After operator mainnet launches (soon!), there will be a whole new set of incentives that exist in EigenLayer’s operator and AVS marketplace. In this piece, I investigate what those incentives mean for liquid restaking platforms and where I think value accrues.

Meet Hash3

Hootan Rashidifard

I’m excited to officially announce Hash3, a $29M seed-stage crypto fund investing $250k-1M into passionate founders building an open and permissionless future.

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January 17, 2023

Only the Missionaries Can Save Us Now

Hootan Rashidifard

Legendary investor, John Doerr, made a simple statement over two decades ago that offers a solution to the crypto industry today.

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February 24, 2022

The Scariest Thing I've Ever Done Part 1

Hootan Rashidifard

A brief look back before embarking on a new journey

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January 4, 2022

Investment Framework

Hootan Rashidifard

My current investment framework's criteria are detailed via six questions. Not all potential investments have a 'yes' answer to each question, but this framework serves as a mental (and sometimes physical!) guide to help me quickly sort companies into “this-is-not-a-fit-for-me” or “this-is-a-fit-for-me” buckets.

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October 27, 2021

Am I Too Late?

Hootan Rashidifard

It's easy to think crypto is mainstream. But it's not. We're early. So early in fact, that if crypto adoption were mapped to the history of internet usage, we'd be in the mid-90s.

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October 11, 2021

The Crypto Bridge

Hootan Rashidifard

The Crypto Bridge serves as a bridge between existing centralized entities and government agencies to the fully decentralized Web3 Stack, largely intersecting at the dApp layer.

The Evolution of EigenLayer Operators

Meet Hash3

Only the Missionaries Can Save Us Now

The Scariest Thing I've Ever Done Part 1

Investment Framework

Am I Too Late?

The Crypto Bridge