On April 14, crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reported that the financial disclosures of Fed Chair nominee Christopher Waller indicate that he holds early-stage investments through employment-related investment tools, covering a wide range of assets, including several crypto infrastructure projects. The projects involved include Compound (a decentralized lending protocol), Optimism and Blast (Ethereum Layer 2 networks), as well as Solana. Additionally, the investments encompass trading infrastructure, crypto investment firms, and platforms in various fields such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology. These holdings appear to be relatively small in scale, have lower liquidity, and have not generated reportable income, suggesting a preference for indirect venture capital-style exposure rather than direct, tradable liquid assets.