Featured Writing

Crypto DeFi Article
Why Bringing Real-World Assets Onchain Is Important

Geoff Hamilton

Consumer Web3 Article
The Barrier to Mainstream Crypto Adoption Isn’t UX — It’s Product-Market Fit

Li Jin

Founder Stories VFF Article Video
Variant Founder Fellowship: Meet Our 2023 Cohort

Li Jin + others

Medha Kothari + others

Alli Pope + others

Crypto Infra Web3 Article
App-Specific Rollups: A Trade-Off Between Connectivity and Control

Alana Levin

Crypto DeFi Article
How DEXs Are Demonstrating Their Resilience

Jack Gorman

Token Design
Overcoming ‘Token Debt’

Mason Nystrom

Centralized Dapps Through Tokenized Rebates: A Modest Proposal

Caleb Shough

Consumer Tokens Should Look Like Web2 Incentive Programs

Li Jin

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Web3 Social
Variant Team Chat: Speculation as Growth Strategy for Social Apps

Variant Team

Web3 Social Networks: The Case For and Against Financialized Approaches

Li Jin

SocialFi: A Blank Canvas for Web3 Social Apps

Mason Nystrom

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Investments
Alluvial: Liquid Staking for Institutions

Jesse Walden + others

DIMO: The User-Owned Mobility Network

Li Jin + others

Shibuya and Decentralized Creativity

Li Jin

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‘Pop Music Is a Promise That You Aren’t Listening Alone’: What AI Music Can and Can’t Do

Li Jin

AI Art Consumer Article Podcast

08.07.23

Adventures in Onchain Ownership

Caleb Shough

AI Art Consumer NFTs Social Media Web3 Article

05.26.23

Generative Art Will Be a Multiplayer Exercise in Meaning-Making

Tina Dai + others

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Simon Hudson

AI Art Marketplaces NFTs Article

05.16.23

AI, NFTs, and Proof of Personhood: The Frontier of the Crypto Creator Economy

Li Jin

AI Art Consumer NFTs Web3 Article

04.27.23

The Interplay Between AI Abundance + Crypto Scarcity

Jesse Walden

AI Art Crypto Frameworks/Theses NFTs Web3 Article

04.25.23

See Variant’s Botto Art Collection in OnCyber

Caleb Shough

AI Investments

02.17.23