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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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

Music NFTs Can Revamp Music Royalties

Spencer Noon

Consumer Marketplaces Thread

08.12.22

The Garden of Magic Eden

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces NFTs

06.29.22

What Is the Future of NFT Marketplaces?

Li Jin

Marketplaces NFTs Thread

03.01.22

What NFTs Can Learn From the Success of Legos

Li Jin

Marketplaces NFTs Thread

10.20.21

8 Things to Consider When Building Managed Marketplace Companies

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces Article

08.28.19

The Best Marketplaces Solve a Demand Need

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces NFTs Thread

02.25.19

Fake Your Way to Marketplace Success

Li Jin

Marketplaces Thread

01.19.19

What’s Next for Marketplace Startups?

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces Article

11.27.18

5 Questions for Evaluating E-Commerce Viability

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces Thread

10.09.18

What NFTs Mean for ETH

Spencer Noon

DeFi Marketplaces Article

04.18.18