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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Hello World.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

1 year

Volt Capital is growing, and we’re excited to announce another investing role for our core team. We’re looking for a Principal Investor to join us in our mission to elevate top shelf founders in crypto. More details below: ↳

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 years

Congrats to Volt Capital General Partner @soonaorlater for making Forbes 30 under 30 in Venture Capital.

Soona Amhaz

Soona Amhaz on the 2021 30 Under 30 - Venture Capital - Amhaz is the founder of Volt Capital, a contrarian crypto fund managing capital on behalf of investors

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

9 months

Starting SBC off right 🪄✨ Thanks to everyone who attended Research Club #3 tonight.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

1/ We're actively expanding the Volt Capital team. Today, we listed another open role for an investment analyst to join our firm. Learn more about our team and apply here:

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 months

1/ We are incredibly excited to back @Gevulot_network alongside @variantfund . Gevulot is building an internet scale compute network for zero-knowledge proof generation and verification. The team’s approach is the most original we’ve seen to date.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

Out of hundreds of companies that applied to P2P: Paris, we invited the top 35 founders to join us yesterday. Though we keep workshop sessions intentionally off the record (since founders often share sensitive information), here's a shortened agenda of workshops that we hosted:

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 months

With over 100k nodes now live, it's a good time to announce we recently co-led @metablox 's round with @anagramxyz .

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

The @OnChainDen team is among the most user-focused teams in crypto hands down, by a long shot. And they’re hiring - to join, apply here:

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 years

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CNBC Now

@CNBCnow

3 years

JUST IN: Volkswagen is expected to change the name of its operations in the U.S. to “Voltswagen of America,” emphasizing the German automaker’s electric vehicle efforts.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

7 months

Congrats @SimkinStepan and the rest of the @SquadsProtocol crew ☝️

Squads

@SquadsProtocol

7 months

1/ We are excited to announce our latest strategic $5.7mln round led by @placeholdervc with participation from @6thManVentures , @L1Digital_ , @SolanaVentures , @MulticoinCap , @Jump_ , @Delphi_Digital , @LayerOneVC and @everstake_pool .

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

11 months

🔥 Gauntlet founder @tarunchitra will be leading the P2P: Paris workshop on frameworks to use when considering zkp application/mechanism. Founders can apply to attend here: See you on July 17th 🇫🇷

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Some founders in crypto have made our L2 series a part of their company’s onboarding docs. If you’d like to as well, we’re linking them both here for convenience: 1. The State of Bitcoin L2: 2. The State of Ethereum L2:

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Announcing our validator on the Celo network via our subsidiary TD Labs. Currently standing at #6 . We’re excited to learn more about the network as we go. Here’s how you can also participate:

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

1 year

A break in the timeline to discuss *anti*-fraud: We are co-leading @Yakoa_ ’s seed round to bring NFT fraud detection and content moderation to some of the largest NFT marketplaces today.

TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

1 year

Yakoa raises $4.8M to help detect NFT fraud for platforms and creators by @jacqmelinek

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Excited to be working with @_seanli and the rest of the team at @magic_labs . Strong crew.

CoinDesk

@CoinDesk

4 years

NEW: Ethereum startup @magic_labs just raised $4 million from investors like @naval , @svangel , @placeholdervc and @volt_cap to make passwords less of a pain. @La__Cuen reports

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 years

Congrats @RieweFabian and team. Onwards!

KYVE 💫

@KYVENetwork

3 years

We are super excited to announce our integrations with @ArweaveTeam @avalancheavax @cosmos @polkadot , and @solana and our $1m pre-seed funding. This brings us one step closer to fulfilling our mission to enable infinite scalability for Web 3.0 projects.🚀

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

1 year

Volt Capital is hiring! ✨ 🔍 We're looking for a Principal Investor to join our team and help build out the future of crypto. Learn more below ↳

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

@CathieDWood makes a compelling case for #bitcoin in her keynote that resonates with many capital allocators in the room. Watch to better understand why she views bitcoin as a strategic allocation and learn more about its appreciation potential.

