I can’t believe it’s February already! A lot has happened in the first month of 2025, and we’re here to recap it!

In this edition of the DV monthly newsletter, we talk about:

• Kinto’s upcoming public sale

• Nuon’s v2 soft launch

• News about DeepSeek, $TRUMP, and more

Let’s go!

Portfolio Company Highlights

Kinto to hold public token sale on their own launchpad

Big news from the Kinto team - they are creating their very own fully on-chain token Launchpad and using it to launch their $K token!

The $K sale will begin on February 18th at 10AM PT. And if their goals are met, $K will be transferrable by March 31st.

More information about the sale will be released in the coming days.

If you’re interested in participating, click here to prepare for the sale.

WeaveVM (Decent Land Labs) is firing on all cylinders

The Decent Land Labs team is absolutely cranking on WeaveVM!

Here’s a short rundown of their recent activity:

• Released WeaveVM EVM Bundler, introducing the first EVM bundled tx format designed for cost-efficient and enhanced DevUX.

• WeaveVM went live as a blob data provider on blobscan.com. And they now have a permanent, decentralized way to access blobs posted by Optimism, Base, Arbitrum, and any chain that uses Ethereum EIP-4844 for DA.

• The Hyperlane bridge and AI agents are coming to WeaveVM Alphanet v3 this month.

Read more about their initiatives in this tweet.

Nuon v2 is coming soon

Flatcoin protocol Nuon is set to soft-launch their v2!

As part of this launch, they are offering a limited time opportunity for early adopters to earn staking rewards in a controlled environment to gain insights and refine the system before the full-scale launch.

Participants will earn $nuMINT rewards for contributing to the protocol.

If you would like more information on how to participate, reply to this email and I’ll connect you to the right people.

New Content

Mik and Mike Crypto Cast

We’re now doing the Mik and Mike Crypto Cast every week!

And we’ve added access to all the episodes to a playlist on the DV YouTube channel.

Here are the latest episodes for your viewing pleasure! Let us know what you think!

January 16 - Fundraises by Movement Labs, Superseed, and Starpower

January 21 - $TRUMP and $MELANIA madness, and lawsuits galore

January 27 - DeepSeek causes market panic, Trump’s crypto executive order, and more

Industry News

Here are links to three of the biggest crypto stories of January.

We discuss them in the Mik and Mike Crypto Cast episodes above, so give those a listen to learn more!

• DeepSeek causes crypto market crash

• Ledger Co-Founder kidnapped

• Trump launches $TRUMP token

Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed this edition of the DV monthly newsletter!

Hit me up at [email protected] or @mikewchan on Telegram with your thoughts about the newsletter, what’s happening in crypto, or anything else!

Talk soon!