As we began to deploy our 3rd dedicated crypto fund, BlueYard Crypto 3* (raised last year), we took a step back to reflect on our thesis and approach behind crypto investing. What are the core belief pillars underpinning our strategy?

Why does global finance need one settlement layer? It doesn't necessarily, after all we already have a financial system which runs on many distinct databases. However the improvement in speed, security and interoperability when your system is connected through a standardized layer to all other systems is hard to deny …

In this post, I propose an extreme way to make Ethereum instances lightweight. I call it the Franchised Sequencer. I’ve pitched it to many of you in the Ethereum community over the past couple of years, but never put pen to paper.

The Franchised Sequencer allows normal apps to run on Ethereum. It stores just a fingerprint of the app’s state on Ethereum. It is private, as many apps prefer to be, but can also be compliant …

Castelion is a defense manufacturing company building the systems America and its partners need to keep liberal democracies safe and deter future wars. The company’s first product is a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) for the US Department of Defense. Traditional defense primes such as Lockheed & Raytheon have failed to develop an HGV despite receiving billions of dollars per year in funding for the last 20 years. Meanwhile, China & Russia have developed fully operational HGVs, emboldening them to expand their borders militarily …

Backing open-ended breakthrough research is at the core of BlueYard’s investing philosophy, whether it’s nuclear fusion, programmable stem cells or novel crypto-compute infrastructure. Hackers and researchers remain the essential backbone of the crypto industry. We are excited to be expanding the BlueYard team with a dedicated Crypto Associate position …

The Technology Behind Web3: Live Coding with Shell Protocol. Exploring the power of true DeFi composability with Shell Protocol as we look at its purpose and architecture and build a plugin adapter for an external DeFi system

Ever since I first heard the term, the "DAO" or Decentralized Autonomous Organization, has captured my imagination in a way few other technological ideas have in my career. When BlueYard hosted our first mini-conference, Decentralized & Encrypted, in Berlin in 2016 the conversation between the participants orbited around the original DAO (called simply "The DAO", which was subsequently and notoriously hacked) and the directions this new economic lifeform might take …

ZK proofs allow verification that a transaction or smart contract was executed without revealing any of the details. This was first used to support private transactions in protocols like ZCash. The even more promising application is to increase the scalability of protocols such as Ethereum …

Backing open-ended breakthrough research is at the core of BlueYard’s investing philosophy, whether it’s nuclear fusion, programmable stem cells or novel crypto-compute infrastructure. Hackers and researchers remain the essential backbone of the crypto industry …

Crypto token staking is a rapidly growing multi-billion market, set for further rapid expansion as more Proof of Stake (PoS) becomes the de facto standard model for consensus among crypto networks. This also opens more opportunities for capital vs machine deployment within crypto networks …

In the blockchain world, scalability is not just a technical issue but a crucial factor impacting user experience and the ability to build compelling applications. Traditional blockchains, while groundbreaking, have often been hampered by limited scalability, leading to congested networks, slow transaction times, and high costs …

There are 3 main ways for liquidity to be unified across L2 networks, and one enhancement to improve their speed. These methods have different trade-offs but complement each other …