过去6个月中，元宇宙一词在主流词典越发流行。我们也意识到我们在多个领域的投资：Web3基础设施、DeFi、资产分类账、数据网络等，都能为中立的元宇宙项目提供基础设施支持。
我们投资的首个 Web3基础设施是2018年1月投资的Livepeer 。自那时起，我们就进行了许多此类投资，包括 The Graph、Arweave, Ceramic、 Render Network和 Fluence。
同时，我们也观察到了几个趋势：
- 大家对元宇宙还没有普遍通用的定义。
- 我们每天都会收到以元宇宙为主题的项目推介——这个领域非常拥挤、日新月异而且十分复杂。
- 投资者也越来越多地询问我们对元宇宙投资的看法。
我们认为是时候认真回答这些问题了，于是我们与 Matthew Ball （他在网络上是元宇宙方面的权威）和Bitwise（最著名的加密货币资产管理公司，主要关注被动投资）合作，共同创建了 Ball Multicoin Bitwise Metaverse指数。
该指数仅包括加密货币资产（无股票），这些资产将支撑起一个欣欣向荣的元宇宙世界。我们认为该指数将解决几个问题：
- 该指数结合了被许可人发行的金融产品，投资者可以更加轻松地了解不断兴起但非常复杂的科技大趋势。它可以帮助投资者更加轻松将资产分配至该领域，从而增加流向该领域的资金，进一步促进发展。
- 它可以帮助教育市场，让市场了解元宇宙的概念以及如何看待元宇宙中的各个组成部分。
- 它将定期更新，反映元宇宙大趋势的演进发展。
从表面上看可能非常奇怪。为什么Multicoin Capital——一家以主动性、高集中性、非共识性投资而闻名的公司）会帮助别人建立被动投资指数？我们认为加快元宇宙生态系统发展义不容辞。从更广泛的意义上来看，云宇宙的生态系统是整个加密货币生态系统的一部分。我们认为，精心设计的被动指数可以显著增加流入该行业的总资本，并加速元宇宙理论的发展。随着元宇宙的持续发展，我们认为元宇宙将创造很多投资机会。作为一家公司，我们也希望能够尽可能地靠近行业核心。我们也意识到了投资者对这一概念的兴趣和市场上普遍存在的困惑，我们相信自己与Matthew Ball和Bitwise已经创建了将被动投资引领到这一领域的方法。
虽然我们对Ball Multicoin Bitwise Metaverse指数做出了贡献，但是我们不是Bitwise投资工具或该指数的任何其他被许可人的顾问。我们的咨询工作仍然集中在我们的核心流动基金和风险基金上。这些策略保持不变，而且会继续在许多主题上进行投资——元宇宙、DataDAO、支付、消费者应用程序、开放金融、创造者变现、电信等等。
同时，我们对我们为Ball Multicoin Bitwise Metaverse指数做出的贡献也非常兴奋。我们正处于未来十年决定性大趋势的早期阶段，希望能够尽最大的努力加速实现这一愿景。
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