State of Digital Assets: Keynote by Cathie Wood

Cathie Wood assesses bitcoin's opportunity from a strategic allocation perspective and its appreciation potential.

www.youtube.com

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

Please welcome Natalie ( @eclecticcapital ) to Volt Capital 🫡 She is researching and investing in early-stage crypto companies, with a focus on infra and NFT tooling + marketplaces.

natalie 💫

@eclecticcapital

2 years

1/ I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined @VoltCapital to focus on research & investing in early-stage crypto companies. Some reflections on why I chose Volt Capital 🧵

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

A huge thank you to all the session leaders, founders, and investors that joined us for a highly productive P2P day. Until next P2P ✌️

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

This team ships. 🎉 @clintonbembryjr @SlingshotCrypto

Slingshot

@SlingshotCrypto

2 years

Slingshot your way to the Cosmos with our @osmosiszone expansion. ⇀ Swap $OSMO and 50+ Cosmos tokens ⇀ Low gas fees (< $0.01) ⇀ Real-time price charts 🌜fkn SEND IT🌜

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

We closed it out with a demo day and invited co-investors and collaborators to join us for the afternoon.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

First we had @PrimordialAA and @vezzabel co-lead a session on "The Secrets to Momentum: From go-to-market and growth to fundraising and beyond."

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 months

After working closely with Yan, Rohan, Nigel and @jerryshixd for months, we could not be more confident in their vision for the future of data connectivity and are thrilled to be on this journey with them 🤝

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

Meanwhile, @nickwh8te and @smsunarto 's workshop was on "Choosing Your Cult: Tradeoffs to consider when choosing your infra stack from an economic, technical, and culture perspective."

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

We then had, as @katiewav puts it, our "cool, Parisian-looking" workshop leaders @_danielmarzec and @SheaKetsdever on "Illuminating the Dark Forest with MEV-aware Product Design."

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

The @MagicEden team is one of the strongest and fastest-executing teams in crypto, hands down. Congrats @ZhuoxunYin , @0xLeoInRio and crew 🎉

Jack Lu

@0xLeoInRio

2 years

1/ Today is an incredible milestone for @MagicEden

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

After the break, @tarunchitra led the session "Mechanism Design is dead without ZK and Privacy" (we'll run the audience polls again, pseudonymously this time ;).

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

A regulatory panel on digital assets that’s actually enjoyable to watch thanks to our smart, engaging group of panelists: @msantoriESQ , CFTC’s David Oakland, Ben Reynolds from @silvergatebank , Yusuf Hussain from @Gemini & @CMTDigitalLtd ’s Colleen Sullivan

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

1 year

We’ve backed 35+ of the strongest teams building in the space since 2021 including @nansen_ai , @MagicEden , @soundxyz_ , @centerapp , @thirdweb , and many more. As our next teammate, you'll help us find and support more leading founders and teams in crypto🔥

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

1/ A thread of our answer to @morgan_chittum on how investors view the crypto market now + why it's a phenomenal time to double down on founders in the space:

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

Fund II

Soona Amhaz’s Volt Debuts $50M Crypto Fund Backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon

The VC firm will continue to focus on infrastructure, DeFi, NFTs and DAOs.

www.coindesk.com

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Recordings from our State of Digital Assets seminar are now live.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

Congrats @0xMacroDAO on the public launch today. Over the last year, Macro quickly became the de facto way traditional tech devs ramp up and contribute to open source projects, protocols, and apps in crypto.

Macro Security

@0xMacroSecurity

2 years

One year ago, we set out to solve the most urgent needs in #Web3 . Today, we're stoked to announce the public launch of Macro ( @0xMacroDAO )! Whether you're a seasoned builder or just getting into web3, Macro might be the best thing you've ever heard of 🧵👇

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

2/ Responsibilities: * Researching early-stage investment opportunities in companies + protocols * Analyzing emerging technical and crypto market trends * Collaborating with the investment team on due diligence of potential investments * Supporting existing portfolio companies

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Investor Portfolio Construction: @lmrankhan discusses how investors are allocating to crypto companies w/ @bussgang of @flybridge , @koeppen_brad of @CMTDigitalLTD , @richdulude of @underscoreVC and @Aramverdi of @accoladeprtnrs

