Before we jump into what went wrong at Celsius, let’s cover some DeFi basics first. If you’re a seasoned veteran, feel free to skip over this part. Background on AMMs, DEXs, liquidity pools An automated market maker (AMM) is the underlying protocol that powers a decentralized exchange (DEX) like Curve or…

Acrew Capital is hiring an associate for our investment team. We believe that every investment team member should have an equal voice in investment decision making; if this philosophy excites you, read on and reach out…! About Acrew Capital Acrew is a thesis-driven venture capital firm investing at the early…

Acrew Capital is hiring a senior associate predominantly focused on our growth-stage fund, the Diversify Capital Fund. We believe that every investment team member should have an equal voice in investment decision making; if this philosophy excites you, read on and reach out…! About Acrew Capital Acrew is a thesis-driven…

Over the course of the past few years, we’ve been witnessing the evolution of entrepreneurship first hand through a massive wave of individual creation online. The social internet has unlocked the ability for people to have unlimited distribution and visibility, which has in turn created many new ways for individuals…

Founding Partner, Lauren Kolodny spoke with Emily Chang on Bloomberg LP this week about how FinTech and DeFi are converging and outlined many of the opportunities that are coming from that. On the FinTech side, we’re seeing traditional FinTech companies adopt crypto and DeFi strategies by leveraging new enabling…

Here on the West Coast, when we check the weather every day, we check AQI. In other parts of the country, we board up our windows for hurricanes or avoid the outdoors in extreme heat waves. The impact of climate change is, unfortunately, very much here — we are feeling…

Diversity is a hot topic. JP Morgan recently released an insightful report, Board Diversity: Is it really Improving for Women? illuminating interesting trends and data regarding women’s representation on boards. In short, while some progress is being made, the study reported that the majority of the increase in female board…

Venture capital is living in a bygone era. Our industry uses its capital to fund disruption but, ironically, has done little work to disrupt itself. Hierarchy and homogeneous networks still dominate. The wealth creation associated with venture is limited to closed networks of people. …

Buying a new home is an exciting adventure for most people. But imagine embarking on the process knowing it could take up to a year to close…or that the interest rates would be triple what you currently pay in the U.S. Even worse, you’re flying blind with minimal information to…