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type: entity
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entity_type: company
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name: "DeFiance Capital"
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domain: internet-finance
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status: active
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founded: 2020
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founders: ["Arthur Cheong"]
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key_people: ["Arthur Cheong (@Arthur_0x)"]
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headquarters: "Singapore"
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website: "https://defiance.capital"
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tracked_by: rio
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created: 2026-03-11
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---
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# DeFiance Capital
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DeFiance Capital is a crypto investment firm founded by Arthur Cheong specializing in liquid token investments with high growth potential. The firm takes a thesis-based, fundamentally grounded approach to identifying projects with strong fundamentals, innovative technology, and significant ecosystem impact potential.
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## Timeline
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- **2020** — DeFiance Capital founded by Arthur Cheong
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- **2021** — Initial investment in Sanctum, facilitated introductions to major funds
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- **2025-10-22** — [[sanctum-offer-defiance-capital-cloud-acquisition]] proposed: 13.7M CLOUD tokens (5% of community reserve) at $0.12 per token ($1.644M total)
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- **2025-10-25** — Sanctum CLOUD acquisition proposal failed
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## Investment Strategy
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Focuses on liquid token investments in projects demonstrating:
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- Strong fundamental value propositions
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- Innovative technology and mechanisms
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- High growth potential
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- Significant ecosystem impact
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## Relationship to KB
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- Active participant in [[sanctum]] ecosystem since 2021
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- Demonstrates institutional capital interest in [[futarchy]]-adjacent governance models
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- Example of traditional crypto fund engaging with experimental governance mechanisms |