Key takeaways on Web3 secondary market in February 2024 by SecondLane
- $769M of February 2024 book value (Asks and Bids)
- $5M avg offered amount
- top projects: LayerZero, Solana, Fuel, Celestia, Fireblocks, Ronin, Mavia, Dymension, JTO, Pyth
- $200k median Buy Ask at an $0.7B average valuation
- 75% of Buy Asks come at discount (40%-50% avg discount to last round); 12% at par; 12% with premium of 120%-130% to last round
- $1.6M median Sell Offer at $6.2B avg valuation
- 45% of deals offered at discount (45%-50%); 27% at par; and 31% asked for a premium (250%-260% to last round)
- largest discounts for NFT, staking, social, L2, wallets, GameFi, blockchain infrastructure and services
- largest premiums for projects in blockchain analytics, DID, tech development, L1s
- largest premiums for pre-seed rounds, largest discounts for Seed and Round A
- 54% SAFT and 46% equity deals
- 76% (Pre-)Seed, 24% Rounds A-D
- 4 industries dominate the Web3 secondary market with 62% of offers: blockchain services and infrastructure, DeFi, tech development
- Average deal maturity grew to 2 months on Buy Asks and 3.5 months on Sell offers until expiration or transaction
- Longest maturity among earlier vs later rounds: 5.7 months for Pre-Seed; 3+ months for Seed & Round A vs 1 m for Round D
- 18% of deals circulate without public exposure, with a lower valuation ($5.1B FDV vs $6.6B FDV on public offers)
- Most private deals came for SAFT at (Pre-)Seed stage deals for DEXes, L1s, EVM, DID
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- $769M of February 2024 book value (Asks and Bids)
- $5M avg offered amount
- top projects: LayerZero, Solana, Fuel, Celestia, Fireblocks, Ronin, Mavia, Dymension, JTO, Pyth
- $200k median Buy Ask at an $0.7B average valuation
- 75% of Buy Asks come at discount (40%-50% avg discount to last round); 12% at par; 12% with premium of 120%-130% to last round
- $1.6M median Sell Offer at $6.2B avg valuation
- 45% of deals offered at discount (45%-50%); 27% at par; and 31% asked for a premium (250%-260% to last round)
- largest discounts for NFT, staking, social, L2, wallets, GameFi, blockchain infrastructure and services
- largest premiums for projects in blockchain analytics, DID, tech development, L1s
- largest premiums for pre-seed rounds, largest discounts for Seed and Round A
- 54% SAFT and 46% equity deals
- 76% (Pre-)Seed, 24% Rounds A-D
- 4 industries dominate the Web3 secondary market with 62% of offers: blockchain services and infrastructure, DeFi, tech development
- Average deal maturity grew to 2 months on Buy Asks and 3.5 months on Sell offers until expiration or transaction
- Longest maturity among earlier vs later rounds: 5.7 months for Pre-Seed; 3+ months for Seed & Round A vs 1 m for Round D
- 18% of deals circulate without public exposure, with a lower valuation ($5.1B FDV vs $6.6B FDV on public offers)
- Most private deals came for SAFT at (Pre-)Seed stage deals for DEXes, L1s, EVM, DID
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Web 3 secondary market report, February 2024 - by SecondLane, 1
- $769M in deal volume (Asks and Bids) in February 2024
- $5M avg offered amount
- top projects: LayerZero, Solana, Fuel, Celestia, Fireblocks, Ronin, Mavia, Dymension, JTO, Pyth
- $769M in deal volume (Asks and Bids) in February 2024
- $5M avg offered amount
- top projects: LayerZero, Solana, Fuel, Celestia, Fireblocks, Ronin, Mavia, Dymension, JTO, Pyth
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Minimum size: $1m — Discount for larger tickets.
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Total size: 7m+ points
Pricing: Negotiable
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Total size : $2m
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Total size : $2m
Pricing: 40% discount to spot
Notes: 50% locked for 28 days, 50% locked for 56 days
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Total size: $500k +
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Notes: Locked tokens
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Total size: $500k +
Pricing: Discount from spot
Notes: Locked tokens
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Asset: SUI (Mysten Labs)
Total size: $1m+
Pricing: Discount to spot
Notes: First unlock
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Total size: $1m+
Pricing: Discount to spot
Notes: First unlock
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Total size: $1m + (direct to cap table)
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Notes: https://lambdalabs.com/
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Asset: Lambda Labs
Total size: $1m + (direct to cap table)
Pricing: Negotiable
Notes: https://lambdalabs.com/
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Asset: Rivalz Network (RIZ)
Special Notes: Node sale
Pricing: $1,041 per node
Total size: $2m+
https://rivalz.ai/
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Asset: Rivalz Network (RIZ)
Special Notes: Node sale
Pricing: $1,041 per node
Total size: $2m+
https://rivalz.ai/
Any questions: DM @otcnick
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Asset: Hivemapper (HONEY)
Tranche size: $500k+
Pricing: Discount to spot
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Asset: Hivemapper (HONEY)
Tranche size: $500k+
Pricing: Discount to spot
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Buying:
Asset: SUI (Mysten Labs)
Size: $1m+
Pricing: Negotiable
Notes: First unlock or vesting tokens
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Asset: SUI (Mysten Labs)
Size: $1m+
Pricing: Negotiable
Notes: First unlock or vesting tokens
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