Derivatives

Mechanism Capital

Thesis-driven investing at the intersection of DeFi and trading infrastructure. Mechanism Capital focuses on DeFi protocols, derivatives, and novel financial primitives. Known for deep technical analysis and contrarian bets.

Franklin Templeton

Check: Franklin Crypto offers actively managed cryptocurrency strategies to institutional investors; it does not publish a personal venture check range for Chris. His current remit spans liquid digital-asset portfolio management rather than a disclosed startup check mandate, so past CoinFund round sizes are not used as a proxy.

Chris bridges crypto-native markets and traditional institutional finance. As Head of Franklin Crypto, he leads active digital-asset strategies across tokens, protocols, and fintech opportunities. His published work concentrates on financial convergence: creating institution-ready rates, derivatives, custody, clearing, stablecoin, tokenization, and regulatory infrastructure that gives digital markets familiar risk-management tools while preserving their open, programmable advantages.

BitMEX Ventures

Co-founded BitMEX, pioneered crypto perpetual futures. Now runs Maelstrom fund investing in DeFi and crypto infrastructure. Known for macro-driven crypto thesis and provocative market commentary.

CoinFund

Institutional crypto advocate and investor at CoinFund. Focuses on bridging traditional financial markets infrastructure with crypto.

CMT Digital

CMT Digital is the crypto venture arm of CMT Group, a proprietary trading firm. Invests in infrastructure, DeFi, and digital asset trading.

Mechanism Capital

Co-founded Mechanism Capital focusing on DeFi and trading infrastructure. Combines trading experience with venture investing.

Mechanism Capital

San Francisco

AUM: ~$100M

Metcalfe Capital

Berkeley

AUM: $45M

QCP Capital

Singapore

Nickel Digital Asset Management

London

AUM: $550M

Proxima Investments

Global / Asia

Bitcoin Frontier Fund

New York

Brilliance 3.0

Tel Aviv

FalconX

San Mateo

Launch Code Capital

Albuquerque

Mozaik Capital

Singapore

Road Capital

Barcelona

VEGA Ventures

AUM: $5M+

B Capital Group

Geneva Trading

Chicago

Kain Warwick

Sydney

Monolith

Shiliang Tang

Grand Cayman

BitVertex Capital

Bloq Capital

D2 Finance

Embi Research

Europa Partners

Gadget Capital

Gorda Capital

Humanity Investments

Josh Lim

Kelly Greer

New York

Midway Capital

Moonstrike Capital Partners

Stabled Horses Capital