In a brand new Twitter publish dated Dec. 12, Du Jun, co-founder of cryptocurrency alternate Huobi World, shared new perception on his expertise of operating ABCDE Capital, a $400 million Net 3.0 enterprise capital (VC) fund, in June this yr. In accordance with Jun, the concept for ABCDE Capital got here in March, and by April, it was already registered in Singapore. Nevertheless, amidst the $40 billion Terra Luna implosion in Might, Jun stated that “outdated cash has all however fled” after the incident.
We selected to start out @ABCDECapital on the most troublesome time of the market. Hope to deliver a glimmer of sunshine to builders and convey extra equity, innovation and energy to crypto business. https://t.co/GmxFFsG7qL
— Du Jun (@DujunX) June 17, 2022
Undeterred, Jun continued that in August, the VC fund was totally operational, with “just a few companions pooling tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to speculate.” Whereas an preliminary report early November revealed “superb” outcomes, Jun stated that the next collapse of FTX was “far past expectations” for the business:
“Layoffs, wage cuts, and contraction grew to become most important themes for crypto corporations. One thought the feud between FTX and Binance would encourage wholesome business growth, nevertheless it turned out FTX was so weak that it simply straight-up surrendered, bringing a wave of disaster. Right now Binance has over 75% market share, and whether or not he likes it or not, CZ’s [Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao] perspective in the direction of regulation represents that of all the business, and it is an enormous problem for CZ.”
With regard to decentralized finance, or DeFi, Jun attributed final summer time’s increase to quantitative easing (QE) measures of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Tying it to regulation, Jun stated that DeFi progress occurred largely on account of corporations resembling Coinbase, Circle, Grayscale, and Paxos “actively embraced regulation” and allowed giant institutional traders to enter the area towards the backdrop of QE.
“FTX’s implosion made conventional outdated cash and authorities businesses afraid, and even disgusted, by the chaotic and orderless realm of crypto. For a very long time thereafter, governments wouldn’t help relaxed insurance policies that help growth and innovation in crypto, nor would sovereign wealth funds make investments available in the market.”
Jun additionally revealed that since ABCDE Capital started investing in August, the agency has since amassed seven corporations in its portfolio within the safety, knowledge, social, zero information, and nonfungible tokens sectors. “ABCDE solely invests in 15-20 companies per yr; an excellent agency just isn’t afraid of the bear market, referrals are welcome, let’s proceed!” wrote the co-founder.
