‘Outdated cash has all however fled,’ Huobi co-founder discusses challenges of working $400M VC fund

In a brand new Twitter post dated Dec. 12, Du Jun, co-founder of cryptocurrency alternate Huobi World, shared new perception on his expertise of working ABCDE Capital, a $400 million Net 3.0 enterprise capital (VC) fund, in June this 12 months. In keeping with Jun, the concept for ABCDE Capital got here in March, and by April, it was already registered in Singapore. Nonetheless, amidst the $40 billion Terra Luna implosion in Could, Jun mentioned that “outdated cash has all however fled” after the incident.

We selected to begin @ABCDECapital on the most tough time of the market. Hope to deliver a glimmer of sunshine to builders and convey extra equity, innovation and power 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 “a number of companions pooling tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to speculate.” Whereas an preliminary report early November revealed “superb” outcomes, Jun mentioned that the next collapse of FTX was “far past expectations” for the business:

“Layoffs, wage cuts, and contraction turned important themes for crypto firms. One thought the feud between FTX and Binance would encourage wholesome business improvement, however 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] angle in direction of regulation represents that of the whole business, and it is an enormous problem for CZ.”

With regard to decentralized finance, or DeFi, Jun attributed final summer season’s increase to quantitative easing (QE) measures of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Tying it to regulation, Jun mentioned that DeFi development befell largely resulting from firms resembling Coinbase, Circle, Grayscale, and Paxos “actively embraced regulation” and allowed massive institutional traders to enter the area towards the backdrop of QE.

“FTX’s implosion made conventional outdated cash and authorities companies afraid, and even disgusted, by the chaotic and orderless realm of crypto. For a very long time thereafter, governments wouldn’t assist relaxed insurance policies that assist improvement 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 firms in its portfolio within the safety, knowledge, social, zero data, and nonfungible tokens sectors. “ABCDE solely invests in 15-20 companies per 12 months; a very good agency just isn’t afraid of the bear market, referrals are welcome, let’s proceed!” wrote the co-founder.