RBV + Denarii Labs Weekly Newsletter 🧔📖 Week of 4/16/26

Announcements, Portfolio Updates, Crypto News, Open Deals, Events & More

April 16, 2026

Welcome to the latest edition of the Red Beard Ventures newsletter, where we dive into exciting updates and insights from all over our portfolio and network!

đź“Ł As a reminder, Red Beard Ventures has a syndicate, fund, tokenomics accelerator, and Web3 consultancy:

  • The Red Beard Ventures Syndicate is stage agnostic and invests in Frontier Technology with a focus on Web3, Space, FinTech, Sports, Robotics, Biotech, and Climate. We invest anywhere between $100k - $1.5M. 

  • Red Beard Ventures Fund I invests $100k - $1M in Pre-seed and Seed blockchain based companies.

  • Denarii Labs is a tokenomics accelerator which invests $100k into companies interested in designing and launching a token over a twelve week hands-on program. Denarii also features a consulting business for later stage clients with higher touchpoint needs in tokenomics, communications, growth, and marketing.

🎤 RBV / Denarii Labs Announcements:

Denarii Labs Cohort 4 - Applications Now Open for Cohort 4

Denarii Labs is now accepting applications for Cohort 4. We are actively reviewing applications and investing $100K into projects looking to design, launch, and scale their token ecosystems over a 12 week program.

Apply now to join a network of high-conviction builders shaping the next generation of on-chain economies.

One Spot Left!

Join our current accelerator alongside Canton and Starknet. We've previously run accelerator programs for Avalanche, Hedera, Flow, Xion & more.

If you'd like to partner with RBV/Denarii for an accelerator, DM Sean Melcher 

Looking for funding? Link to apply

🚀 RBV Spotlight:

ALETHIA AI is building a real-time trust layer designed to solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in digital platforms: fraud, user drop-off, and broken onboarding flows. By deploying AI agents that actively monitor behavior and intervene in real time, ALETHIA is shifting platforms from passive detection to proactive user guidance.

This approach goes beyond traditional fraud prevention. Instead of simply flagging risk, ALETHIA’s agents guide users through high-friction moments, reducing drop-off while maintaining security. The result is a system that simultaneously improves conversion and protects against malicious activity, aligning platform growth with trust.

In a world where every percentage point of conversion matters, real-time trust and guidance can become a major unlock. ALETHIA is building the infrastructure to make that possible across the next generation of digital applications.

Congratulations to the ALETHIA AI team 🚀

đź’Ľ Portfolio News:

•Introduces token incentivizing creation of location-based digital content and maps.
•Aligns real-world activity with onchain rewards and engagement.
•Expands consumer-facing crypto use cases bridging digital and physical environments.

•Shifts core logic from LLM to runtime, reducing token usage while improving performance.
•Introduces proprietary data layer (“Hyperfeed”) tracking trader behavior and market signals.
•Enables autonomous strategy generation and continuous agent improvement.

•Operates 400+ telescopes globally with real-time object tracking and identification.
•Applies advanced sensing software to space domain awareness and defense infrastructure.
•Extends Anduril’s autonomous systems stack into orbital monitoring and security.

•New engine introduces multiplayer support and enhanced user-generated content tooling.
•Built on Three.js with integrated “vibecoding” for faster game creation workflows.
•Positions Hytopia at the intersection of gaming, AI tooling, and creator economies.

•Single parcel sold for 5.5 ETH with live proof, signaling real secondary-market demand.
•Demonstrates liquidity and user willingness to transact within the ecosystem.
•Ties directly into token burns, pack sales, and retention mechanics.

Hytopia Launches “Neo” Engine to Simplify AI-Native Game Creation

•Introduces simplified workflows for developers to build, share, and collaborate on games.
•Enables seamless player onboarding through instant links and QR-based access.
•Lowers barrier to entry for AI-driven game creation and user-generated content.

•Partners with hardware wallet provider Tangem with 6M+ users.
•Brings seamless cold storage experience to mainstream users.
•Strengthens push toward user-owned data and self-custody in Web3.

•Expands partnership to accelerate last-mile delivery using autonomous drones.
•Builds on FAA certifications and real-world operational deployments.
•Positions Matternet at the forefront of next-gen logistics infrastructure.

•Introduces social prediction game where users estimate crowd responses.
•Gamifies engagement and participation within the ecosystem.
•Drives user growth through interactive and community-driven experiences.

•Introduces unified workflow platform for monitoring and decision-making in space operations.
•Streamlines process from signal detection to execution in real time.
•Enhances operational efficiency for satellite and space domain management.

•Block rewards reduced to 500 STX following halving event.
•Positions platform as a leading venue for stacking yield on Stacks network.
•Continues to attract capital through yield optimization and staking infrastructure.

•100K players registered with every slot filled, signaling strong demand
•High engagement with ~40 minutes average session time
•Demonstrates continued traction in metaverse gaming despite broader market skepticism

•Provides alternative real-time CPI significantly below official government figures
•Highlights deflationary trends across key consumer categories
•Strengthens positioning as a data-driven macro oracle for crypto markets

🚀 Onwards!

Drew, Joshua, Ana, Sean, and Jeff