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A crypto project hit a $6B valuation. Six months later the founder walked away. In this week’s episode with @mikewchan from @DeepVenturesVC we broke down what happened with this project, why many keep getting burned, and how incentives drive behavior in web3. We also covered…

Happy Friday! Here are the 5 most interesting crypto fundraises for the week ending 8/15/25: 1) USD AI GPU-backed stablecoin lending protocol @USDai_Official raised $13.4M in a Series A round led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Dragonfly Capital, Arbitrum…

Deep Ventures invests early. Sometimes ridiculously early. Sometimes when the startup is just a twinkle in the founder's eye. We may tell founders that their idea is not a good fit for us. Or that we don't see enough founder-market fit. Or that we don't have enough conviction.…

How do you build crypto privacy products in a world where regulators are cracking down? The arrest of Tornado Cash’s founders was a turning point for privacy in crypto. Panther Protocol had to rethink its approach and fast, which led to their shift to a hybrid compliance…

I don't know about you, but I can already sense the regulatory clarity based on the products and solutions that are being offered to the US market. @mikewchan of @DeepVenturesVC and I discussed Project Crypto and some of the updates coming from Coinbase. Plus the latest…

Grit is the #1 characteristic of successful founders. Being mission-driven is probably #2. @ramonrecuero, @VictorSanchez and the @KintoXYZ team have faced multiple instances of bad luck: 1) Getting DDoSd on their TGE day 2) The $K token being the only one hacked when a…

Ramon | Kinto ⛩️ 💹🧲 @ramonrecuero

a month ago

Grit is the #1 characteristic of successful founders. Being mission-driven is probably #2. @ramonrecuero, @VictorSanchez and the @KintoXYZ team have faced multiple instances of bad luck: 1) Getting DDoSd on their TGE day 2) The $K token being the only one hacked when a…

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Happy Friday! Here are the 5 most interesting crypto fundraises for the week ending 8/1/25. 1) Stable L1 stablecoin blockchain @stable raised $28M in a Seed round led by Bitfinex, Hack VC, and USDT0, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Castle Island Ventures, and…

Super excited to back the @yanez__ai team and support their @bittensor_ Subnet 54, Yanez MIID! Their integration of Bittensor to generate synthetic ID datasets is a breakthrough in how financial crime prevention apps are built. And I believe this decentralized approach can and…

Yanez.ai @yanez__ai

a month ago

Super excited to back the @yanez__ai team and support their @bittensor_ Subnet 54, Yanez MIID! Their integration of Bittensor to generate synthetic ID datasets is a breakthrough in how financial crime prevention apps are built. And I believe this decentralized approach can and…

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Had an awesome time at the crypto meetup I hosted in Zurich last night! 🇨🇭 It was great to connect with new people, meet people IRL I've had calls with in the past, and hang with @DeepVenturesVC portfolio company OrdinalsBot founder @bruffstar! Huge thanks to everyone who…

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“Privacy isn’t about hiding, it's about the freedom to choose what you share.” @ZKPanther started with a bold vision: private digital cash as a true bearer instrument. But as the crypto privacy space was under siege by regulators, @OriginalOlii and the Panther team realized…

Most data-driven applications rely on collecting and warehousing massive amounts of data, creating a dangerous honeypot waiting to be breached. @auryn_macmillan ’s vision with @EnclaveE3 flips this model: "Our goal is to stop aggregating raw data and start producing…

Zcash is realizing the vision of truly private, peer-to-peer digital cash, closer to what many believe Satoshi imagined. Using zero-knowledge proofs, Zcash keeps transaction details fully encrypted, while still ensuring the network follows all the same core rules (no double…

What makes a crypto VC actually useful to founders? We sat down with @mikewchan of @DeepVenturesVC to talk about founder empathy, raising in the bear, and how capital allocation is evolving in Web3. 🎧 Listen Here: buff.ly/mjZB9bG

Happy Independence Day! Here are the 5 most interesting crypto fundraises (according to me) for the week ending 7/4/25: 1) The Open Platform (TOP) Telegram app developer @topdotco (The Open Platform) raised $28.5M in a Series A led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from…

Missed The State of Crypto Privacy panel? Here's a quick recap and link to the video! Panelists included: - @paulbrigner of @Zcash / @ElectricCoinCo - @OriginalOlii of @ZKPanther - @auryn_macmillan of @EnclaveE3 We discussed: - The recent data leak of 16B records and how…

The State of Crypto Privacy is happening tomorrow at 1PM ET! Join @paulbrigner from @Zcash, @OriginalOlii from @ZKPanther, @auryn_macmillan from @EnclaveE3 and me for a chat about how crypto is changing the privacy world! Register here: lu.ma/93vuw7qm See you…

Mike Chan | Deep Ventures 🤘 @mikewchan

3 months ago

The State of Crypto Privacy is happening tomorrow at 1PM ET! Join @paulbrigner from @Zcash, @OriginalOlii from @ZKPanther, @auryn_macmillan from @EnclaveE3 and me for a chat about how crypto is changing the privacy world! Register here: lu.ma/93vuw7qm See you…

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Our founder @auryn_macmillan is joining a panel on The State of Crypto Privacy, July 1 @ 1PM ET. Join us! Topics: 🔹Txn & data privacy 🔹Emerging tools & use cases 🔹What’s next for crypto privacy With: • @paulbrigner (@Zcash @ElectricCoinCo) • @OriginalOlii (@ZKPanther)…

🎧 Happening TODAY! 🌍🔥 DeFam, don’t miss this, Kartik of @DemetherDeFi & Mike Chan from @DeepVenturesVC go live to unpack global crypto narratives and what’s next for Web3 🚀 🗓️ 24 June | ⏰ 12 PM UTC 🎙️ @kartik_82 & @mikewchan 🔗 x.com/i/spaces/1nAJE… 📡 Set your…

Demether @DemetherDeFi

3 months ago

🎧 Happening TODAY! 🌍🔥 DeFam, don’t miss this, Kartik of @DemetherDeFi & Mike Chan from @DeepVenturesVC go live to unpack global crypto narratives and what’s next for Web3 🚀 🗓️ 24 June | ⏰ 12 PM UTC 🎙️ @kartik_82 & @mikewchan 🔗 x.com/i/spaces/1nAJE… 📡 Set your…

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Want to learn about the latest and greatest in crypto privacy? We’re hosting an online panel called “The State of Crypto Privacy” with Zcash, Panther Protocol, and Enclave on Tuesday, July 1 at 1PM ET. We would love to see you there! Panelists include: • @paulbrigner  - VP of…

The SEC just dropped major staking guidance and it’s good news for once. .@mikewchan of @DeepVenturesVC and I discuss what this means for stakers, builders, and protocols. Plus: 👉 @opensea quiet comeback 👉 @avax gets real world traction with $240B in tokenized real estate 👉…