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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Joining Variant: Jack Gorman aka J Hackworth

Jack Gorman

Joining Variant Article

07.12.23

Joining Variant: Alana Levin

Alana Levin

Infra Joining Variant News & Updates Article

07.18.22

Joining Variant: Mason Nystrom

Mason Nystrom

Consumer Joining Variant News & Updates Article

07.01.22

Joining Variant: Derek Walkush

Derek Walkush

DeFi Joining Variant News & Updates Article

04.13.22

Joining Variant: Alli Pope

Alli Pope

Joining Variant News & Updates Article

02.15.22

Joining Variant: Geoff Hamilton

Geoff Hamilton

DeFi Joining Variant News & Updates Article

01.31.22