoor, underwent risk-mgmt & heights-training, his first week on the job 🫡

"Institutionalization = Network Success" placeholder.vc/blog/2023/12/1… by @mlphresearch
"Virtual Blockchains In The Modular Era" placeholder.vc/blog/2023/11/2… by @jmonegro
“Artificial Intelligence Belongs Onchain” placeholder.vc/blog/2023/10/2… by @jmonegro
"Ethereum and Solana" placeholder.vc/blog/2023/10/1… by @jmonegro
Placeholder is a small team of hodlers and will remain that way, but as they say, a bear market is the best time to build. If you'd like to join the investment team, now's your chance: placeholder.vc/blog/2023/9/28…