With 60+ applications to join the rolling ecosystem fund in Q1 2023, L1EF is designed to provide broad economic access to investors looking to support the advancement of the Open Metaverse.BusinessWire | April 26, 2023
It's wrong for a handful of billionaires to decide what's good and safe for the world – even well-intentioned AI leaders, says technologist and crypto investor Peter Vessenes.CoinDesk | April 12, 2023
Neal Stephenson and Chris Cox, the chief product officer at Meta, laid out an array of engineering breakthroughs needed to allow millions of people to move seamlessly through immersive virtual worlds.Reuters | January 19, 2023
The layer 1 blockchain is the brainchild of Neal Stephenson, who coined the term "metaverse" in 1992, and Peter Vessenes, co-founder of the Bitcoin Foundation.CoinDesk | December 21, 2022
Lamina1's VP of Games Partnerships and ConferencesVenture Beat | August 16, 2022
About Lamina1, our newest portfolio company.Forbes | June 9, 2022
Announcing Lamina1, a new Layer-1 Blockchain purpose built to power the Open Metaverse.Businesswire | June 8, 2022
The author and futurist is working with an all-star team of tech and crypto veterans on a new metaverse-focused base layer, Lamina1, our portfolio company. Coindesk | June 8, 2022
Exciting funding news from our portfolio company FCF.Forbes | January 12, 2022
Op-ed in honor of Bitcoin's 13th birthday by Peter Vessenes.Forekast News | January 3, 2022
Portfolio company Decentralized Pictures announces new non-profit to create a crypto-powered community of up-and-coming filmmakers.Decrypt | December 4, 2021
Portfolio company Decentralized Pictures brings blockchain, and democracy, to Hollywood.Indiewire | August 23, 2021
Portfolio company Decentralized Pictures ditches the gatekeepers and puts the film community in charge of what gets funded, using crypto to incentivize participation.Variety | July 12, 2021
Portfolio company Noteworthy welcomes designer of the Swiss Franc and former US Mint Director to its growing team of all stars.Bloomberg | April 8, 2021
Portfolio company Strix Leviathan aims to "decrypt crypto investing" with Makara. GeekWire | March 30, 2021
BTC grows up and gets physical, thanks to portfolio company Noteworthy. Crypto Potato | March 11, 2021
Portfolio company Noteworthy's physical Bitcoin banknotes marry the familiarity of paper currency with the modernity of digital assets without compromising reliability, security, or trust. Finextra | March 9, 2021
Peter Vessenes and Larry Felix, former director of the US Treasury's Bureau of Printing and Engraving, announce project to create Bitcoin-backed banknotes with new co-venture Noteworthy. BusinessWire | March 9, 2021