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

🧹 🧹 ✨ ✨

MetaStreet 🏦

@metastreetxyz

2 years

1/ 💪+ 🧹 = ✨ Today, we’re excited to announce our latest $10M funding round, along with the closed beta of 💪 🧹PowerSweep 💪🧹, a first of its kind NFT leverage trading platform built in partnership with @reservoir0x

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

1 year

Volt Capital is: 🌆 Based in SF 🔎 Focused on founders ⚒️ Deeply technical 📈 Scaling You are: a crypto sophisticate, deep in the ecosystem & thrive in early-stage work environments. Will be working closely w @soona @eclecticcapital @wiIIiamrobinson @lmrankhan @MohamedFFouda

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 months

Few teams are more qualified to build in this category than the Metablox team (which holds over 50 patents in relevant fields).

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Wait until you hear about her bet on bitcoin.

Bloomberg Opinion

@opinion

4 years

Cathie Wood’s Tesla bet helps put her in the top tier of stock pickers

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 months

Yan Zhang and team continue to quietly build a new depin giant -- with over 100 countries covered and counting. As depin generates more heat as a vertical, it's important to filter for founders who have domain expertise in the infra they're building.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

The Institutional Landscape Panel. @J9Hightower from @Gemini discusses the institutional landscape, structural challenges for adoption + solutions w Chris Baker of @Fidelity , @TDAmeritrade ’s @Sunayna , John Conneely of @Bakkt , and @petenajarian1 of @BitGo

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

1 year

If you’re interested in learning more, use the link below to apply. The opportunity set in crypto is growing and Volt Capital is leading the charge ⚡ Join us ↳

Volt Capital | Notion

Reimagining our systems.

voltcapital.notion.site

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

Center is indexing the NFT universe and powering search for the next generation of digital assets. Congrats @omarish and team on the new round of financing!

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Thank you @ljxie , @eladgil , @avichal , @ColeGotTweets , @CMTDigitalLtd and many others for being part of the journey

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

If this is you, DM us and we'll get you connected to Omar!

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

9 months

+ @sina_eth_ , @davidfeiock , @scott_lew_is , @eclecticcapital , @wiIIiamrobinson , @_notsick , @ishaan0x , and more frens 🤝

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

7 months

'tis the season

David Greenstein (🎧,🎧) is shipping!

@dgreenstein1

7 months

gm. just in time for the holiday season. gifting music is just getting started.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 months

7/ The team first started designing Gevulot at Equilibrium Group, which builds core technology for the likes of @Starknet , @zksync , @CelestiaOrg and others. Working with projects of this caliber gave them a front-row seat to the struggles of launching zk-based systems.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

Crash course on @StarkWareLtd / Cairo development followed by a @cartridge_gg demo 🎮 pew pew 🔫

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

#BlackLivesMatter

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

There’s never been a stronger “Why Now?” for a platform like @farcaster_xyz and @dwr & @varunsrin are the right team to build it.

Dan Romero

@dwr

2 years

Excited to share an update about @farcaster_xyz !

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

7 months

Big congrats on this milestone @farcaster_xyz 🤝

Dan Romero

@dwr

7 months

We're permissionless!

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

2/ There's a margin of safety baked in now that wasn't there before. When you take on pre-seed risk at Series A prices, you assume perfection. You assume the team will execute perfectly, hire perfectly, and hit PMF perfectly. This assumption sets a founder up for down rounds.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

1 year

🔥🔥🔥

sound.xyz (🎧,🎧)

@soundxyz_

1 year

Introducing the Sound Mobile App - your new home for discovering new music on Sound. ↳ Discover new artists & songs. ↳ Browse playlists – or create your own. ↳ Build your library & play your collection. ↳ View collectors throughout the app.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 months

2/ Zero-knowledge proofs are revolutionizing the blockchain industry by facilitating succinctness, scaling and privacy. As these applications get more usage, the demand for proof generation is increasing rapidly.

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@VoltCapital

3 months

10/ To get in contact with the Gevulot team please reach out to @teemupai or our team and we’ll connect you!

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

A helpful resource and excellent analysis from @lstephanian on how vesting schedules in crypto are evolving.

