From the team
Writings
Perspectives on crypto, artificial intelligence, venture capital, and what it takes to build category-defining companies.
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Crypto
What Is DeFi? A Complete Guide to Decentralized Finance
DeFi is rebuilding the global financial system on public blockchains. Here's how it works, why it matters, and what's coming next.
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Crypto
Layer 2 Scaling: How Ethereum Is Getting Faster and Cheaper
Rollups, optimistic vs ZK, and the race to scale Ethereum without sacrificing security. A complete breakdown of L2 technology.
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Crypto
Hyperliquid and the Rise of On-Chain Perpetual Futures
Hyperliquid built a fully on-chain perpetuals exchange with performance matching centralized venues. Here's what makes it remarkable.
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Crypto
Restaking Explained: What EigenLayer Means for Crypto Security
EigenLayer lets Ethereum stakers secure additional networks using the same staked ETH. A deep dive into restaking, AVSes, and the risks involved.
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Crypto
The Modular Blockchain Stack: Why One Chain Can't Do Everything
Monolithic blockchains try to do everything. The modular thesis argues specialization wins. Here's how the modular stack is evolving.
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Crypto
How Uniswap Revolutionized Trading With the Automated Market Maker
The AMM model eliminated order books and democratized market making. A look at how Uniswap works and why it changed crypto forever.
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Crypto
Navigating the Crypto Regulatory Landscape in 2026
Crypto regulation has matured significantly. Here's how the key frameworks across the US, EU, and Asia affect builders, investors, and users.
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Crypto
The Bitcoin Store of Value Thesis: Still Compelling in 2026
Bitcoin's fixed supply, growing institutional adoption, and halving mechanics make a compelling case for digital scarcity as a store of value.
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Crypto
Real World Assets on DeFi: Bridging TradFi and Crypto
Tokenizing real-world assets — from US Treasuries to real estate — is bringing trillions in off-chain value onto public blockchains.
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Crypto
Solana vs Ethereum: Two Visions for a Decentralized Internet
Ethereum optimizes for decentralization and composability. Solana optimizes for performance and user experience. Both are winning.
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Crypto
On-Chain Gaming: True Ownership and the Next Frontier for Web3
Gaming is one of the most promising verticals for crypto adoption. Here's what true on-chain gaming looks like and which approaches are working.
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Crypto
Proof of Liquidity: Berachain's Novel Consensus Mechanism
Berachain's Proof of Liquidity consensus aligns validators with protocol liquidity. Here's why this model could reshape L1 incentives.
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AI
Foundation Models Explained: What They Are and Why They Matter
Foundation models are large neural networks trained on broad data that can be adapted to a wide range of tasks. Here's how they work and why they're transformative.
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AI
AI Agents: How Autonomous AI Is Reshaping Work
AI agents go beyond answering questions — they take actions, use tools, and complete multi-step tasks autonomously. Here's what's actually working.
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AI
The Inference Hardware Race: Why Speed Matters in AI
Training large models gets the headlines, but inference is the business. Groq, Cerebras, and others are racing to make AI faster and cheaper.
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AI
Open Source vs Closed AI: The Battle for the Future of Intelligence
Meta's Llama, Mistral, and others are pushing open weights AI. Anthropic and OpenAI keep their models closed. What are the real tradeoffs?
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AI
AI Safety and Alignment: Why It Matters More Than Ever
As AI systems become more capable, ensuring they behave as intended becomes critical. Here's the state of AI alignment research in 2026.
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AI
LLM Enterprise Adoption: What's Actually Working in 2026
Enterprises are moving past experimentation into production AI deployment. Here's what use cases have proven ROI and what challenges remain.
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AI
AI Search vs Google: How Perplexity Is Changing Information Discovery
Perplexity's answer engine challenges Google's link-based model with direct answers and citations. Here's what the AI search war means for the web.
