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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 that specializes in liquid token investments with high growth potential. The firm takes a thesis-based, fundamentally grounded approach to investments, focusing on projects with strong fundamentals, innovative technology, and significant ecosystem impact potential.
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## Timeline
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- **2021** — Invested in Sanctum, providing initial capital and facilitating introductions to other major funds
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- **2025-10-22** — [[sanctum-offer-defiance-capital-cloud-acquisition]] proposed: acquisition of 13.7M CLOUD tokens (5% of community reserve) at $0.12 per token for $1.644M total
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- **2025-10-25** — CLOUD token acquisition proposal failed
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## Relationship to KB
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- Sanctum - strategic partner and investor since 2021
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- MetaDAO - proposal executed through futarchy governance mechanism |