As soon as we returned to the office in the new year, we started talking about the projects we’d be thrilled to fund in 2024. Here are our requests fo...

gm! It’s hard to succinctly summarize 2023. A year that began with such negative media attention on crypto is ending with renewed enthusiasm for web3....

Don’t call it a comeback. Although many have been quick to write off NFTs, the numbers tell a different story. Variant’s resident data scientist Jack ...

gm! This month, Variant will roll out our newsletter. We are extremely excited to deliver our team’s latest writing and ideas directly to your inbox, ...

gm to all the crypto builders and creators. In January 2020, Jesse published the influential Progressive Decentralization Playbook for building crypto...

For the last three months, everyone at Variant had the pleasure of working closely with a special group of early-stage crypto founders as part of our ...

gm! Welcome back to the Variant newsletter.  Call it hot DEX summer? Okay, maybe not quite, but even amid a bear market, DEXs have continued to demons...

gm! Welcome back to the Variant newsletter. While we love art for the sake of art as much as anyone in the space (and have written a lot recently abou...

gm! Welcome to the Variant newsletter. Every day inside Variant, we talk through the latest trends shaping crypto and tease out new mental models. Now...

Note: A version of this post was first published on Decrypt. On Tuesday, a financial reporter friend texted me about NFT NYC and asked, "How is it eve...

Note: This post was first published on Decrypt. I was one of 18,000 people to enter the Grand Palais Éphémère, a huge domed exhibition hall facing the...

Note: This post was first published on Decrypt. I'm old enough to remember when you could only join Facebook if you had a college email address. That ...