I am excited to announce @VarrockVC, an oversubscribed $30M fund investing $600-900k in pre-seed and seed crypto founders!

We are fortunate to be backed by large institutions and family offices who are committed to being long-term partners.

https://t.co/QxKNYZID62 https://t.co/CQAghMt30y

Richard Chen

Founder at Varrock. Previously General Partner at 1confirmation
https://showerthoughts.substack.com/

This is huge. Congrats @rchen8!

https://x.com/richardchen39/status/1882812555632271653

great name @rchen8 
https://x.com/richardchen39/status/1882812555632271653

Founders

Congrats on the new fund @rchen8

Nice touch with the $600-900K check size

Congrats on the new fund @rchen8

Nice touch with the $600-900K check size
https://x.com/richardchen39/status/1882812555632271653

@clanker /jazz /foodnyc what more does one need

For a sec I thought this was a cinematic drone shot

Head of Business Development @nexusmutual

After an incredible 6.5 years, I’m moving on from 1confirmation.

A few words of gratitude and what’s next.

Friends and founders in crypto often ask me for examples of great VCs, my answer is always @rchen8 

Great run, excited for what’s next!

Tennis

Head of Institutional Growth at /solana Foundation. /wine host 🍷 nick.vc Anyone can cook. 

Editing made it overly emotional, too much crying

golf

Rory's two missed putts on the 16th and 18th holes were 2'6" and 3'9" respectively.

The 16th hole was his first miss in his last 496 putts from inside 3 feet. 😳

dune

You'll need access to an RPC endpoint for the chain and can use a tool like cryo to get the raw data, then write a script to transform the data into Dune's schema to upload into their tables.

enjoy cats, running, bread, and a bit of w̶e̶b̶3̶ onchain data

You'll need access to an RPC endpoint for the chain and can use a tool like cryo to get the raw data, then write a script to transform the data into Dune's schema to upload into their tables.
https://github.com/paradigmxyz/cryo

You'll need to have a Dune Enterprise account to access the hosted blockchain endpoints. You can see the docs here:

You'll need to have a Dune Enterprise account to access the hosted blockchain endpoints. You can see the docs here:
https://docs.dune.com/api-reference/tables/blockchain/insert#blocks

Normally I avoid sports betting since I’m so bad at picking brackets. But 2024 French Open my bracket ended up in the top 2%.

Got winner, both finals, all 4 semis, and 6/8 quarters right.

Normally I avoid sports betting since I’m so bad at picking brackets. But 2024 French Open my bracket ended up in the top 2%.

Got winner, both finals, all 4 semis, and 6/8 quarters right.

https://degensclub.com/competitions/pick-the-draw-rg-2024-men/tennis-french-open-men-singles-2024/rchen8

Degen

Made a quick Dune query on all degen.eth subdomains claimed and their addresses!

Made a quick Dune query on all degen.eth subdomains claimed and their addresses!
https://dune.com/queries/3808463

World #1 shoots 10 on a par 3 😳

Friendly reminder how humbling and hard golf is.

World #1 shoots 10 on a par 3 😳

Friendly reminder how humbling and hard golf is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcJSb4e9tnE&ab_channel=GolfChannel

Such a great piece here by @rchen8 nailing the coming memecoin gamblor extravaganza back in January and spotting the ongoing 'legacy' vs 'newbie' mindset in crypto influencers:

Such a great piece here by @rchen8 nailing the coming memecoin gamblor extravaganza back in January and spotting the ongoing 'legacy' vs 'newbie' mindset in crypto influencers: https://showerthoughts.substack.com/p/computer-vs-casino-cryptos-culture

Pro tip: If you're American and want to watch Roland Garros for free you can VPN to Australia and create an account on 9Now:

Pro tip: If you're American and want to watch Roland Garros for free you can VPN to Australia and create an account on 9Now: https://www.9now.com.au/shows/sport

$DEGEN

For the past month, @rchen8 has donned his engineering hat and worked tirelessly to make Degen chain data available on @dune.eth. We're awestruck to have such a talented investor roll up his sleeves to help us deliver this feature. Big thanks, Richard! 🙌

For the past month, @rchen8 has donned his engineering hat and worked tirelessly to make Degen chain data available on @dune.eth. We're awestruck to have such a talented investor roll up his sleeves to help us deliver this feature. Big thanks, Richard! 🙌 https://dune.com/rchen8/degen#degen-l3-chain

🎉 Big news 🎉

Dune launches Dune Catalyst, adding MODE and DEGEN to its data stack!

Dune Catalyst helps blockchain teams make their data available to the world’s largest crypto data community via a fully managed or hosted solution.

https://dune.com/blog/dune-launches-dune-catalyst-with-mode-and-degen

We've teamed up with @dune.eth to become the first L3 blockchain on their platform! Now you can dive into data analytics on Dune for the Degen chain. Can't wait to see what wild insights everyone comes up with!

The Monaco 🇲🇨 home curse is broken!

CONGRATS CHARLES LECLERC!!!