According to @akshat_hk, as of April 12, 2023, within 38 days of announcing Maelstrom, the team had made four early investments in EtherFi, Ethena, Aethir, and Obol, also referencing an EtherFi card signup; source: @akshat_hk on X (Aug 20, 2025). For trading context, these portfolio names span liquid staking/restaking via EtherFi (source: ether.fi documentation), synthetic dollar infrastructure via Ethena (source: Ethena documentation), decentralized GPU compute via Aethir (source: Aethir official site), and distributed validator technology for Ethereum via Obol (source: Obol Network documentation).