Crypto Investing and DeFi by Arthur Cheong
Arthur is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of DeFiance Capital, a leading investment firm managing multi-chain DeFi and Web3 infrastructure portfolios. With a strategic base in Singapore, Arthur directs capital allocation across emerging liquidity networks, L2 protocols, and middleware platforms. The firm has backed protocols including dYdX, Aave, Lido, and Synthetix, collectively commanding over $12 billion in TVL across supported ecosystems.
By mid-2025, Arthur’s public commentary on Ethereum rollup strategy, EigenLayer restaking, and cross-chain liquidity design reached 110,000+ followers on X. In Q1 2025, Arthur published a valuation memo on “modular versus monolithic chains,” which was downloaded more than 22,000 times by institutional research analysts and DeFi builders. He remains active in liquidity governance forums for five protocols and regularly presents at events such as TOKEN2049 and EthCC.
Arthur’s fund strategy and direct governance participation continue to shape capital concentration and functional design within Ethereum-aligned infrastructure.