I’m proud to announce Haun Ventures has led the $5M Seed round for Agora, with participation from SEED 🌱 CLUB, Coinbase Ventures 🛡️, Sina Habibian - sinahab.eth, Balaji,
Credibly Neutral, Packy McCormick, timbeiko.eth, Dan Romero, Eva Beylin, Will Price, liam.eth, Hasu⚡️🤖, and more.

To support our long term ambition in building open-source governance tooling to push the space forward, we're excited to announce that we've raised $5M in new funding lead by Haun Ventures

Read how we're thinking about governance here: agora.xyz/blogs/introduc…

'Agora believes that token-backed voting and collective governance are the internet’s best way of moving the internet “out of walled gardens”—transitioning the internet from private enterprises to common protocols.'

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I’ll be stepping off the @Coinbase board later this year at the end of my third term, after 7+ years. Crypto is in a remarkable expansion state, and Coinbase is well-positioned to thrive. Haun Ventures is similarly expanding, and this feels like the right time for me to…

Aptos Ascend is here! We’ve just unveiled our next gen institutional suite, bringing together an innovative group of partners Microsoft, SK telecom, Brevan Howard Digital, and Boston Consulting Group. 

Aptos Ascend will help unlock the onchain use cases financial institutions have been waiting for.…

Hayden and Uniswap Labs 🦄 are among the most thoughtful builders in this space, not just in how they approach product and community, but in how they have approached legal and regulatory issues related to securities laws head-on and in good faith. Gensler & SEC’s message here is clear:…

Treasury DepSec Wally Adeyemo has posted his written testimony for tomorrow’s Senate Banking and Housing Democrats hearing on illicit finance. One thing is clear: if we are serious about addressing the small percentage of IF conducted with digital assets, pass stablecoin legislation now. 1/3

Great progress on the SEC case - and huge win for self-custodial wallets. This ensures the onchain ecosystem will continue to innovate and create economic freedom around the world.

We'll continue fighting for your right to use crypto, and to get clarity around the rules, until…

Today, the Court decided that our SEC case will move forward on most of the claims, but dismissed the claims against Coinbase Wallet. We were prepared for this, and we look forward to uncovering more about the SEC’s internal views and discussions on crypto regulation. 1/6

Was great to get some Haun Ventures founders, LPs, and (newly expanded) team together in SF -- and look at all the current and former Coinbase 🛡️ people in the same corner.

Blockchain & crypto offer PA and America the chance to lead another generation of innovation. But if policymakers don't do their part, this opportunity will slip away.

I'll fight to ensure we remain at the tip of the technology spear. Read my op-ed here: washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltwa…

Yesterday we hosted a reception event with Stand With Crypto🛡️ after the Coinbase 🛡️ Update the System event in D.C. A packed house! Happy to play our part helping leaders understand why voters care about this issue.

If they do the DC Circuit court will still be standing by as they did with BTC ETF ruling. And if memory serves they were pretty darn clear: arbitrary and capricious. Legal speak for very bad.

Thrilled to join Katie and the exceptional team at Haun Ventures as I take a new role as Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital and continue to help Nathan McCauley and the team as we enter the next exciting chapter!

Diogo Mónica

I’m ecstatic to announce that Diogo Mónica, one of the most exceptional founders I know, is joining us as a General Partner. In addition to co-founding and building Anchorage Digital into the success story it is today, Diogo possesses a wealth of technical…

Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong says he wants people to have their primary financial account with his firm.

While he’s not out seeking a banking license, this is how see sees a way to update the financial system.

'The Commission’s above-discussed conduct constitutes a gross abuse of the power entrusted to it by Congress and substantially undermined the integrity of these proceedings and the judicial process... The operation of the American judicial system rests on the fundamental…

I #StandWithCrypto because America should be the global leader for the next stages of the web and financial system. Losing that lead means losing millions of jobs and driving innovation and global leadership offshore. Join me and make your voice heard. standwithcrypto.org/action/sign-up…

Remember how closely the NYT covered Coinbase during the bear?

Patiently awaiting their updated coverage.

In support of neither party, Montana just filed a rather remarkable amicus brief in the SEC’s enforcement case against Kraken. 7 other states support it. Here’s why those states all think the SEC’s “ecosystem” theory is unlawful and in fact a danger to their citizens: 1/5