Mined with CoinFund

Since 2015, Jake Brukhman and Erik Voorhees have contributed greatly to blockchain innovation as early adopters, founders, and champions of crypto’s core tenets of decentralization, autonomy, and privacy. It's not surprising that they've both found their way to decentralized AI, an emerging approach to machine learning that preserves these ideals. We brought them together to discuss thei...

The rise of Bitcoin DeFi has created an abundance of new opportunities to earn yield on the asset. And at the forefront of this innovation is our portfolio company Neutron, whose Bitcoin Summer Vaults campaign has allowed users to bootstrap the ecosystem and earn income on their BTC.  Hadron Labs Co-Founder & CEO Avril Dutheil joins CoinFund Co-Founder, CIO and Managing Partner Alex Felix and...

In 2016, while interviewing for the role of CMO at Consensys, Amanda Cassatt declared she wanted to make Ethereum a “household name” like Starbucks and the MLB. Nearly a decade later, she’s one of the most influential voices in crypto marketing – and from leading marketing at Consensys to founding Serotonin, she firmly believes that it’s impossible to bypass identifying fundamentals or product-mar...

Over the last 10 years as a crypto journalist, Laura Shin has observed many different trends in the industry, from ICOs to NFTs, come and go. But what has stuck through each cycle is the speed that money moves over blockchains, which she believes will contribute to crypto’s “tipping point."  Unchained host Laura Shin joins CoinFund Founder, CEO and Managing Partner Jake Brukhman on Mined with...

Robert Leshner is one of the most experienced founders in DeFi. From launching Compound to co-founding Superstate, his biggest takeaway from his years in the industry is that the most popular crypto networks and applications once stemmed from simple proofs of concepts.  Robert joins CoinFund Founder and CEO Jake Brukhman and Managing Partner and Head of Venture Investments David Pakman on Mined wi...

Telegram is the leading messaging platform in crypto, and behind it is The Open Network – a flourishing ecosystem of developer activity that has leveraged Telegram for distribution to onboard new consumers to web3.  TON Foundation Head of Growth Martin Masser and STON.Fi CMO & CBDO Andrey Fedorov join Managing Partner and CIO Alex Felix and Partner Einar Braathen on the latest episode of Mined...

Stablecoin Summer is here, and we’re witnessing a profound shift in how value moves across the internet. It’s one of the reasons we’re excited to lead Dakota’s $12.5M Series A, a business banking platform that allows teams to operate between crypto and fiat rails.  Dakota Co-Founder and CEO Ryan Bozarth joins CoinFund Managing Partner and CIO Alex Felix and Investor George Christopher on the lates...

At CoinFund, we believe that onchain finance should be accessible to everyone. It’s one of the many reasons why we’re proud to lead Veda’s $18M Series A funding round, a platform that’s democratizing access to DeFi.  On this special episode of Mined with CoinFund, Veda Co-Founders Sun Raghupathi and Stephanie Vaughan join Partner and Director of Research Evan Feng and Investor Kavan Canekeratne to...

Circle’s IPO and the GENIUS Act are paving the way for these next few months to go down as Stablecoin Summer.  But there’s a darker reality that concerns Rho Labs Founder Alex Ryvkin -- what happens if the infrastructure behind some of the most popular dollar-denominated assets collapses?  Alex joins Mined with CoinFund hosts Jake Brukhman and Christopher Perkins to chat about the risks associated...

Mobile-first experiences have the opportunity to onboard millions more users to crypto. According to Hello Moon CEO and Founder Walker Guffey, we’re still in the desktop era, but mobile applications like Telegram will help accelerate web3 adoption.  Walker joins Mined with CoinFund hosts David Pakman and Einar Braathen to chat about the mobile adoption of crypto, Telegram and the TON ecosystem’s m...

It’s been another wild week in crypto markets. But beyond price charts and tickers, what’s really been going on at the fundamentals level?  CoinFund’s liquid team has all the insights. On this week’s episode of Mined with CoinFund, Head of Liquid Investments and Managing Partner Seth Ginns sits down with Senior Liquid Analyst Matt Potts to cover:  SPACs and the altcoin space (1:27) ETH/BTC movemen...

Over the past few months, AI agents and their tokens have generated a tremendous amount of hype in crypto. Tickers aside, what are agents actually capable of accomplishing right now?  For Perle Founder and CEO Ahmed Rashad and Coinbase Developer Platform AI Lead Lincoln Murr, it’s limited, and what makes an agent ‘good’ depends on the level of precision with which it can accomplish tasks.  Ahmed a...

