Archive - Variant

How We’re Thinking About AI

Tasteful AI; the SocialFi stack; running the risk with tokens

May 31 •

April 2024

Of memecoins and markets

Memecoins as “attention assets”; Farcaster startups we’d like to see

Apr 2 •

February 2024

How Crypto Can Make an 'Impact'

Jake on "impact litigation" for crypto; what to watch for in Denver; portfolio news

Feb 27 •

January 2024

Headless marketplaces, Farcaster frames

Jesse on a new GTM strategy for crypto founders; highlights from our Frames hackathon in NYC.

Jan 30 •

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Hiring, building, and playing the game on the field

Takeaways from our hiring & compensation survey with USV; our 2024 requests for startups; and Jesse Walden on memecoins.

Jan 9 •

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December 2023

Points have a point in crypto

Plus: Wrapping the year with our best writing

Dec 19, 2023 •

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New signs of life for NFTs

Data shows new participants minting onchain and new use cases.

Dec 8, 2023 •

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November 2023

The Progressive Ownership Playbook

The crypto app layer has yet to see a winning model for how to distribute tokens to users in a way that achieves sustained growth and retention. Now…

Nov 17, 2023 •

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October 2023

Our first Founder Fellows graduate

This issue is all about our first cohort of founder fellows. Learn about their projects, hear some of the wisdom they got from VFF speakers, and check…

Oct 5, 2023 •

August 2023

DEXs flex their resilience

For the latest Variant newsletter, our data scientist Jack Gorman breaks down how DEXs have demonstrated their resilience during a bear market.

Aug 1, 2023 •

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June 2023

App rollups, onchain ads

In our June issue, we closely examine the decision process Ethereum app teams face when determining whether to launch their own rollups, and propose a…

Jun 30, 2023 •

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May 2023

Thinking about web3 social

gm! In our inaugural issue, we’re taking a critical look at web3 social media at a time when everyone is talking about the new challengers to Twitter.

May 25, 2023 •

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