The 2025 crypto market stress reshaped how yield-generation is evaluated.

From now on, trust will flow to protocols such as Falcon Finance that can demonstrate real transparency, balanced and diversified strategy construction, and disciplined risk management.

Read more in this article written in collaboration with DWF Ventures.

Lingling Jiang, Partner of DWF Labs and Falcon Finance, explains what should be a part of the next phase of crypto adoption in Crypto Daily.

Read more here.

Fiat access in crypto is crucial.

Lingling Jiang, Partner of DWF Labs and Falcon Finance, explains why with Mpost.io.

Read more here.

What's part of the 2026 playbook in crypto?

Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs and Founding Partner of Falcon Finance, explains in Benzinga.

Read more here.

We're building at the intersection of capital markets and real-world assets.

Last week's test trade of a 25-kilogram gold bar shows that we are rapidly scaling up into 2026.

Learn more about our milestone trade here.

Perpetual markets are positioned to drive a significant share of new liquidity heading into 2026.

Our $75M DeFi Fund is designed to support the infrastructure powering that momentum, across perps, money markets, and yield protocols that scale with real demand.

Apply for the DeFi Fund here.

What did we get up to this December? Catch up with us below 👇

1. We completed our first physical gold transaction on December 22. We look forward to expanding our operations at the intersection of capital markets and real-world assets.

2. During our livestream "Inside DWF Labs' New $75M DeFi Fund", Andrei Grachev, Artem Tolkachev, and Diksha Sharma covered DeFi trends, DWF Labs' investment philosophy, growth of the stablecoin ecosystem, and more.

3. We published another edition of our research-driven series, Eyes on the Market. Volume 2 "Game of Flows" covered DeFi, ETF outflows, BTC volatility, and market shifts.

4. Volume 3 of Eyes on the Market "Missed Opportunity" covers how recent shifts in the crypto market are just a setup, rather than a sign of the market slowing down.

5. Crypto is rewiring itself. We covered signals for 2026 and what ideas are shaping how builders, investors, and institutions will approach crypto in the coming year.

6. Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs and Founding Partner of Falcon Finance, discussed DeFi's 2026 outlook during a panel at #BinanceBlockchainWeek.

7. We hosted another great edition of DWF Labs Haus alongside Falcon Finance during #BinanceBlockchainWeek.

8. Alessia Baumgartner, VP of Ecosystems at DWF Labs, covered current investment strategies, advice for founders, and the DeFi landscape at HSC Asset Management hosted by Mpost.

9. Alessia also covered DATs and where the industry might be headed at the DAT Summit hosted by Luna PR.

10. DWF Ventures broke down 2025 in the crypto industry in a quarter-by-quarter recap.

11. We published research about liquidity and new metrics for evaluating the yield-generation sector in collaboration with the DWF Ventures team.

12. BeInCrypto named DWF Labs as Judge's Choice Best VC of the Year.

13. Our incubated project, Falcon Finance, expanded its Staking Vaults in December, adding support for VELVET, AIO, XAUt, and ESPORTS.

The foundation is set for 2026. Now we scale 🔥

Wishing everyone a great New Year!

Bitcoin: -6%
Gold: +72%
Silver: +181%

We dive into the 2025 year-end story of the current state of the crypto market, and what rising momentum in precious metals might mean for 2026.

Read more here.

We are building where digital and RWA economies meet, and our first physical gold trade is a signal for what's to come in 2026.

Read more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/dwf-labs-first-physical-gold-trade-commodities

In 2026, the new moat is not just liquidity. It's outcomes.

The winning model is “liquidity + growth mechanics + credibility,” delivered as one integrated system.

Read more here.

Risk management is crucial in the yield-generation sector, and opaque risk management likely contributed to liquidations in October and November of 2025.

We break down what happened in an article written in collaboration with DWF Ventures here.

Emerging economies continue to discover crypto's utility.

Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs, explains in Cointelegraph.

While infrastructure evolves and liquidity shifts, our mission is to support projects building not just narratives but real products that will drive adoption.

Our $75M DeFi Fund was created to support these projects.

If you missed the livestream discussion about the fund, watch here.

If you're building, apply here.

Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs, shares insights in Cointelegraph about the Bitcoin-Gold trajectory.

He also elaborates on this topic in an interview with Mario Nawfal.

Read more here.

Watch the interview here.

RWAs in 2026.

Read more about our expansion into gold.

Join us for HotDesk Wednesday at our Dubai office 🤝

Register here to work alongside our team and enjoy access to our premium workspace.

The office address will be shared upon approval.

Big moves in gold and RWAs are coming at DWF Labs and Falcon Finance.

As featured on Blockchain.News - read more here.

DWF Labs Haus is coming to Hong Kong 🇭🇰

Join us and the Falcon Finance team during #ConsensusHK. We will be hosting a top-tier crypto community over delicious cocktails and canapés 🥂

📅 10 Feb 2026
⏰ 7PM—11PM (GMT+8)

Register here.

Alessia Baumgartner, VP of Ecosystems at DWF Labs, explains crucial traits founders should have when building in today's crypto market.

Watch to hear more.

Where is the crypto market headed in 2026?

DWF Ventures analyzes verticals with strong growth potential, from perp DEXs to stablecoins to RWAs and more. Read more here.

If you are building and seeking support, feel free to reach out to the DWF Ventures team here.