In its first 100 days, the Trump Administration has shown America that it’s ready to become ‘the crypto capital of the world.’ So far, the regulatory agencies appear to be on the same page.  In the latest episode of Mined with CoinFund, veteran crypto lawyer and Magic Eden General Counsel Dan Burstein joins CoinFund General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Stewart Eichner to chat about the imp...

Web3 is bringing creativity and ownership closer than ever.  In the second episode of Around the Block: Web3 IP, CoinFund Head of Venture Investments David Pakman chats with four of the most innovative leaders in this sector.  Sitting down all together for the first time, hear from Austin Hurwitz, Head of Strategy and BD at Doodles, Nic Cabana, Co-Founder and Creative Director at Claynosaurz, Luca...

Staking is a critical unlock for blockchains. While it’s a great incentive to kickstart activity in an ecosystem, over time, locked assets can have adverse effects such as high inflation and little activity.  That’s what Drop Co-Founder Mitya Argunov views as one of the most pressing problems in staking, which he discusses with Lido Alliance Lead Contributor Nemo on the latest episode of Mined wit...

Crypto and zero knowledge (ZK) both share an ethos of privacy and verifiability. With the rapid acceleration of AI, there has never been a more important year to prioritize proofs.  While ZK has flourished within web3, what needs to happen for proofs to underpin all of our data?  In the latest episode of Mined with CoinFund, Partner Einar Braathen digs into the heart of this question with some of...

Ethereum interoperability and chain abstraction are some of the hottest topics in web3.  Dig in with founders in our portfolio in CoinFund Bites, our founder fireside series. Catch interviews with:  LiFi Founder Philipp Zentner and Managing Partner Chris Perkins (1:06)  Rhinestone Co-Founder Kurt Larsen and Partner Einar Braathen (5:52)  Download on Apple or Spotify , and hit subscribe on YouTube...

The rapid rise of DeepSeek earlier this year provided many developers the tremendous validation that open source AI could overtake centralized machine learning. Still, there’s one nonconsensus approach to training models that is hotly debated in the deAI sphere.  CoinFund portfolio company Pluralis Founder Alexander Long and Topology Ventures Founder and Managing Partner Casey Caruso join Mined wi...

As large companies race to build the next best AI models, the competition for data becomes increasingly fierce. Without a real business model for obtaining differentiated IP, how will these AI organizations be able to scale their models?  According to Story Protocol Co-Founder Jason Zhao, this is where blockchain can step in to help create an “unstoppable market for AI training data.”  Jason and C...

Last week’s $LIBRA launch was not like other pump and dump schemes.  Between Argentina’s President Javier Milei tweeting about the coin, creator Hayden Davis’ role in launching $MELANIA, insider trading and sniping accusations and its impact on the price of Solana, does this mark the end of memecoins as we’ve known them for the past year?  CoinFund Partner Einar Braathen and Principal Bobby Benier...

Thousands of tokens launch everyday in crypto. While many of these tokens share similar traits, Superstate CEO and Co-Founder Robert Leshner argues that there are few standards for complex assets like security tokens, but once established, can bring much greater composability to DeFi.  Robert joins Mined with CoinFund hosts Seth Ginns and Christopher Perkins to chat about crypto token norms, regul...

The gig economy has taught us that strong incentives help coordinate human behavior on a large scale.  With the rise of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs), Raad Labs Co-Founder TJ Ragsdale believes the most effective way to scale communities of niche labor is to use crypto to reward participants with upside in the network they help create. TJ joins Mined with CoinFund hosts Da...

The explosion of DeepSeek sent shockwaves through markets this week, and AI companies and consumers are scrambling to make sense of its rapid success.  But according to Akash Network Founder Greg Osuri, the answer is simple: open source development always wins, as we’ve seen in the history of the adoption of the internet.  Greg and portfolio company Prime Intellect Co-Founder Vincent Weisser join...

President Trump’s inauguration has kicked off a new era of crypto’s regulatory acceptance in the US. But after launching his $TRUMP memecoin over the weekend and raking in billions, many are left with mixed feelings about what the next four years will look like under the first pro-crypto president.  According to Jito Labs Chief Legal Officer Rebecca Rettig, despite heavy criticism, memecoins are i...

The competition between blockchain networks is fierce. Will monolithic or modular blockchains take the lead? Which L1 will come out on top? Which L2?  Instead of asking these questions, ether.fi Co-Founder and CEO Mike Silagadze argues that users shouldn’t have to care about what chain they’re transacting on. Instead, users should just go ahead and transact for their benefit.  Mike and ether.fi Co...