Lauren Stephanian

@lstephanian

2 years

Token lockups are a fundamental part of venture funding in crypto. We took a look at token vesting trends over the last few years in an attempt to find an optimal vesting schedule for founders. Read on below 👇

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@VoltCapital

3 months

9/ Please refer to the Gevulot docs for more details on the above: and if you'd like to participate in the Gevulot Devnet, sign up here:

Gevulot Devnet Application

Fill in the form to apply for access to the Gevulot devnet. More information can be found on our website.

docs.google.com

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

4b./ How to Apply: 2. What is your favorite DeFi protocol? Describe its mechanisms and 2-3 potential improvements to the model.

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@VoltCapital

3 months

6/ Flexible – Gevulot supports permissionless deployment of arbitrary provers. Provers can be written in a variety of languages, such as Rust or C++ and can utilize optimizations familiar from centralized setups, like multi-threading and GPU proving.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

6 months

@cantinaxyz @MorphoLabs 🔥🔥🔥

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

3a./ Qualifications: * Native understanding of crypto and blockchain technologies * Ability to identify emerging themes and trends in the broader crypto market * Intense intellectual curiosity about crypto & decentralized systems

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 months

3/ Today, almost all proving infrastructure is permissioned and many applications rely on a single prover. As ZKPs unlock near limitless compute capacity, proving must be decentralized in order for blockchains to retain their core value proposition.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Thread on the State of Ethereum L2 article here

Mohamed Fouda

@MohamedFFouda

4 years

1/ I published a new @tokendaily article that maps the Ethereum L2 landscape

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

@soona @lopp V for Volt Capital

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 years

@CoinviseCo @TheLAOOfficial @Cooopahtroopa @bramanathan @JoyceInNYC @Globalcoinrsrch @forefront__ 🎉

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

5/ Building your reputation. You earn money in a bull market, you earn your reputation in a bear market. Founders are going to remember the investors who helped them navigate downturns and who invested in them as the markets rotated versus the ones who withdrew term sheets.

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@VoltCapital

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5/ Performant – Gevulot is exclusively optimized for proving and verification. By removing all blockchain features that don’t serve this purpose, Gevulot achieves performance that is equivalent to centralized alternatives for many types of workloads.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

5/ To be considered, send your resume and the assessment attached to alec @volt .capital.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

3b./ Qualifications: * An analytical mindset, attention to detail and strong organizational skills * 0-2 years of experience operating or investing in crypto (preferably DeFi)

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@VoltCapital

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8/ Gevulot’s Devnet - its first release - will be a permissioned network for testing the proof generation pipeline and other core functionality – including deployment, proving, verification, networking & orchestration.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 months

4/ As we see it, there are 3 key benefits of using Gevulot: Cost Efficiency – Gevulot aggregates proving workloads from across the industry to better utilize the hardware resources in the network, thus improving the cost-structure for all participants.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

4a./ How to Apply: Choose 1 of the following topics to write a 1-page assessment on and answer the other with a brief paragraph. 1. Analyze the release of the Lummus-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act and possible implications for the future of the crypto industry

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

4 years

Thread on the State of Bitcoin L2 here:

Soona

@soona

4 years

First part of a two-part series we're doing on The State of L2 Investments Part 1: Progress and Investability of Bitcoin Off-Chain Solutions

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

3/ The bear market is a stress test. It is difficult to learn what "works" and doesn't work in crypto when everything is going up and to the right. The bear market offers a stress test that gives you a front row seat to learn the fundamentals.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

10 months

@hufhaus9 thanks for joining us!

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

2 years

4/ Earning your stripes. As the saying goes, you aren't a hacker just because you call yourself a hacker - only when other hackers call you a hacker. Similarly, you aren't in crypto just because you invested in a crypto company - only when you've survived a crypto winter.

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Volt Capital

@VoltCapital

3 years

🚀

Parcel

@parcelHQ

3 years

Introducing Parcel : Treasury Management for DAOs Launching with Payouts : Payroll/Grants ✅People Management ✅1-click Mass Payouts ✅Powered by @gnosisSafe ✅In app transaction approvals/execution

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