A few days ago, Cambridge grad student and newly minted Ph.D. Ally Louks tweeted a photo of her recently completed thesis on themes of smell in modern and contemporary literature · The PDF is locked away so I can’t tell you much about it, but here’s the abstract she posted online:

In Defense Of Writing A Quirky Thesis On The Politics Of Smell In Modern Literature

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Access to off-chain data sources is one of the perennial challenges of blockchain applications. Oracles are the component of blockchain runtimes responsible for interacting with external data sources without violating the integrity of the blockchain. Incorporating access to off-chain information within smart contracts is, in my opinion, one of the key capabilities needed to streamline the adoption of blockchain platforms. In the context of security tokens, the oracle challenge is greatly magnified as external information plays a fundamental role in the lifecycle of many crypto-securities.

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What most of you might know is that the Google Search that you currently know and use began as a Master’s thesis that Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked on back in 1996, that revolutionized the way people looked at search engines. However, what most do not know is that <a href="http://www.mondotheque.be/wiki/images/2/2b/Levy_Steve_In_The_Plex.pdf" target="_blank">their initial idea was not to rank websites, rather to rank annotations on websites.</a>

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The blockchain entrepreneur I recently talked with over the phone was excited, speaking energetically about what set his product apart from the rest and boasting how company culture was perfectly aligned with the essence of what crypto is about.

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The <a href="https://blog.digicor.io/blockchain-primer/" target="_blank">Blockchain</a> is a revolutionary technology which promises to transform in a fundamental way the underlying infrastructure of many industries. Companies whose business models rely on solving complex logistical problems (e.g. broker/dealers) are at most risk of being displaced by this technology. For instance, the role that banks play as a money transmission system can easily be replaced by a single blockchain-based <a href="https://blog.digicor.io/are-all-cryptocurrencies-equal/" target="_blank">protocol</a> (e.g. <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/" target="_blank">Bitcoin</a> or <a href="https://www.dash.org/" target="_blank">Dash</a>). Therefore, it is no surprise why giants like <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/bofa-tops-ibm-and-payments-firms-with-most-blockchain-patents" target="_blank">Bank of America</a> are in a race to file as many patents related to <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> as they can as they face a very real threat of obsolescence.

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Last summer I wrote <a href="https://hackernoon.com/traditional-asset-tokenization-b8a59585a7e0" target="_blank">Traditional Asset Tokenization</a>, in which I hypothesized that a broad array of assets will move to blockchain records of ownership (represented by tokens), thereby changing the way society holds and transfers investments. A lot has transpired since last summer. In short, it’s happening — the infrastructure to support security tokens is now being built out.

The Security Token Thesis

As a new VC, I often ponder the investment theses that drive other, more established investors. I look at their clear focus, specific direction, and well-articulated investment goals with a bit of envy. I’m not sure how other investors were able to develop their strategies. However, I wanted to share my thoughts on why<a href="http://deepspacevc.com/" target="_blank"> Deep Space Ventures</a> has thus far primarily focused where we have. We are a seed and series-A investor and we started out with a B2B focus (which we still have) and we have recently started building a portfolio, and a thesis around the Esports space as well. If you’re a founder in one of these spaces with a seed stage business, then we want to meet you.

The Birth of a Venture Capital Investment Thesis

This is not written from years of experience. It is a collection of notes from discussions and thoughts over the past months and part of my effort to make sense of the topic. I would like to thank @justvideesha, @drosskamp, @simonschmincke and @benediktherles for the discussions, and especially @alexruppervc for their feedback.

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Dash integrates Zcash Orchard zero-knowledge privacy on Evolution chain, combining 12 years of payment infrastructure with the most advanced shielded pool in pr

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Big Tech is spending $600B on AI infrastructure. Here’s why GPU investment is emerging as a new yield asset for crypto-savvy investors.

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The Graph's 2026 roadmap targets AI agents, institutions, and DeFi with six modular data services on Horizon after processing 1.27 trillion queries.

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The race to build giant AI data centers in space is heating up: SpaceX+xAI, Starcloud etc are tackling tough challenges to convert sunlight into intelligence.

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This paper argues that users govern AI through linguistic rules, turning prompts into enforceable regimes that shape AI behavior by form, not intent.

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VC analysts review 3,000 pitch decks a year and waste hours on manual triage. This article shows how an VCs can automate dealflow screening and prioritization.

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AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t code, it’s infrastructure. Power, compute and governance now define who can actually scale AI.

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Flare's $2B FlareDrop program concludes after 36 months of free token distributions. Can the blockchain survive without monthly airdrops? What happens next.

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