Nascent

Nascent is a team of builders who back early-stage crypto founders creating products and primitives for an open financial world

[Cycles @cyclesmoney]

We’ve raised $8.7M to bring clearing to the masses. Our new round was led by Blockchange to work on the most powerful idea in finance.

It’s not just about moving money faster & cheaper; it’s about moving less while doing more.

[Bankless @Bankless]

LIVE NOW - The $280 Million DeFi Exploit That Changes Crypto Forever

A $280 Million DeFi exploit exposed the hidden fragility of crypto’s most trusted systems.

@delitzer and @odysseas_eth break down:

- how the attack happened,
- why bridge risk and protocol composability made the damage so severe,
- what Arbitrum’s intervention means for immutability,
- and why DeFi now needs an aerospace-grade security mindset to survive the AI era.

Enjoy the episode.

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0:00 Intro
0:57 Worst DeFi Hack Ever?
7:01 What Happened?
10:11 How Sophisticated?
11:42 Explaining the Hack to TradFi
16:51 Who’s to Blame?
22:13 L2 Architecture Consequences
28:17 How Does it Get Resolved?
31:46 Circuit Breakers & Rate Limiters
34:05 AAVE V4
34:51 Arbitrum Intervention Implications
42:02 Code is Law vs Human Governance
51:59 Stage 1 vs Stage 2 Rollups
55:29 Post-Hack DeFi
1:03:05 Aerospace Level Security
1:09:49 Will DeFi Survive?
1:14:33 Closing & Disclaimers

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@ivangbi_ @officer_secret @0xmikko_eth @eboadom https://t.co/6NNiTyzfZs incident response handbook by @nascent folks

https://t.co/4YEzcgAsDe pattern of interaction for best practices for defi operations

https://t.co/PnbLqQc0St simple checklist also by nascent

[J/\ck @JackSimison]

https://t.co/CAAB05ZCs0

[J/\ck @JackSimison]

https://t.co/ZlJN24TMrO

[J/\ck @JackSimison]

https://t.co/yBxKno7rIA

[ETHDenver 🏔🦬🦄 @EthereumDenver]

Scaling Prediction Markets.

- @SirLeoThe1st from Light Node Ventures
- @setofsevens from @SkywalkTokens
- @JackSimison from @nascent

Full video below 👇🧵

[Dan Elitzer @delitzer]

https://t.co/i5RJq2cE7I

[Dan Elitzer @delitzer]

If you want institutions using onchain credit, vibes don't cut it.

They need frameworks. Collateral policy. Monitoring. Reporting. Governance.

@BirchHill_io gets that institutions follow risk models, not narratives.

@Nascent backed.

[blocmates. @blocmates]

Why Crypto Is Actually Fine @delitzer https://t.co/qlzG4vEKql

[Liv @streamdotliv]

dan elitzer talks about @nascent

“we invest in typically pre seed and seed stage, so usually when we write our cheque into a company, they do not have a product live yet”

[11AM w/ Seed Club @11AMdotclub]

FULL CONVERSATION w/ Dan Elitzer, Co-Founder of Nascent, Dan Smith, Senior Research Analyst at Blockworks

Recorded LIVE at Solana Breakpoint 2025

[Dan Elitzer @delitzer]

Term-based staking on Solana unlocks higher yields for stakers and certainty for validators

We like things that make markets more efficient and create better alignment

Excited for @nascent to be backing @pyefinance

[SpaceComputer @SpaceComputerIO]

🛰️ Total raise: $10M 🛰️

The seed round turns breakthrough research into a reality → live constellation of satellites in orbit.

Leads → @Maven11Capital & @lattice_fund

Participants → @Superscrypt, @etherealvc, @arbitrum, @starship_vc, @nascent, @hash3xyz, @thebbfund, @ambergroup_io, @cmsholdings, @BitscaleCapital, @HashKey_Capital, @Offchain, @bodhi_ventures, @ChorusOne, @imTokenOfficial, @MoonrockCapital, @Wise3Ventures, @encodeclub and others.

Angels → @WarcMeinstein, @JasonYanowitz, @ameensol, @Not3Lau_Capital, @will__price, @joonian, @crypto_han,
@melynx and others.

[Modular Media @modularmedia_]

Excited to welcome Dan Elitzer of Nascent to our Money 2.0 series.

Talking:
- @ethena stablecoin-as-a-service model
- Who a stablecoin actually makes sense for

[Nascent @nascent]

Takenos is making “send, save, spend” across LATAM as easy as texting

No more currency chaos

@nascent is backing the vision built by some of the grittiest founders we’ve met

[Takenos 🌮 @TakenosApp]

We are happy to announce our seed round led by @lattice_fund and @variantfund with the support from @NorthIslandVC, Refract Ventures, @nascent, @hi_Reverie and @Gumicryptos .

Read more: https://t.co/GuEkVssHrg

[11AM w/ Seed Club @11AMdotclub]

Dan Elitzer and Odysseas explain how Phylax protects you from hacks.

[Nascent @nascent]

Tune in to @11AMdotclub today with Nascent co-founder @delitzer and the founders of:

@SOCKETProtocol
@DivineResearch
@phylaxsystems
@flyingtulip_

[11AM w/ Seed Club @11AMdotclub]

Today on 11AM w/ Seed Club

Guests
@vaibhavchellani of @BungeeExchange + @SOCKETProtocol
(11:10am)

@0xfuturistic of @DivineResearch
(11:25am)

@odysseas_eth of @phylaxsystems
(11:40am)

@AndreCronjeTech of @flyingtulip_
(12:00pm)

Co-Host @delitzer of @nascent

[Dan Elitzer @delitzer]

A $200M seed round at $1B FDV?!

Yes... and no.

@AndreCronjeTech's @flyingtulip_ just launched one of the most original fundraising models we've seen in crypto.

Let’s break down how it works—and why it matters.

🧵

[Dan Elitzer @delitzer]

Every new stablecoin and chain is supposed to make payments easier.

All we’ve done is create more silos and more headaches.

@BungeeExchange’s Stablecoin Engine is the first real answer:

Certainty, everywhere, for anyone who actually wants to use this stuff.