Crypto

Those who dare to fail greatly, dare to achieve greatly.

Frontiers
Frontiers

Crypto is the Decentralized Frontier: new trustless and permissionless systems. It is where Winklevoss Capital began. In 2012, Cameron and Tyler founded the firm with a single investment in Bitcoin, the world's first decentralized, peer-to-peer currency. By the end of that year, they had accumulated 1% of its supply.

Our crypto investments span the stack. Foundational networks: Bitcoin, Ether, Zcash, Filecoin, Tezos, and Stacks, which brings apps and smart contracts to Bitcoin. Infrastructure for markets: Gemini, a simple and secure way to buy, sell, and store crypto; Hidden Road, a next-gen prime broker for digital and traditional assets; Custodia, a banking platform for regulatory compliant digital asset transactions; Messari, professional-grade crypto data and research. And builders taking crypto further, like Yellow Card, enabling crypto in Africa with on and off ramps.

We back companies and networks in their infancy, when conviction is scarce. Read why in The Case for $500K Bitcoin and Money Is Broken, But Its Future Is Not.

( Showing 39 of 39 )

Zcash

Pioneering the use of zero-knowledge proofs, applying cutting-edge cryptography to blockchain technology

Bitcoin

World's first decentralized, peer-to-peer crypto-currency

Gemini

A simple and secure way to buy, sell, and store crypto

Cypherpunk

Advancing technologies that guarantee privacy for humans on the internet

Ether

The crypto-fuel for the Ethereum Network

Alliance

Alliance is a leading Web3 accelerator and founder community

Animoca Brands

Developer and publisher of blockchain games and virtual worlds

Azura

Interfacing layer for decentralized finance

Bitski

Acquired By
Phantom

First digital wallet built for mainstream adoption

Castle

Business treasury platform for earning yield and stacking bitcoin

Crusoe Energy

Eliminating routine flaring of natural gas to reduce the cost of cloud compute and crypto mining

Custodia

Banking platform for regulatory compliant digital asset transactions

Disco

Supercharge community growth with Web2 and Web3 analytics

Earn

Acquired By
Coinbase

First token-based social network

Erebor

Federally chartered bank for tech companies and the digital asset economy

Filecoin

Decentralized storage network designed to store humanity’s most important information

GamerGains

Earn rewards for playing your favorite video games

Hidden Road

Acquired By
Ripple

Next gen prime broker for digital and traditional assets

Hume

Web3 record label born in the metaverse

Infinita

Biotech acceleration city network

Kresus

Where the highest yields meet the highest security

Messari

Professional grade crypto data, tools, and research

MyStandard

Employment and talent acquisition service built on web3 technology to give users ownership and control of their data

N3xt

Full-reserve bank offering instant, programmable 24/7 USD payments for businesses

Oasis Labs

Builds privacy-first cloud computing on the blockchain

Protocol Labs

Research and deployment lab for network protocols

Pubkey

Bitcoin media brand and IRL experiences

Real Bedford FC

Bitcoin-backed English football club climbing the pyramid

Skale

Ethereum-compatible network with a leaderless consensus designed to run on an uncapped number of independent nodes

Slingshot

Decentralized trading platform that aggregates on-chain liquidity to offer users better prices and execution on their trades

Somnium Space

Decentralized Metaverse built on blockchain and shaped entirely by its users

Stacks

Bringing apps and smart contracts to Bitcoin

Staked

Acquired By
Kraken

Helps investors reliably and securely compound their cryptocurrency through staking and lending

TaxBit

Automates cryptocurrency tax calculations and reporting for users, exchanges, and merchants

Tezos

Open-source platform for assets and applications backed by a global community of validators, researchers, and builders

Toku

Allows companies to hire anyone, anywhere in the world

Vault12

Distributed, decentralized, and serverless digital custody for all your cryptocurrency

Yellow Card

Enabling crypto in Africa with on and off ramps

ZODL

Self-custody mobile wallet for private payments with shielded Zcash