Venionaire launches Europe's first decentralized crypto index

INFBusiness
13.11.2025
Markets

With the launch of VLONE DTF, Europe's first decentralized token portfolio (DTF) combines institutional index methodology with DeFi. The Venionaire Layer-1 Select Index (VLONE) was developed by the Austrian investment company Venionaire Capital in collaboration with Compass Financial Technologies from Switzerland.
The project is supported by Reserve, a decentralized token portfolio platform originally founded by tech investors Peter Thiel and Sam Altman. Its goal is to bring index strategies to the blockchain – transparently, automatically, and without intermediaries. Investors will gain access to a rules-based on-chain portfolio of leading Layer 1 protocols such as Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Near.
The portfolio is rebalanced monthly and follows a clearly defined methodology that considers factors such as liquidity, market capitalization, and governance quality. The Reserve Index Protocol manages the custody of the underlying assets and ensures that the exact composition of the index is strictly adhered to.
“With the DTF, Reserve brings many of the principles of established ETFs to the blockchain – without bureaucracy or central control,” says Venionaire CEO Berthold Baurek-Karlic.
For administration, Compass acts as a BMR-regulated index provider, while the smart contract-based infrastructure ensures compliance with the index rule set on chain.
The launch marks an important step towards integrating institutional standards into DeFi – an experiment that could strengthen Europe's role in the development of regulated blockchain products.

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