How Unchained Became the Most Recognizable Brand in Bitcoin Finance

We didn’t just rebrand Unchained—we built a flexible design system, launched a new website, created sub-brands, and became their go-to partner for all things brand, web, and visual identity.

When Unchained came to Blue Cyclops, they grew fast—but their brand wasn’t built to scale with them. There was no real identity in place. No guidelines. No system. Just a logo and a goal: become the trusted leader in bitcoin-native financial services.

Over the next 8 months, we helped them pull off a complete rebrand and full website redesign—on a tight deadline, with nearly a dozen stakeholders, and shifting leadership mid-project. Since then, we’ve continued as their ongoing creative partner, building everything from sub-brands and product pages to pitch decks, calculators, a 134-page magazine, and over 100 custom illustrations.

This is what it looks like when a brand is built to last—and built to grow.

The Challenge

Unchained didn’t have a brand system—just scattered assets without a foundation. We had to tear it all down and rebuild from scratch. With a looming Series B and a new CMO coming in, we had just months to deliver a complete rebrand and new website.

We weren’t only navigating creative decisions—we were aligning leadership, managing stakeholder expectations, and defending strong creative direction across shifting internal priorities. It wasn’t easy. But it worked.

Our Solution

For Unchained, we built a new brand system that worked to balance trust, growth, and scalability—without sacrificing their brand equity and the clarity of their mission.

The new logo, visual identity, and supporting brand elements were all designed with flexibility in mind, enabling the brand to evolve with the new products, services, and initiatives that Unchained would craft in the years to come.

The company’s leadership has even said that even if they expand or refresh their brand in the future, their logo is set in stone. We built a brand system that balanced trust, growth, and scalability—without sacrificing clarity. The new logo, visual identity, and supporting assets were all designed with flexibility in mind, enabling the brand to evolve with new products, services, and initiatives.

“Our rebrand really stands out from all of our competition. Blue Cyclops produced great work on an extremely tight timeline. They were receptive to feedback and pushed back effectively on suggestions I made that ultimately would not have looked good. Their expertise was much appreciated.”
Phil Geiger—SVP of Product Marketing

The Process

We started with a collaborative stakeholder workshop to align vision and direction. From there, we moved into strategic exploration—developing three distinct creative directions that could scale with their business.

After leaving Unchained as their art director and returning to help them as a new agency partner, we had to regain alignment with a new executive team and defend the creative path already in motion. That included direct conversations with the CEO and key partners. We stuck to our strategy, kept the project on track, and launched the new identity on time.

Then we built a brand-new Webflow website, helped launch sub-brands like Unchained Signature and Sound Advisory, and created a scalable system of assets and templates the team could continue to use long after launch.

The Impact

Since launching the rebrand, Unchained closed a $60M Series B. The brand we built now supports dozens of landing pages, multiple sub-brands, and hundreds of custom illustrations and marketing assets. Highlights include: Complete rebrand from scratch (logo, visual system, brand architecture) New website with 30+ custom pages Creation of 3 sub-brands and 100+ illustrations 134-page branded thought leadership magazine Design support across teams, tools, and campaigns for close to 3 years.
“Our rebrand really stands out from all of our competition. Blue Cyclops produced great work on an extremely tight timeline. They were receptive to feedback and pushed back effectively on suggestions I made that ultimately would not have looked good. Their expertise was much appreciated.”
Phil Geiger—SVP of Product Marketing