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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.
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The Evolution of EigenLayer Operators

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Hootan Rashidifard
February 14, 2024

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.

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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Meet Hash3

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Hootan Rashidifard
June 27, 2023

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.

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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Only the Missionaries Can Save Us Now

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Hootan Rashidifard
February 7, 2023

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

A brief look back before embarking on a new journey
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The Scariest Thing I've Ever Done Part 1

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Hootan Rashidifard
September 6, 2022

A brief look back before embarking on a new journey

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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Investment Framework

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Hootan Rashidifard
September 6, 2022

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.

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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Am I Too Late?

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Hootan Rashidifard
October 27, 2021

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.

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.
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The Crypto Bridge

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Hootan Rashidifard
October 27, 2021

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.

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