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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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website: ""
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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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- **2021** — Initial investment in Sanctum, providing capital and network introductions to major funds
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- **2025-10-22** — Proposed acquisition of 13.7M CLOUD tokens (5% of community reserve) from Sanctum at $0.12 per token (30-day TWAP)
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- **2025-10-25** — [[sanctum-offer-defiance-capital-cloud-acquisition]] failed
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## Relationship to KB
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- [[sanctum]] - long-term strategic partner and investor
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- [[MetaDAO]] - participant in futarchy-governed ecosystem
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- Demonstrates institutional capital engagement with [[futarchy-governed permissionless launches require brand separation to manage reputational liability because failed projects on a curated platform damage the platforms credibility]] |