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Went deep with @jchervinsky on @CryptoAmerica_; discussed the evolving regulatory story, implications/opportunities for crypto founders in the US, unpacking tokens vs. equity, progressive decentralization in 2025, what's next for DeFi, etc 👇
🚨NEW: In our latest episode, we chat with @variantfund Founder and Managing Partner @jessewldn and Chief Legal Officer @jchervinsky. In keeping with the theme of Crypto Week, we discuss how crypto regulations have evolved over the past few years and explore the opportunities…
Remix x @brian_armstrong Gaming on Base is for everyone
Pluralis has a main tack paper at ICML this week and the team is in Vancouver running several events. The best will be the Open Source Mixer we're running with @gensynai and @akashnet_ Thursday night. For anyone interested in decentralised training it should be a great evening.…
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You’re building an NFT marketplace in 2025 from scratch. what are you focusing on and why?
We've closed our Seed Round raising an additional $5 million. Lead by Archetype, backed by Coinbase, Variant, Lemniscap, and more. Mobile gaming will never look the same. 🧵
Farcade has rebranded to Remix. A platform where games are created, remixed, and discovered like TikTok. It's a $200b death note to bloated mobile gaming. Welcome to the next level 🧵 🎮
In a digital landscape shaped by AI, creators need better tools to prove ownership and maintain creative rights. @StoryProtocol and World are partnering to bring verified human ownership of IP onchain with World ID, adding a trusted layer to the future of digital content.
Tokens vs. Equity onchain value -> tokens offchain value -> equity In this piece @jchervinsky and I explain how onchain value can extend to offchain infrastructure (e.g. front-ends)—giving founders flexibility to build full stack and efficiently—from protocols to products, with…
1/ For years, a hostile SEC forced crypto founders into a broken model: drive all value into equity, not tokens. The result? Incentive misalignment, ineffective governance, and more legal risk. In this post, @jessewldn and I explain why that model failed and how to fix it.
1/ For years, a hostile SEC forced crypto founders into a broken model: drive all value into equity, not tokens. The result? Incentive misalignment, ineffective governance, and more legal risk. In this post, @jessewldn and I explain why that model failed and how to fix it.
Quantum computers are on track to break Bitcoin’s cryptography within our lifetimes. When this happens your keys won’t save you. On June 26, join @variantfund and @qdayclock for a grounded look at timelines, risks, and how to prepare. Co hosted by @usv @formation_vc @nebularvc
Love seeing two Variant-backed teams come together with a shared goal: Big congrats to the @dawn_wallet and @tfh_technology @worldcoin teams.
Dawn has joined Tools for Humanity, to bring next generation crypto finance to World! Since 2023 we've been working to make crypto truly accessible to a global audience. At @tfh_technology @worldcoin, we're going to be accelerating this vision to give sophisticated financial…
Today we’re announcing a $6 million seed round at Project Eleven, to build a quantum-ready future for digital assets. The seed round was co-led by @variantfund and @Quantonation with participation from @CastleIslandVC, @Nebularvc, and @formation_vc. Why this matters: Quantum…
13 World Build founders arrived in San Francisco for the final World Build Demo Day where they pitched top VCs from @blockchaincap @variantfund @BainCapCrypto @a16zcrypto @theBBFund @nascentxyz @coinfund_io Hashed and others. The result of the 4 month build program is a…
Today, I'm excited to announce TWO milestones for us at Project 11 (@qdayclock) 💸 - We've raised $6M in a Seed financing led by @variantfund and @Quantonation 🚀 - We launched our first product: yellowpages Time to build to address crypto's existential crisis: quantum…
Excited to announce our seed investment in @qdayclock Imagine waking up in a decade to find your Bitcoin wallet drained. Not because of a hack, but because the math that once protected it has silently broken down. No alerts. No patch. Just physics, catching up. The financial…