Here are notable crypto projects that launched without venture capital — no private rounds, no presales:
• Bitcoin ($BTC) — $2.09T. Created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. No funding, no presale.
• Dogecoin ($DOGE) — $29B. Launched in 2013 as a meme. No ICO, no investors — just a joke that made history.
• Hyperliquid ($HYPE) — $12B. Perpetuals DEX. Fully VC-free launch.
• Bitcoin Cash ($BCH) — $8B. A Bitcoin fork driven by miners and the community, no external investors.
• Monero ($XMR) — $6.5B. Privacy coin that started as a fork. No premine, no funding.
• Litecoin ($LTC) — $6B. Created by Charlie Lee in 2011. A clean, investment-free launch.
• Kaspa ($KAS) — $2.35B. Combines PoW with DAG architecture. No VC, no premine.
• Ravencoin ($RVN) — $171M. Token issuance network. Fair-mined from day one, no ICO.
• Nano ($XNO) — $127M. Formerly RaiBlocks. Ultra-fast payments, no external funding.
• Hive ($HIVE) — $116M. A community fork of Steem after a hostile takeover. Fully grassroots.
