Deal Flow Digest
Ben LakoffA monthly newsletter recapping recent crypto funding rounds, hackathons & demo days.
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Apr '26: The Honeypot Problem
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Welcome to the April Deal Flow Digest, your snapshot of every crypto / web3 funding round we tracked last month, plus some reckoning on the worst stretch DeFi has had in a long time.
This month we lost ~$600M to two hacks in 18 days....
Mar'26: AI is Eating Crypto's Lunch (For Now)
Gm! Welcome to the March Deal Flow Digest, including every crypto / web3 funding round we tracked last month, as well as ALL the deals, and the recent hackathon/demo day results (in the links).
Happy April Fools day to those who celebrate...
Feb’26: The State of Venture Fund Performance & Crypto VC
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Welcome to the February Deal Flow Digest, including every crypto / web3 funding round we tracked last month, as well as the ALL the deals, and the recent hackathon/demo day results (in the links).
In February, AngelList publi...
Jan’26: On Exponential Growth & Startups
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Welcome to the January Deal Flow Digest, including every crypto / web3 funding round we tracked last month, as well as the ALL the deals, and the recent hackathon/demo day results (in the links).
It’s getting weird out there with the...
Dec’25: Crypto 2026 Predictions Roundup
Every December, the crypto industry does the same ritual: publish “predictions” for the next year.
I pulled together 26 institutional and expert sources (listed at the bottom including Bitwise, Bankless, a16z crypto, Galaxy, Pantera, Coinb...
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