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AI
Multimodal AI: When Models Can See, Hear, and Reason
Modern AI isn't just text. Multimodal models process images, audio, video, and code. Here's the state of the art and where it's heading.
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AI
The AI-Crypto Convergence: Why the Next Wave Needs Both
AI and crypto are converging around shared problems: verifiable compute, open data markets, and decentralized agent coordination.
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AI
Decentralized AI: How Bittensor Is Building Open Intelligence
Bittensor creates economic incentives for open, peer-to-peer AI development. Here's how the TAO ecosystem works and why it matters.
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Venture Capital
How Venture Capital Funds Work: A Founder's Complete Guide
Understanding VC fund mechanics helps founders negotiate better terms, align with the right investors, and anticipate investor behavior throughout the company lifecycle.
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Venture Capital
Seed Stage Investing in 2026: What VCs Look for in Early Rounds
Seed investing is changing. Here's what top VCs actually evaluate when writing their first checks — and what founders often get wrong about the process.
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Venture Capital
Term Sheets Explained: Key Clauses Every Founder Must Understand
Term sheets look simple but contain provisions that can significantly affect founder control and economics. Here's what to watch out for.
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Venture Capital
Portfolio Construction: How VCs Think About Risk and Return
VC portfolio construction is driven by power law dynamics. Here's how professional investors think about concentration, diversification, and fund size.
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Venture Capital
The Web3 VC Landscape in 2026: Who's Investing and Why
The crypto VC ecosystem has matured significantly. Here's a map of the major players, their theses, and how the landscape has evolved.
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Venture Capital
Building an AI Investment Thesis: What We Look for in AI Startups
AI is moving fast. Here's how we at StarX Capital think about what makes an AI company defensible and worth backing.
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Venture Capital
Evaluating Tokenomics: A Framework for Crypto Investors
Token economics determine whether a protocol can sustain itself and reward participants long-term. Here's how to analyze them rigorously.
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Venture Capital
Early Stage Due Diligence: What VCs Check Before Writing Checks
Early stage due diligence is less about financial models and more about validating assumptions. Here's how serious investors evaluate opportunities.
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Venture Capital
Founder-Market Fit: Why the Right Team Matters More Than the Idea
Product-market fit gets all the attention, but founder-market fit — whether this team is uniquely positioned to win in this market — is often more predictive.
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Venture Capital
Crypto Market Cycles: How to Think Like a Long-Term Investor
Crypto markets are cyclical. Understanding why cycles happen and how to position through them is one of the most valuable skills in the space.
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Founders
10 Mistakes First-Time Founders Make (and How to Avoid Them)
First-time founders make predictable mistakes. Here are the ten most common — and what experienced operators do differently.
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Founders
How to Pitch a VC: What Investors Actually Want to See
Most pitches fail not because the idea is bad, but because the story isn't compelling. Here's how to pitch investors the way they actually want to be pitched.
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Founders
Building a Web3 Startup in 2026: A Practical Guide
Web3 startup building has matured significantly. Here's a practical guide covering legal structure, technical choices, community building, and fundraising.
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Founders
Should You Tokenize Your Startup? A Framework for Founders
Not every Web3 company needs a token. Here's a clear framework for deciding when token issuance makes strategic sense — and when it doesn't.
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Founders
Co-Founder Relationships: How to Build a Founding Team That Lasts
Co-founder conflict kills more startups than market conditions. Here's how to choose, structure, and maintain a strong founding partnership.
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Founders
Fundraising in Crypto: SAFEs, Token Warrants, and Equity Rounds
Crypto founders have more fundraising instruments than traditional startups. Here's how SAFEs, token warrants, and private sales actually work.
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Founders
Product-Market Fit in Web3: Why It Looks Different
Traditional PMF signals don't always apply in Web3. Here's how to tell if you've genuinely found product-market fit in a crypto or AI native context.
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Founders
Building a Developer Community: Lessons from Web3
Developer communities are the most powerful distribution channel for technical products. Here's how the best Web3 projects have built them.